Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Two-woman

The two-woman competition in bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 18 February (heats 1 and 2) and 19 February (heats 3 and 4), at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track in Yanqing District of Beijing.[1] Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi of Germany won the event, the first Olympic medal for them. Mariama Jamanka and Alexandra Burghardt, also of Germany, won the silver medal, and Elana Meyers Taylor and Sylvia Hoffman, of the United States, bronze.

Bobsleigh two-woman
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueXiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track
Beijing
Date18, 19 February
Competitors40 from 12 nations
Teams20
Winning time4:03.96
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Laura Nolte
Deborah Levi
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mariama Jamanka
Alexandra Burghardt
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Elana Meyers Taylor
Sylvia Hoffman
 United States
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Jamanka was the defending champion, Meyers Taylor and Kaillie Humphries were the 2018 silver and bronze medalists, respectively. All of them were competing, though in 2022 Humphries represented the United States. Humphries was the 2021 World champion. Stephanie Schneider and Nolte were the silver and bronze medalists, respectively. Meyers Taylor was the winner of the 2021–22 Bobsleigh World Cup, ahead of Humphries.

In both runs of the first day, Nolte and Deborah Levi set track records. After two runs, they had advantage of half a second over Jamanka and Alexandra Burghardt, who were second in both runs. Meyers Taylor and Sylvia Hoffman were third in both runs, very close to Jamanka and Burghardt. In the third run, Nolte and Levi set the track record again, and even though they lost 0.01 in the fourth run to Jamanka and Burghardt, they won gold with the advantage of 0.77.

Qualification

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There was a quota of 20 sleds available for the women's two-women event. Qualification was based on the world rankings of the 2021/2022 season between 15 October 2020 and 16 January 2022. Pilots must have competed in six different races on three different tracks and be ranked in at least five of those races. Additionally, the pilot must been ranked among the top 50 for the man's events or top 40 for the women's events.[2]

For the women's races the IBSF combined ranking will be used for the quotas involving multiple sleds.[2] The top two nations in the two-women event earned three sleds each. The next four nations earned two sleds each, while the next six earned one sled each.[2] The IBSF announced final quotas on January 24, 2022.[3]

Summary

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Sleds qualified Countries Athletes total Nation
3 2 12   Germany
  Canada
2 4 16   United States
  China
  ROC
  Switzerland
1 6 12   Romania
  Austria
  Great Britain
  Australia
  Belgium
  France
20 12 40

Results

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Rank Bib Athletes Country Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Run 3 Rank Run 4 Rank Total[4] Behind
  4 Laura Nolte
Deborah Levi
  Germany 1:01.04 TR 1 1:01.01 TR 1 1:00.70 TR 1 1:01.21 2 4:03.96
  9 Mariama Jamanka
Alexandra Burghardt
  Germany 1:01.10 2 1:01.45 2 1:00.98 2 1:01.20 1 4:04.73 +0.77
  8 Elana Meyers Taylor
Sylvia Hoffman
  United States 1:01.26 3 1:01.53 3 1:01.13 3 1:01.56 3 4:05.48 +1.52
4 5 Kim Kalicki
Lisa Buckwitz
  Germany 1:01.61 6 1:01.78 5 1:01.30 4 1:01.59 5 4:06.28 +2.32
5 6 Christine de Bruin
Kristen Bujnowski
  Canada 1:01.45 5 1:01.76 4 1:01.43 5 1:01.73 6 4:06.37 +2.41
6 11 Melanie Hasler
Nadja Pasternack
  Switzerland 1:01.65 7 1:01.85 6 1:01.77 7 1:01.56 3 4:06.83 +2.87
7 7 Kaillie Humphries
Kaysha Love
  United States 1:01.41 4 1:01.97 9 1:01.75 6 1:01.91 8 4:07.04 +3.08
8 13 Cynthia Appiah
Dawn Richardson Wilson
  Canada 1:01.75 8 1:01.89 7 1:01.95 10 1:01.93 9 4:07.52 +3.56
9 10 Nadezhda Sergeeva
Yulia Belomestnykh
  ROC 1:02.04 16 1:01.90 8 1:02.34 18 1:01.83 7 4:08.11 +4.15
10 16 Katrin Beierl
Jennifer Onasanya
  Austria 1:01.91 13 1:02.12 12 1:01.89 9 1:02.32 16 4:08.24 +4.28
11 1 Huai Mingming
Wang Xuan
  China 1:01.88 11 1:02.17 14 1:02.11 12 1:02.10 12 4:08.26 +4.30
12 12 Melissa Lotholz
Sara Villani
  Canada 1:02.12 18 1:02.09 10 1:01.85 8 1:02.31 15 4:08.37 +4.41
13 3 Margot Boch
Carla Sénéchal
  France 1:01.90 12 1:02.32 17 1:02.20 15 1:01.97 10 4:08.39 +4.43
14 15 Ying Qing
Du Jiani
  China 1:01.92 14 1:02.19 15 1:02.29 17 1:02.09 11 4:08.49 +4.53
15 20 An Vannieuwenhuyse
Sara Aerts
  Belgium 1:02.08 17 1:02.12 12 1:02.11 12 1:02.27 14 4:08.58 +4.62
16 19 Breeana Walker
Kiara Reddingius
  Australia 1:01.98 15 1:02.11 11 1:02.04 11 1:02.51 20 4:08.64 +4.68
17 18 Mica McNeill
Montell Douglas
  Great Britain 1:02.19 19 1:02.35 18 1:02.17 14 1:02.14 13 4:08.85 +4.89
18 14 Andreea Grecu
Katharina Wick
  Romania 1:01.82 9 1:02.47 20 1:02.25 16 1:02.44 18 4:08.98 +5.02
19 2 Anastasiia Makarova
Elena Mamedova
  ROC 1:01.83 10 1:02.29 16 1:02.48 20 1:02.49 19 4:09.09 +5.13
20 17 Martina Fontanive
Irina Strebel
  Switzerland 1:02.48 20 1:02.35 18 1:02.35 19 1:02.41 17 4:09.59 +5.63

References

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  1. ^ Minji Seo (2021-06-16). "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  2. ^ a b c "Qualification Systems for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022" (PDF). International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  3. ^ "XXIV Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 Bobsleigh - Participation" (PDF). www.ibsf.org/. International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 24 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  4. ^ Final results