Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics

At the 1936 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The competitions were held from February 11, 1936, to February 15, 1936.^[1]

Bobsleigh at the IV Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Dates	6-16 February 1936
Competitors	115 from 14 nations
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Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Two-man details	United States (USA) USA I Ivan Brown Alan Washbond	Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland II Fritz Feierabend Joseph Beerli	United States (USA) USA II Gilbert Colgate Richard Lawrence
Four-man details	Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland II Pierre Musy Arnold Gartmann Charles Bouvier Joseph Beerli	Switzerland (SUI) Switzerland I Reto Capadrutt Hans Aichele Fritz Feierabend Hans Bütikofer	Great Britain (GBR) Great Britain I Frederick McEvoy James Cardno Guy Dugdale Charles Green

Participating nations

Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands only competed in the two-man event. Twenty-three bobsledders competed in both events.

A total of 95 bobsledders from 13 nations competed at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games:

•  Austria (12)
•  Belgium (8)
•  Czechoslovakia (8)
•  France (10)
•  Germany (10)
•  Great Britain (4)
•  Italy (10)
•  Liechtenstein (2)
•  Luxembourg (4)
•  Netherlands (2)
•  Romania (9)
•  Switzerland (9)
•  United States (11)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Switzerland	1	2	0	3
2	United States	1	0	1	2
3	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6