Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Two-man

Bobsleigh two-man
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueXiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track
Beijing
Date14, 15 February
Competitors61 from 19 nations
Teams30
Winning time3:56.89
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Johannes Lochner
Florian Bauer
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christoph Hafer
Matthias Sommer
 Germany

The two-man competition in bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February (heats 1 and 2) and 15 February (heats 3 and 4), at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track in Yanqing District of Beijing.[1] The event was won by Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis who repeated their 2018 success. Johannes Lochner and Florian Bauer won the silver medal, and Christoph Hafer and Matthias Sommer the bronze medal, for each of them the first Olympic medal. This was the only podium sweep at the 2022 Olympics.

The joint 2018 champions were Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz, and Friedrich and Margis. Kripps qualified for the Olympics, but now with a new brakeman, Cam Stones. The bronze medalists, Oskars Melbārdis and Jānis Strenga, stopped competing. Friedrich and Alexander Schüller were the 2021 World champions. Lochner and Eric Franke were the silver medalists, and Hans-Peter Hannighofer and Christian Röder were the bronze medalists. The 2021–22 Bobsleigh World Cup was completely dominated by Friedrich, who (with Margis and Schüller) won seven events out of eight. The eighth event was won by Rostislav Gaitiukevich and Mikhail Mordasov. Friedrich won the World Cup, followed by Kripps, Gaitiukevich, and Lochner.

Qualification

There was a quota of 30 sleds available for the men's two-man event. Qualification was based on the world rankings of the 2021/2022 season between 15 October 2020 and 16 January 2022. Pilots must have competed in six different races on three different tracks and been ranked in at least five of those races. Additionally, the pilot must been ranked among the top 50 for the man's events or top 40 for the women's events.[2]

For the men's races the IBSF ranking will be used.[2] The top two nations in the rankings earned three sled each. The next seven nations earned two sleds each, while the next ten earned one sled each.[2] The IBSF announced final quotas on January 24, 2022.[3]

Summary

Sleds qualified Countries Athletes total Nation
3 2 12  Germany
 Canada
2 7 28  Switzerland
 United States
 Latvia
 South Korea
 China
 ROC
 Austria
1 10 20  Great Britain
 France
 Romania
 Czech Republic
 Italy
 Monaco
 Brazil
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Netherlands
 Jamaica
301960

Results

RankBibAthletesCountryRun 1RankRun 2RankRun 3RankRun 4RankTotal[4]Behind
1st place, gold medalist(s)4Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
 Germany59.02 TR159.36258.99 TR159.5213:56.89
2nd place, silver medalist(s)6Johannes Lochner
Florian Bauer
 Germany59.26259.27159.32259.5323:57.38+0.49
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)9Christoph Hafer
Matthias Sommer
 Germany59.44459.93659.51359.7033:58.58+1.69
411Michael Vogt
Sandro Michel
 Switzerland59.57759.90359.59559.7743:58.83+1.94
514Benjamin Maier
Markus Sammer
 Austria59.51559.96859.6461:00.0193:59.12+2.23
61Rudy Rinaldi
Boris Vain
 Monaco59.62959.90359.5741:00.05103:59.14+2.25
715Christopher Spring
Mike Evelyn
 Canada59.5461:00.031059.76859.9353:59.26+2.37
87Rostislav Gaitiukevich
Aleksei Laptev
 ROC59.41359.91559.8091:00.19143:59.31+2.42
912Oskars Ķibermanis
Matīss Miknis
 Latvia59.651059.94759.821059.9353:59.34+2.45
105Justin Kripps
Cam Stones
 Canada59.6181:00.081459.7171:00.0083:59.40+2.51
118Brad Hall
Nick Gleeson
 Great Britain59.69111:00.05131:00.221859.9673:59.92+3.03
1213Romain Heinrich
Dorian Hauterville
 France59.93161:00.041159.92121:00.05103:59.94+3.05
1317Frank Del Duca
Hakeem Abdul-Saboor
 United States59.87131:00.221559.86111:00.15124:00.10+3.21
1422Sun Kaizhi
Wu Qingze
 China1:00.04191:00.01959.99131:00.25154:00.29+3.40
1524Dominik Dvořák
Jakub Nosek
 Czech Republic59.90151:00.04111:00.20161:00.16134:00.30+3.41
1619Mihai Tentea
Ciprian Daroczi
 Romania59.83121:00.46221:00.19151:00.28164:00.76+3.87
1720Emīls Cipulis
Edgars Nemme
 Latvia1:00.00181:00.24 161:00.20161:00.46184:00.90+4.01
1810Simon Friedli
Andreas Haas
 Switzerland59.97171:00.37201:00.47231:00.34174:01.15+4.26
1916Won Yun-jong
Kim Jin-su
 South Korea59.89141:00.28171:00.10141:00.97204:01.24+4.35
2018Taylor Austin
Daniel Sunderland
 Canada1:00.11211:00.41211:00.29191:00.55194:01.36+4.47
2126Patrick Baumgartner
Robert Mircea
 Italy1:00.08201:00.47241:00.38213:00.93
2223Li Chunjian
Liu Wei
 China1:00.31241:00.36181:00.43223:01.10
233Ivo de Bruin
Jelen Franjic
 Netherlands1:00.46271:00.36181:00.35203:01.17
2421Suk Young-jin
Kim Hyeong-geun
 South Korea1:00.28231:00.46221:00.52243:01.26
252Maksim Andrianov
Vladislav Zharovtsev
 ROC1:00.24221:00.75261:00.55263:01.54
2625Markus Treichl
Markus Glueck
 Austria1:00.42261:00.52251:00.66273:01.60
2728Hunter Church
Charlie Volker
 United States1:00.38251:01.40301:00.53253:02.31
2829Axel Brown
Andre Marcano (Run 1–2)
Shakeel John (Run 3)
 Trinidad and Tobago1:00.81281:00.89271:00.86283:02.56
2927Edson Bindilatti
Edson Martins
 Brazil1:01.11291:01.36291:01.34293:03.81
3030Shanwayne Stephens
Nimroy Turgott
 Jamaica1:01.23301:01.35281:01.54303:04.12

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