Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Four-man

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Four-man
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh pictogram.svg
Pictogram for bobsleigh
Venue Cesana Pariol
DatesFebruary 24–25, 2006
Competitors104 from 19 nations
Winning time3:40.42
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Alexandre Zoubkov, Philippe Egorov, Alexei Seliverstov, Alexey Voevoda
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Martin Annen, Thomas Lamparter, Beat Hefti, Cedric Grand
  2002
2010  

The Four-man bobsleigh competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 24 and 25 February, at Cesana Pariol. [1]

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 Cesana Pariol track records were as follows.

Type [2] DateTeamTime
Start23 January 2005Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Martin Annen
Andi Gees
Beat Hefti
Cedric Grand
4.68
Run23 January 2005Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Martin Annen
Andi Gees
Beat Hefti
Cedric Grand
55.54

The following track records were established during this event.

Type [2] DateRunTeamTime
Run24 February1Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA-1)
Todd Hays
Pavle Jovanovic
Steve Mesler
Brock Kreitzburg
55.43
24 February1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN-1)
Pierre Lueders
Ken Kotyk
Morgan Alexander
Lascelles Brown
55.34
24 February1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS-1)
Alexandre Zoubkov
Philippe Egorov
Alexei Seliverstov
Alexey Voevoda
55.22
24 February1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER-1)
André Lange
René Hoppe
Kevin Kuske
Martin Putze
55.20
25 February3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER-2)
Rene Spies
Christoph Heyder
Enrico Kuehn
Alexander Metzger
54.91
25 February3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER-1)
André Lange
René Hoppe
Kevin Kuske
Martin Putze
54.80

Results

Twenty-six sleds were entered in the four-man event, with one, from New Zealand, not starting the first run after crashing in training. [3]

After the third run, only the top twenty sleds by combined time were allowed to compete in the final run. The final ranking was determined by the combined time of each sled over the four runs. [2]

RankCountryAthletesRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER-1) André Lange
René Hoppe
Kevin Kuske
Martin Putze
55.2055.3054.8055.123:40.42
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS-1) Alexandr Zubkov
Filipp Yegorov
Alexei Seliverstov
Alexey Voevoda
55.2255.4554.8755.013:40.55
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI-1) Martin Annen
Thomas Lamparter
Beat Hefti
Cedric Grand
55.2655.3755.0055.203:40.83
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN-1) Pierre Lueders
Ken Kotyk
Morgan Alexander
Lascelles Brown
55.3455.4354.9555.203:40.92
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER-2) Rene Spies
Christoph Heyder
Enrico Kühn
Alexander Metzger
55.4755.4854.9155.183:41.04
6Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA-2) Steve Holcomb
Curtis Tomasevicz
Bill Schuffenhauer
Lorenzo Smith III
55.4655.5055.1455.263:41.36
7Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA-1) Todd Hays
Pavle Jovanovic
Steve Mesler
Brock Kreitzburg
55.4355.5655.0455.413:41.44
8Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI-2) Ivo Rueegg
Andi Gees
Roman Handschin
Christian Aebli
55.6555.6355.2255.303:41.80
9Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS-2) Yevgeni Popov
Sergey Golubev
Pyotr Makarchuk
Dmitriy Stepushkin
55.8755.5755.1655.333:41.93
10Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia  (LAT-1) Jānis Miņins
Daumants Dreiškens
Mārcis Rullis
Jānis Ozols
55.8855.6955.5155.513:42.59
11Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy  (ITA-2) Fabrizio Tosini
Luca Ottolino
Antonio de Sanctis
Giorgio Morbidelli
55.8055.7355.5755.513:42.61
12Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy  (ITA-1) Simone Bertazzo
Samuele Romanini
Matteo Torchio
Omar Sacco
55.6356.1355.4655.623:42.84
13Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Wolfgang Stampfer
Klaus Seelos
Juergen Loacker
Hans-Peter Welz
55.7755.8355.7355.533:42.86
14Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Ivo Danilevic
Radek Řechka
Roman Gomola
Jan Kobian
55.9255.8355.6655.563:42.97
15Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Dawid Kupczyk
Michal Zblewski
Mariusz Latkowski
Marcin Płacheta
55.8955.7955.8555.493:43.02
16Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Arend Glas
Vincent Kortbeek
Sybren Jansma
Arno Klaassen
55.8256.0855.7855.513:43.19
17Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Lee Johnston
Martin Wright
Karl Johnston
Dan Humphries
56.0656.0755.9355.323:43.38
18Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN-2) Serge Despres
Nathan Cunningham
Steve Larsen
David Bissett
56.1056.1555.6955.583:43.52
19Flag of France.svg  France Bruno Mingeon
Christophe Fouquet
Pierre-Alain Menneron
Alexandre Vanhoutte
56.0956.0855.8755.713:43.75
20Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Milan Jagnesak
Viktor Rajek
Andrej Benda
Robert Krestanko
56.2956.1356.2655.983:44.66
21Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia  (LAT-2) Mihails Arhipovs
Intars Dicmanis
Māris Bogdanovs
Reinis Rozitis
56.3456.5456.13
22Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM) Nicolae Istrate
Adrian Duminicel
Gabriel Popa
Ioan Danut Dovalciuc
56.6156.7056.41
23Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia Ivan Šola
Slaven Krajačić
Alek Osmanović
Jurica Grabušić
Dejan Vojnović
56.6756.5756.51
24Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland Peter O'Malley
Joseph Mullins
Patrick Mullins
John O’Donoghue
56.9956.7356.45
25Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Ricardo Raschini
Márcio Silva
Claudinei Quirino
Edson Bindilatti
60.3158.5160.12
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Alan Henderson
Aaron Orangi
Steve Harrison
Matthew Dallow
DNS

References

  1. "Bobsleigh at the 2006 Turin Winter Games: Men's Four". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Torino 2006 Official Report - Bobsleigh" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved Jul 7, 2009.
  3. "Kiwi team out after crash". TVNV.co.nz. February 24, 2006. Retrieved Jul 7, 2009.