Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics
At the 1936 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The competitions were held from February 11, 1936, to February 15, 1936.

Medal summary
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Two-man |
![]() USA I Ivan Brown Alan Washbond |
![]() Switzerland II Fritz Feierabend Joseph Beerli |
![]() USA II Gilbert Colgate Richard Lawrence |
Four-man |
![]() Switzerland II Pierre Musy Arnold Gartmann Charles Bouvier Jos Beerli |
![]() Switzerland I Reto Capadrutt Hans Aichele Fritz Feierabend Hans Bütikofer |
![]() Great Britain I Frederick McEvoy James Cardno Guy Dugdale Charles Green |
Participating nations
Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands only competed in the two-man event. Twenty-three bobsledders competed in both events.
A total of 1 bobsledder from 13 nations competed at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games:
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Austria (12)
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Belgium (8)
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Czechoslovakia (8)
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France (10)
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Germany (10)
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Great Britain (4)
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Italy (10)
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Liechtenstein (2)
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Luxembourg (4)
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Netherlands (2)
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Romania (9)
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Switzerland (9)
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United States (11)
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
References
- 1936 bobsleigh two-man results
- 1936 bobsleigh four-man results
- 1936 Olympic Winter Games official report.(German) - pp. 408–19.
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