Bobsleigh Through The Ages - Olympic Highlights

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Winter sports have changed significantly since the first Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix 1924. Bobsleigh is one the examples of these incredible changes.
In this video we follow the Olympic journey of the event and it's progression across the editions of the Winter Olympics.
From the original wooden sleds to the current fibreglass and steel, new high speeds have been set, safety measure have been put in place, records have been broken, but most of all incredible Olympic moments have been seen and felt.
Watch our compilation of Bobsleigh Olympic moments through its history in the Winter Games and be amazed by the courage and skills of these great athletes.
Find more about Bobsleigh in the Olympic Winter Games: www.olympic.org/bobsleigh
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[@farginbastage805]

Always remember, your bones will not break in a bobsled. No, no, no. They shatter.” Irv Blitzer

[@digimaks]

Wow, there are big difference in how it started and how it evolved. And you can see how the speed increase dramatically!

[@JuanC-arg]

Say what you want, but one has to respect the athletes from every era.

[@mistererikelmakanaki759]

Natural tracks back!!!!

[@poly_hexamethyl]

0:33 I think it was better for spectators when the sleds were open and had steering wheels. Now, with the aerodynamic fairings and full-face helmets, you don't see the driver working at all, just an inanimate vehicle barrelling down an ice track...

[@EurekaBradaggio]

Of course, but now its safier for athletes and this is the most important thing

[@aprettykitty4]

2:09 anyone else notice the overly excited kid fall?

[@lukewinter17]

SoapySquidd ya

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

0:46 whoa!

[@lucasheterjag]

Cool runnings at 2:17

[@ffuentese]

Did you notice the gap between Sapporo and Calgary in this video? Sadly the video misses the moment where technology used in this sport changes

[@terryallen9546]

Articulation, etc?

[@TheJomightymaniac]

"It's the Jamaican Bobsleigh team!"

[@viktorull]

"Gentlemen, a bobsled is a simple thing. Yeah, so's a toilet!"

[@phillipcollier6176]

Thank you

[@rockerseven]

The key elements to a successful sled team are a steady driver, and three strong runners to push off down the ice...ICE?!?!?

[@KyloZach]

I live in Utah and the Olympics was held 3 months after i was born!

[@graytwins891]

Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up it’s bobsled time

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

COOOOOOLLLL RUNNNNINGS!

[@juanantoniosanchez6100]

Gracias por este vídeo

[@showtim3]

1988 COOL RUNNINGS

[@voices_vary]

I think I learned to drive on that Lake Placid wheel sled!!!

[@xGruffy]

Why does the song kinda sound like song 2

[@YellowBlueCrocodile]

Beautiful

[@m1sterhockey]

I agree great song and watching the England team early almost go over the hill was amazing. Bad Steering wheel. HAHAHAHA Did you see the size of that steering wheel?

[@JamilKhan-hk1wl]

0:41

[@MCO18]

Your bones don't break in a bobsled. No, no... they shatter.

[@markstenger5377]

I love this music! Who wrote this? Does anyone know?

[@riproar11]

0:47 Babe Ruth rode bobsleds too. Unfortunately, this video skipped 1980 and 1984 when the bobsled evolved to the enclosed versions used from then on.

[@god9364]

FEEL THE RHYTHM

[@brothyjay9195]

FEEL THE RHYME

[@bleckjumper]

Where is Sarajevo 1984? =)

[@cabininthewoods7326]

It was way cooler when they had natural tracks

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

St. Moritz is the last natrual track.

[@kevCinoT]

Wheres 84? Nice vid btw. :)

[@agmsports]

Kaillie Humphries of Canada finishes this out. Very nice

[@dppjos2293]

The technology tho,

[@marguskiis7711]

Where is Lake Placid 1980 where really the modern bobsledging started with hi-tech aerodynamic sledges and special cooled tracks?!
In Innsbruck 1976 wery interesting 4-man sledges was used, where two pairs of guys weres sitting side-to-side like in a car.

[@MrJm323]

"....4-man sledges ...where two pairs of guys were sitting side-by-side like in a car."
Stop your lying! Bobsleds were never like that.
I Googled it, and Google never deceives by failing to return a result showing such an example in images or results of any mention of "side-by-side" racing bobsleighs.
You're remembering the Disneyland Matterhorn ride (rail-tracked) side-by-side seated "bobsleighs" or something, and then imagined that there were competitive bobsleds like that at the Olympics!

[@phillipcollier6176]

So who wants in?

[@infamousdnt]

Is the 1972 Sapporo footage from a movie?

[@mzi03731]

They eventually imposed weight restrictions. They used to have "super sledders" who were pretty fat.

[@brain8484]

1920’s when men were men in stupid trousers

[@raschini]

Where's Torino 2006?

[@zc0medan373]

music?

[@nabhannbn]

I like to take a ride

[@Fontastudios]

Jamaica :D

[@indianapatsfan]

Was there anything super technical or athletic in the early days of bobsled? Lol, looks like four buddies slapped a sled together in the garage while enjoying a case of beer and then took it for a ride.

[@coastaku1954]

Basically a Canadian weekend

[@Fastbikkel]

0:31 These olympian athletes look like they're ready for a cigarette and some gluhwein.

[@partizanovacpartizanovcic2018]

ALOOO...SARAJEVO 84 NEMA....DISLAKE

[@scottellisellis9534]

it is ok

[@jennifursun3303]

don't know how they survived those early ones

[@dbgrfdg]

they weren't as fast.

[@jennifursun3303]

@@dbgrfdg but they were not as safe either

[@peterlamacchia8883]

WHere is 1976?

[@panthersgb]

Why is the driver in 1936 so FRICKIN BAD

[@jamesharrington4752]

Giacomo Conti Rip

[@mzi03731]

Sort of a cross between a sport and an episode of "Jackass". Lol