Bobsleigh at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Two-boys

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Two-boys
at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games
Bobsleigh 2012 YOG.jpg
Venue Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
DateJanuary 22
Competitors20 from 10 nations
Winning time1:49.14
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Patrick Baumgartner
Alessandro Grande
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Benjamin Maier
Robert Ofensberger
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Bronze medal icon.svg Rudy Rinaldi
Jérémy Torre
Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco

The Two-boys competition of the bobsleigh events at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, was held on January 22, at the Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck. 20 athletes from 10 different countries took part in this event. [1]

Results

The runs was started at 11:30. [2]

RankBibCountryAthletesRun 1Run 2TotalBehind
Gold medal icon.svg1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Patrick Baumgartner
Alessandro Grande
54.3154.831:49.14
Silver medal icon.svg3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Benjamin Maier
Robert Ofensberger
54.6354.601:49.23+0.09
Bronze medal icon.svg2Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco Rudy Rinaldi
Jérémy Torre
54.6654.651:49.31+0.17
45Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Oskars Ķibermanis
Elvis Kamšs
54.8054.571:49.37+0.23
510Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Olly Biddulph
James Lelliott
54.5454.871:49.41+0.27
64Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Philipp Mölter
Richard Oelsner
54.4954.931:49.42+0.28
76Flag of the United States.svg  United States Codie Bascue
Jake Peterson
54.6754.981:49.65+0.51
87Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Kirill Chigvintsev
Ivan Tarasov
54.9555.001:49.95+0.81
99Flag of Canada.svg  Canada Payton Berezowski
Clay Sparks
55.2855.261:50.54+1.40
108Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Choi Jun-won
Choi Min-seo
55.8155.431:51.24+2.10

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