Bobsleigh at the 1952 Winter Olympics
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At the 1952 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The two-man competition was held on Thursday and Friday, 14 and 15 February 1952 while the four-man competition was held on Thursday and Friday, 21 and 22 February 1952.[1]
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-man |
 GermanyGermany I Andreas Ostler Lorenz Nieberl |
 United StatesUSA I Stanley Benham Patrick Martin |
 SwitzerlandSwitzerland I Fritz Feierabend Stephan Waser |
| Four-man |
Germany Germany I Andreas Ostler Friedrich Kuhn Lorenz Nieberl Franz Kemser |
United States USA I Stanley Benham Patrick Martin Howard Crossett James Atkinson |
Switzerland Switzerland I Fritz Feierabend Albert Madörin André Filippini Stephan Waser |
Participating nations
Belgium only competed in the two-man event and Argentina only competed in the four-man event. 25 bobsledders competed in both events.
A total of 71 bobsledders from ten nations competed at the Oslo Games:
Argentina (4)
Austria (8)
Belgium (4)
France (5)
Germany (6)
Italy (8)
Norway (9)
Sweden (9)
Switzerland (8)
United States (10)
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | United States | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |