Bobsleigh has been included in every Winter Olympics apart from 1960.
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 |
Hubert Stevens & Curtis Stevens USA Ivan Brown & Alan Washbond USA Felix Endrich & Friedrich Waller SUI Andreas Ostler & Lorenz Nieberl GER Lamberto Dalla Costa & Giacomo Conti ITA not held Tony Nash & Robin Dixon GBR Eugenio Monti & Luciano De Paolis ITA Wolfgang Zimmerer & Peter Utzschneider FRG Meinhard Nehmer & Bernhard Germeshausen GDR Erich Schärer & Josef Benz SUI Wolfgang Hoppe & Dietmar Schauerhammer GDR Jânis Kipurs & Vladimir Kozlov URS Gustav Weder & Donat Acklin SUI Gustav Weder & Donat Acklin SUI Pierre Lueders & David MacEachern CAN Günther Huber & Antonia Tartaglia ITA Christoph Langen & Markus Zimmermann GER André Lange & Kevin Kuske GER |
8:14.74 5:29.29 5:29.2 5:24.54 5:30.14 4:21.90 4:41.54 4:57.07 3:44.42 4:09.36 3:25.56 3:53.48 4:03.26 3:30.81 3:37.24 3:10.11 3:43.38 |
Reto Capadrutt & Oscar Geier SUI Fritz Feierabend & Joseph Beerli SUI Fritz Feierabend & Paul Hans Eberhard SUI Stanley Benham & Patrick Martin USA Eugenio Monti & Renzo Alverà ITA Sergio Zardini & Romano Bonagura ITA Horst Floth & Pepi Bader FRG Horst Floth & Pepi Bader FRG Wolfgang Zimmerer & Manfred Schumann FRG Bernhard Germeshausen & Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt GDR Bernhard Lehmann & Bogdan Musiol GDR Wolfgang Hoppe & Bogdan Musiol GDR Rudolf Lochner & Markus Zimmermann GER Reto Götschi & Guido Acklin SUI Christoph Reich & Steve Anderhub SUI Pierre Lueders & Lascelles Brown CAN |
8:16.28 5:30.64 5:30.4 5:26.89 5:31.45 4:22.02 4:41.54 4:58.84 3:44.99 4:10.93 3:26.04 3:54.19 4:03.55 3:30.86 3:10.20 3:43.59 |
John Heaton & Robert Minton USA Gilbert Colgate & Richard Lawrence USA Frederick Fortune & Schuyler Carron USA Fritz Feierabend & Stephan Waser SUI Max Angst & Harry Warburton SUI Eugenio Monti & Sergio Siorpaes ITA Ion Panturu & Nicolae Neagoe ROM Jean Wicki & Edy Hubacher SUI Erich Schärer & Josef Benz SUI Meinhard Nehmer & Bogdan Musiol GDR Zintis Ekmanis & Vladimir Aleksandrov URS Bernhard Lehmann & Mario Hoyer GDR Christoph Langen & Günther Eger GER Günther Huber & Stefano Ticci ITA Christoph Langen & Markus Zimmermann GER Martin Annen & Beat Hefti SUI Martin Annen & Beat Hefti SUI |
8:29.15 5:33.96 5:35.3 5:27.71 5:37.46 4:22.63 4:44.46 4:59.33 3:45.70 4:11.08 3:26.16 3:54.64 4:03.63 3:31.01 3:37.89 3:10.62 3:43.73 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1924 1928† 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 |
Eduard Scherrer, Alfred Neveu, Alfred Schläppi & Heinrich Schläppi SUI William Fiske, Nion Tucker, Geoffrey Mason, Clifford Gray & Richard Parke USA William Fiske, Edward Eagan, Clifford Gray & Jay O'Brien USA Pierre Musy, Arnold Gartmann, Charles Bouvier & Joseph Beerli SUI Francis Tyler, Patrick Martin, Edward Rimkus & William D'Amico USA Andreas Ostler, Friedrich Kühn, Lorenz Nieberl & Franz Kemser GER Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt & Heinrich Angst SUI not held Victor Emery, Peter Kirby, Douglas Anakin & John Emery CAN Eugenio Monti, Luciano De Paolis, Roberto Zandonella & Mario Armano ITA Jean Wicki, Edy Hubacher, Hans Leutenegger & Werner Camichel SUI Meinhard Nehmer, Jochen Babock, Bernhard Germeshausen & Bernhard Lehmann GDR Meinhard Nehmer, Bogdan Musiol, Bernhard Germeshausen & Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt GDR Wolfgang Hoppe, Roland Wetzig, Dietmar Schauerhammer & Andreas Kirchner GDR Ekkehard Fasser, Kurt Meier, Marcel Fässler & Werner Stocker SUI Ingo Appelt, Harald Winkler, Gerhard Haidacher & Thomas Schroll AUT Harald Czudaj, Karsten Brannasch, Olaf Hampel & Alexander Szelig GER Christoph Langen & Markus Zimmermann, Marco Jakobs & Olaf Hampel GER André Lange, Enrico Kühn, Kevin Kuske & Carsten Embach GER André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske & Martin Putze GER |
5:45.54 3:20.5 7:53.68 5:19.85 5:20.1 5:07.84 5:10.44 4:14.46 2:17.39 4:43.07 3:40.43 3:59.92 3:20.22 3:47.51 3:53.90 3:27.78 2:39.41 3:07.51 3:40.42 |
Ralph Broome, Thomas Arnold, Alexander Richardson & Rodney Soher GBR Jennison Heaton, David Granger, Lyman Hine, Thomas Doe & Jay O'Brien USA Henry Homburger, Percy Bryant, Paul Stevens & Edmund Horton USA Reto Capadrutt, Hans Aichele, Fritz Feierabend & Hans Bütikofer SUI Max Houben, Freddy Mansveld, Louis-Georges Niels & Jacques Mouvet BEL Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, Howard Crossett & James Atkinson USA Eugenio Monti, Ulrico Girardi, Renzo Alverà & Renato Mocellini ITA Erwin Thaler, Adolf Koxeder, Josef Nairz & Reinhold Durnthaler AUT Erwin Thaler, Reinhold Durnthaler, Herbert Gruber & Josef Eder AUT Nevio De Zordo, Gianni Bonichon, Adriano Frassinelli & Corrado Dal Fabbro ITA Erich Schärer, Ulrich Bächli, Rudolf Marti & Josef Benz SUI Erich Schärer, Ulrich Bächli, Rudolf Marti & Josef Benz SUI Bernhard Lehmann, Bogdan Musiol, Ingo Voge & Eberhard Weise GDR Wolfgang Hoppe, Dietmar Schauerhammer, Bogdan Musiol, Ingo Voge GDR Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musiol, Axel Kühn & René Hannemann GER Gustav Weder, Donat Acklin, Kurt Meier & Domenico Semeraro SUI Marcel Rohner, Markus Nüssli, Markus Wasser & Beat Seitz SUI Todd Hays, Randy Jones, Bill Schuffenhauer & Garrett Hines USA Aleksandr Zoubkov, Filipp Egorov, Aleksey Seliverstov & Aleksey Voevoda RUS |
5:48.83 3:21.0 7:55.70 5:22.73 5:21.3 5:10.48 5:12.10 4:15.48 2:17.48 4:43.83 3:40.89 4:00.87 3:20.78 3:47.58 3:53.92 3:27.84 2:40.01 3:07.81 3:40.55 |
Charles Mulder, René Mortiaux, Paul Van Den Broeck, Victor Verschueren & Henri Willems BEL Hanns Kilian, Valentin Krempel, Hans Hess, Sebastian Huber & Hans Nägle GER Hanns Kilian, Max Ludwig, Hans Melhorn & Sebastian Huber GER Frederick McEvoy, James Cardno, Guy Dugdale & Charles Green GBR James Bickford, Thomas Hicks, Donald Dupree & William Dupree USA Fritz Feierabend, Albert Madörin, André Filippini & Stephan Waser SUI Arthur Tyler, William Dodge, Charles Butler & James Lamy USA Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes, Benito Rigoni & Gildo Siorpaes ITA Jean Wicki, Hans Candrian, Willi Hofmann & Walter Graf SUI Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Stefan Gaisreiter & Walter Steinbauer FRG Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Bodo Bittner & Manfred Schumann FRG Horst Schönau, Roland Wetzig, Detlef Richter & Andreas Kirchner GDR Silvio Giobellina, Heinz Stettler, Urs Salzmann & Rico Freiermuth SUI Jânis Kipurs, Guntis Osis, Juris Tone & Vladimir Kozlov URS Gustav Weder, Donat Acklin, Lorenz Schindelholz & Curdin Morell SUI Wolfgang Hoppe, Ulf Hielscher, René Hannemann & Carsten Embach GER Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Eric Le Chanony & Max Robert FRA Sean Olsson, Dean Ward, Courtney Rumbolt & Paul Attwood GBR Brian Shimer, Mike Kohn, Doug Sharp & Dan Steele USA Martin Annen, Thomas Lamparter, Beat Hefti & Cédric Grand SUI |
6:02.29 3:21.9 8:00.04 5:23.41 5:21.5 5:11.70 5:12.39 4:15.60 2:18.04 4:43.92 3:41.37 4:00.97 3:21.39 3:48.26 3:54.13 3:28.01 2:40.06 3:07.86 3:40.83 |
† - 5 man
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
2002 2006 |
Jill Bakken & Vonetta Flowers USA Sandra Kiriasis & Anja Schneiderheinze GER |
1:37.76 3:49.98 |
Sandra Prokoff & Ulrike Holzner GER Shauna Rohbock & Valerie Fleming USA |
1:38.06 3:50.69 |
Susi-Lisa Erdmann & Nicole Herschmann GER Gerda Weissensteiner & Jennifer Isacco ITA |
1:38.29 3:51.01 |
In Luge tobogganing competitors descend the slope feet first. The sport was introduced into the Winter Games in 1964. From 1992 onwards women were allowed to enter the men's doubles event.
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 |
Thomas Köhler GER(GDR) Manfred Schmid AUT Wolfgang Scheidel GDR Dettlef Günther GDR Bernhard Glass GDR Paul Hildgartner ITA Jens Müller GDR Georg Hackl GER Georg Hackl GER Georg Hackl GER Armin Zoeggeler ITA Armin Zoeggeler ITA |
3:26.77 2:52.48 3:27.58 3:27.688 2:54.796 3:04.258 3:05.548 3:02.363 3:21.571 3:18.436 2:57.941 3:26.088 |
Klaus Bonsack GER(GDR) Thomas Köhler GDR Harald Ehrig GDR Josef Fendt FRG Paul Hildgartner ITA Sergey Danilin URS(RUS) Georg Hackl FRG Markus Prock AUT Markus Prock AUT Armin Zoeggeler ITA Georg Hackl GER Albert Demtchenko RUS |
3:27.04 2:52.66 3:28.39 3:28.196 2:55.372 3:04.962 3:05.916 3:02.669 3:21.584 3:18.939 2:58.270 3:26.198 |
Hans Plenk GER(FRG) Klaus Bonsack GDR Wolfram Fiedler GDR Hans Rinn GDR Anton Winkler FRG Valeriy Dudin URS(RUS) Yuriy Kharchenko URS(RUS) Markus Schmid AUT Armin Zoeggeler ITA Jens Müller GER Markus Prock AUT Mârtinš Rubenis LAT |
3:30.15 2:53.33 3:28.73 3:28.574 2:56.545 3:05.012 3:06.274 3:02.942 3:21.833 3:19.093 2:58.283 3:26.445 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 |
Josef Feistmantl & Manfred Stengl AUT Klaus Bonsack & Thomas Köhler GDR Horst Hörnlein & Reinhard Bredow GDR Paul Hildgartner & Walter Plaikner ITA Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn GDR Hans Rinn & Norbert Hahn GDR Hans Stanggassinger & Franz Wembacher FRG Jörg Hoffmann & Jochen Pietzsch GDR Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt GER Kurt Brugger & Wilfried Huber ITA Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt GER Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch GER Andreas Linger & Wolfgang Linger AUT |
1:41.62 1:35.85 1:28.35 1:25.604 1:19.331 1:23.620 1:31.940 1:32.053 1:36.720 1:41.105 1:26.082 1:34.497 |
Reinhold Senn & Helmut Thaler AUT Manfred Schmid & Ewald Walch AUT Hans Brandner & Balthasar Schwarm FRG Peter Gschnitzer & Karl Brunner ITA Yevgeniy Belousov & Aleksandr Belyakov URS Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt GDR Yves Mankel & Thomas Rudolph GER Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber ITA Chris Thorpe & Gordy Sheer USA Mark Grimmette & Brian Martin USA André Florschütz & Torsten Wustlich GER |
1:41.91 1:36.34 1:25.889 1:19.606 1:23.660 1:32.039 1:32.239 1:36.769 1:41.127 1:26.216 1:34.807 |
Walter Aussendorfer & Siegfried Mair ITA Wolfgang Winkler & Fritz Nachmann FRG Klaus Bonsack & Wolfram Fiedler GDR Rudolf Schmid & Franz Schachner AUT Georg Fluckinger & Karl Schrott AUT Jörg Hoffmann & Jochen Pietzsch GDR Thomas Schwab & Wolfgang Staudinger FRG Hansjörg Raffl & Norbert Huber ITA Stefan Krausse & Jan Behrendt GER Mark Grimmette & Brian Martin USA Chris Thorpe & Clay Ives USA Gerhard Plankensteiner & Oswald Haselrieder ITA |
1:42.87 1:37.29 1:29.16 1:25.919 1:19.795 1:23.887 1:32.274 1:32.298 1:36.945 1:41.217 1:26.220 1:34.930 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 |
Ortrun Enderlein GER(GDR) Erica Lechner ITA Anna-Maria Müller GDR Margit Schumann GDR Vera Zozula URS(LAT) Steffi Martin GDR Steffi Walter (Martin) GDR Doris Neuner AUT Gerda Weissensteiner ITA Silke Kraushaar GER Sylke Otto GER Sylke Otto GER |
3:24.67 2:28.66 2:59.18 2:50.621 2:36.537 2:46.570 3:03.973 3:06.696 3:15.517 3:23.779 2:52.464 3:07.979 |
Ilse Geisler GER(GDR) Christa Schmuck FRG Ute Rührold GDR Ute Rührold GDR Melitta Sollmann GDR Bettina Schmidt GDR Ute Oberhoffner (Weiss) GDR Angelika Neuner AUT Susi-Lisa Erdmann GER Barbara Niedernhuber GER Barbara Niedernhuber GER Silke Kraushaar GER |
3:27.42 2:29.37 2:59.49 2:50.846 2:37.657 2:46.873 3:04.105 3:06.769 3:16.276 3:23.781 2:52.785 3:08.115 |
Helene Thurner AUT Angelika Dünhaupt FRG Margit Schumann GDR Elisabeth Demleitner FRG Ingrîda Amantova URS(LAT) Ute Weiss GDR Cerstin Schmidt GDR Susi-Lisa Erdmann GER Andrea Tagwerker AUT Angelika Neuner AUT Silke Kraushaar GER Tatjana Hüfner GER |
3:29.06 2:29.56 2:59.54 2:51.056 2:37.817 2:47.248 3:04.181 3:07.115 3:16.652 3:24.253 2:52.865 3:08.460 |
In Skeleton tobogganing competitors descend the slope head first. Prior to 2002 the event had only been included in the two St. Moritz Games with races held on the Cresta Run.
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1928 1932-36 1948 1952-98 2002 2006 |
Jennison Heaton USA not held Nino Bibbia ITA not held Jim Shea USA Duff Gibson CAN |
3:01.8 5:23.2 1:41.96 1:55.88 |
John Heaton USA John Heaton USA Martin Rettl AUT Jeff Pain CAN |
3:02.8 5:24.6 1:42.01 1:56.14 |
David Northesk GBR John Crammond GBR Gregor Stähli SUI Gregor Stähli SUI |
3:05.1 5:25.1 1:42.15 1:56.80 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
2002 2006 |
Tristan Gale USA Maya Pedersen SUI |
1:45.11 1:59.83 |
Lea Ann Parsley USA Shelley Rudman GBR |
1:45.21 2:01.06 |
Alex Coomber GBR Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards CAN |
1:45.37 2:01.41 |
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