Bobsleigh at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh
at the II Olympic Winter Games
VenueChamonix, France
Dates18 February
Competitors115 from 14 nations

At the 1928 Winter Olympics, only one bobsleigh event was contested, the five man event. The competition was held on Saturday, 18 February 1928.[1]

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
 United States (USA)
USA II
Billy Fiske
Clifford Gray
Geoffrey Mason
Richard Parke
Nion Tocker		  United States (USA)
USA I
Thomas Doe
David Granger
Jennison Heaton
Lyman Hine
Jay O'Brien		  Germany (GER)
Germany II
Hans Heß
Sebastian Huber
Hanns Kilian
Valentin Krempl
Hanns Nägle

Results
PlaceTeamBobsleddersRun 1Run 2Total
1 USA II (USA)Billy Fiske, Nion Tocker, Geoffrey Mason, Clifford Gray, and Richard Parke 1:38.91:41.63:20.5
2 USA I (USA)Jennison Heaton, David Granger, Lyman Hine, Jay O'Brien, and Thomas Doe 1:42.31:38.73:21.0
3 Germany II (GER)Hanns Kilian, Hans Heß, Sebastian Huber, Valentin Krempl, and Hanns Nägle 1:41.71:40.23:21.9
4 Argentina I (ARG)Arturo Gramajo, Ricardo González, Mariano de María, Rafael Iglesias, and John Victor Nash 1:40.11:42.53:22.6
5 Argentina II (ARG)Eduardo Hope, Jorge del Carril, Héctor Milberg, Horacio Iglesias, and Horacio Gramajo 1:42.31:40.63:22.9
6 Belgium I (BEL)Ernest Casimir-Lambert, Walter Jean Ganshof van der Meersch, Marcel Sedille-Courbon, Max Houben, and Léon Tom 1:39.81:44.73:24.5
7 Romania II (ROU)Grigore Socolescu, Ion Gavăț, Traian Nițescu, Toma Ghițulescu, and Mircea Socolescu 1:43.81:40.83:24.6
8 Suisse I (SUI)Charles Stoffel, René Fonjallaz, Henry Höhnes, Emil Coppetti, and Louis Koch 1:43.11:42.63:25.7
9 Great Britain II (GBR)Henry Martineau, Walter Birch, John Dalrymple, John Gee, and Edward Hall 1:41.71:44.53:26.2
10 Great Britain I (GBR)George Pim, Guy Tracey, David Griffith, Frederick Browning, and Thomas Warner 1:40.61:45.73:26.3
11 Mexico (MEX)Lorenzo Elizaga, Juan de Landa, Genaro Díaz Raigosa, Mario Casasos, and José de la Cruz Porfirio Genaro Díaz Raigosa 1:44.91:42.83:27.6
12 Holland (NED)Curt van de Sandt, Jacques Delprat, Edwin Teixeira de Mattos, Henri Dekking, and Hubert Menten 1:43.51:45.53:29.0
13 Suisse II (SUI)Jean Mollien, John Schneiter, René Ansermoz, André Mollien, and William Pichard 1:41.71:48.23:29.9
14 France I (FRA)Jean de Suarez d'Aulan, Michel Baur, Roger Petit-Didier, Jacques Petit-Didier, and William Beamish 1:43.71:46.33:30.0
15 France II (FRA)André Dubonnet, Bertrand du Pontavice de Heussey, Joseph Dedeyn, Stéphane de la Rochefoucault, and Jacques Rheins 1:45.71:44.53:30.2
16 Belgium II (BEL)Charles Mulder, Hubert Kryn, Ferdinand Hubert, Louis Rooy, and Robert Langlois 1:45.01:46.23:31.2
17 Poland (POL)Józef Broel-Plater, Jerzy Bardziński, Jerzy Łucki, Jerzy Potulicki-Skórzewski, and Antoni Bura 1:44.81:46.83:31.6
18 Germany I (GER)Hans-Edgar Endres, Paul Martin, Karl Reinhardt, Paul Volkhardt, and Rudolf Soenning 1:48.01:43.93:31.9
19 Romania I (ROU)Alexandru Berlescu, Eugen Ştefănescu, Petre Petrovici, Tita Rădulescu, and Horia Roman 1:47.31:44.93:32.2
20 Luxembourg (LUX)Marc Schoetter, Raoul Weckbecker, Willy Heldenstein, Pierre Kaempff, and Auguste Hilbert 1:45.81:46.93:32.7
21 Italia (ITA)Giancarlo Morpugo, Carlo Sem, Luigi Cerutti, Giuseppe Crivelli, and Piero Marchetti 1:45.01:49.63:34.6
22 Austria II (AUT)Franz Lorenz, Franz Wohlgemuth, Eduard Pechanda, Benno Karner, and Richard Lorenz 1:52.31:49.73:42.0
— Austria I (AUT)Gustav Mader, Hugo Weinstengel, Michael Waissnix, Walter Sehr, and Franz Pamperl 1:44.2DSQDSQ

Participating nations

A total of 115 bobsledders from 14 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States1102
2 Germany0011
Totals (2 entries)1113

References
  1. "Bobsleigh at the 1928 Sankt Moritz Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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