Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Four-man

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Four-man
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh pictogram.svg
Venue Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates24–25 February
Competitors116 from 18 nations
Winning time3:15.85
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Francesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
Martin Grothkopp
Thorsten Margis
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Won Yun-jong
Jun Jung-lin
Seo Young-woo
Kim Dong-hyun
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Silver medal icon.svg Nico Walther
Kevin Kuske
Alexander Rödiger
Eric Franke
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
  2014
2022  

The four-man bobsleigh competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 24 and 25 February at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea. [1]

Qualification

The top three countries in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh season (including the World Cup, Europe races and Americas Cup) were awarded the maximum three sleds. The next six countries were awarded two sleds each. The remaining nine sleds were awarded to nine different countries, with Australia being awarded an Oceania continental quota and South Korea being awarded a slot as host nation. [2] [3]

Results

The first two runs were held on 24 February and the last two runs on 25 February 2018. [4]

RankBibCountryAthletesRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalBehind
Gold medal icon.svg7Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Francesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
Martin Grothkopp
Thorsten Margis
48.54TR49.0148.7649.543:15.85
Silver medal icon.svg8Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Nico Walther
Kevin Kuske
Alexander Rödiger
Eric Franke
48.7449.1648.9049.583:16.38+0.53
Silver medal icon.svg1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Won Yun-jong
Jun Jung-lin
Seo Young-woo
Kim Dong-hyun
48.6549.1948.8949.653:16.38+0.53
416Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Rico Peter
Thomas Amrhein
Simon Friedli
Michael Kuonen
49.0549.1648.8749.513:16.59+0.74
510Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia Oskars Melbārdis
Daumants Dreiškens
Arvis Vilkaste
Jānis Strenga
48.8249.3948.9149.533:16.65+0.80
69Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Justin Kripps
Jesse Lumsden
Alexander Kopacz
Oluseyi Smith
48.8549.2848.9549.613:16.69+0.84
714Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Benjamin Maier
Kilian Walch
Markus Sammer
Dănuț Moldovan
49.1049.2149.0349.563:16.90+1.05
86Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Johannes Lochner
Christian Poser
Christopher Weber
Christian Rasp
48.9549.2649.1049.803:17.11+1.26
913Flag of the United States.svg  United States Codie Bascue
Evan Weinstock
Steven Langton
Sam McGuffie
49.0949.2649.0849.773:17.28+1.43
1012Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia Oskars Ķibermanis
Jānis Jansons
Helvijs Lūsis
Matīss Miknis
49.1849.2649.3449.633:17.41+1.56
1118Flag of France.svg  France Loïc Costerg
Vincent Ricard
Vincent Castell
Dorian Hauterville
49.0949.3649.1949.923:17.56+1.71
1221Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Nick Poloniato
Cameron Stones
Joshua Kirkpatrick
Ben Coakwell
49.4049.2349.5149.673:17.81+1.96
135Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Mateusz Luty
Arnold Zdebiak
Łukasz Miedzik
Grzegorz Kossakowski
49.0449.5949.4649.803:17.89+2.04
143Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Clemens Bracher
Alain Knuser
Martin Meier
Fabio Badraun
49.0649.5449.5949.723:17.91+2.06
1520Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia Maxim Andrianov
Alexey Zaitsev
Vasiliy Kondratenko
Ruslan Samitov
49.4349.3949.5649.563:17.94+2.09
1611Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Christopher Spring
Lascelles Brown
Bryan Barnett
Neville Wright
49.0649.5449.4649.863:17.96+2.11
1717Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Brad Hall
Nick Gleeson
Joel Fearon
Greg Cackett
49.2549.6849.6449.693:18.26+2.41
1815Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Lamin Deen
Ben Simons
Toby Olubi
Andrew Matthews
49.4449.4549.6649.743:18.29+2.44
1922Flag of the United States.svg  United States Nick Cunningham
Hakeem Abdul-Saboor
Christopher Kinney
Samuel Michener
49.6049.5049.7449.703:18.54+2.69
2019Flag of the United States.svg  United States Justin Olsen
Nathan Weber
Carlo Valdes
Christopher Fogt
49.6249.7149.6649.563:18.55+2.70
212Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Dominik Dvořák
Jaroslav Kopřiva
Jan Šindelář
Jakub Nosek
49.0749.9750.052:29.09
2224Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Markus Treichl
Ekemini Bassey
Markus Glueck
Marco Rangl
49.7349.8349.682:29.24
2323Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Edson Bindilatti
Edson Ricardo Martins
Odirlei Pessoni
Rafael Souza da Silva
49.7549.9449.802:29.49
2428Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Jan Vrba
Dominik Suchý
David Egydy
Jan Stokláska
49.7349.8150.052:29.59
254Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Lucas Mata
David Mari
Lachlan Reidy
Hayden Smith
49.7249.9150.072:29.70
2626Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Shao Yijun
Li Chunjian
Wang Sidong
Shi Hao
49.7950.0149.942:29.74
2725Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Simone Bertazzo
Lorenzo Bilotti
Francesco Costa
Simone Fontana
49.9249.9450.022:29.88
2827Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia Dražen Silić
Mate Mezulić
Benedikt Nikpalj
Antonio Zelić
50.1850.6450.632:31.45
2929Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Dorin Alexandru Grigore
Florin Cezar Crăciun
Levente Bartha
Paul Septimiu Muntean
50.5550.7950.812:32.15

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