Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Four-man explained

Event:Four-man bobsleigh
Games:2002 Winter
Venue:Park City, United States
Dates:February 22–23
Competitors:135
Nations:26
Win Value:3:07.51
Gold:
André Lange, Enrico Kühn, Kevin Kuske, Carsten Embach
Silver:
Todd Hays, Randy Jones, Bill Schuffenhauer, Garrett Hines
Bronze:
Brian Shimer, Mike Kohn, Doug Sharp, Dan Steele
Prev:1998
Next:2006

The Four-man bobsleigh competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City was held on 22 and 23 February, at the Utah Olympic Park Track near Park City.[1] [2]

Records

While the IOC does not consider bobsled times eligible for Olympic records, the FIBT does maintain records for both the start and a complete run at each track it competes.

Prior to this competition, the existing track records for the Utah Olympic Park Track were as follows.

Type Date Team Time
Start 28 November 1998
Andre Lange
Christoph Heyder
Enrico Kühn
Lars Behrendt
4.74
Run 25 February 2001
Andre Lange
Lars Behrendt
Rene Hoppe
Carsten Embach
46.57

The following track records were established during this event.

Type Date Run Team Time
Start 22 February 1
Martin Annen
Silvio Schäufelberger
Beat Hefti
Cédric Grand
4.73
22 February 2
Martin Annen
Silvio Schäufelberger
Beat Hefti
Cédric Grand
4.72

Results

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Rank Country AthletesRun 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
André Lange
Enrico Kühn
Kevin Kuske
Carsten Embach
46.71 46.64 46.84 47.32 3:07.51
Todd Hays
Randy Jones
Bill Schuffenhauer
Garrett Hines
46.65 46.61 47.22 47.33 3:07.81
Brian Shimer
Mike Kohn
Doug Sharp
Dan Steele
46.83 46.82 46.98 47.23 3:07.86
4 Martin Annen
Silvio Schäufelberger
Beat Hefti
Cédric Grand
46.72 46.63 47.11 47.49 3:07.95
5 Bruno Mingeon
Éric Le Chanony
Christophe Fouquet
Alexandre Arbez
46.92 46.86 47.25 47.53 3:08.56
6 Christian Reich
Steve Anderhub
Guido Acklin
Urs Aeberhard
46.71 46.93 47.33 47.62 3:08.59
7 Sandis Prusis
Marcis Rullis
Janis Silarajs
Jānis Ozols
46.99 46.82 47.60 47.65 3:09.06
8 Yevgeny Popov
Pyotr Makarchuk
Sergey Golubyov
Dmitry Styopushkin
47.14 46.98 47.45 47.58 3:09.15
9 Pierre Lueders
Ken LeBlanc
Giulio Zardo
Pascal Caron
47.12 46.97 47.41 47.67 3:09.17
10 Bruno Thomas
Michel André
Thibault Giroud
Philippe Paviot
46.88 47.03 47.47 47.82 3:09.20
11 Neil Scarisbrick
Scott Rider
Philip Goedluck
Dean Ward
47.09 47.05 47.44 47.79 3:09.37
12 Gatis Guts
Intars Dicmanis
Maris Rozentals
Gunars Bumbulis
46.99 46.99 47.80 47.66 3:09.44
13 Wolfgang Stampfer
Michael Müller
Klaus Seelos
Martin Schützenauer
47.19 47.27 47.51 47.60 3:09.57
14 Lee Johnston
Phil Harries
Dave McCalla
Paul Attwood
47.06 47.32 47.41 47.98 3:09.77
15 Pavel Puškár
Milan Studnicka
Peter Kondrát
Ivo Danilevic
Jan Kobián
47.23 47.17 47.58 47.95 3:09.93
16 Aleksandr Zubkov
Aleksey Seliverstov
Filipp Yegorov
Aleksey Andryunin
47.26 47.09 47.76 48.04 3:10.15
17 Arend Glas
Arnold van Calker
Timothy Beck
Marcel Welten
47.15 47.18 47.82 48.23 3:10.38
18 Tomasz Zyla
Dawid Kupczyk
Krzysztof Sienko
Tomasz Gatka
47.22 47.48 47.93 48.10 3:10.73
19 Fabrizio Tosini
Andrea Pais de Libera
Massimiliano Rota
Giona Cividino
47.48 47.40 48.11 47.97 3:10.96
20 Hiroshi Suzuki
Shinji Miura
Shinji Doigawa
Masanori Inoue
47.65 47.46 47.92 48.14 3:11.17
21 Florian Enache
Adrian Duminicel
Iulian Pacioianu
Teodor Demetriad
47.59 47.66 48.19 48.22 3:11.66
22 Oleh Polyvach
Bohdan Zamostianyk
Oleksandr Ivanyshyn
Yuriy Zhuravskiy
48.03 48.09 48.76 48.89 3:13.77
23 Nicholas Frankl
Márton Gyulai
Péter Pallai
Bertalan Pintér
Zsolt Zsombor
48.26 48.18 49.03 49.08 3:14.55
24 Milan Jagnešák
Brano Prieložný
Marián Vanderka
Róbert Krestanko
47.80 47.88 51.10 48.64 3:15.42
25 Boris Radenovic
Dalibor Ðurdic
Rašo Vucinic
Vuk Radenovic
48.66 48.79 48.97 49.13 3:15.55
26 Ivan Šola
Boris Lovrić
Ðulijano Koludra
Niki Drpić (Runs 1–3)
Igor Boraska (Run 4)
48.84 48.45 49.17 49.68 3:16.14
27 Eric Maleson
Matheus Inocêncio
Edson Bindilatti
Cristiano Rogério Paes
48.91 48.76 49.44 49.62 3:16.73
28 Albert, Prince Grimaldi
Charles Oula
Sébastien Gattuso
Patrice Servelle
Jean-François Calmes
47.82 48.02 52.44 48.91 3:17.19
29 Chen Chin-san
Chen Chien-li
Lin Ruei-ming
Chen Chien-sheng
48.86 49.19 50.03 49.68 3:17.76
- Arnfinn Kristiansen
Ole Christian Strømberg
Bjarne Røyland
Mariusz Musial
47.02 47.18 47.84 DSQ -
- Christoph Langen
Markus Zimmermann
Franz Sagmeister
Stefan Barucha
46.91 46.77 DNS - -
- Alan Henderson
Steve Harrison
Angus Ross
Mark Edmond
50.67 DNS - - -
- Keith Sudziarski
Paul Zar
Christian Brown
Mike Savitch
51.36 DNS - - -

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 1 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100506004523/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2002/SLC2002Results1.pdf . dead . May 6, 2010 . LA84 Foundation . Salt Lake Organizing Committee . 2002 . January 6, 2014 .
  2. Web site: Bobsleigh at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's Four . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417202029/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2002/BOB/mens-four.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 4 May 2018 . Sports Reference.