Monobob has only been an official medal event at the Winter Olympics since the Beijing 2022 Games, so it has been in the Olympics for just two editions: Beijing 2022 and Milan-Cortina 2026 (this year).

Quick Scoop: How long has monobob been in the Olympics?

  • Monobob (single-person bobsleigh) made its Olympic debut at the Beijing 2022 Winter Games as a women-only event.
  • Before that, it appeared at the Winter Youth Olympic Games : Lillehammer 2016, Lausanne 2020, and Gangwon 2024.
  • As of the current Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, monobob has been on the main Olympic program for two consecutive Games (2022 and 2026).

A bit of backstory

  • The idea of a single-person bobsleigh is older, but monobob as a modern standardized sport was pushed forward in the late 2000s and 2010s.
  • It was introduced to help boost women’s participation in bobsleigh, giving women a second medal event alongside the traditional two-woman bobsleigh, while men already had two-man and four-man.
  • At Beijing 2022, American Kaillie Humphries became the first Olympic champion in women’s monobob, marking the event’s official arrival on the big stage.

Latest news angle

  • At the current Milan-Cortina 2026 Games, monobob has stayed in the spotlight, with US athlete Elana Meyers Taylor finally capturing monobob gold and becoming the most decorated female bobsleigh athlete and the oldest individual Winter Olympic champion.
  • This helps cement monobob’s status as more than a one-off “new event” and shows it’s likely to remain part of the Winter Olympic program going forward.

In short, if you’re wondering “how long has monobob been in the Olympics?”: it’s a very new addition, officially on the main Winter Olympic program only since 2022, now in its second Games in 2026.

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