Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Four-man

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Four-man bobsleigh
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
BobsldRun.jpg
USA-2 team, consisting of Brian Shimer, Mike Kohn, Doug Sharp and Dan Steele, after finishing the third run of the four-man competition
Venue Park City, United States
DatesFebruary 22–23, 2002
Competitors135 from 26 nations
Winning time3:07.51
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
André Lange, Enrico Kühn, Kevin Kuske, Carsten Embach
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Todd Hays, Randy Jones, Bill Schuffenhauer, Garrett Hines
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Brian Shimer, Mike Kohn, Doug Sharp, Dan Steele
  1998
2006  

The Four-man bobsleigh competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City was held on 22 and 23 February, at the Utah Olympic Park Track near Park City. [1] [2]

Records

While the IOC does not consider bobsled times eligible for Olympic records, the FIBT does maintain records for both the start and a complete run at each track it competes.

Prior to this competition, the existing track records for the Utah Olympic Park Track were as follows.

Type [1] DateTeamTime
Start28 November 1998Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Andre Lange
Christoph Heyder
Enrico Kühn
Lars Behrendt
4.74
Run25 February 2001Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Andre Lange
Lars Behrendt
Rene Hoppe
Carsten Embach
46.57

The following track records were established during this event.

Type [1] DateRunTeamTime
Start22 February1Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI-1)
Martin Annen
Silvio Schäufelberger
Beat Hefti
Cédric Grand
4.73
22 February2Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI-1)
Martin Annen
Silvio Schäufelberger
Beat Hefti
Cédric Grand
4.72

Results

[1]

RankCountryAthletesRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER-2) André Lange
Enrico Kühn
Kevin Kuske
Carsten Embach
46.7146.6446.8447.323:07.51
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA-1) Todd Hays
Randy Jones
Bill Schuffenhauer
Garrett Hines
46.6546.6147.2247.333:07.81
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA-2) Brian Shimer
Mike Kohn
Doug Sharp
Dan Steele
46.8346.8246.9847.233:07.86
4Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI-1) Martin Annen
Silvio Schäufelberger
Beat Hefti
Cédric Grand
46.7246.6347.1147.493:07.95
5Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA-1) Bruno Mingeon
Éric Le Chanony
Christophe Fouquet
Alexandre Arbez
46.9246.8647.2547.533:08.56
6Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI-2) Christian Reich
Steve Anderhub
Guido Acklin
Urs Aeberhard
46.7146.9347.3347.623:08.59
7Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia  (LAT-1) Sandis Prusis
Marcis Rullis
Janis Silarajs
Jānis Ozols
46.9946.8247.6047.653:09.06
8Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS-1) Yevgeny Popov
Pyotr Makarchuk
Sergey Golubyov
Dmitry Styopushkin
47.1446.9847.4547.583:09.15
9Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Pierre Lueders
Ken LeBlanc
Giulio Zardo
Pascal Caron
47.1246.9747.4147.673:09.17
10Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA-2) Bruno Thomas
Michel André
Thibault Giroud
Philippe Paviot
46.8847.0347.4747.823:09.20
11Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR-1) Neil Scarisbrick
Scott Rider
Philip Goedluck
Dean Ward
47.0947.0547.4447.793:09.37
12Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia  (LAT-2) Gatis Guts
Intars Dicmanis
Maris Rozentals
Gunars Bumbulis
46.9946.9947.8047.663:09.44
13Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Wolfgang Stampfer
Michael Müller
Klaus Seelos
Martin Schützenauer
47.1947.2747.5147.603:09.57
14Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR-2) Lee Johnston
Phil Harries
Dave McCalla
Paul Attwood
47.0647.3247.4147.983:09.77
15Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Pavel Puškár
Milan Studnicka
Peter Kondrát
Ivo Danilevic
Jan Kobián
47.2347.1747.5847.953:09.93
16Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS-2) Aleksandr Zubkov
Aleksey Seliverstov
Filipp Yegorov
Aleksey Andryunin
47.2647.0947.7648.043:10.15
17Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Arend Glas
Arnold van Calker
Timothy Beck
Marcel Welten
47.1547.1847.8248.233:10.38
18Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Tomasz Zyla
Dawid Kupczyk
Krzysztof Sienko
Tomasz Gatka
47.2247.4847.9348.103:10.73
19Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Fabrizio Tosini
Andrea Pais de Libera
Massimiliano Rota
Giona Cividino
47.4847.4048.1147.973:10.96
20Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Hiroshi Suzuki
Shinji Miura
Shinji Doigawa
Masanori Inoue
47.6547.4647.9248.143:11.17
21Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Florian Enache
Adrian Duminicel
Iulian Pacioianu
Teodor Demetriad
47.5947.6648.1948.223:11.66
22Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Oleh Polyvach
Bohdan Zamostianyk
Oleksandr Ivanyshyn
Yuriy Zhuravskiy
48.0348.0948.7648.893:13.77
23Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Nicholas Frankl
Márton Gyulai
Péter Pallai
Bertalan Pintér
Zsolt Zsombor
48.2648.1849.0349.083:14.55
24Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Milan Jagnešák
Brano Prieložný
Marián Vanderka
Róbert Krestanko
47.8047.8851.1048.643:15.42
25Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia Boris Radenovic
Dalibor Ðurdic
Rašo Vucinic
Vuk Radenovic
48.6648.7948.9749.133:15.55
26Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia Ivan Šola
Boris Lovrić
Ðulijano Koludra
Niki Drpić (Runs 1–3)
Igor Boraska (Run 4)
48.8448.4549.1749.683:16.14
27Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Eric Maleson
Matheus Inocêncio
Edson Bindilatti
Cristiano Rogério Paes
48.9148.7649.4449.623:16.73
28Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco Albert, Prince Grimaldi
Charles Oula
Sébastien Gattuso
Patrice Servelle
Jean-François Calmes
47.8248.0252.4448.913:17.19
29Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Chen Chin-san
Chen Chien-li
Lin Ruei-ming
Chen Chien-sheng
48.8649.1950.0349.683:17.76
-Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Arnfinn Kristiansen
Ole Christian Strømberg
Bjarne Røyland
Mariusz Musial
47.0247.1847.84DSQ-
-Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER-1) Christoph Langen
Markus Zimmermann
Franz Sagmeister
Stefan Barucha
46.9146.77DNS--
-Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Alan Henderson
Steve Harrison
Angus Ross
Mark Edmond
50.67DNS---
-Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands Keith Sudziarski
Paul Zar
Christian Brown
Mike Savitch
51.36DNS---

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