Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Two-man explained

Event:Two-man
Games:2014 Winter
Dates:16–17 February
Competitors:60
Nations:20
Win Value:3:46.05
Gold:Beat Hefti
Alex Baumann
Goldnoc:SUI
Silver:Steven Holcomb
Steven Langton
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Oskars Melbārdis
Daumants Dreiškens
Bronzenoc:LAT
Prev:2010
Next:2018

The two-man bobsleigh competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia was held at the Sliding Center Sanki near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia on 16–17 February.[1]

On 24 November 2017, the IOC imposed a life ban on bobsledder Alexandr Zubkov. He was stripped of 2 gold medals (two-man and four-man bobsleigh).[2] On 18 December 2017, Zubkov's two-man bobsleigh teammate Alexey Voyevoda also received a lifetime ban by the IOC due to doping violations at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[3] On 29 November 2017, IOC also sanctioned Alexander Kasjanov for doping offences and stripped his team of their results.[4] The IOC requested that the FIBT modify the results, and the medals were redistributed accordingly.[5]

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.

Results

Rank Bib Country Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Behind
DSQ 3 Alexandr Zubkov
Alexey Voyevoda
56.25 TR 56.57 56.08 TR 56.49 3:45.39
2 Beat Hefti
Alex Baumann
56.46 56.68 56.26 56.65 3:46.05 +0.66
1 Steven Holcomb
Steven Langton
56.34 56.84 56.41 56.68 3:46.27 +0.88
DSQ 13 Alexander Kasjanov
Maxim Belugin
56.69 56.60 56.44 56.57 3:46.30 +0.91
12 Oskars Melbārdis
Daumants Dreiškens
56.62 56.68 56.43 56.75 3:46.48 +1.09
10 Justin Kripps
Bryan Barnett
56.56 56.70 56.42 56.94 3:46.62 +1.23
9 Chris Spring
Jesse Lumsden
56.66 56.77 56.62 56.74 3:46.79 +1.40
4 Francesco Friedrich
Jannis Bäcker
56.50 56.88 56.63 56.84 3:46.85 +1.46
7 Lyndon Rush
Lascelles Brown
56.61 56.87 56.64 56.76 3:46.88 +1.49
14 Rico Peter
Juerg Egger
56.96 56.68 56.60 56.72 3:46.96 +1.57
8 Thomas Florschütz
Kevin Kuske
56.89 56.87 56.77 56.71 3:47.00 +1.61
5 Cory Butner
Christopher Fogt
56.45 57.11 56.77 56.86 3:47.19 +1.80
6 Nick Cunningham
Dallas Robinson
56.73 57.07 56.98 56.91 3:47.69 +2.30
16 Simone Bertazzo
Simone Fontana
57.06 57.02 56.90 56.84 3:47.82 +2.43
11 Maximilian Arndt
Alexander Rödiger
56.98 56.92 57.22 57.08 3:48.20 +2.81
15 Oskars Kibermanis
Vairis Leiboms
57.11 57.22 57.00 57.19 3:48.52 +3.13
22 Nicolae Istrate
Florin Cezar Crăciun
57.39 57.19 57.24 57.16 3:48.98 +3.59
17 Won Yun-Jong
Seo Young-Woo
57.41 57.20 57.58 57.08 3:49.27 +3.88
23 Edwin van Calker
Bror van der Zijde
57.54 57.46 57.38 56.95 3:49.33 +3.94
18 Loic Costerg
Romain Heinrich
57.44 57.04 57.65 57.23 3:49.36 +3.97
21 Patrice Servelle
Sébastien Gattuso
57.50 57.30 57.80
19 Benjamin Maier
Markus Sammer
57.57 57.74 57.41
25 Lamin Deen
John Baines
57.54 57.81 57.38
30 Jan Vrba
Michal Vacek
57.72 57.75 57.71
20 Kim Dong-hyun
Jun Jung-Lin
57.78 57.76 57.73
27 Heath Spence
Duncan Harvey
57.96 57.99 57.78
26 Dawid Kupczyk
Paweł Mróz
57.90 58.07 57.98
24 Hiroshi Suzuki
Hisashi Miyazaki
57.91 58.21 58.02
28 Winston Watts
Marvin Dixon
58.42 58.81 58.17
29 Vuk Rađenović
Aleksandar Bundalo
58.31 58.56 DNS

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bobsleigh Schedule and Results . . 10 January 2014 . 20 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140320055636/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/bobsleigh-schedule-and-results . dead .
  2. Web site: IOC SANCTIONS FOUR RUSSIAN ATHLETES AS PART OF OSWALD COMMISSION FINDINGS. 24 November 2017. IOC. 24 November 2017.
  3. Web site: Russian bobsledder banned over doping. France 24. 18 December 2017. 2017-12-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20171219054643/http://www.france24.com/en/20171218-russian-bobsledder-banned-over-doping#. 2017-12-19. dead.
  4. Web site: IOC SANCTIONS THREE RUSSIAN ATHLETES AS PART OF OSWALD COMMISSION FINDINGS. 29 November 2017. IOC. 29 November 2017.
  5. Web site: Olympic Winter Games 2014 2-man Bobsleig . 2018-10-14 . 2022-02-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220203110011/https://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/31543 . dead .