Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Four-man

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]

Four-man
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueAlpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates24–25 February
Competitors116 from 18 nations
Winning time3:15.85
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Francesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
Martin Grothkopp
Thorsten Margis
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Won Yun-jong
Jun Jung-lin
Seo Young-woo
Kim Dong-hyun
 South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nico Walther
Kevin Kuske
Alexander Rödiger
Eric Franke
 Germany
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Qualification

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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

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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   Germany Francesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
Martin Grothkopp
Thorsten Margis
48.54 TR 49.01 48.76 49.54 3:15.85
  8   Germany Nico Walther
Kevin Kuske
Alexander Rödiger
Eric Franke
48.74 49.16 48.90 49.58 3:16.38 +0.53
  1   South Korea Won Yun-jong
Jun Jung-lin
Seo Young-woo
Kim Dong-hyun
48.65 49.19 48.89 49.65 3:16.38 +0.53
4 16   Switzerland Rico Peter
Thomas Amrhein
Simon Friedli
Michael Kuonen
49.05 49.16 48.87 49.51 3:16.59 +0.74
5 10   Latvia Oskars Melbārdis
Daumants Dreiškens
Arvis Vilkaste
Jānis Strenga
48.82 49.39 48.91 49.53 3:16.65 +0.80
6 9   Canada Justin Kripps
Jesse Lumsden
Alexander Kopacz
Oluseyi Smith
48.85 49.28 48.95 49.61 3:16.69 +0.84
7 14   Austria Benjamin Maier
Kilian Walch
Markus Sammer
Dănuț Moldovan
49.10 49.21 49.03 49.56 3:16.90 +1.05
8 6   Germany Johannes Lochner
Christian Poser
Christopher Weber
Christian Rasp
48.95 49.26 49.10 49.80 3:17.11 +1.26
9 13   United States Codie Bascue
Evan Weinstock
Steven Langton
Sam McGuffie
49.09 49.26 49.08 49.77 3:17.28 +1.43
10 12   Latvia Oskars Ķibermanis
Jānis Jansons
Helvijs Lūsis
Matīss Miknis
49.18 49.26 49.34 49.63 3:17.41 +1.56
11 18   France Loïc Costerg
Vincent Ricard
Vincent Castell
Dorian Hauterville
49.09 49.36 49.19 49.92 3:17.56 +1.71
12 21   Canada Nick Poloniato
Cameron Stones
Joshua Kirkpatrick
Ben Coakwell
49.40 49.23 49.51 49.67 3:17.81 +1.96
13 5   Poland Mateusz Luty
Arnold Zdebiak
Łukasz Miedzik
Grzegorz Kossakowski
49.04 49.59 49.46 49.80 3:17.89 +2.04
14 3   Switzerland Clemens Bracher
Alain Knuser
Martin Meier
Fabio Badraun
49.06 49.54 49.59 49.72 3:17.91 +2.06
15 20   Olympic Athletes from Russia Maxim Andrianov
Alexey Zaitsev
Vasiliy Kondratenko
Ruslan Samitov
49.43 49.39 49.56 49.56 3:17.94 +2.09
16 11   Canada Christopher Spring
Lascelles Brown
Bryan Barnett
Neville Wright
49.06 49.54 49.46 49.86 3:17.96 +2.11
17 17   Great Britain Brad Hall
Nick Gleeson
Joel Fearon
Greg Cackett
49.25 49.68 49.64 49.69 3:18.26 +2.41
18 15   Great Britain Lamin Deen
Ben Simons
Toby Olubi
Andrew Matthews
49.44 49.45 49.66 49.74 3:18.29 +2.44
19 22   United States Nick Cunningham
Hakeem Abdul-Saboor
Christopher Kinney
Samuel Michener
49.60 49.50 49.74 49.70 3:18.54 +2.69
20 19   United States Justin Olsen
Nathan Weber
Carlo Valdes
Christopher Fogt
49.62 49.71 49.66 49.56 3:18.55 +2.70
21 2   Czech Republic Dominik Dvořák
Jaroslav Kopřiva
Jan Šindelář
Jakub Nosek
49.07 49.97 50.05 2:29.09
22 24   Austria Markus Treichl
Ekemini Bassey
Markus Glueck
Marco Rangl
49.73 49.83 49.68 2:29.24
23 23   Brazil Edson Bindilatti
Edson Ricardo Martins
Odirlei Pessoni
Rafael Souza da Silva
49.75 49.94 49.80 2:29.49
24 28   Czech Republic Jan Vrba
Dominik Suchý
David Egydy
Jan Stokláska
49.73 49.81 50.05 2:29.59
25 4   Australia Lucas Mata
David Mari
Lachlan Reidy
Hayden Smith
49.72 49.91 50.07 2:29.70
26 26   China Shao Yijun
Li Chunjian
Wang Sidong
Shi Hao
49.79 50.01 49.94 2:29.74
27 25   Italy Simone Bertazzo
Lorenzo Bilotti
Francesco Costa
Simone Fontana
49.92 49.94 50.02 2:29.88
28 27   Croatia Dražen Silić
Mate Mezulić
Benedikt Nikpalj
Antonio Zelić
50.18 50.64 50.63 2:31.45
29 29   Romania Dorin Alexandru Grigore
Florin Cezar Crăciun
Levente Bartha
Paul Septimiu Muntean
50.55 50.79 50.81 2:32.15

References

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  1. ^ "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeonChang 2018 Bobsleigh" (PDF). International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-19. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - 4-man Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2018-02-25.