Bobsleigh is an event in the Winter Olympic Games where a two- or four-person team drives a specially designed sled down an ice track, with the winning team completing the route with the fastest time. The event has been featured since the first Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix, France, with the exception of the 1960 games in Olympic Valley when the organizing committee decided not to build a track in order to reduce expenses. Other than that exception, the four-man competition has been competed at every game (in 1928, it was a five-man competition). The two-man event was introduced at the 1932 Lake Placid games and a two-woman event was first contested at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.
Summary GamesYear EventsBest Nation1 1924 1 (1)2 1928 1 (1)3 1932 2 (2)4 1936 2 (2)5 1948 2 (3)6 1952 2 (1)7 1956 2 (1)8 9 1964 2 (1) (1)10 1968 2 (2)11 1972 2 (1)12 1976 2 (1)13 1980 2 (2)GamesYear EventsBest Nation14 1984 2 (3)15 1988 2 (1)16 1992 2 (4)17 1994 2 (5)18 1998 2 (2)19 2002 3 (3)20 2006 3 (4)21 2010 3 (5)22 2014 3 (1)23 2018 3 (6)24 2022 4 (7)25 2026 4 (8)
Events Four-man • •Five-man event • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 24 Two-man • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 22 Two-woman • • • • • • • 7 Women's monobob • • 2 Total events 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
Medal leaders
Athletes who have won multiple medals (including at least one gold) are listed below.
Men Athlete NOC Event Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total 4-man2-man 2018–20265 0 0 5 4-man2-man 2018–20264 2 0 6 4-man2-man 2002–20184 2 0 6 4-man2-man 2002–20104 1 0 5 4-man2-man 1976–19803 1 0 4 4-man2-man 1976–19803 0 1 4 4-man2-man 1984–19942 3 1 6 4-man2-man 1956,1964–19682 2 2 6 4-man2-man 1992–19942 1 1 4 4-man2-man 1992–19942 1 1 4 4-man2-man 1992–20022 1 1 4 4-man2-man 1984–19882 1 0 3 4-man2-man 1992,1998–20022 0 2 4 4-man 2018-20222 0 0 2 4-man2-man 19682 0 0 2 4-man5-man 1928–19322 0 0 2 4-man5-man 1928–19322 0 0 2 4-man 1994–19982 0 0 2 4-man2-man 19522 0 0 2 4-man2-man 19522 0 0 2 4-man2-man 1980–19921 5 1 7 4-man2-man 1976–19801 2 1 4 4-man2-man 1976, 1984–19881 2 1 4 4-man2-man 1976–19801 2 1 4 Steven Holcomb 4-man2-man 2010–20141 2 0 3 4-man2-man 1948–19521 2 0 3 4-man2-man 1972–19761 1 2 4 4-man2-man 19361 1 0 2 4-man2-man 19801 1 0 2 2-man 1994–20061 1 0 2 4-man 1988–19941 1 0 2 4-man5-man 1928–19321 1 0 2 4-man 2006–20101 1 0 2 4-man 2010–20141 1 0 2 4-man2-man 2002–2016, 20141 0 3 4 4-man2-man 2014–20181 0 2 3 4-man2-man 1972–19761 0 2 3 4-man2-man 1968–19721 0 2 3 4-man 1994–20021 0 1 2 4-man2-man 19721 0 1 2 2-man 1994–19981 0 1 2 4-man2-man 19881 0 1 2 4-man 1980–19841 0 1 2 4-man2-man 19881 0 1 2 4-man2-man 2018–20221 0 1 2 4-man2-man 2014–20181 0 1 2 4-man 1980–19841 0 1 2
Women Athlete NOC Event Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total 2-woman 2010–20223 0 1 4 2-woman 2010–20142 0 0 2 2-woman 2002–20101 1 0 2 2-woman 2018–20221 1 0 2
Elana Meyers Taylor from the United States has more Olympic bobsleigh medals than any other woman, but is yet to win a gold medal so far; her five medals comprise three silver and two bronze from 2010 through 2022.
Medal table
Sources (after the 2026 Winter Olympics): Accurate as of 2026 Winter Olympics.
Notes 2 gold medals and no silver were awarded at 1998 two-man event 2 bronze medals awarded at 1998 four-man event 2 gold medals and no silver were awarded at 2018 two-man event 2 silver medals and no bronze were awarded at 2018 four-man event
Number of bobsledders by nation Nations 5 14 8 13 9 10 13 - 11 11 11 13 11 16 23 25 30 28 34 22 23 23 21 23 18 59 Bobsledders 39 115 41 99 71 71 93 - 81 90 79 93 78 111 135 159 155 156 195 150 159 169 164 165 170 2176
See also List of Olympic venues in bobsleigh
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