Bobsleigh at the 1992 Winter Olympics

The bobsleigh events at the Albertville Winter Games were held at the neighbouring valley of La Plagne. Construction began on the track in 1988 and was completed by December 1990. The track measured 1507 m with a drop in altitude from start to finish of 124 m at an average gradient of 8.29% and included 19 curves. It has been a regular stop on the World Cup circuit since it was opened.

These Games saw the zenith of participation in Olympic bobsleighs, as 77 sleds from 25 different nations took to the ice. This is a record that is now unlikely to be broken after the FIBT limited entries via a quota system.

Despite the greater number of entries the strongest nations of the 80s, Germany and Switzerland, were still expected to be the teams to beat. Switzerland did indeed win the two-man event but a desperately close finish to the four-man event brought a victory to the underdogs from Austria.