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| Venue | Park City | |||||||||
| Dates | February 16 — 17 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 74 from 27 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 3:10.11 | |||||||||
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| Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics | ||
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The Men's two-man bobsleigh competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States was held on 16 and 17 February, at Park City. [1]
Each of the 37 two-man teams entered for the event completed all four runs
| Rank | Country | Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  Germany (GER-1) | Christoph Langen Markus Zimmermann | 47.54 | 47.52 | 47.44 | 47.61 | 3:10.11 |
 |  Switzerland (SUI-1) | Christian Reich Steve Anderhub | 47.52 | 47.53 | 47.45 | 47.70 | 3:10.20 |
 | Switzerland (SUI-2) | Martin Annen Beat Hefti | 47.56 | 47.64 | 47.73 | 47.69 | 3:10.62 |
| 4 |  United States (USA-1) | Todd Hays Garrett Hines | 47.71 | 47.70 | 47.61 | 47.63 | 3:10.65 |
| 5 |  Canada (CAN-1) | Pierre Lueders Giulio Zardo | 47.67 | 47.70 | 47.65 | 47.71 | 3:10.73 |
| 6 | Germany (GER-2) | René Spies Franz Sagmeister | 47.77 | 47.69 | 47.61 | 47.77 | 3:10.84 |
| 7 |  Austria | Wolfgang Stampfer Martin Schützenauer | 47.91 | 47.78 | 47.72 | 47.75 | 3:11.16 |
| 8 |  Italy (ITA-1) | Günther Huber Antonio Tartaglia | 47.84 | 47.88 | 47.92 | 48.00 | 3:11.64 |
| 9 | United States (USA-2) | Brian Shimer Darrin Steele | 47.92 | 47.99 | 48.07 | 47.95 | 3:11.93 |
| 10 |  Great Britain (GBR-1) | Lee Johnston Marcus Adam | 48.04 | 48.16 | 48.05 | 48.02 | 3:12.27 |
| 11 |  Latvia (LAT-1) | Sandis Prūsis Mārcis Rullis | 48.10 | 48.06 | 48.08 | 48.36 | 3:12.60 |
| 11 | Italy (ITA-2) | Fabrizio Tosini Cristian La Grassa | 48.04 | 48.16 | 48.03 | 48.37 | 3:12.60 |
| 13 |  France | Bruno Mingeon Emmanuel Hostache | 48.23 | 48.03 | 48.27 | 48.15 | 3:12.68 |
| 13 | Latvia (LAT-2) | Gatis Gūts Intars Dīcmanis | 48.07 | 48.22 | 48.14 | 48.25 | 3:12.68 |
| 15 |  Russia (RUS-2) | Yevgeny Popov Pyotr Makarchuk | 48.12 | 48.18 | 48.22 | 48.19 | 3:12.71 |
| 16 |  Netherlands | Arend Glas Marcel Welten | 48.26 | 48.23 | 48.26 | 48.33 | 3:13.08 |
| 16 |  Czech Republic (CZE-2) | Ivo Danilevič Roman Gomola | 48.19 | 48.28 | 48.35 | 48.26 | 3:13.08 |
| 18 | Russia (RUS-1) | Alexandr Zubkov Dmitriy Stepushkin | 48.71 | 48.16 | 48.15 | 48.07 | 3:13.09 |
| 19 | Czech Republic (CZE-1) | Pavel Puškár Jan Kobián | 48.22 | 48.03 | 48.35 | 48.50 | 3:13.10 |
| 20 |  Norway | Arnfinn Kristiansen Bjarne Røyland | 48.34 | 48.21 | 48.46 | 48.17 | 3:13.18 |
| 21 |  Japan (JPN-1) | Hiroshi Suzuki Masanori Inoue | 48.41 | 48.61 | 48.58 | 48.36 | 3:13.96 |
| 22 |  Monaco | Patrice Servelle Sebastien Gattuso | 48.37 | 48.56 | 48.43 | 48.76 | 3:14.12 |
| 22 | Great Britain (GBR-2) | Neil Scarisbrick Colin Bryce | 48.44 | 48.46 | 48.72 | 48.50 | 3:14.12 |
| 24 | Canada (CAN-2) | Yannick Morin John Sokolowski | 48.41 | 48.50 | 48.55 | 48.70 | 3:14.16 |
| 25 |  Romania | Florian Enache Adrian Duminicel | 48.52 | 48.51 | 48.65 | 48.75 | 3:14.43 |
| 26 |  Ireland | Peter Donohoe Paul Kiernan | 48.50 | 48.95 | 48.51 | 48.51 | 3:14.47 |
| 27 |  New Zealand | Alan Henderson Mark Edmond | 48.46 | 48.36 | 48.72 | 49.36 | 3:14.90 |
| 28 |  Jamaica | Winston Watt Lascelles Brown | 48.59 | 48.58 | 49.01 | 48.76 | 3:14.94 |
| 29 | Japan (JPN-2) | Hiroaki Ohishi Shinji Miura | 48.61 | 48.70 | 49.08 | 48.70 | 3:15.09 |
| 30 |  Slovakia | Milan Jagnešák Róbert Kresťanko | 49.00 | 48.96 | 49.28 | 48.87 | 3:16.11 |
| 31 |  Greece | John-Andrew Kambanis Ioannis Leivatidis | 49.03 | 49.06 | 49.60 | 48.97 | 3:16.16 |
| 32 |  Bulgaria | Stefan Vasilev Miroslav Danov | 49.77 | 49.35 | 49.48 | 49.42 | 3:18.02 |
| 33 |  Armenia | Dan Janjigian Yorgo Alexandrou | 49.53 | 49.50 | 49.75 | 49.33 | 3:18.11 |
| 34 |  Ukraine | Oleksandr Ivanyshyn Oleksandr Streltsov | 49.47 | 49.43 | 49.77 | 49.75 | 3:18.42 |
| 35 |  Mexico | Roberto Tamés Roberto Lauderdale | 49.57 | 49.65 | 50.07 | 49.82 | 3:19.11 |
| 36 |  Virgin Islands | Zachary Zoller Quinn Wheeler | 49.81 | 49.76 | 49.86 | 50.01 | 3:19.44 |
| 37 |  Trinidad and Tobago | Gregory Sun Errol Aguilera | 49.74 | 50.07 | 50.68 | 49.69 | 3:20.18 |
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