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| Bobsleigh at the Winter Youth Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| Governing body | IBSF |
| Events | 2 (men: 1; womens: 1; mixed: 0) |
| Games | |
Bobsleigh is one of the sports featured at the Winter Youth Olympics. It has been part of the games since the inaugural edition in 2012.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Innsbruck | Patrick Baumgartner Alessandro Grande  Italy | Benjamin Maier Robert Ofensberger  Austria | Rudy Rinaldi Jérémy Torre  Monaco |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Innsbruck | Marije van Huigenbosch Sanne Dekker  Netherlands | Mica McNeill Jazmin Sawyers  Great Britain | Kimberley Bos Mandy Groot Netherlands |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 |  Romania | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Austria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Thailand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Liechtenstein | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Monaco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 9 | 7 | 8 | 24 | |
• = Did not compete in the sport, × = the country did not participate in the Games
| Event | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 2 | 2 | • | 1 | 3 |
 Brazil | • | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Canada | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 Colombia | × | • | 1 | • | 1 |
| China | • | • | • | 1 | 1 |
 Croatia | • | 1 | 1 | • | 2 |
| Denmark | • | • | • | 1 | 1 |
 France | • | • | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Germany | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Great Britain | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Italy | 4 | • | 1 | • | 2 |
 Jamaica | × | 1 | × | 2 | 2 |
 Japan | 2 | • | • | • | 1 |
 Latvia | 2 | • | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Liechtenstein | • | 1 | 2 | • | 2 |
| Monaco | 2 | • | × | • | 1 |
| Netherlands | 4 | • | • | • | 1 |
| Norway | • | 1 | 1 | • | 2 |
 Poland | • | • | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Romania | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Russia | 2 | 3 | 2 | × | 3 |
| Slovakia | • | 1 | 2 | • | 2 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 Sweden | • | • | 1 | • | 1 |
 Spain | • | 1 | • | • | 1 |
 Switzerland | • | 2 | 3 | • | 2 |
 Chinese Taipei | • | • | 2 | • | 1 |
| Thailand | × | × | • | 2 | 1 |
| Tunisia | × | × | × | 3 | 1 |
 United States | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Total athletes | 36 | 30 | 36 | 30 | |
| Total countries | 13 | 16 | 20 | 16 |
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