Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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Bobsleigh
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh, PyeongChang 2018.svg
Bobsleigh pictogram at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Venue Alpensia Sliding Centre
Dates18–25 February
No. of events3 (2 men, 1 women)
Competitors164 from 22 nations
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Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea. [1] The events were scheduled to take place between 18 and 25 February 2018. A total of three bobsleigh events were held.

Qualification

A maximum of 170 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games (130 men and 40 women). The qualification was based on the world rankings of 18 January 2018. [2]

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for all events. [3]

All times are (UTC+9).

DateTimeEvent
18 February20:05 Two-man runs 1 and 2
19 February20:15 Two-man runs 3 and 4
20 February20:50 Two-woman runs 1 and 2
21 February20:40 Two-woman runs 3 and 4
24 February09:30 Four-man runs 1 and 2
25 February09:30 Four-man runs 3 and 4

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (South Korea)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3104
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1012
3Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea*0101
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0101
5Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 0011
Totals (5 entries)4329

Events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Two-man [4]
details
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Justin Kripps
Alexander Kopacz
3:16.86Not awardedFlag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia
Oskars Melbārdis
Jānis Strenga
3:16.91
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
Four-man [5]
details
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
Martin Grothkopp
Thorsten Margis
3:15.85Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Nico Walther
Kevin Kuske
Alexander Rödiger
Eric Franke
3:16.38Not awarded
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Won Yun-jong
Jun Jung-lin
Seo Young-woo
Kim Dong-hyun
Two-woman [6]
details
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Mariama Jamanka
Lisa Buckwitz
3:22.45Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Elana Meyers Taylor
Lauren Gibbs
3:22.52Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Kaillie Humphries
Phylicia George
3:22.89

Participating nations

A total of 164 athletes from 22 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate [7] (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). This was the first time that Nigeria had qualified for the Winter Games in any sport. The two-woman bobsleigh team was thus Nigeria's first ever representation at the Winter Olympics. [8] [9]

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