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.
[1] The numbers in brackets denotes bobsledders who won gold medal in corresponding disciplines more than one time.
The numbers in brackets denotes bobsledders who won gold medal in corresponding disciplines more than one time.
The numbers in brackets denotes bobsledders who won gold medal in corresponding disciplines more than one time.
Top 10 most successful bobsledders (by number of victories) at the Winter Olympics are listed below.
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 the
2002 Winter Olympics
.
Army National Guard Outstanding Athlete Program bobsled pilot Sgt.
Mike Kohn
drives USA-3 through Turn 11 at
Whistler Sliding Centre
during the first heat of the Olympic two-man bobsled event on Saturday during the
2010 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 brakeman
Vonetta Flowers
is also being lifted by teammates on the left.
Former Army World Class Athlete Program bobsledder
Steven Holcomb
, front right, leads USA-1, AKA "The Night Train", team of
Justin Olsen
,
Steve Mesler
and
Curtis 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 the
2010 Winter Olympics
. The quartet won the first U.S. Olympic gold medal in the sport in 62 years.
East German brakeman
Bogdan Musioł
participated in five Winter Olympics and won record 7 medals, including gold in 1980.
In 2002–2010, German brakeman
Kevin Kuske
(left) and pilot
André 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 pilot
Kaillie Humphries
is the most successful female bobsledder in Olympic history. In 2010 and 2014 she and
Heather Moyse
won record 2 gold medals. In 2018 Kaillie Humphries won bronze medal in pair with
Phylicia George
.