| Women's monobob at the IV Winter Youth Olympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Alpensia Sliding Centre | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 22 January 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 12 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:53.31 | ||||||||||||
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| Bobsleigh at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics | ||
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The women's monobob competition at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics took place on 22 January at the Alpensia Sliding Centre. [1]
The first run was held at 14:30 and the second run at 15:26. [2]
| Rank | Start No. | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Rank 1 | Run 2 | Rank 2 | Total | Behind |
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 | 1 | Maja Voigt |  Denmark | 56.19 | 1 | 57.12 | 1 | 1:53.31 | |
 | 5 | Agnese Campeol |  Thailand | 56.84 | 2 | 57.33 | 3 | 1:54.17 | +0.86 |
 | 3 | Mihaela Alexia Anton |  Romania | 57.15 | 6 | 57.19 | 2 | 1:54.34 | +1.03 |
| 4 | 4 | Amēlija Kotāne |  Latvia | 56.84 | 2 | 57.70 | 5 | 1:54.54 | +1.23 |
| 5 | 8 | Kate Prudāne | Latvia | 57.08 | 4 | 57.73 | 6 | 1:54.81 | +1.50 |
| 6 | 7 | Georgiana Olaru | Romania | 57.60 | 8 | 57.60 | 4 | 1:55.20 | +1.89 |
| 7 | 6 | Choi Si-yeon |  South Korea | 57.30 | 7 | 57.92 | 7 | 1:55.22 | +1.91 |
| 8 | 2 | Emily Bradley |  United States | 57.08 | 4 | 58.35 | 11 | 1:55.43 | +2.12 |
| 9 | 9 | Talia Melun |  Canada | 57.99 | 10 | 58.07 | 9 | 1:56.06 | +2.75 |
| 10 | 12 | Beya Mokrani |  Tunisia | 57.78 | 9 | 58.50 | 12 | 1:56.28 | +2.97 |
| 11 | 10 | Adanna Johnson |  Jamaica | 58.12 | 11 | 58.17 | 10 | 1:56.29 | +2.98 |
| 12 | 11 | Sophie Ghorbal | Tunisia | 58.35 | 12 | 57.96 | 8 | 1:56.31 | +3.00 |
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Youth Olympic champions in Bobsleigh – two-girls / girls' monobob | |
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