Bobsleigh - Utah Olympic Park This isn't the Flexible Flyer you had when you were a kid … unless your old sled had a fiberglass hull and traveled 90 mph. There is some dispute over where bobsleigh originated. For years, it was universally acknowledged that bobsleigh had begun in Switzerland in the late 1800s. A few years prior to the Nagano Games, however, evidence was discovered that lumber sleds had been raced in Albany, N.Y., in the 1880s -- perhaps a few years before the sport was started in Switzerland. Bobsleigh debuted at the 1924 Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix and has been contested at every Games since. In 1924 and 1928, only the four-man event was held. In fact, at the 1928 Games, the four-man event was contested as a five-man event. The two-man event was added at the 1932 Lake Placid Games. Women will compete for the first time at the Salt Lake Games. Back to top