With the Brownlee brothers finishing 1-2 in men’s triathlon just now, here are all the cases of siblings finishing 1-2 in an Olympic individual event. This is the 13th time this has occurred. Note that the Goitschel sisters did it twice in alpine skiing in 1964 at Innsbruck.
Brothers
Event
Year
John / Sumner Paine
pistol shooting
1896
Platt / Ben Adams
athletics standing high jump
1912
Nedo / Aldo Nadi
fencing sabre
1920
Jennison / Jack Heaton
skeleton
1928
Edoardo / Dario Mangiarotti
fencing épée
1952
Raimondo / Piero D'Inzeo
equestrian jumping
1960
Phil / Steve Mahre
alpine skiing slalom
1984
Philipp / Simon Schoch
snowboard PGS
2006
Alistair / Jonathan Brownlee
men’s triathlon
2016
Sisters
Event
Year
Christine / Marielle Goitschel
alpine skiing slalom / giant slalom
1964
Doris / Angelika Neuner
luge singles
1992
Justine / Chloe Dufour-Lapointe
freestyle skiing moguls
2014
2 thoughts on “Siblings Finishing 1-2 In Olympic Individual Events”
Brazilian Martine Grael won gold medal at Sailing 49er FX. Her father is the 2-time Olympic champion Torben Grael. How many times has a father/child won the same event?? 🙂
Thanx for your note and letting us know about this. We have those stats but at the moment too much to do to get that one figured out. Maybe after the Olympics we can do that. Its not that unusual. – Bill M
Brazilian Martine Grael won gold medal at Sailing 49er FX. Her father is the 2-time Olympic champion Torben Grael. How many times has a father/child won the same event?? 🙂
Thanx for your note and letting us know about this. We have those stats but at the moment too much to do to get that one figured out. Maybe after the Olympics we can do that. Its not that unusual. – Bill M