Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Four-man

Bobsleigh at the 1948 Winter Olympics
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The four-man bobsleigh results at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The competition was held on Friday, February 6, 1948, and on Saturday, February 7, 1948.

Medal table

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

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	5:23.3
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

• 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.