Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics

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Bobsleigh
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh pictogram.svg
Bobsleigh pictogram
Venue Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track
Dates13–20 February
No. of events4 (2 men, 2 women)
Competitors165 from 23 nations(119 men and 46 women)
  2018
2026  

Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics has been held at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track which is one of the Yanqing cluster venues. A total of four bobsleigh events were held, between 4 and 20 February 2022.

In July 2018, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially added the women's monobob event to the program, increasing the total number of events to four. [1] The IOC also transferred six quotas from the men's events to the women's. The quota limit of 170 athletes remained the same from the 2018 Winter Olympics. [2] A total of four events have been contested, two each for men and women. [3]

Qualification

A maximum of 170 quota spots will be available to athletes to compete at the games (124 men and 46 women). The qualification is based on the world rankings of 16 January 2022. [4]

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for all four events. [5]

All times are in local time (UTC+8), according to the official schedule correct as of March 2021. This schedule may be subject to change in due time.

DateTimeEvent
13 February09:30Women's monobob - Heats 1 and 2
14 February09:30Women's monobob - Heats 3 and 4
20:15Two-man - Heats 1 and 2
15 February20:05Two-man - Heats 3 and 4
18 February20:00Two-woman - Heats 1 and 2
19 February09:30Four-man - Heats 1 and 2
20:00Two-woman - Heats 3 and 4
20 February09:30Four-man - Heats 3 and 4

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3317
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1113
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0022
Totals (3 entries)44412

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Two-man
details
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
3:56.89Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Florian Bauer
3:57.38Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Christoph Hafer
Matthias Sommer
3:58.58
Four-man
details
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
Candy Bauer
Alexander Schüller
3:54.30Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Florian Bauer
Christopher Weber
Christian Rasp
3:54.67Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Justin Kripps
Ryan Sommer
Cam Stones
Ben Coakwell
3:55.09
Women's monobob
details
Kaillie Humphries
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
4:19.27 Elana Meyers Taylor
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
4:20.81 Christine de Bruin
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
4:21.03
Two-woman
details
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Laura Nolte
Deborah Levi
4:03.96Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Mariama Jamanka
Alexandra Burghardt
4:04.73Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Elana Meyers Taylor
Sylvia Hoffman
4:05.48

Participating nations

A total of 165 athletes (119 men and 46 women) from 23 nations (including the IOC's designation of ROC for the Russian Olympic Committee) qualified to participate. [6]

The numbers in parentheses represents the number of participants entered.

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References

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  2. "Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 Event programme and athlete quota" (PDF). www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  3. "Official Programme of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022" (PDF). www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  4. "Qualification Systems for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022" (PDF). International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
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