1932 Winter Olympics / Bobsleigh

Bobsleigh at the 1932 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Lake Placid
Competition venue	Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic bobsleigh run
Nations	8th
Athletes	41 (41 )
date	8-15 February 1932
decisions	2
← St. Moritz 1928 Garmisch 1936 →

With the III. During the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid , two bobsleigh competitions were held. The venue was the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic bobsleigh run with a length of 2366 m and a height difference of 228 m. For the first time a two-man bobsleigh competition was on the program.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	2	1	1	4th
2	Switzerland	-	1	-	1
3	German Empire	-	-	1	1

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Two-man bobsleigh	Hubert Stevens , Curtis Stevens	Reto Capadrutt , Oscar Geier	John Heaton , Robert Minton
Four-man bobsleigh	Billy Fiske , Edward Eagan , Clifford Gray , Jay O'Brien	Henry Homburger , Percy Bryant , Paul Stevens , Edmund Horton	Hanns Kilian , Max Ludwig , Hans Mehlhorn , Sebastian Huber

Results

(all times in min)

Two-man bobsleigh

space	country	athlete	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	4th run	total
1	United States	USA I: Hubert Stevens , Curtis Stevens	2: 13.10	2: 04.27	1: 59.69	1: 57.68	8: 14.74
2	SUI	Switzerland I: Reto Capadrutt , Oscar Geier	2: 05.88	2: 07.21	2: 03.52	1: 59.67	8: 16.28
3	United States	USA II: John Heaton , Robert Minton	2: 15.02	2: 07.51	2: 04.29	2: 02.33	8: 29.15
4th	ROME	Romania I: Alexandru Papană , Dumitru Hubert	2: 15.51	2: 07.82	2: 06.12	2: 03.02	8: 32.47
5	GER	Germany I: Hanns Kilian , Sebastian Huber	2: 15.27	2: 11.08	2: 05.82	2: 03.19	8: 35.36
6th	ITA	Italy I: Teofilo Rossi , Italo Casini	2: 15.45	2: 08.10	2: 06.58	2: 06.20	8: 36.33
7th	GER	Germany II: Werner Huth , Max Ludwig	2: 11.53	2: 11.58	2: 11.32	2: 10.62	8: 45.05
8th	ITA	Italy II: Agostino Lanfranchi , Gaetano Lanfranchi	2: 20.08	2: 13.47	2: 08.00	2: 09.11	8: 50.66
9	BEL	Belgium I: Max Houben , Louis Van Hege	2: 17.68	2: 14.90	2: 10.90	2: 09.62	8: 53.10
10	BEL	Belgium II: Christian Hansez , Jacques Maus	2: 17.01	2: 16.74	2: 13.59	2: 13.81	9: 01.15
11	FRA	France I: Louis Balsan , Daniel Armand-Delille	2: 20.10	2: 19.37	2: 13.56	2: 09.56	9: 02.59
12	AUT	Austria I: Hugo Weinstengl , Johann Baptist Gudenus	2: 23.83	2: 21.82	2: 16.19	2: 14.58	9: 16.42

Runs 1 and 2: February 9, 1932 Runs
3 and 4: February 10, 1932

12 bobsleigh at the start, all in the ranking.

Four-man bobsleigh

space	country	athlete	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	4th run	total
1	United States	USA I: Billy Fiske , Edward Eagan , Clifford Gray , Jay O'Brien	2: 00.52	1: 59.16	1: 57.41	1: 56.59	7: 53.68
2	United States	USA II: Henry Homburger , Percy Bryant , Paul Stevens , Edmund Horton	2: 01.77	2: 01.09	1: 58.56	1: 54.28	7: 55.70
3	GER	Germany I: Hanns Kilian , Max Ludwig , Hans Mehlhorn , Sebastian Huber	2: 03.11	2: 01.34	1: 58.19	1: 57.40	8: 00.04
4th	SUI	Switzerland I: Reto Capadrutt , Hans Eisenhut Charles Jenny , Oscar Geier	2: 06.81	2: 03.40	2: 01.47	2: 00.50	8: 12.18
5	ITA	Italy I: Teofilo Rossi , Agostino Lanfranchi , Gaetano Lanfranchi , Italo Casini	2: 07.87	2: 06.62	2: 07.94	2: 01.78	8: 24.21
6th	ROME	Romania I: Alexandru Papană , Alexandru Ionescu , Ulise Petrescu , Dumitru Hubert	2: 09.09	2: 14.32	2: 02.00	1: 58.81	8: 24.22
7th	GER	Germany II: Georg Gyssling , Walther von Mumm , Hasso von Bismarck , Gerhard von Hessert	2: 11.59	2: 11.72	2: 07.89	2: 04.25	8: 35.45

Runs 1 and 2: February 14, 1932 Runs
3 and 4: February 15, 1932

7 bobsleighs at the start, all in the ranking.

Since 1932, only four drivers have been allowed to sit in the four-man bobsleigh, previously there were also five. The four-man race was only held after the closing ceremony of the Winter Games due to poor weather conditions.

Web links

• Bobsleigh at the 1932 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1932 Winter Olympics (PDF; 8.1 MB)