List of Olympic champions in bobsleigh

USA two-man bobsleigh in Turin

USA four-man bobsleigh

The list of Olympic champions in bobsleigh shows all the winners as well as the second and third places in bobsleigh competitions at the Winter Olympics , broken down into men and women and the individual competitions, since 1924. In the further part all bobsleigh athletes who have been Olympic champions at least once are listed. The individual nation ratings conclude.

Competitions

Men

Since the Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid in 1932, men's bobsleigh competitions have included the following two disciplines:

• Two-man bobsleigh since the Games of 1932 with 19 competitions so far.
• Four- man bobsleigh since the 1924 Games with 21 competitions so far (exceptions: 1924 free choice of four or five drivers; 1928 five drivers).

Two-man bobsleigh

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1932	United States Hubert Stevens Curtis Stevens	Switzerland Oscar Geier Reto Capadrutt	United States John Heaton Robert Minton
1936	United States Ivan Brown Alan Washbond	Switzerland Fritz closing time Joseph Beerli	United States Gilbert Colgate Richard Lawrence
1948	Switzerland Felix Endrich Fritz Waller	Switzerland Fritz retirement Paul Eberhard	United States Frederick Fortune Schuyler Carron
1952	BR Germany Andreas Ostler Lorenz Nieberl	United States Stanley Benham Patrick Martin	Switzerland Fritz closing time Stephan Waser
1956	Italy Lamberto Dalla Costa Giacomo Conti	Italy Eugenio Monti Renzo Alverà	Switzerland Max Afraid Harry Warburton
1960	No event
1964	Great Britain Anthony Nash Robin Dixon	Italy Sergio Zardini Romano Bonagura	Italy Eugenio Monti Sergio Siorpaes
1968	Italy Eugenio Monti Luciano De Paolis	BR Germany Horst Floth Pepi Bader	Romania Ion Panțuru Nicolae Neagoe
1972	BR Germany Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Utzschneider	BR Germany Horst Floth Pepi Bader	Switzerland Jean Wicki Edy Hubacher
1976	German Democratic Republic Meinhard Nehmer Bernhard Germeshausen	BR Germany Wolfgang Zimmerer Manfred Schumann	Switzerland Erich Schärer Josef Benz
1980	Switzerland Erich Schärer Josef Benz	German Democratic Republic Bernhard Germeshausen Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt	German Democratic Republic Meinhard Nehmer Bogdan Musiol
1984	German Democratic Republic Wolfgang Hoppe Dietmar Schauerhammer	German Democratic Republic Bernhard Lehmann Bogdan Musiol	Soviet Union Zintis Ekmanis Vladimir Alexandrov
1988	Soviet Union Jānis Ķipurs Vladimir Kozlov	German Democratic Republic Wolfgang Hoppe Bogdan Musiol	German Democratic Republic Bernhard Lehmann Mario Hoyer
1992	Switzerland Gustav Weder Donat Acklin	Germany Rudi Lochner Markus Zimmermann	Germany Christoph Langen Günther Eger
1994	Switzerland Gustav Weder Donat Acklin	Switzerland Reto Götschi Guido Acklin	Italy Günther Huber Stefano Ticci
1998	Canada Pierre Lueders David MacEachern		Germany Christoph Langen Markus Zimmermann
	Italy Günther Huber Antonio Tartaglia
2002	Germany Christoph Langen Markus Zimmermann	Switzerland Christian Reich Steve Anderhub	Switzerland Martin Annen Beat Hefti
2006	Germany André Lange Kevin Kuske	Canada Pierre Lueders Lascelles Brown	Switzerland Martin Annen Beat Hefti
2010	Germany André Lange Kevin Kuske	Germany Thomas Florschütz Richard Adjei	Russia Alexander Zubkov Alexei Wojewoda
2014	Switzerland Beat Hefti Alex Baumann	United States Steven Holcomb Steven Langton	Latvia Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens
2018	Canada Justin Kripps Alexander Kopacz		Latvia Oskars Melbārdis Jānis Strenga
	Germany Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis

Four-man bobsleigh

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
1924	Switzerland Eduard Scherrer Alfred Neveu Alfred Schläppi Heinrich Schläppi	Great Britain Ralph Broome Thomas Arnold Alexander Richardson Rodney Soher	Belgium Charles Mulder René Mortiaux Paul Van den Broeck Victor Verschueren Henri Willems
1928	United States William Fiske Nion Tucker Geoffrey Mason Clifford Gray Richard Parke	United States Jennison Heaton David Granger Lyman Hine Thomas Doe Jay O'Brien	German Empire Hanns Kilian Hans Hess Sebastian Huber Valentin Krempl Hans Nägle
1932	United States William Fiske Edward Eagan Clifford Gray Jay O'Brien	United States Henry Homburger Percy Bryant Paul Stevens Edmund Horton	German Empire Hanns Kilian Hans Mehlhorn Max Ludwig Sebastian Huber
1936	Switzerland Pierre Musy Arnold Gartmann Charles Bouvier Joseph Beerli	Switzerland Reto Capadrutt Hans Aichele Fritz After work Hans Bütikofer	Great Britain Frederick McEvoy James Cardno Guy Dugdale Charles Green
1948	United States Francis Tyler Patrick Martin Edward Rimkus William D'Amico	Belgium Max Houben Freddy Mansveld Louis-Georges Niels Jacques Mouvet	United States James Bickford Thomas Hicks Donald Dupree William Dupree
1952	BR Germany Andreas Ostler Friedrich Kuhn Lorenz Nieberl Franz Kemser	United States Stanley Benham Patrick Martin Howard Crossett James Atkinson	Switzerland Fritz closing time Albert Madörin André Filippini Stephan Waser
1956	Switzerland Franz Kapus Gottfried Diener Robert Alt Heinrich Fear	Italy Eugenio Monti Ulrico Girardi Renzo Alverà Renato Mocellini	United States Arthur Tyler William Dodge Charles Butler James Lamy
1960	No event
1964	Canada Victor Emery Peter Kirby Douglas Anakin John Emery	Austria Erwin Thaler Adolf Koxeder Josef Nairz Reinhold Durnthaler	Italy Eugenio Monti Sergio Siorpaes Benito Rigoni Gildo Siorpaes
1968	Italy Eugenio Monti Luciano De Paolis Roberto Zandonella Mario Armano	Austria Erwin Thaler Reinhold Durnthaler Herbert Gruber Josef Eder	Switzerland Jean Wicki Hans Candrian Willi Hofmann Walter Graf
1972	Switzerland Jean Wicki Edy Hubacher Hans Leutenegger Werner Camichel	Italy Nevio De Zordo Gianni Bonichon Adriano Frassinelli Corrado Dal Fabbro	BR Germany Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Utzschneider Stefan Gaisreiter Walter Steinbauer
1976	German Democratic Republic Meinhard Nehmer Jochen Babock Bernhard Germeshausen Bernhard Lehmann	Switzerland Erich Schärer Ulrich Bächli Rudolf Marti Josef Benz	BR Germany Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Utzschneider Bodo Bittner Manfred Schumann
1980	German Democratic Republic Meinhard Nehmer Bogdan Musiol Bernhard Germeshausen Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt	Switzerland Erich Schärer Ulrich Bächli Rudolf Marti Josef Benz	German Democratic Republic Horst Schönau Roland Wetzig Detlef Richter Andreas Kirchner
1984	German Democratic Republic Wolfgang Hoppe Roland Wetzig Dietmar Schauerhammer Andreas Kirchner	German Democratic Republic Bernhard Lehmann Bogdan Musiol Ingo Voge Eberhard Weise	Switzerland Silvio Giobellina Heinz Stettler Urs Salzmann Rico Freiermuth
1988	Switzerland Ekkehard Fasser Kurt Meier Marcel Fässler Werner Stocker	German Democratic Republic Wolfgang Hoppe Dietmar Schauerhammer Bogdan Musiol Ingo Voge	Soviet Union Jānis Ķipurs Guntis Osis Juris Tone Vladimir Koslow
1992	Austria Ingo Appelt Harald Winkler Gerhard Haidacher Thomas Schroll	Germany Wolfgang Hoppe Bogdan Musiol Axel Kühn René Hannemann	Switzerland Gustav Weder Donat Acklin Lorenz Schindelholz Curdin Morell
1994	Germany Harald Czudaj Karsten Brannasch Olaf Hampel Alexander Szelig	Switzerland Gustav Weder Donat Acklin Kurt Meier Domenico Semeraro	Germany Wolfgang Hoppe Ulf Hielscher René Hannemann Carsten Embach
1998	Germany Christoph Langen Markus Zimmermann Marco Jakobs Olaf Hampel	Switzerland Marcel Rohner Markus Nüssli Markus Wasser Beat Seitz	France Bruno Mingeon Emmanuel Hostache Éric Le Chanony Max Robert
			Great Britain Sean Olsson Dean Ward Courtney Rumbolt Paul Attwood
2002	Germany André Lange Enrico Kühn Kevin Kuske Carsten Embach	United States Todd Hays Randy Jones Bill Schuffenhauer Garrett Hines	United States Brian Shimer Mike Kohn Doug Sharp Dan Steels
2006	Germany André Lange Kevin Kuske René Hoppe Martin Putze	Russia Alexander Zubkov Alexei Wojewoda Alexei Seliwerstow Filip Yegorow	Switzerland Martin Annen Cédric Grand Thomas Lamparter Beat Hefti
2010	United States Steven Holcomb Steve Mesler Curtis Tomasevicz Justin Olsen	Germany André Lange Kevin Kuske Alexander Rödiger Martin Putze	Canada Lyndon Rush Dave Bissett Lascelles Brown Chris Le Bihan
2014	Latvia Oskars Melbārdis Arvis Vilkaste Daumants Dreiškens Jānis Strenga	United States Steven Holcomb Steven Langton Christopher Fogt Curtis Tomasevicz	Great Britain John James Jackson Bruce Tasker Stuart Benson Joel Fearon
2018	Germany Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis	South Korea Won Yun-jong Jun Jung-lin Kim Dong-hyun Seo Young-woo
		Germany Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Alexander Rödiger Eric Franke

Women

Vonetta Flowers (left) and Jill Bakken in Salt Lake City 2002

The competitions in bobsleigh women comprise since the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002 following discipline:

• Two-man bobsleigh with five competitions so far.

Two-man bobsleigh

Olympia	gold	silver	bronze
2002	United States Jill Bakken Vonetta Flowers	Germany Sandra Prokoff Ulrike Holzner	Germany Susi Erdmann Nicole Herschmann
2006	Germany Sandra Kiriasis Anja Schneiderheinze	United States Shauna Rohbock Valerie Fleming	Italy Gerda Weißensteiner Jennifer Isacco
2010	Canada Kaillie Humphries Heather Moyse	Canada Helen Upperton Shelley-Ann Brown	United States Erin Pac Elana Meyers
2014	Canada Kaillie Humphries Heather Moyse	United States Elana Meyers Lauryn Williams	United States Jamie Greubel Aja Evans
2018	Germany Mariama Jamanka Lisa Buckwitz	United States Elana Meyers Taylor Lauren Gibbs	Canada Kaillie Humphries Phylicia George

Medalist

As of February 25, 2018

• Placement: Indicates the order of the athletes. This is determined by the number of gold medals. If the number is the same, the silver medals are compared and then the bronze medals won.
• Name: Name of the athlete.
• Country: The country for which the athlete started. When changing nationality, the country for which the athlete won the last medal is named.
• By: The year the athlete won the first medal.
• Until: The year in which the athlete won the last medal.
• Gold: states the number of gold medals won.
• Silver: Number of silver medals won.
• Bronze: Number of bronze medals won.
• Total: Number of all medals won.

Men

space	Surname	country	From	To	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Kevin Kuske	Germany	2002	2018	4th	2	-	6th
2.	André Lange	Germany	2002	2010	4th	1	-	5
3.	Bernhard Germeshausen	German Democratic Republic	1976	1980	3	1	-	4th
4th	Meinhard Taken	German Democratic Republic	1976	1980	3	-	1	4th
5.	Wolfgang Hoppe	Germany	1984	1994	2	3	1	6th
6th	Eugenio Monti	Italy	1956	1968	2	2	2	6th
7th	Donat Acklin	Switzerland	1992	1994	2	1	1	4th
7th	Gustav Weder	Switzerland	1992	1994	2	1	1	4th
7th	Markus Zimmermann	Germany	1992	2002	2	1	1	4th
10.	Dietmar Schauerhammer	German Democratic Republic	1984	1988	2	1	-	3
11.	Christoph Langen	Germany	1992	2002	2	-	2	4th
12.	Luciano De Paolis	Italy	1968	1968	2	-	-	2
12.	William Fiske	United States	1928	1932	2	-	-	2
12.	Francesco Friedrich	Germany	2018	2018	2	-	-	2
12.	Clifford Gray	United States	1928	1932	2	-	-	2
12.	Olaf Hampel	Germany	1994	1998	2	-	-	2
12.	Thorsten Margis	Germany	2018	2018	2	-	-	2
12.	Lorenz Nieberl	BR Germany	1952	1952	2	-	-	2
12.	Andreas Ostler	BR Germany	1952	1952	2	-	-	2
20th	Bogdan Musiol	Germany	1980	1992	1	5	1	7th
21st	Josef Benz	Switzerland	1976	1980	1	2	1	4th
21st	Bernhard Lehmann	German Democratic Republic	1976	1988	1	2	1	4th
21st	Erich Schärer	Switzerland	1976	1980	1	2	1	4th
24.	Steven Holcomb	United States	2010	2014	1	2	-	3
25th	Wolfgang Zimmerer	BR Germany	1972	1976	1	1	2	4th
26th	Joseph Beerli	Switzerland	1936	1936	1	1	-	2
26th	Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt	German Democratic Republic	1980	1980	1	1	-	2
26th	Pierre Lueders	Canada	1998	2006	1	1	-	2
26th	Kurt Meier	Switzerland	1988	1994	1	1	-	2
26th	Jay O'Brien	United States	1928	1932	1	1	-	2
26th	Martin Putze	Germany	2006	2010	1	1	-	2
26th	Curtis Tomasevicz	United States	2010	2014	1	1	-	2
33.	Beat Hefti	Switzerland	2002	2014	1	-	3	4th
34.	Oskars Melbārdis	Latvia	2014	2018	1	-	2	3
34.	Peter Utzschneider	Germany	1972	1976	1	-	2	3
34.	Jean Wicki	Switzerland	1968	1972	1	-	2	3
37.	Daumants Dreiškens	Latvia	2014	2014	1	-	1	2
37.	Carsten Embach	Germany	1994	2002	1	-	1	2
37.	Edy Hubacher	Switzerland	1972	1972	1	-	1	2
37.	Günther Huber	Italy	1994	1998	1	-	1	2
37.	Jānis Ķipurs	Soviet Union	1988	1988	1	-	1	2
37.	Andreas Kirchner	German Democratic Republic	1980	1984	1	-	1	2
37.	Vladimir Kozlov	Soviet Union	1988	1988	1	-	1	2
37.	Jānis Strenga	Latvia	2014	2018	1	-	1	2
37.	Roland Wetzig	German Democratic Republic	1980	1984	1	-	1	2
46.	Robert Alt	Switzerland	1956	1956	1	-	-	1
46.	William D'Amico	United States	1948	1948	1	-	-	1
46.	Douglas Anakin	Canada	1964	1964	1	-	-	1
46.	Heinrich fear	Switzerland	1956	1956	1	-	-	1
46.	Ingo Appelt	Austria	1992	1992	1	-	-	1
46.	Mario Armano	Italy	1968	1968	1	-	-	1
46.	Jochen Babock	German Democratic Republic	1976	1976	1	-	-	1
46.	Candy Bauer	Germany	2018	2018	1	-	-	1
46.	Alex Baumann	Switzerland	2014	2014	1	-	-	1
46.	Charles Bouvier	Switzerland	1936	1936	1	-	-	1
46.	Karsten Brannasch	Germany	1994	1994	1	-	-	1
46.	Ivan Brown	United States	1936	1936	1	-	-	1
46.	Werner Camichel	Switzerland	1972	1972	1	-	-	1
46.	Giacomo Conti	Italy	1956	1956	1	-	-	1
46.	Harald Czudaj	Germany	1994	1994	1	-	-	1
46.	Lamberto Dalla Costa	Italy	1956	1956	1	-	-	1
46.	Gottfried Diener	Switzerland	1956	1956	1	-	-	1
46.	Robin Dixon	Great Britain	1964	1964	1	-	-	1
46.	Edward Eagan	United States	1932	1932	1	-	-	1
46.	John Emery	Canada	1964	1964	1	-	-	1
46.	Victor Emery	Canada	1964	1964	1	-	-	1
46.	Felix Endrich	Switzerland	1948	1948	1	-	-	1
46.	Marcel Fässler	Switzerland	1988	1988	1	-	-	1
46.	Ekkehard Fasser	Switzerland	1988	1988	1	-	-	1
46.	Arnold Gartmann	Switzerland	1936	1936	1	-	-	1
46.	Martin Grothkopp	Germany	2018	2018	1	-	-	1
46.	Gerhard Haidacher	Austria	1992	1992	1	-	-	1
46.	René Hoppe	Germany	2006	2006	1	-	-	1
46.	Marco Jakobs	Germany	1998	1998	1	-	-	1
46.	Franz Kapus	Switzerland	1956	1956	1	-	-	1
46.	Franz Kemser	BR Germany	1952	1952	1	-	-	1
46.	Peter Kirby	Canada	1964	1964	1	-	-	1
46.	Alexander Kopacz	Canada	2018	2018	1	-	-	1
46.	Justin Kripps	Canada	2018	2018	1	-	-	1
46.	Enrico Kühn	Germany	2002	2002	1	-	-	1
46.	Friedrich Kuhn	BR Germany	1952	1952	1	-	-	1
46.	Hans Leutenegger	Switzerland	1972	1972	1	-	-	1
46.	David MacEachern	Canada	1998	1998	1	-	-	1
46.	Patrick Martin	United States	1948	1948	1	-	-	1
46.	Geoffrey Mason	United States	1928	1928	1	-	-	1
46.	Steve Mesler	United States	2010	2010	1	-	-	1
46.	Pierre Musy	Switzerland	1936	1936	1	-	-	1
46.	Anthony Nash	Great Britain	1964	1964	1	-	-	1
46.	Alfred Neveu	Switzerland	1924	1924	1	-	-	1
46.	Justin Olsen	United States	2010	2010	1	-	-	1
46.	Richard Parke	United States	1928	1928	1	-	-	1
46.	Edward Rimkus	United States	1948	1948	1	-	-	1
46.	Eduard Scherrer	Switzerland	1924	1924	1	-	-	1
46.	Alfred Schläppi	Switzerland	1924	1924	1	-	-	1
46.	Heinrich Schläppi	Switzerland	1924	1924	1	-	-	1
46.	Thomas Schroll	Austria	1992	1992	1	-	-	1
46.	Curtis Stevens	United States	1932	1932	1	-	-	1
46.	Hubert Stevens	United States	1932	1932	1	-	-	1
46.	Werner Stocker	Switzerland	1988	1988	1	-	-	1
46.	Alexander Szelig	Germany	1994	1994	1	-	-	1
46.	Antonio Tartaglia	Italy	1998	1998	1	-	-	1
46.	Nion Tucker	United States	1928	1928	1	-	-	1
46.	Francis Tyler	United States	1948	1948	1	-	-	1
46.	Arvis Vilkaste	Latvia	2014	2014	1	-	-	1
46.	Fritz Waller	Switzerland	1948	1948	1	-	-	1
46.	Alan Washbond	United States	1936	1936	1	-	-	1
46.	Harald Winkler	Austria	1992	1992	1	-	-	1
46.	Roberto Zandonella	Italy	1968	1968	1	-	-	1

Women

space	Surname	country	From	To	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Kaillie Humphries	Canada	2010	2018	2	-	1	3
2.	Heather Moyse	Canada	2010	2014	2	-	-	2
3.	Sandra Kiriasis	Germany	2002	2006	1	1	-	2
4th	Lisa Buckwitz	Germany	2018	2018	1	-	-	1
4th	Jill Bakken	United States	2002	2002	1	-	-	1
4th	Vonetta Flowers	United States	2002	2002	1	-	-	1
4th	Mariama Jamanka	Germany	2018	2018	1	-	-	1
4th	Anja Schneiderheinze	Germany	2006	2006	1	-	-	1
9.	Elana Meyers	United States	2010	2018	-	1	2	3
10.	Shelley-Ann Brown	Canada	2010	2010	-	1	-	1
10.	Valerie Fleming	United States	2006	2006	-	1	-	1
10.	Lauren Gibbs	United States	2018	2018	-	1	-	1
10.	Ulrike Holzner	Germany	2002	2002	-	1	-	1
10.	Shauna Rohbock	United States	2006	2006	-	1	-	1
10.	Helen Upperton	Canada	2010	2010	-	1	-	1
10.	Lauryn Williams	United States	2014	2014	-	1	-	1
17th	Susi Erdmann	Germany	2002	2002	-	-	1	1
17th	Aja Evans	United States	2014	2014	-	-	1	1
17th	Phylicia George	Canada	2018	2018	-	-	1	1
17th	Jamie Greubel	United States	2014	2014	-	-	1	1
17th	Nicole Herschmann	Germany	2002	2002	-	-	1	1
17th	Jennifer Isacco	Italy	2006	2006	-	-	1	1
17th	Gerda Weissensteiner	Italy	2006	2006	-	-	1	1
17th	Erin Pac	United States	2010	2010	-	-	1	1

Nations ratings

As of February 25, 2018

total

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Germany (including the German Democratic Republic ) (including the Federal Republic of Germany )	18 (5) (1)	14 (5) (3)	11 (3) (2)	40 (13) (6)
2.	Switzerland	10	10	11	31
3.	United States	7th	9	8th	24
4th	Canada	5	2	-	7th
5.	Italy	4th	4th	4th	12
6th	Austria	1	2	-	3
7th	Great Britain	1	1	3	5
8th.	Latvia	1	-	2	3
8th.	Soviet Union	1	-	2	3
10.	Belgium	-	1	1	2
10.	Russia	-	1	1	2
12.	South Korea	-	1	-	1
13.	France	-	-	1	1
13.	Romania	-	-	1	1

Men

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Germany (including the German Democratic Republic ) (including the Federal Republic of Germany )	17 (5) (1)	13 (5) (3)	10 (3) (2)	38 (13) (6)
2.	Switzerland	10	10	11	31
3.	United States	6th	7th	6th	19th
4th	Italy	4th	4th	3	11
5.	Canada	3	1	-	4th
6th	Austria	1	2	-	3
7th	Great Britain	1	1	3	5
8th.	Latvia	1	-	2	3
8th.	Soviet Union	1	-	2	3
10.	Belgium	-	1	1	2
10.	Russia	-	1	1	2
12.	South Korea	-	1	-	1
13.	France	-	-	1	1
13.	Romania	-	-	1	1

Women

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Germany	2	1	1	4th
1.	Canada	2	1	1	4th
3.	United States	1	3	2	6th
4th	Italy	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Official site of the IOC (English)

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