Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Four-man

The four-man competition in bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 19 February (heats 1 and 2) and 20 February (heats 3 and 4), at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track in Yanqing District of Beijing.[1] Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Candy Bauer, and Alexander Schüller of Germany won the gold medal, and Friedrich thereby successfully defended his 2018 Olympic title. Germany-2 driven by Johannes Lochner won the silver medal, and Canada-1, driven by Justin Kripps, won the bronze.

Bobsleigh four-man
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueXiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track
Beijing
Date19, 20 February
Competitors112 from 17 nations
Teams28
Winning time3:54.30
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
Candy Bauer
Alexander Schüller
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Johannes Lochner
Florian Bauer
Christopher Weber
Christian Rasp
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Justin Kripps
Ryan Sommer
Cam Stones
Ben Coakwell
 Canada
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There were two silver medals awarded in 2018. Nico Walther with Germany-2 retired from competitions, but Won Yun-jong with South Korea qualified for the Olympics. Friedrich is the 2021 World champion. Benjamin Maier and Austria is the silver medalist, and Lochner and Germany-2 are the bronze medalists. The 2021–22 Bobsleigh World Cup was completely dominated by Friedrich, who with his team won seven events out of eight races. The eighth event was won by Oskars Ķibermanis and Latvia. Friedrich won the World Cup, followed by Kripps with Canada and Rostislav Gaitiukevich with Russia.

Qualification

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There was a quota of 28 sleds available for the men's two-man 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 been 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 men's races the IBSF ranking will be used.[2] The top two nations in the rankings earned three sleds each. The next seven nations earned two sleds each, while the next eight 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 24   Germany
  Canada
2 7 56   ROC
  United States
  Switzerland
  Austria
  South Korea
  China
  Italy
1 8 32   Great Britain
  Latvia
  France
  Czech Republic
  Netherlands
  Brazil
  Romania
  Jamaica
28 17 112

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 Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
Candy Bauer
Alexander Schüller
  Germany 58.29 2 58.71 1 58.17 1 59.13 1 3:54.30
  6 Johannes Lochner
Florian Bauer
Christopher Weber
Christian Rasp
  Germany 58.13 TR 1 58.90 3 58.34 2 59.30 5 3:54.67 +0.37
  5 Justin Kripps
Ryan Sommer
Cam Stones
Ben Coakwell
  Canada 58.38 3 59.00 5 58.44 5 59.27 3 3:55.09 +0.79
4 12 Christoph Hafer
Michael Salzer
Matthias Sommer
Tobias Schneider
  Germany 58.60 5 58.95 4 58.35 3 59.25 2 3:55.15 +0.85
5 9 Oskars Ķibermanis
Dāvis Spriņģis
Matīss Miknis
Edgars Nemme
  Latvia 58.70 7 58.86 2 58.41 4 59.30 5 3:55.27 +0.97
6 8 Brad Hall
Taylor Lawrence
Nick Gleeson
Greg Cackett
  Great Britain 58.60 5 59.09 6 58.65 6 59.38 7 3:55.72 +1.42
7 7 Rostislav Gaitiukevich
Mikhail Mordasov
Pavel Travkin
Aleksei Laptev
  ROC 58.54 4 59.24 8 58.81 7 59.56 14 3:56.15 +1.85
8 14 Maxim Andrianov
Alexey Zaitsev
Vladislav Zharovtsev
Dmitrii Lopin
  ROC 58.82 9 59.30 9 59.03 9 59.40 8 3:56.55 +2.25
9 15 Christopher Spring
Cody Sorensen
Sam Giguère
Mike Evelyn
  Canada 59.10 12 59.33 10 59.10 10 59.46 11 3:56.99 +2.69
10 13 Hunter Church
Joshua Williamson
Kristopher Horn
Charlie Volker
  United States 58.91 11 59.70 19 58.96 8 59.49 13 3:57.06 +2.76
11 11 Michael Vogt
Luca Rolli
Cyril Bieri
Sandro Michel
  Switzerland 59.23 13 59.22 7 59.18 12 59.44 9 3:57.07 +2.77
12 10 Benjamin Maier
Sascha Stepan
Markus Sammer
Kristian Huber
  Austria 58.76 8 59.46 11 59.17 11 1:00.10 20 3:57.49 +3.19
13 2 Mihai Tentea
Raul Dobre
Ciprian Daroczi
Cristian Radu
  Romania 58.87 10 59.55 13 59.30 14 59.93 18 3:57.65 +3.35
17 Frank Del Duca
Carlo Valdes
James Reed
Hakeem Abdul-Saboor
  United States 59.26 14 59.56 15 59.39 17 59.44 9 3:57.65 +3.35
15 3 Patrick Baumgartner
Eric Fantazzini
Alex Verginer
Lorenzo Bilotti
  Italy 59.36 17 59.72 20 59.34 15 59.28 4 3:57.70 +3.40
16 25 Sun Kaizhi
Wu Qingze
Wu Zhitao
Zhen Heng
  China 59.38 18 59.65 18 59.47 19 59.47 12 3:57.97 +3.67
17 27 Li Chunjian
Ding Song
Ye Jielong
Shi Hao
  China 59.31 16 59.55 13 59.46 18 59.66 17 3:57.98 +3.68
18 20 Won Yun-jong
Kim Jin-su
Jung Hyun-woo
Kim Dong-hyun
  South Korea 59.45 19 59.60 16 59.38 16 59.59 15 3:58.02 +3.72
19 18 Romain Heinrich
Lionel Lefebvre
Dorian Hauterville
Jérôme Laporal
  France 59.29 15 59.53 12 59.29 13 1:00.06 19 3:58.17 +3.87
20 1 Edson Bindilatti
Rafael Souza da Silva
Erick Jerônimo
Edson Martins
  Brazil 59.49 20 59.60 16 59.78 23 59.61 16 3:58.48 +4.18
21 21 Dominik Dvořák
Jan Šindelář
Jakub Nosek
Dominik Záleský
  Czech Republic 59.71 23 59.80 21 59.65 22 2:59.16
22 22 Markus Treichl
Markus Glueck
Sebastian Mitterer
Robert Eckschlager
  Austria 59.53 21 1:00.07 24 59.59 21 2:59.19
23 16 Taylor Austin
Daniel Sunderland
Chris Patrician
Jacob Dearborn
  Canada 59.67 22 59.81 22 59.79 24 2:59.27
24 19 Simon Friedli
Adrian Fassler
Fabio Badraun
Andreas Haas
  Switzerland 59.71 23 1:00.01 23 59.57 20 2:59.29
25 24 Suk Young-jin
Kim Hyeong-geun
Kim Tae-yang
Shin Ye-chan
  South Korea 59.74 25 1:00.31 26 59.91 25 2:59.96
26 23 Ivo de Bruin
Jelen Franjic
Janko Franjic
Dennis Veenker
  Netherlands 59.85 26 1:00.07 24 1:00.08 27 3:00.00
27 28 Mattia Variola
Robert Mircea
Alex Pagnini
Delmas Obou
  Italy 1:00.25 27 1:00.33 27 1:00.07 26 3:00.65
28 26 Shanwayne Stephens
Ashley Watson
Rolando Reid
Matthew Wekpe
  Jamaica 1:00.80 28 1:01.39 28 1:01.23 28 3:03.42

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