| Two-man at the IBSF World Championships 2017 | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Königssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track | |||||||||
| Location | Königssee, Germany | |||||||||
| Dates | 18–19 February | |||||||||
| Competitors | 72 from 36 nations | |||||||||
| Teams | 36 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 3:16.71 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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IBSF World Championships 2017   | ||||
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| Two | men | women | ||
| Four | men | |||
| Skeleton | men | women | ||
| Mixed | team | |||
The Two-man competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 18 and 19 February 2017. [1] [2]
The first two runs were held on 18 [3] and the two last runs on 19 February 2017. [4]
| Rank | Bib | Country | Athletes | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Run 3 | Rank | Run 4 | Rank | Total | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6 |  | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis | 49.15 | 1 | 49.45 | 1 | 49.17 | 1 | 48.94 | 1 | 3:16.71 | |
 | 11 |  | Justin Kripps Jesse Lumsden | 49.44 | 2 | 49.68 | 2 | 49.43 | 3 | 49.36 | 6 | 3:17.91 | +1.20 |
 | 9 | | Johannes Lochner Joshua Bluhm | 49.51 | 3 | 49.72 | 4 | 49.46 | 5 | 49.27 | 2 | 3:17.96 | +1.25 |
| 4 | 7 |  | Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis | 49.55 | 4 | 49.88 | 11 | 49.42 | 2 | 49.32 | 5 | 3:18.17 | +1.46 |
| 5 | 1 | | Nick Poloniato Neville Weight | 49.62 | 9 | 49.71 | 3 | 49.61 | 12 | 49.29 | 3 | 3:18.23 | +1.52 |
| 6 | 20 | | Oskars Melbārdis Jānis Strenga | 49.57 | 5 | 49.80 | 6 | 49.59 | 10 | 49.39 | 7 | 3:18.35 | +1.64 |
| 7 | 13 |  | Steven Holcomb Carlo Valdes | 49.71 | 14 | 49.76 | 5 | 49.49 | 6 | 49.43 | 9 | 3:18.39 | +1.68 |
| 8 | 5 | | Nico Walther Eric Franke | 49.59 | 6 | 49.91 | 14 | 49.53 | 8 | 49.42 | 8 | 3:18.45 | +1.74 |
| 9 | 18 |  | Bruce Tasker Joel Fearon | 49.64 | 11 | 49.84 | 9 | 49.66 | 16 | 49.56 | 12 | 3:18.59 | +1.88 |
| 10 | 25 |  | Rudy Rinaldi Boris Vain | 49.75 | 15 | 49.88 | 11 | 49.54 | 9 | 49.44 | 10 | 3:18.60 | +1.89 |
| 11 | 17 | | Justin Olsen Evan Weinstock | 49.95 | 22 | 49.83 | 8 | 49.45 | 4 | 49.44 | 10 | 3:18.67 | +1.96 |
| 11 | 12 |  | Benjamin Maier Markus Sammer | 49.63 | 10 | 50.24 | 28 | 49.50 | 7 | 49.30 | 4 | 3:18.67 | +1.96 |
| 13 | 19 | | Christopher Spring Alexander Kopacz | 49.68 | 13 | 49.87 | 10 | 49.60 | 11 | 49.60 | 16 | 3:18.75 | +2.04 |
| 14 | 16 | | Uģis Žaļims Jānis Jansons | 49.91 | 20 | 49.80 | 6 | 49.63 | 13 | 49.46 | 13 | 3:18.80 | +2.09 |
| 15 | 4 |  | Beat Hefti Michael Kuonen | 49.60 | 7 | 49.92 | 15 | 49.68 | 17 | 49.65 | 18 | 3:18.85 | +2.14 |
| 16 | 8 | | Rico Peter Simon Friedli | 49.60 | 7 | 49.99 | 17 | 49.74 | 18 | 49.63 | 17 | 3:18.96 | +2.25 |
| 17 | 14 |  | Alexey Stulnev Maxim Belugin | 49.74 | 15 | 49.89 | 13 | 49.78 | 19 | 49.58 | 15 | 3:18.99 | +2.28 |
| 18 | 24 |  | Dominik Dvořák Jakub Nosek | 49.90 | 19 | 49.92 | 15 | 49.64 | 15 | 49.56 | 14 | 3:19.02 | +2.31 |
| 19 | 15 | | Alexander Kasjanov Aleksei Pushkarev | 49.78 | 17 | 50.10 | 21 | 49.63 | 13 | 49.73 | 19 | 3:19.24 | +2.53 |
| 20 | 27 |  | Mateusz Luty Krzysztof Tylkowski | 49.84 | 18 | 50.03 | 18 | 49.79 | 20 | 49.80 | 20 | 3:19.46 | +2.75 |
| — | 10 |  | Won Yun-jong Seo Young-woo | 49.65 | 12 | 50.06 | 20 | 49.96 | 28 | DNQ | |||
| 2 | | Kim Dong-hyun Jun Jung-lin | 49.91 | 20 | 50.05 | 19 | 49.80 | 21 | |||||
| 22 | | Nick Cunningham Adrian Adams | 49.96 | 23 | 50.22 | 25 | 49.87 | 23 | |||||
| 23 | | Maxim Andrianov Kirill Antukh | 50.07 | 25 | 50.15 | 23 | 49.83 | 22 | |||||
| 21 | | Richard Ölsner Alexander Schüller | 50.10 | 28 | 50.22 | 25 | 49.88 | 24 | |||||
| 32 |  | Loïc Costerg Vincent Castell | 50.09 | 27 | 50.25 | 29 | 49.94 | 26 | |||||
| 28 |  | Ivo de Bruin Jeroen Piek | 50.07 | 25 | 50.23 | 27 | 50.04 | 30 | |||||
| 33 | | Bradley Hall Samuel Blanchet | 50.04 | 24 | 50.11 | 22 | 50.23 | 34 | |||||
| 30 | | Markus Treichl Markus Glück | 50.17 | 31 | 50.43 | 31 | 49.90 | 25 | |||||
| 31 | | Jan Vrba Dominik Suchý | 50.11 | 29 | 50.48 | 32 | 49.95 | 27 | |||||
| 3 |  | Simone Bertazzo Mattia Variola | 50.11 | 29 | 50.34 | 30 | 50.18 | 33 | |||||
| 26 | | Suk Young-jin Oh Jea-han | 50.49 | 33 | 50.20 | 24 | 49.97 | 29 | |||||
| 29 | | Patrick Baumgartner Costantino Ughi | 50.25 | 32 | 50.54 | 33 | 50.13 | 32 | |||||
| 34 |  | Mihai Tentea Florin Cezar Crăciun | 50.63 | 34 | 50.58 | 34 | 50.11 | 31 | |||||
| 35 |  | Vuk Rađenović Miroslav Novaković | 50.66 | 35 | 50.81 | 35 | 50.52 | 35 | |||||
| 36 |  | Dražen Silić Mate Mezulić | 51.22 | 36 | 51.46 | 36 | 51.09 | 36 | |||||
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