also, the first olympics were in the nude, maybe the athletes got a bit shy
just imagine the five man bobsled
Considering that the bobsled is done in winter, on a frozen course, with the icy breeze from your speed causing every exposed nerve to shrivel, I don't think it would have been a problem. (Of course, they didn't HAVE bobsleds then, OR Winter Olympics.)
"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche