Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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Bobsleigh
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh pictogram at the 2018 Winter Olympics
VenueAlpensia Sliding Centre
Dates18–25 February 2018
No. of events3 (2 men, 1 women)
Competitors164 from 22 nations
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Bobsleigh at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Qualification
Twomenwomen
Fourmen

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.

Qualification

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]

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for all events.[3]

All times are (UTC+9).

Date Time Event
18 February 20:05 Two-man runs 1 and 2
19 February 20:15 Two-man runs 3 and 4
20 February 20:50 Two-woman runs 1 and 2
21 February 20:40 Two-woman runs 3 and 4
24 February 09:30 Four-man runs 1 and 2
25 February 09:30 Four-man runs 3 and 4

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (South Korea)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany3104
2 Canada1012
3 South Korea*0101
 United States0101
5 Latvia0011
Totals (5 entries)4329

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Two-man[4]
  Canada
Justin Kripps
Alexander Kopacz		 3:16.86 Not awarded  Latvia
Oskars Melbārdis
Jānis Strenga		 3:16.91
 Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
Four-man[5]
  Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
Martin Grothkopp
Thorsten Margis		 3:15.85  Germany
Nico Walther
Kevin Kuske
Alexander Rödiger
Eric Franke		 3:16.38 Not awarded
 South Korea
Won Yun-jong
Jun Jung-lin
Seo Young-woo
Kim Dong-hyun
Two-woman[6]
  Germany
Mariama Jamanka
Lisa Buckwitz		 3:22.45  United States
Elana Meyers Taylor
Lauren Gibbs		 3:22.52  Canada
Kaillie Humphries
Phylicia George		 3:22.89

Participating nations

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]

References

  1. ^ "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Two-man results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Four-man results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Two-woman results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "Nigerian bobsled team will be country's first-ever Winter Olympics representatives". ABC News (Australia). 17 November 2017.
  9. ^ CTV National News. 16 November 2017. CTV.
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