Bobsledding – 2-man Event, Men Times Contested 18 Total Competitors 729 Total Nations 50 Year Event Competitors Nations 1932 Two, Men 24 8 1936 Two, Men 46 13 1948 Two, Men 32 9 1952 Two, Men 36 9 1956 Two, Men 50 14 1964 Two, Men 42 11 1968 Two, Men 44 11 1972 Two, Men 42 11 1976 Two, Men 48 13 1980 Two, Men 40 11 1984 Two, Men 56 16 1988 Two, Men 82 23 1992 Two, Men 92 25 1994 Two, Men 86 30 1998 Two, Men 76 24 2002 Two, Men 75 27 2006 Two, Men 58 19 2010 Two, Men 56 18 Medals Won by Nations RankUS RankEuro NOC Gold Silver Bronze Totals 1 1 Switzerland 4 5 6 15 2 2 Germany 4 2 2 8 3 3 Italy 3 2 2 7 4 4 German Demo. Rep. 2 3 2 7 5 5 United States 2 1 3 6 6 6 Fed. Rep. Germany 1 3 - 4 7 7 Canada 1 1 - 2 8 8 Soviet Union 1 - 1 2 9 9 Great Britain 1 - - 1 =10 =10 Romania - - 1 1 =10 =10 Russia - - 1 1 Totals (18 events) 19 17 18 54 * Two firsts/no second in 1998. Most Gold Medals 2 Donat Acklin (SUI) 2 Kevin Kuske (GER) 2 André Lange (GER) 2 Gustav Weder (SUI) Most Medals 3 Bogdan Musiol (GDR/021) 3 Eugenio Monti (ITA/111) 3 Fritz Feierabend (SUI/021) 3 Christoph Langen (GER/102) 3 Markus Zimmermann (GER/111) 2 17 athletes tied with 2. Youngest Competitors 18-347 João Pires (POR-1988, *10 March 1969) 19-036 Hwang Chi-Fang (TPE-1984, *4 January 1965) 19-178 Jacques Christaud-Pipola (FRA-1968, *13 August 1948) 19-189 Eugen Büchel (LIE-1936, *8 August 1916) 19-208 Héctor Tomasi (ARG-1948, *5 July 1928) 19-274 Simon Dodd (AUS-1988, *21 May 1968) 19-340 Reto Capadrutt (SUI-1932, *4 March 1912) 20-014 Chang Min-Jung (TPE-1992, *1 February 1972) 20-068 Hiroshi Suzuki (JPN-1994, *13 December 1973) 20-109 Louis Balsan (FRA-1932, *22 October 1911) Youngest Medalists 19-341 Reto Capadrutt (SUI-1932, *4 March 1912) 22-206 Bogdan Musiol (GDR-1980, *25 July 1957) 22-210 Mario Hoyer (GDR-1988, *26 July 1965) 23-011 Renzo Alverà (ITA-1956, *17 January 1933) 23-152 Jack Heaton (USA-1932, *9 September 1908) Youngest Gold Medalists 24-170 Bernhard Germeshausen (GDR-1976, *21 August 1951) 25-336 Peter Utzschneider (FRG-1972, *6 March 1946) 26-057 Felix Endrich (SUI-1948, *5 December 1921) Oldest Competitors 53-266 Carl-Erik Eriksson (SWE-1984, *20 May 1930) 52-196 Harvey Hook (ISV-1988, *8 August 1935) 51-017 Eric Wennerberg (SWE-1968, *21 January 1917) 50-105 John Reeve (ISV-1988, *7 November 1937) 49-360 John Foster, Sr. (ISV-1988, *25 February 1938) 49-274 William Gayraud-Hirigoyen (FRA-1948, *1 May 1898) 49-271 Carl-Erik Eriksson (SWE-1980, *20 May 1930) 49-270 Max Houben (BEL-1948, *5 May 1898) 49-173 Oscar Geier (SUI-1932, *19 August 1882) 48-263 Karl Wagner (AUT-1956, *9 May 1907) Oldest Medalists 49-174 Oscar Geier (SUI-1932, *19 August 1882) 43-230 Fritz Feierabend (SUI-1952, *29 June 1908) 41-339 Hubert Stevens (USA-1932, *7 March 1890) 40-014 Eugenio Monti (ITA-1968, *28 January 1928) 39-327 Christoph Langen (GER-2002, *27 March 1962) Oldest Gold Medalists 41-339 Hubert Stevens (USA-1932, *7 March 1890) 40-014 Eugenio Monti (ITA-1968, *28 January 1928) 39-327 Christoph Langen (GER-2002, *27 March 1962) Closest Finish in Event tie Italy/Canada (1998) Biggest Margin of Victory in Event 2.35 Federal Republic of Germany (1952) Best Finishes by Nations AHO 29 Team (1988). ARG 15 Marcelo de Ridder / Héctor Tomasi (1948). ARM 33 Yordo Alexandru / Dan Janjigian (2002). ASA 39 Faauuga Muagututia / Brad Kiltz (1994). AUS 22 Jason Giobbi / Adam Barclay (1998); Jeremy Rolleston / Shane McKenzie (2006); Chris Spring / Duncan Harvey / Anthony Ryan (2010). AUT 4 Erwin Thaler / Reinhold Durnthaler (1968); Fritz Sperling / Andreas Schwab (1976); Ingo Appelt / Thomas Schroll (1992). BEL 4 Max Houben / jacques Mouvet (1948). BIH 31 Zoran Sokolović / Ognjen Sokolović (1998). BUL 22 Tsvetozar Viktorov / Aleksandar Simeonov (1988). CAN =1 / Gold Pierre Lueders / Dave MacEachern (1998). CZE =7 Jiři Dzmura / Pavel Polomský (1994). ESP 4 Fon, Marquis de Portago / Vicente Sartorius (1956). EUN 20 Vladimir Yefimov / Aleksey Golovin (1992). FRA 5 André Robin / Henri Rivière (1952). FRG 1 / Gold Wolfgang Zimmerer / Peter Utzschneider (1972). GBR 1 / Gold Tony Nash / Robin Dixon (1964). GDR 1 / Gold Meinhard Nehmer / Bernard Germeshausen (1976); Wolfgang Hoppe / Dietmar Schauerhammer (1984). GER 1 / Gold Andreas Ostler / Lorenz Nieberl (1952); Christoph Langen / Markus Zimmermann (2002); André Lange / Kevin Kuske (2006); André Lange / Kevin Kuske (2010). GRE 30 Greg Sebald / John-Andrew Kambanis (1998). HUN 28 Nicholas Frankl / Miklós Gyulai (1994). IRL 26 Peter Donohue / Paul Kiernan (2002). ISV 33 Zachary Zoller / Jeff Kromenhoek (1998). ITA 1 / Gold Lamberto Dalla Costa / Giacomo Conti (1956); Eugenio Monti / Luciano De Paolis (1968); Günther Huber / Antonio Tartaglia (1998). JAM 28 Lascelles Brown / Winston Watt (2002). JPN 15 Susumu Esashika / Kazumi Abe (1972). LAT 5 Sandis Prūsis / Jānis Elsiņš (1998). LIE 18 Edouard, Baron von Falz-Fein / Eugen Büchel (1936). LUX 22 Raoul Weckbecker / Géza Wertheim (1936). MEX 35 Roberto Lauderdale / Roberto Tamés (2002). MON 12 Patrice Servelle / Jérémy Bottin (2006). NED 10 Willem, Baron Gevers / Sam Dunlop (1936). NOR 7 Arne Holst / Ivar Johansen (1948). NZL =20 Lex Peterson / Peter Henry (1988). POL 16 Stefan Ciapała / Aleksander Habela (1956); Dawid Kupczyk / Marcin Niewiara (2010). POR 34 Antonio Reis / João Poupada (1988). PUR 40 Liston Bochette / Douglas Rosado (1992); John Amabile / Jorge Bonnet (1994). ROU 3 / Bronze Ion Panţuru / Nicolae Neagoe (1968). RUS 3 / Bronze Aleksandr Zubkov / Aleksey Voyevoda (2010). SMR 41 Dino Crescentini / Mike Crocenzi (1994). SUI 1 / Gold Felix Endrich / Fritz Waller (1948); Erich Schärer / Josef Benz (1980); Gustav Weder / Donat Acklin (1992); Gustav Weder / Donat Acklin (1994). SVK 20 Milan Jagnešák / Petr Narovec (2010). SWE 6 Carl-Erik Eriksson / Jan Johansson (1972). TCH 14 Max Ippen / Eduard Novotný (1948). TPE 15 Chen Chin-San / Lee Chen-Tan (1988). TTO 32 Gregory Sun / Curtis Harry (1998). UKR 23 Yuriy Panchuk / Oleh Polyvach (1998). URS 1 / Gold Jānis Ķipurs / Vladimir Kozlov (1988). USA 1 / Gold Hubert Stevens / Curtis Stevens (1932); Ivan Brown / Al Washbond (1936). YUG 22 Zdravko Stojnić / Siniša Tubić (1984). .