Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Four-man explained

Event:Four-man
Games:2018 Winter
Venue:Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates:24–25 February
Competitors:116
Nations:18
Win Value:3:15.85
Gold:Francesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
Martin Grothkopp
Thorsten Margis
Goldnoc:GER
Silver:Won Yun-jong
Jun Jung-lin
Seo Young-woo
Kim Dong-hyun
Silvernoc:KOR
Silver2:Nico Walther
Kevin Kuske
Alexander Rödiger
Eric Franke
Silvernoc2:GER
Prev:2014
Next:2022

The four-man bobsleigh competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 24 and 25 February at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea.[1]

Qualification

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. The top three countries in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh season (including the World Cup, Europe races and Americas Cup) were awarded the maximum three sleds. The next six countries were awarded two sleds each. The remaining nine sleds were awarded to nine different countries, with Australia being awarded an Oceania continental quota and South Korea being awarded a slot as host nation.[2] [3]

Results

The first two runs were held on 24 February and the last two runs on 25 February 2018.[4]

Rank Bib Country Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Behind
7 Francesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
Martin Grothkopp
Thorsten Margis
48.54 TR49.0148.7649.543:15.85
8 Nico Walther
Kevin Kuske
Alexander Rödiger
Eric Franke
48.7449.1648.9049.583:16.38+0.53
1 Won Yun-jong
Jun Jung-lin
Seo Young-woo
Kim Dong-hyun
48.6549.1948.8949.653:16.38+0.53
416 Rico Peter
Thomas Amrhein
Simon Friedli
Michael Kuonen
49.0549.1648.8749.513:16.59+0.74
510 Oskars Melbārdis
Daumants Dreiškens
Arvis Vilkaste
Jānis Strenga
48.8249.3948.9149.533:16.65+0.80
69 Justin Kripps
Jesse Lumsden
Alexander Kopacz
Oluseyi Smith
48.8549.2848.9549.613:16.69+0.84
714 Benjamin Maier
Kilian Walch
Markus Sammer
Dănuț Moldovan
49.1049.2149.0349.563:16.90+1.05
86 Johannes Lochner
Christian Poser
Christopher Weber
Christian Rasp
48.9549.2649.1049.803:17.11+1.26
913 Codie Bascue
Evan Weinstock
Steven Langton
Sam McGuffie
49.0949.2649.0849.773:17.28+1.43
1012 Oskars Ķibermanis
Jānis Jansons
Helvijs Lūsis
Matīss Miknis
49.1849.2649.3449.633:17.41+1.56
1118 Loïc Costerg
Vincent Ricard
Vincent Castell
Dorian Hauterville
49.0949.3649.1949.923:17.56+1.71
1221 Nick Poloniato
Cameron Stones
Joshua Kirkpatrick
Ben Coakwell
49.4049.2349.5149.673:17.81+1.96
135 Mateusz Luty
Arnold Zdebiak
Łukasz Miedzik
Grzegorz Kossakowski
49.0449.5949.4649.803:17.89+2.04
143 Clemens Bracher
Alain Knuser
Martin Meier
Fabio Badraun
49.0649.5449.5949.723:17.91+2.06
1520 Maxim Andrianov
Alexey Zaitsev
Vasiliy Kondratenko
Ruslan Samitov
49.4349.3949.5649.563:17.94+2.09
1611 Christopher Spring
Lascelles Brown
Bryan Barnett
Neville Wright
49.0649.5449.4649.863:17.96+2.11
1717 Brad Hall
Nick Gleeson
Joel Fearon
Greg Cackett
49.2549.6849.6449.693:18.26+2.41
1815 Lamin Deen
Ben Simons
Toby Olubi
Andrew Matthews
49.4449.4549.6649.743:18.29+2.44
1922 Nick Cunningham
Hakeem Abdul-Saboor
Christopher Kinney
Samuel Michener
49.6049.5049.7449.703:18.54+2.69
2019 Justin Olsen
Nathan Weber
Carlo Valdes
Christopher Fogt
49.6249.7149.6649.563:18.55+2.70
212 Dominik Dvořák
Jaroslav Kopřiva
Jan Šindelář
Jakub Nosek
49.0749.9750.05rowspan=9 2:29.09rowspan=9
2224 Markus Treichl
Ekemini Bassey
Markus Glueck
Marco Rangl
49.7349.8349.682:29.24
2323 Edson Bindilatti
Edson Ricardo Martins
Odirlei Pessoni
Rafael Souza da Silva
49.7549.9449.802:29.49
2428 Jan Vrba
Dominik Suchý
David Egydy
Jan Stokláska
49.7349.8150.052:29.59
254 Lucas Mata
David Mari
Lachlan Reidy
Hayden Smith
49.7249.9150.072:29.70
2626 Shao Yijun
Li Chunjian
Wang Sidong
Shi Hao
49.7950.0149.942:29.74
2725 Simone Bertazzo
Lorenzo Bilotti
Francesco Costa
Simone Fontana
49.9249.9450.022:29.88
2827 Dražen Silić
Mate Mezulić
Benedikt Nikpalj
Antonio Zelić
50.1850.6450.632:31.45
2929
Florin Cezar Crăciun
Levente Bartha
Paul Septimiu Muntean
50.5550.7950.812:32.15

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Venues. www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. 5 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180217011059/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/venues. 17 February 2018. dead.
  2. Web site: Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeonChang 2018 Bobsleigh. International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 20 January 2018. 2017-06-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20170619222223/http://www.ibsf.org/images/documents/downloads/Quotas/2016_17/2016-05-17_-_PyeongChang_2018_Qualification_System_-_Bobsleigh_V2.pdf. dead.
  3. Web site: Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - 4-man Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018. 15 January 2018. www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. 28 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180228031301/http://www.ibsf.org/images/documents/downloads/Quotas/2017_18/Quota_allocation_IBSF_RANKING_Bobsleigh_4_Men_14_01_2018.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: Final results . 2018-02-25 . 2018-02-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180225210518/http://ibsf.sportresult.com/ResultListBackUp/192808.pdf . dead .