Bobsled team members from Germany-2 (orange and white), USA-1, (center row in blue) and USA-2 wave to the crowd after receiving their newly awarded medals during a ceremony in Salt Lake City for the men's four-man bobsled event in the2002 Winter Olympics . Army National Guard Outstanding Athlete Program bobsled pilot Sgt.Mike Kohn drives USA-3 through Turn 11 atWhistler Sliding Centre during the first heat of the Olympic two-man bobsled event on Saturday during the2010 Winter Olympics . Jill Bakken holds flowers aloft and enjoys her moment of triumph after winning the gold in the first-ever women's Olympic bobsled race 19 February. Her brakemanVonetta Flowers is also being lifted by teammates on the left.Bobsleigh is anOlympic sport that is contested at theWinter Olympic Games . The sport was included in the firstWinter Olympics in 1924 and has been held at every Olympics since, except1960 . The four-man event, which was first held in 1924, was switched to a five-man event in1928 . The two-man event was introduced at the1932 Lake Placid games and a two-woman event was first contested at the2002 Salt Lake City Olympics .[ 1]
The numbers in brackets denotes bobsledders who won gold medal in corresponding disciplines more than one time. Bold numbers denotes record number of victories in certain disciplines.
Former Army World Class Athlete Program bobsledderSteven Holcomb , front right, leads USA-1, AKA "The Night Train", team ofJustin Olsen ,Steve Mesler andCurtis Tomasevicz to a start time of 4.77 seconds in the third heat of the Olympic four-man bobsled event in Whistler, British Columbia at the2010 Winter Olympics . The quartet won the first U.S. Olympic gold medal in the sport in 62 years. The numbers in brackets denotes bobsledders who won gold medal in corresponding disciplines more than one time. Bold numbers denotes record number of victories in certain disciplines.
The numbers in brackets denotes bobsledders who won gold medal in corresponding disciplines more than one time. Bold numbers denotes record number of victories in certain disciplines.
Bobsledders medal leaders [ edit ] East German brakemanBogdan Musioł participated in five Winter Olympics and won record 7 medals, including gold in 1980. Men Women * denotes all Olympics in which mentioned athletes took part. Boldface denotes latest Olympics.
Most successful bobsledders [ edit ] Top 10 most successful bobsledders (by number of victories) at the Winter Olympics are listed below. Boldface denotes active bobsledders and highest medal count among all bobsledders (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
In 2002–2010, German brakemanKevin Kuske (left) and pilotAndré Lange (right) won 5 Olympic medals together, including record 4 golds and one silver. In 2018 Kevin Kuske won another silver medal therefore becoming the most successful bobsledder in Olympic history. Canadian pilotKaillie Humphries is the most successful female bobsledder in Olympic history. In 2010 and 2014 she andHeather Moyse won record 2 gold medals. In 2018 Kaillie Humphries won bronze medal in pair withPhylicia George . * denotes only those Olympics at which mentioned biathletes won at least one medal
× NOC did not exist or did not participate in bobsleigh events # Number of medals won by the NOC – NOC did not win any medals
bold ed numbers indicate the highest medal count at that year's Olympic Games.These are events in which athletes from one NOC won all three medals.
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