Event: | Bobsleigh |
Games: | 2018 Winter |
Venue: | Alpensia Sliding Centre |
Dates: | 18–25 February |
Num Events: | 3 (2 men, 1 women) |
Competitors: | 164 |
Nations: | 22 |
Prev: | 2014 |
Next: | 2022 |
Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea.[1] The events were scheduled to take place between 18 and 25 February 2018. A total of three bobsleigh events were held.
See main article: Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. A maximum of 170 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games (130 men and 40 women). The qualification was based on the world rankings of 18 January 2018.[2]
The following was the competition schedule for all events.[3]
All times are (UTC+9).
Date | Time | Event | ||
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18 February | 20:05 | Two-man runs 1 and 2 | ||
19 February | 20:15 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Two-man runs 3 and 4 | |
20 February | 20:50 | Two-woman runs 1 and 2 | ||
21 February | 20:40 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Two-woman runs 3 and 4 | |
24 February | 09:30 | Four-man runs 1 and 2 | ||
25 February | 09:30 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Four-man runs 3 and 4 |
Two-man[4] | 3:16.86 | Not awarded | 3:16.91 | ||||
Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis | |||||||
Four-man[5] | 3:15.85 | Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Alexander Rödiger Eric Franke | 3:16.38 | Not awarded | |||
Won Yun-jong Jun Jung-lin Seo Young-woo Kim Dong-hyun | |||||||
Two-woman[6] | 3:22.45 | 3:22.52 | 3:22.89 |
A total of 164 athletes from 22 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate[7] (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). This was the first time that Nigeria had qualified for the Winter Games in any sport. The two-woman bobsleigh team was thus Nigeria's first ever representation at the Winter Olympics.[8] [9]