Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Two-woman

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Two-Man Women's
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates20–21 February
Competitors40 from 12 nations
Winning time3:22.45
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Mariama Jamanka
Lisa Buckwitz
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Elana Meyers Taylor
Lauren Gibbs
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Kaillie Humphries
Phylicia George
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  2014
2022  

The two-man women's bobsleigh competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 20 and 21 February at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea. [1]

Qualification

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

Results

The first two runs were held on 20 February and the last runs on 21 February 2018. [4]

RankBibCountryAthletesRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalBehind
Gold medal icon.svg6Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Mariama Jamanka
Lisa Buckwitz
50.5450.7250.4950.703:22.45
Silver medal icon.svg5Flag of the United States.svg  United States Elana Meyers Taylor
Lauren Gibbs
50.52
TR
50.8150.46
TR
50.733:22.52+0.07
Bronze medal icon.svg4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Kaillie Humphries
Phylicia George
50.7250.8850.5250.773:22.89+0.44
48Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Stephanie Schneider
Annika Drazek
50.6350.9350.7150.703:22.97+0.52
57Flag of the United States.svg  United States Jamie Greubel Poser
Aja Evans
50.5950.9950.5950.853:23.02+0.57
69Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Alysia Rissling
Heather Moyse
50.8150.9550.8351.043:23.63+1.18
713Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Christine de Bruin
Melissa Lotholz
50.9450.9150.7551.293:23.89+1.44
817Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Mica McNeill
Mica Moore
50.7750.9551.1651.193:24.07+1.62
912Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Sabina Hafner
Rahel Rebsamen
50.8651.1651.0751.213:24.30+1.85
1014Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Christina Hengster
Valerie Kleiser
51.2351.0451.0051.243:24.51+2.06
1115Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Elfje Willemsen
Sara Aerts
51.0351.2751.1051.213:24.61+2.16
DSQ11Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia Nadezhda Sergeeva
Anastasia Kocherzhova
51.0151.4951.2951.373:25.16+2.71
1220Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium An Vannieuwenhuyse
Sophie Vercruyssen
51.2451.2851.5351.203:25.25+2.80
1310Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Anna Köhler
Erline Nolte
51.2151.2051.4651.413:25.28+2.83
141Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Kim Yoo-ran
Kim Min-seong
51.2451.2051.3251.553:25.31+2.86
1519Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Maria Constantin
Andreea Grecu
51.1751.4051.3951.573:25.53+3.08
163Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia Alexandra Rodionova
Yulia Belomestnykh
51.2951.4751.4151.553:25.72+3.27
1716Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Katrin Beierl
Victoria Hahn
51.4951.4151.5151.433:25.84+3.39
1818Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian
Carrie Russell
51.2951.5051.8351.323:25.94+3.49
192Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Seun Adigun
Akuoma Omeoga (Run 1-2)
Ngozi Onwumere (Run 3-4)
52.2152.5552.3152.533:29.60+7.15

With Mariama Jamanka (1st), Elana Meyers Taylor & Lauren Gibbs (2nd) and Phylicia George (3rd) all making the podium, it marked the first time in Winter Olympic history that black athletes won gold, silver and bronze medals in the same event.

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References

  1. "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeonChang 2018 Bobsleigh" (PDF). International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-19. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - Women´s Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. Final results