Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Four-man
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The four-man bobsleigh results at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The competition was held on Friday and Saturday, 6 and 7 February 1948.[1]
Medal table edit
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
 United States (USA)USA II Francis Tyler Patrick Martin Edward Rimkus William D'Amico |
 Belgium (BEL)Belgium I Max Houben Freddy Mansveld Louis-Georges Niels Jacques Mouvet |
United States (USA) USA I James Bickford Thomas Hicks Donald Dupree William Dupree |
Results edit
| Rank | Team | Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | United States (USA) USA II
|
Francis Tyler, Patrick Martin, Edward Rimkus, & William D'Amico | 1:17.1 | 1:19.6 | 1:21.4 | 1:22.0 | 5:20.1 |
| Silver | Belgium (BEL) Belgium I
|
Max Houben, Freddy Mansveld, Louis-Georges Niels, & Jacques Mouvet | 1:17.3 | 1:20.9 | 1:22.0 | 1:21.1 | 5:21.3 |
| Bronze | United States (USA) USA I
|
James Bickford, Thomas Hicks, Donald Dupree, & William Dupree | 1:17.4 | 1:20.7 | 1:21.8 | 1:21.6 | 5:21.5 |
| 4 |  Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland I
|
Fritz Feierabend, Friedrich Waller, Felix Endrich, & Heinrich Angst | 1:16.9 | 1:21.2 | 1:22.3 | 1:21.7 | 5:22.1 |
| 5 |  Norway (NOR) Norway I
|
Arne Holst, Ivar Johansen, Reidar Berg, & Alf Large | 1:17.3 | 1:20.8 | 1:21.4 | 1:23.0 | 5:22.5 |
| 6 |  Italy (ITA) Italy I
|
Nino Bibbia, Giancarlo Ronchetti, Edilberto Campadese, & Luigi Cavalieri | 1:18.2 | 1:20.8 | 1:22.1 | 1:21.9 | 5:23.0 |
| 7 |  Great Britain (GBR) Great Britain I
|
William Coles, William McLean, Raymond Collings, & George Holliday | 1:18.5 | 1:20.9 | 1:22.5 | 1:23.0 | 5:23.3 |
| 8 | Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland II
|
Franz Kapus, Werner Spring, Bernhard Schilter, & Paul Eberhard | 1:17.6 | 1:20.8 | 1:22.3 | 1:24.7 | 5:25.5 |
| 9 |  France (FRA) France I
|
René Charlet, Jean Morin, Jacques Descatoire, & Amédée Ronzel | 1:18.9 | 1:22.2 | 1:23.8 | 1:24.5 | 5:29.4 |
| 10 | Norway (NOR) Norway II
|
Bjarne Schrøen, Gunnar Thoresen, Arnold Dyrdahl, & Benn John Valsø | 1:20.0 | 1:22.6 | 1:23.6 | 1:23.5 | 5:29.7 |
| 11 | Italy (ITA) Italy II
|
Nino Rovelli, Enrico Airoldi, Vittorio Folonari, & Remo Airoldi | 1:19.8 | 1:22.8 | 1:23.2 | 1:24.4 | 5:30.2 |
| 12 |  Argentina (ARG) Argentina I
|
Justo del Carril, Salvador Correa, Marcello de Ridder, & Héctor Tomasi | 1:20.5 | 1:23.4 | 1:24.5 | 1:24.5 | 5:32.9 |
| 13 | France (FRA) France II
|
Gilbert Achard-Picard, Félix Bonnat, Louis Saint-Calbre, & Henri Evrot | 1:20.7 | 1:24.7 | 1:24.7 | 1:25.3 | 5:35.4 |
| 14 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) Czechoslovakia I
|
Max Ippen, František Zajíšek, Ivan Šipajlo, & Eduard Novotný | 1:20.6 | 1:24.1 | 1:25.4 | 1:25.4 | 5:35.5 |
| 15 | Great Britain (GBR) Great Britain II
|
Richard Jeffrey, Edgar Meddings, George Powell-Sheddon, & James Iremonger | 1:20.8 | 1:24.3 | 1:29.8 | 1:26.2 | 5:41.1 |
The competition was halted in the middle of the second round when a water pipe burst, flooding the bobrun.
References edit
- ^ "Bobsleigh at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games: Men's Four". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
External links edit
- Official Olympic Report
- De Wael results for 1948
- 1948 bobsleigh four-man results
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Bobsleigh: Four-Man". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 162.