| Bobsleigh at the V Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | St. Moritz, Switzerland |
| Dates | 30-31 January (two-man) 6-7 February (four-man) |
| Competitors | 71 from 9 nations |
| Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics | |
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| Two | men |
| Four | men |
At the 1948 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The two-man competition was held on Friday, January 30, 1948 and on Saturday, January 31, 1948 while the four-man competition was held on Friday, February 6, 1948 and on Saturday, February 7, 1948. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-man |  Switzerland (SUI)Switzerland II Felix Endrich Friedrich Waller | Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland I Fritz Feierabend Paul Eberhard |  United States (USA)USA II Frederick Fortune Schuyler Carron |
| Four-man | United States (USA) USA II Francis Tyler Patrick Martin Edward Rimkus William D'Amico |  Belgium (BEL)Belgium I Max Houben Freddy Mansveld Louis-Georges Niels Jacques Mouvet | United States (USA) USA I James Bickford Thomas Hicks Donald Dupree William Dupree |
Twenty-one bobsledders competed in both events.
A total of 71 bobsledders from nine nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:
Argentina (4) Belgium (5)
Czechoslovakia (4)
France (10)
Great Britain (10)
Italy (10)
Norway (8) Switzerland (8) United States (12)| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | United States | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
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