Five-man bobsleigh
The five-man bobsleigh was one of the sports equipment common in bobsleigh until 1931 .
The first German five-man bobsleigh was designed by Friedrichroda bobsleigh pioneer Carl Benzing (1869–1955) in 1901 based on Swiss models. In the same year Benzing drove the open bobsleigh made of tubular steel, which he called Black Peter , for the first time on the Red Road near Friedrichroda .
In 1927 the five-man bobsleigh was no longer considered a separate discipline. However, at the II. Winter Olympics in St. Moritz in 1928, participants were still allowed to choose between four-man and five-man bobsleigh. In 1931 the five-man bobsleigh was canceled because the risk of injury to the drivers was far too high. (On average every second trip was an accident.) 1932 with the III. At the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid , the five-man bobsleigh had already been replaced by the two-man bobsleigh.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carl Benzing and the bobsleigh , in: Helga Raschke , Living and Working in the Northern Thuringian Forest , Erfurt 2006, p. 114ff.