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]
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 | |
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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 |
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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 |