Year world’s first bobsleigh club was formed: 1897, St. Moritz, Switzerland

First European Bobsleigh championships: 1914, St. Moritz, Switzerland

Year Canada’s first bobsleigh run was built: 1911, Montebello, Que.

Year the Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT) was founded: 1923

First Canadians to win Olympic bobsleigh gold: Vic and John Emery, Peter Kirby, Douglas Anakin, four-man event, 1964 Innsbruck

First Canadian duo to win bobsleigh gold: Pierre Lueders and Dave MacEachern, 1998 Nagano

First athlete to win three straight world championships in the four-man event: Andre Lange, Germany (2003-2005)

Maximum combined weight of sled and team in two-man event: 390 kg

Maximum combined weight of sled and team in four-man event: 630 kg

First country to win Olympic gold in four-man event: Switzerland, 1924 Chamonix

First Olympic gold medallists in two-man event: J. Hubert Steven and Curtis Stevens, U.S., 1932 Lake Placid

Most Olympic bobsleigh gold medals: 2, Wolfgang Hoppe, East Germany/Germany (1984-1988) and Eugenio Monti, Italy, 1968 Grenoble

Most Olympic bobsleigh medals: 7, Bogdan Musiol, East Germany/Germany (1980-1992)

Olympic women’s two-man event debuted: 2002 Salt Lake City

First women gold medallists: Jill Bakken and Vonetta Flowers, U.S., 2002 Lake Lake City

First black gold medallist in Winter Olympics, Vonetta Flowers, U.S., 2002 Salt Lake City

First person to build all-steel sled, which allowed shock absorbers to increase speed: Bill Linney, U.S., 1946

Minimum length of an Olympic bobsleigh track: 1,500m

Minimum numbers of curves of an Olympic bobsleigh track: 15