List of Olympic medalists in bobsleigh


is an Olympic sport that is contested at the Winter Olympic Games. The sport was included in the first Winter Olympics in 1924 and has been held at every Olympics since, except 1960. The four-man event, which was first held in 1924, was switched to a five-man event in 1928. 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.

Four man

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.
, 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.
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.

Medal table

Bobsledders medal leaders

;Men
BiathleteNationOlympics *Status **GoldSilverBronzeTotal

1980–1994B1517
2002–2018B4206

1984–1994P2316
1956, 1964–1968P2226
2002–2010P4105
1936, 1948–1952B/P0325
1976–1980B/P3104
1976–1980P3014
1988–1994B2114
1988–1994P2114
1992–2002B2114

1988–1992,
1998–2002
B/P2024
1976–1980B1214
1976, 1984–1988B/P1214
1976–1980P1214
1968–1976P1124
2002–2014B/P1034

;Women
BiathleteNationOlympics *Status **GoldSilverBronzeTotal
2010–2018P2013
2010–2018B/P0213
2006–2018B2002
2002–2014P1102

* denotes all Olympics in which mentioned biathletes took part. Boldface denotes latest Olympics.

** Status: B - participated at Olympics as brakeman, P - participated at Olympics as pilot, B/P - participated at Olympics both as brakeman and as pilot.

Most successful bobsledders

Top 10 most successful bobsledders at the Winter Olympics are listed below. Boldface denotes active bobsledders and highest medal count among all bobsledders per type.
and pilot André Lange 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.

Men

RankBobsledderCountryFrom *To *GoldSilverBronzeTotalStatus **
1Kevin Kuske2002201842-6B
2André Lange2002201041-5P
3Bernhard Germeshausen1976198031-4B/P
4Meinhard Nehmer197619803-14P
5Wolfgang Hoppe
198419942316P
6Eugenio Monti195619682226P
7Donat Acklin199219942114B
7Gustav Weder199219942114P
7Markus Zimmermann199220022114B
10Dietmar Schauerhammer1984198821-3B

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.

Women

RankBobsledderCountryFrom *To *GoldSilverBronzeTotalStatus **
1Kaillie Humphries201020182-13P
2Heather Moyse201020142--2B
3Sandra Kiriasis 2002200611-2P
4Jill Bakken200220021--1P
4Lisa Buckwitz201820181--1B
4Vonetta Flowers200220021--1B
4Mariama Jamanka201820181--1P
4Anja Schneiderheinze200620061--1B
9Elana Meyers Taylor20102018-213B/P
10Shelley-Ann Brown20102010-1-1B
10Valerie Fleming20062006-1-1B
10Lauren Gibbs20182018-1-1B
10Ulrike Holzner20022002-1-1B
10Shauna Rohbock20062006-1-1P
10Helen Upperton20102010-1-1P
10Lauryn Williams20142014-1-1B

* denotes only those Olympics at which mentioned biathletes won at least one medal

** Status: B - won Olympic medals as brakeman, P - won Olympic medals as Olympics as pilot, B/P - won Olympic medals both as brakeman and as pilot.

Medals per year

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