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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| &ndash; ||align=left| ||align=left| Émile Legrand, Gabriel Izard, Jacques Jany, and Fernand Legrand

|| 4:29.01 || &ndash; || 2:00.79 || 1:56.58 || &ndash;

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| &ndash; ||align=left| ||align=left| Luigi Tornielli di Borgolavezzaro, Adolfo Bocchi, Leonardo Bonzi, Alfredo Spasciani, and Alberto Visconti

|| 4:08.44 || &ndash; || &ndash; || &ndash; || &ndash;

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| &ndash; ||align=left| ||align=left| Charles Stoffel, Alois Faigle, Anton Guldener, and Edmond Laroche

|| 5:38.00 || &ndash; || &ndash; || &ndash; || &ndash;

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Participating nations

A total of 39 bobsledders from five nations competed at the Chamonix Games:

Medal table

References

  • 1924 bobsleigh four-man results
  • 1924 Olympic Games official report (digitized copy online)
  • International Olympic Committee results database