Olympic Events
Bobsleigh
Whistler Sliding Centre
The three Olympic sliding sports are bobsleigh, skeleton and luge.
All three grew out of the practice of using a sled or toboggan — a light, narrow wooden platform on runners — to slide on snow or ice. In winter, using a sled to travel and have fun dates back some 700 years. The four-man bobsleigh was on the program of the first Olympic Winter Games in 1924, in Chamonix, France. The two-man bobsleigh event joined the Olympic Games program in 1932. Women began competing in bobsleigh for the first time in 2002, at the Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games.
Competition Events
Two-man
Four-man
Women's
