Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Two-woman explained

Event:Two-Man Women's
Games:2018 Winter
Venue:Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates:20–21 February
Competitors:40
Nations:12
Win Value:3:22.45
Gold:Mariama Jamanka
Lisa Buckwitz
Goldnoc:GER
Silver:Elana Meyers Taylor
Lauren Gibbs
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Kaillie Humphries
Phylicia George
Bronzenoc:CAN
Prev:2014
Next:2022

The two-man women's bobsleigh competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 20 and 21 February at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea.[1]

Qualification

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

Results

The first two runs were held on 20 February and the last runs on 21 February 2018.[4]

Rank Bib Country Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Behind
6 Mariama Jamanka
Lisa Buckwitz
50.5450.7250.4950.703:22.45
5 Elana Meyers Taylor
Lauren Gibbs
50.52
TR
50.8150.46
TR
50.733:22.52+0.07
4 Kaillie Humphries
Phylicia George
50.7250.8850.5250.773:22.89+0.44
8 Stephanie Schneider
Annika Drazek
50.6350.9350.7150.703:22.97+0.52
7 Jamie Greubel Poser
Aja Evans
50.5950.9950.5950.853:23.02+0.57
9 Alysia Rissling
Heather Moyse
50.8150.9550.8351.043:23.63+1.18
13 Christine de Bruin
Melissa Lotholz
50.9450.9150.7551.293:23.89+1.44
17 Mica McNeill
Mica Moore
50.7750.9551.1651.193:24.07+1.62
12 Sabina Hafner
Rahel Rebsamen
50.8651.1651.0751.213:24.30+1.85
1014 Christina Hengster
Valerie Kleiser
51.2351.0451.0051.243:24.51+2.06
1115 Elfje Willemsen
Sara Aerts
51.0351.2751.1051.213:24.61+2.16
DSQ11 Nadezhda Sergeeva
51.0151.4951.2951.373:25.16+2.71
1220 An Vannieuwenhuyse
Sophie Vercruyssen
51.2451.2851.5351.203:25.25+2.80
1310 Anna Köhler
Erline Nolte
51.2151.2051.4651.413:25.28+2.83
141 Kim Yoo-ran
Kim Min-seong
51.2451.2051.3251.553:25.31+2.86
1519 Maria Constantin
Andreea Grecu
51.1751.4051.3951.573:25.53+3.08
163 Alexandra Rodionova
Yulia Belomestnykh
51.2951.4751.4151.553:25.72+3.27
1716 Katrin Beierl
Victoria Hahn
51.4951.4151.5151.433:25.84+3.39
1818 Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian
Carrie Russell
51.2951.5051.8351.323:25.94+3.49
192 Seun Adigun
Akuoma Omeoga (Run 1-2)
Ngozi Onwumere (Run 3-4)
52.2152.5552.3152.533:29.60+7.15

With Mariama Jamanka (1st), Elana Meyers Taylor & Lauren Gibbs (2nd) and Phylicia George (3rd) all making the podium, it marked the first time in Winter Olympic history that black athletes won gold, silver and bronze medals in the same event.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Venues. www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. 26 December 2017. 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 - Women´s 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/20180228031254/http://www.ibsf.org/images/documents/downloads/Quotas/2017_18/Quota_allocation_IBSF_RANKING_Womens_Bobsleigh_14_01_2018.pdf. dead.
  4. http://ibsf.sportresult.com/ResultListBackUp/192803.pdf Final results