1936 Winter Olympics / Bobsleigh
Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics |
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Competition venue | Rießersee Olympic bobsleigh run |
Nations | 13 |
Athletes | 95 (95 ![]() |
date | 11-15 February 1936 |
decisions | 2 |
← Lake Placid 1932 |
Two bobsleigh competitions were held at the IV Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1936 . The venue was the Riessersee natural railway with a length of 1,525 m and a height difference of 129.14 m.
Balance sheet
Medal table
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Medalist
competitor | gold | silver | bronze |
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Two-man bobsleigh |
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Four-man bobsleigh |
![]() Charles Bouvier , Joseph Beerli |
![]() Fritz Feierabend , Hans Bütikofer |
![]() Guy Dugdale , Charles Green |
Results
(all times in min)
Two-man bobsleigh
space | country | athlete | 1st run | 2nd run | 3rd run | 4th run | total |
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USA I: Ivan Brown , Alan Washbond | 1: 22.50 | 1: 21.02 | 1: 25.39 | 1: 20.38 | 5: 29.29 |
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Switzerland II: Fritz Feierabend , Joseph Beerli | 1: 26.34 | 1: 20.31 | 1: 24.11 | 1: 19.88 | 5: 30.64 |
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USA II: Gilbert Colgate , Richard Lawrence | 1: 25.06 | 1: 21.94 | 1: 24.80 | 1: 22.16 | 5: 33.96 |
4th |
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Great Britain I: Frederick McEvoy , James Cardno | 1: 25.61 | 1: 23.85 | 1: 28.58 | 1: 22.21 | 5: 40.29 |
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Germany I: Hanns Kilian , Hermann von Valta | 1: 27.29 | 1: 24.24 | 1: 26.63 | 1: 23.85 | 5: 42.01 |
6th |
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Germany II: Fritz Grau , Albert Brehme | 1: 30.66 | 1: 23.33 | 1: 26.94 | 1: 23.78 | 5: 44.71 |
7th |
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Switzerland I: Reto Capadrutt , Charles Bouvier | 1: 25.45 | 1: 23.69 | 1: 34.09 | 1: 23.00 | 5: 46.23 |
8th |
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Belgium I: René Lunden , Eric De Spoelberch | 1: 25.82 | 1: 24.35 | 1: 32.31 | 1: 23.80 | 5: 46.28 |
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Belgium II: Max Houben , Martial Van Schelle | 1: 31.73 | 1: 24.05 | 1: 26.13 | 1: 25.41 | 5: 57.32 |
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Netherlands I: Willem Gevers , Samuel Dunlop | 1: 31.44 | 1: 24.99 | 1: 25.71 | 1: 26.00 | 5: 48.11 |
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Austria I: Hans Stürer , Hans Rottensteiner | 1: 28.12 | 1: 25.20 | 1: 30.55 | 1: 28.13 | 5: 52.00 |
18th |
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Liechtenstein: Eduard Theodor von Falz-Fein , Eugen Büchel | |||||
19th |
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Austria II: Hans Volckmar , Anton Kaltenberger | 1: 33.71 | 1: 26.28 | 1: 30.50 | 1: 31.81 | 6: 02.30 |
Runs 1 and 2: February 14, 1936 Runs
3 and 4: February 15, 1936
23 bobsleighs at the start, 22 of them in the ranking.
The Americans had brought special bobsleighs with them, which proved to be particularly suitable for the railway in Rießersee, but the one constructed by the Swiss - and also used by the Belgians and Dutch - could please. After the first day USA I. Ivan Brown set the fastest time in the first run and finished second in second. Switzerland II moved up from 6th to 2nd thanks to a track record in the second run. For the time being, Switzerland I was third behind USA II.
The track conditions deteriorated on the second day of the competition due to warmer temperatures, especially on the last part of the track before the finish curve. Switzerland I started first, which was a disadvantage, because the following teams were able to achieve better times because the Swiss had laid a good track. USA 1 was significantly faster, USA II only undercut this time after six trips. Switzerland II then set another best time. USA II made for a fabulous time in the final run. Germany II also improved, before Switzerland I set a new track record for two-man bobsleighs. The US bob with Brown, who had to drive under 1: 21.73 for the gold medal, achieved 1: 20.38. The Luxemburgers Henri Koch / Gustav Wagner suffered an accident , who had taken the Bavarian curve too high and got over the track; they were taken away by the medical service who was there immediately. While Bremser Wagner suffered only minor grazes, pilot Koch suffered quite severe bruises and a cut.
Four-man bobsleigh
space | country | athlete | 1st run | 2nd run | 3rd run | 4th run | total |
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Switzerland II: Pierre Musy , Arnold Gartmann , Charles Bouvier , Joseph Beerli |
1: 22.45 | 1: 18.78 | 1: 19.60 | 1: 19.02 | 5: 19.85 |
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Switzerland I: Reto Capadrutt , Hans Aichele , Fritz Feierabend , Hans Bütikofer |
1: 23.49 | 1: 19.88 | 1: 20.75 | 1: 18.61 | 5: 22.73 |
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Great Britain I: Frederick McEvoy , James Cardno , Guy Dugdale , Charles Green |
1: 23.38 | 1: 20.18 | 1: 20.74 | 1: 19.11 | 5: 23.41 |
4th |
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USA I: Hubert Stevens , Crawford Merkel , Robert Martin , John Shene |
1: 25.61 | 1: 19.17 | 1: 20.51 | 1: 18.54 | 5: 24.13 |
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Belgium II: Max Houben , Martial Van Schelle , Louis De Ridder , Paul Graeffe |
1: 22.22 | 1: 23.52 | 1: 22.50 | 1: 20.68 | 5: 28.42 |
6th |
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USA II: Francis Tyler , James Bickford , Richard Lawrence , Max Bly |
1: 25.61 | 1: 23.85 | 1: 20.22 | 1: 19.32 | 5: 29.00 |
7th |
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Germany I: Hanns Kilian , Sebastian Huber , Fritz Schwarz , Hermann von Valta |
1: 20.73 | 1: 23.05 | 1: 24.09 | 1: 21.20 | 5: 29.07 |
8th |
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Belgium I: René Lunden , Eric De Spoelberch , Philippe de Pret , Gaston Braun |
1: 25.77 | 1: 21.81 | 1: 21.67 | 1: 20.57 | 5: 29.82 |
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France I: Jean de Suarez d'Aulan , Jacques Bridou , Jean Dauven , Louis Balsan |
1: 22.75 | 1: 22.18 | 1: 23.11 | 1: 22.32 | 5: 30.36 |
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Belgium I: René Lunden , Eric De Spoelberch , Philippe de Pret , Gaston Braun |
1: 25.77 | 1: 21.81 | 1: 21.67 | 1: 20.57 | 5: 29.82 |
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Italy I: Antonio Brivio , Carlo Soldini , Emilio Dell'Oro , Raffaele Manardi |
1: 26.96 | 1: 22.46 | 1: 20.98 | 1: 20.67 | 5: 31.07 |
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Czechoslovakia I: Gustav Leubner , Walter Heinzl , Bedřich Posselt , Wilhelm Blechschmidt |
1: 26.68 | 1: 25.60 | 1: 28.13 | 1: 25.11 | 5: 45.52 |
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Austria II: Viktor Wigelbeyer , Franz Bednar , Robert Bednar , Johann Gudenus |
1: 30.70 | 1: 29.62 | 1: 30.95 | 1: 26.64 | 5: 57.91 |
Runs 1 and 2: February 11, 1936 Runs
3 and 4: February 12, 1936
18 bobsleighs at the start, 13 of them in the ranking.
The first two runs were done in pretty great cold. After the first run, Germany I was ahead of Belgium II and Switzerland II. Immediately before Switzerland I, Great Britain I took fifth place. Germany II fell, the bob crossed the finish line empty. In the second run, after Switzerland I had already run, the run had to be interrupted due to a necessary repair on the track; the other runs were postponed to the evening. Things didn't go well for the German Hans Kilian, in the “Bayern curve” he hit hard, which resulted in 4th place in the intermediate ranking. The two Swiss bobsleighs were in the lead, Great Britain I was third.
The last two runs were scheduled for February 12th at 8 a.m. Since it had snowed lightly in the early morning hours, the first starters for the third run were at a disadvantage. Musy had had the same team since last year, which was probably the deciding factor for his victory. The 103 kg that brakeman Gartmann (who was known in sports circles as a former ice hockey player and speaker of the boxing competitions in Zurich) weighed on the scales also contributed a lot to the victory. Bouvier was a former football player from Servette Geneva. Switzerland II set the fastest time in the third race and third time in the fourth. Silver medalist Capadrutt did not yet have a secure lead, but on the second day he had the competition under control. In the third run he only drove the fourth time, but in the fourth run he was the last to start the track record set by Kilian by 9 hundredths of a second to 1: 18.61.
Web links
- Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official report of the 1936 Winter Olympics (PDF; 29.6 MB)
Individual evidence
- ^ "Duel America - Switzerland in the two-man bobsleigh race". In: Sport Zürich, February 15, 1936, p. 2.
- ↑ "Another silver medal for Switzerland". In: Sport Zürich, February 17, 1936, p. 3.
- ↑ «After two runs our four-man bobsleigh at the top». In: Sport Zürich, February 12, 1936, p. 3.
- ^ "Gold and silver medal for Switzerland". In: Sport Zürich, February 13, 1936, p. 1.