At the 1924 Winter Olympics, only one bobsleigh event was contested, the four man event. However, rules at the time also allowed a fifth sledder to compete. The event was held on Saturday and Sunday, 2 and 3 February 1924.
Medalists
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| <br />Switzerland I<br />Alfred Neveu<br />Eduard Scherrer<br />Alfred Schläppi<br />Heinrich Schläppi
| <br />Great Britain II<br />Thomas Arnold<br />Ralph Broome<br />Alexander Richardson<br />Rodney Soher
| <br />Belgium I<br />Charles Mulder<br />René Mortiaux<br />Paul Van den Broeck<br />Victor Verschueren<br />Henri Willems
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Results
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! Place !! Team !! Bobsledders !! Run 1 !! Run 2 !! Run 3 !! Run 4 !! Total
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|bgcolor=gold| 1 ||align=left| ||align=left| Eduard Scherrer, Alfred Neveu, Alfred Schläppi, and Heinrich Schläppi
|| 1:27.39 || 1:26.60 || 1:25.02 || 1:26.53 || 5:45.54
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|bgcolor=silver| 2 ||align=left| ||align=left| Ralph Broome, Thomas Arnold, Alexander Richardson, and Rodney Soher
|| 1:28.73 || 1:28.67 || 1:25.76 || 1:25.67 || 5:48.83
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|bgcolor=cc9966| 3 ||align=left| ||align=left| Charles Mulder, René Mortiaux, Paul Van den Broeck, Victor Verschueren, and Henri Willems
|| 1:29.89 || 1:34.22 || 1:29.98 || 1:28.20 || 6:02.29
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| 4 ||align=left| ||align=left| Antony Berg, Henri Aldebert, Georges André, and Jean de Suarez d'Aulan
|| 1:39.35 || 1:34.99 || 1:36.68 || 1:31.93 || 6:22.95
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| 5 ||align=left| ||align=left| William Horton, Archibald Crabbe, Gerard Fairlie, and George Pim
|| 1:42.33 || 1:41.28 || 1:38.58 || 1:38.52 || 6:40.71
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| 6 ||align=left| ||align=left| Lodovico Obexer, Massimo Fink, Paolo Herbert, Giuseppe Steiner, and Aloise Trenker
|| 1:53.00 || 1:49.69 || 1:48.73 || 1:43.99 || 7:15.41
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| – ||align=left| ||align=left| Émile Legrand, Gabriel Izard, Jacques Jany, and Fernand Legrand
|| 4:29.01 || – || 2:00.79 || 1:56.58 || –
|-
| – ||align=left| ||align=left| Luigi Tornielli di Borgolavezzaro, Adolfo Bocchi, Leonardo Bonzi, Alfredo Spasciani, and Alberto Visconti
|| 4:08.44 || – || – || – || –
|-
| – ||align=left| ||align=left| Charles Stoffel, Alois Faigle, Anton Guldener, and Edmond Laroche
|| 5:38.00 || – || – || – || –
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Participating nations
A total of 39 bobsledders from five nations competed at the Chamonix Games:
Medal table
References
External links
- 1924 bobsleigh four-man results
- 1924 Olympic Games official report (digitized copy online)
- International Olympic Committee results database
