Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics | ||
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The following are the criteria, rules, and final standings for qualification for the bobsleigh competitions at the 2018 Winter Olympics. [1]
A maximum of 170 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games, a maximum of 130 men and 40 women could have qualified. The qualification was based on the world rankings of 14 January 2018 (the seventh world cup event of the season, in St. Moritz). Pilots had to compete in five different races on three different tracks during the 2016/17 season or 2017/18 season. Each continent (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania) and the hosts were allowed to enter a sled provided they met the above standard. For each men's event 30 sleds were allowed to compete (maximum of three NOCs with three sleds and six NOCs with two sleds). For the women's event there were a total of 20 sleds allowed to compete (maximum of two NOCs with three sleds, four NOCs with two sleds). According to the rules women were eligible for the "4-man" event as well but none competed in the applicable races.
Races from 15 October 2017 until 14 January 2018 were used for qualification for the Olympics. In general this meant that the Olympic field was to be established by using the first seven world cup races of the 2017–18 season, but also included results from European, and American cup races. Four sleds then were allocated in each of the three competitions, first for the host (if not already qualified), and then for continents not previously represented. If a nation refused a quota it was reallocated. Unused or reallocated were to be filled by 19 January 2018 by nations not previously entered.
The following summary is based on the final IBSF quotas after reallocation. [2] [3] Numbers beside each nation indicate the rank of the sled that establishes the NOC's number of qualifiers.
Nations | Two man | Four man | Two woman | Athletes |
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Australia | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Austria | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
Belgium | 2 | 4 | ||
Brazil | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Canada | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
China | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
Croatia | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Czech Republic | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
France | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
Germany | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
Italy | 1 | 4 | ||
Jamaica | 1 | 2 | ||
Latvia | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
Monaco | 1 | 2 | ||
Nigeria | 1 | 2 | ||
Poland | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Romania | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Olympic Athletes from Russia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
South Korea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
United States | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
Total: 22 NOCs | 30 | 29 | 20 | 164 |
Final rankings by nation. [4]
Sleds qualified | Countries | Athletes total | Nation |
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3 | 3 | 18 | Germany 7 Canada 9 United States 13 |
2 | 6 | 24 | Latvia 11 Olympic Athletes from Russia 15 Switzerland 16 Austria 29 China 31 Czech Republic 36 |
1 | 9 | 18 | Poland 17 France 22 Monaco 24 Romania 30 Brazil 34 Australia 35 Great Britain 37 Croatia 39 South Korea 44 1 |
30 | 18 | 60 |
Final rankings by nation. [5]
Sleds qualified | Countries | Athletes total | Nation |
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3 | 3 | 36 | Germany 4 Canada 16 United States 19 |
2 | 5 | 40 | Latvia 9 Great Britain 12 Austria 27 Switzerland 30 Czech Republic 32 |
1 | 10 | 40 | Olympic Athletes from Russia 8 5 France 14 Brazil 21 Italy 23 China 25 Croatia 28 Romania 41 2 Australia 42 3 Poland 43 1 South Korea 47 4 |
29 | 18 | 116 |
Final rankings by nation. [6]
Sleds qualified | Countries | Athletes total | Nation |
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3 | 2 | 12 | Germany 7 Canada 8 |
2 | 4 | 16 | United States 4 Austria 15 Olympic Athletes from Russia 16 Belgium 20 |
1 | 6 | 12 | Switzerland 12 Great Britain 13 Jamaica 18 |
20 | 12 | 40 |
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South Korea competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, from 9 to 25 February 2018, as the host nation. It was represented by 122 competitors in all 15 disciplines.
Czech Republic competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 93 competitors in 13 sports. They won seven medals in total: two gold, two silver and three bronze, ranking 14th in the medal table.
Switzerland competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 166 competitors in 14 sports. They won 15 medals in total, ranking 7th in the medal table.
Germany competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 153 competitors in 14 sports. They won 31 medals in total, 14 gold, 10 silver and 7 bronze, ranking second in the medal table after Norway at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Germany excelled in ice track events, biathlon, Nordic combined and Ski jumping. The men's ice hockey team took a silver medal, having lost a closely contested final to Olympic Athletes from Russia.
Japan competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 124 competitors in 13 sports. They won 13 medals in total, four gold, five silver and four bronze, ranking 11th in the medal table. Six medals of those were won in the speed skating events.
Austria competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 105 competitors in 12 sports. They won 14 medals in total: five gold, three silver and six bronze; ranking 10th in the medal table.
France competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 106 competitors in 11 sports. They won 15 medals in total, five gold, four silver and six bronze, ranking 9th in the medal table.
Italy competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 120 competitors in 14 sports. They won ten medals in total, three gold, two silver and five bronze, ranking 12th in the medal table. Short-track speed skater Arianna Fontana, who was also the flag bearer at the opening ceremony, was the country's most successful athlete, having won three medals, one of each color.
Latvia competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 34 competitors in 9 sports. They won one bronze medal in two-man bobsleigh and ranked 28th in the medal table.
Romania competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 27 competitors in 8 sports.
Great Britain competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 58 competitors in 11 sports. They won five medals in total, one gold and four bronze, ranking 19th in the medal table.
China competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. China competed in 12 sports, participating in bobsleigh, skeleton and ski jumping for the first time. China won 9 medals in total.
Belgium competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 22 competitors in 9 sports. They won one silver medal, the country's first Winter Olympic medal since 1998, ranking 25th in the medal table.
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