Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Two-man

The two-man bobsleigh competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 18 and 19 February at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea.[1] Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz of Canada and Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis of Germany shared gold after the two teams recorded exactly the same time after four runs.[2][3][4] Oskars Melbārdis and Jānis Strenga of Latvia won the bronze medal.

Two-man
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueAlpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates18–19 February
Competitors60 from 18 nations
Winning time3:16.86
Medalists
Justin Kripps
Alexander Kopacz
 Canada
Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
 Germany
Oskars Melbārdis
Jānis Strenga
 Latvia

Qualification

The top three countries in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh season (including the World Cup, Europe races and Americas Cup) were awarded the maximum three sleds. The next six countries were awarded two sleds each. The remaining nine sleds were awarded to nine different countries, with South Korea being awarded a slot as host nation.[5][6]

Results

The first two runs were held on 18 February and the last two runs were held on 19 February.[7]

RankBibCountryAthletesRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalBehind
6 Canada Justin Kripps
Alexander Kopacz
49.1049.3949.0949.283:16.86
7 Germany Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
49.2249.4648.96 TR49.223:16.86
13 Latvia Oskars Melbārdis
Jānis Strenga
49.08 TR49.5449.0849.213:16.91+0.05
411 Germany Nico Walther
Christian Poser
49.1249.2749.3249.353:17.06+0.20
510 Germany Johannes Lochner
Christopher Weber
49.2449.3449.0949.473:17.14+0.28
630 South Korea Won Yun-jong
Seo Young-woo
49.5049.3949.1549.363:17.40+0.54
714 Canada Nick Poloniato
Jesse Lumsden
49.4849.4849.3349.453:17.74+0.88
815 Austria Benjamin Maier
Markus Sammer
49.4149.4749.3249.563:17.76+0.90
99 Latvia Oskars Ķibermanis
Matīss Miknis
49.2149.5749.3249.703:17.80+0.94
108 Canada Christopher Spring
Lascelles Brown
49.3849.5849.5649.723:18.24+1.38
1112 Switzerland Rico Peter
Simon Friedli
49.7249.5349.5249.493:18.26+1.40
122 Great Britain Brad Hall
Joel Fearon
49.3749.5049.6749.803:18.34+1.48
1323 France Romain Heinrich
Dorian Hauterville
49.7449.7349.5549.463:18.48+1.62
1419 United States Justin Olsen
Evan Weinstock
49.6649.5549.5349.803:18.54+1.68
1524 Austria Markus Treichl
Kilian Walch
49.6749.6749.5649.663:18.56+1.70
1617 Switzerland Clemens Bracher
Michael Kuonen
49.7349.9049.6449.563:18.83+1.97
1721 Czech Republic Dominik Dvořák
Jakub Nosek
49.7049.6349.6749.863:18.86+2.00
1826 Romania Mihai Cristian Tentea
Nicolae Ciprian Daroczi
49.6949.7249.9349.643:18.98+2.12
1925 Monaco Rudy Rinaldi
Boris Vain
49.8549.6949.6849.803:19.02+2.16
2018 Olympic Athletes from Russia Alexey Stulnev
Vasiliy Kondratenko
49.7749.9949.7449.873:19.37+2.51
2116 United States Nick Cunningham
Hakeem Abdul-Saboor
49.9650.1149.62N/A2:29.69N/A
223 Australia Lucas Mata
David Mari
49.8850.0449.872:29.79
2329 Czech Republic Jan Vrba
Jakub Havlín
49.9350.0749.862:29.86
2422 Poland Mateusz Luty
Krzysztof Tylkowski
49.8750.1049.922:29.89
2520 United States Codie Bascue
Sam McGuffie
50.0350.1649.902:30.09
2627 China Li Chunjian
Wang Sidong
50.1350.2150.152:30.49
271 Brazil Edson Bindilatti
Edson Ricardo Martins
50.1450.2250.352:30.71
285 Olympic Athletes from Russia Maxim Andrianov
Yuri Selikhov (Run 1-2)
Ruslan Samitov (Run 3)
50.2750.5849.982:30.83
2928 China Jin Jian
Shi Hao
50.4750.1750.332:30.97
304 Croatia Dražen Silić
Benedikt Nikpalj
50.7650.9150.992:32.66

References

  1. "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. "Winter Olympics: Canada and Germany share two-man bobsleigh gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  3. "Bobsleigh: Canada, Germany in golden dead-heat". Reuters. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  4. "Canada's Justin Kripps ties for gold with Germany in two-man bobsleigh". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  5. "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeonChang 2018 Bobsleigh" (PDF). International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  6. "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - 2-man Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  7. Final results
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