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In 1923, the Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing
(FIBT) was founded and the following year a four-man race took place at the first ever
Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. A two-man event was added at the 1932 Olympics in
Lake Placid, N.Y., a format that has remained to the present.
Bobsled racing began largely as an activity for the rich and adventurous who gathered at
alpine resorts for weekends of competition and partying.
There was no such thing as training. Competitors simply bought or rented a sled, started
out as a rider and then took the wheel after a few runs.
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