1952 Winter Olympics / Bobsleigh

Bobsleigh at the 1952 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Oslo
Competition venue	Cork trekkers
Nations	10
Athletes	70 (70 )
date	14-22 February 1952
decisions	2
← St. Moritz 1948 Cortina 1956 →

At the VI. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo , two bobsleigh competitions were held. The venue was a temporary natural track Korketrekkeren in Frognerseteren ; it was 1,508 m long and had 13 curves. The winners were also considered world champions.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Germany	2	-	-	2
2	United States	-	2	-	2
3	Switzerland	-	-	2	2

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Two-man bobsleigh	Andreas Ostler , Lorenz Nieberl	Stanley Benham , Patrick Martin	Fritz after work , Stephan Waser
Four-man bobsleigh	Andreas Ostler , Friedrich Kuhn , Lorenz Nieberl , Franz Kemser	Stanley Benham , Patrick Martin , Howard Crossett , Ames Atkinson	Fritz Feierabend , Albert Madörin , André Filippini , Stephan Waser

Results

(all times in min)

Two-man bobsleigh

space	country	athlete	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	4th run	total
1	GER	Germany I: Andreas Ostler , Lorenz Nieberl	1: 20.76	1: 21.64	1: 21.02	1: 21.12	5: 24.54
2	United States	USA I: Stanley Benham ,> Patrick Martin	1: 22.03	1: 22.12	1: 21.21	1: 21.53	5: 26.89
3	SUI	Switzerland I: Fritz Feierabend , Stephan Waser	1: 22.13	1: 22.46	1: 21.67	1: 21.45	5: 27.71
4th	SUI	Switzerland II: Felix Endrich , Werner Spring	1: 22.14	1: 22.32	1: 22.50	1: 22.19	5: 29.15
5	SUI	France II: André Robin , Henri Rivière	1: 23.22	1: 23.06	1: 22.85	1: 22.85	5: 31.98
6th	BEL	Belgium I: Marcel Leclef , Albert Castelyns	1: 22.09	1: 23.69	1: 22.94	1: 23.79	5: 32.51
7th	United States	USA II: Frederick Fortune , John L. Helmer	1: 23.46	1: 24.48	1: 23.15	1: 22.73	5: 33.82
8th	SWE	Sweden I: Olle Axelsson , Jan Lapidoth	1: 24.30	1: 23.92	1: 23.46	1: 24.09	5: 35.77
9	AUT	Austria I: Karl Wagner , Franz Eckhardt	1: 24.16	1: 24.54	1: 24.00	1: 24.34	5: 37.04
10	ITA	Italy II: Alberto Della Beffa , Dario Colombi	1: 23.86	1: 24.71	1: 24.03	1: 24.62	5: 37.22
11	GER	Germany II: Theodor Kitt , Friedrich Kuhn	1: 24.43	1: 25.22	1: 24.52	1: 24.08	5: 38.25
16	AUT	Austria II: Heinz Hoppichler , Wilfried Thurner	1: 30.27	1: 28.30	1: 27.78	1: 27.51	5: 53.86

Runs 1 and 2: February 14, 1952 Runs
3 and 4: February 15, 1952

18 bobsleighs at the start, all in the ranking.

Four-man bobsleigh

space	country	athlete	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	4th run	total
1	GER	Germany I: Andreas Ostler , Friedrich Kuhn , Lorenz Nieberl , Franz Kemser	1: 16.84	1: 17.57	1: 16.55	1: 16.86	5: 07.84
2	United States	USA I: Stanley Benham , Patrick Martin , Howard Crossett , James Atkinson	1: 17.44	1: 17.78	1: 16.72	1: 18.54	5: 10.84
3	SUI	Switzerland I: Fritz Feierabend , Albert Madörin , André Filippini , Stephan Waser	1: 18.67	1: 18.08	1: 17.40	1: 17.55	5: 11.70
4th	SUI	Switzerland II: Felix Endrich , Fritz Stöckli , Franz Kapus , Werner Spring	1: 17.75	1: 19.45	1: 17.88	1: 18.90	5: 13.98
5	AUT	Austria I: Karl Wagner , Franz Eckhart , Hermann Palka , Paul Aste	1: 19.34	1: 18.91	1: 18.27	1: 18.22	5: 14.74
6th	SWE	Sweden I: Kjell Holmström , Felix Fernström , Nils Landgren , Jan de Man Lapidoth	1: 19.11	1: 19.90	1: 17.28	1: 18.72	5: 15.01
7th	SWE	Sweden II: Gunnar Åhs , Börje Ekedahl , Lennart Sandin , Gunnar Garpö	1: 18.84	1: 19.93	1: 18.66	1: 20.43	5: 17.86
8th	ARG	Argentina I: Carlos Tomasi , Robert Bordeu , Carlos Sareisian , Héctor Tomasi	1: 20.15	1: 19.81	1: 19.35	1: 19.54	5: 18.85
9	United States	USA II: James Bickford , Hubert Miller , Maurice Severino , Joseph Scott	1: 19.13	1: 19.97	1: 19.49	1: 21.09	5: 19.68
10	ITA	Italy II: Alberto Della Beffa , Sandro Rasini , Dario Colombi , Dario Poggi	1: 20.02	1: 21.39	1: 18.86	1: 19.65	5: 19.62

Runs 1 and 2: February 21, 1952 Runs
3 and 4: February 22, 1952

15 bobsleighs at the start, 14 of them in the classification (Austria II did not finish the fourth run).

Web links

• Bobsleigh at the 1952 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1952 Winter Olympics (PDF; 25.4 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ^ "The German bobsleigh Olympic champion" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 16, 1952, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).