Two-man at the IBSF World Championships 2020 | ||||||||||
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Venue | Altenberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track | |||||||||
Location | Altenberg, Germany | |||||||||
Dates | 22–23 February | |||||||||
Competitors | 54 from 16 nations | |||||||||
Teams | 27 | |||||||||
Winning time | 3:40.44 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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IBSF World Championships 2020 | |||
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Four | men | ||
Skeleton | men | women | Mixed |
The Two-man competition at the IBSF World Championships 2020 was held on 22 and 23 February 2020. [1] [2]
The first two runs were started on February 22 at 11:30am. [3] The last two runs were held on February 23 at 2:30pm. [4]
Rank | Bib | Country | Athletes | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Run 3 | Rank | Run 4 | Rank | Total | Behind |
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4 | Germany | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis | 54.00 | 1 | 54.09 | 1 | 55.98 | 1 | 56.37 | 1 | 3:40.44 | ||
22 | Germany | Johannes Lochner Christopher Weber | 54.59 | 5 | 54.59 | 3 | 56.36 | 3 | 56.55 | 8 | 3:42.09 | +1.65 | |
5 | Latvia | Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis | 54.49 | 2 | 54.72 | 6 | 56.35 | 2 | 56.67 | 14 | 3:42.23 | +1.79 | |
4 | 20 | Germany | Nico Walther Eric Franke | 54.54 | 4 | 54.49 | 2 | 56.36 | 3 | 56.92 | 19 | 3:42.31 | +1.87 |
5 | 10 | Germany | Richard Oelsner Malte Schwenzfeier | 54.52 | 3 | 54.67 | 5 | 56.49 | 5 | 57.03 | 20 | 3:42.71 | +2.27 |
6 | 18 | Austria | Benjamin Maier Markus Sammer | 54.91 | 11 | 54.61 | 4 | 56.58 | 7 | 56.66 | 13 | 3:42.76 | +2.32 |
7 | 15 | Switzerland | Simon Friedli Gregory Jones | 54.73 | 8 | 55.14 | 17 | 56.52 | 6 | 56.44 | 4 | 3:42.83 | +2.39 |
8 | 7 | Switzerland | Michael Vogt Sandro Michel | 54.77 | 9 | 54.78 | 7 | 56.80 | 10 | 56.55 | 8 | 3:42.90 | +2.46 |
9 | 9 | France | Romain Heinrich Dorian Hauterville | 54.90 | 10 | 54.93 | 12 | 56.70 | 8 | 56.43 | 3 | 3:42.96 | +2.52 |
10 | 2 | Romania | Mihai Cristian Tentea Nicolae Ciprian Daroczi | 54.60 | 6 | 54.86 | 10 | 56.87 | 11 | 56.76 | 17 | 3:43.09 | +2.65 |
11 | 6 | Canada | Justin Kripps Cameron Stones | 54.60 | 6 | 55.00 | 13 | 56.77 | 9 | 56.81 | 18 | 3:43.18 | +2.74 |
12 | 17 | Latvia | Oskars Melbārdis Intars Dambis | 55.05 | 17 | 54.84 | 9 | 56.97 | 13 | 56.44 | 4 | 3:43.30 | +2.86 |
13 | 12 | Russia | Alexey Stulnev Ilya Malykh | 54.91 | 11 | 54.92 | 11 | 56.87 | 11 | 56.71 | 16 | 3:43.41 | +2.97 |
14 | 16 | Czech Republic | Dominik Dvořák Jakub Nosek | 54.98 | 16 | 54.81 | 8 | 57.13 | 15 | 56.54 | 6 | 3:43.46 | +3.02 |
14 | 11 | South Korea | Won Yun-jong Chae Byung-do | 54.95 | 14 | 55.02 | 14 | 57.10 | 14 | 56.39 | 2 | 3:43.46 | +3.02 |
16 | 8 | Great Britain | Brad Hall Greg Cackett | 54.92 | 13 | 55.20 | 18 | 57.32 | 17 | 56.54 | 6 | 3:43.98 | +3.54 |
17 | 3 | Latvia | Ralfs Bērziņš Davis Springis | 54.97 | 15 | 55.06 | 16 | 57.47 | 19 | 56.58 | 11 | 3:44.08 | +3.64 |
18 | 23 | Austria | Markus Treichl Kristian Huber | 55.18 | 18 | 55.04 | 15 | 57.41 | 18 | 56.59 | 12 | 3:44.22 | +3.78 |
19 | 13 | United States | Hunter Church Joshua Williamson | 55.25 | 20 | 55.50 | 20 | 57.17 | 16 | 56.57 | 10 | 3:44.49 | +4.05 |
20 | 24 | Italy | Patrick Baumgartner Costantino Ughi | 55.30 | 21 | 55.44 | 19 | 58.62 | 21 | 56.70 | 15 | 3:45.10 | +4.66 |
21 | 21 | China | Li Chunjian Shi Hao | 55.47 | 22 | 55.72 | 21 | 57.49 | 20 | Did not advance | |||
22 | 19 | Netherlands | Ivo de Bruin Dennis Veenker | 55.49 | 23 | 55.83 | 23 | 58.28 | 22 | ||||
23 | 1 | Japan | Ryo Shinohara Yoshiki Kaneko | 55.52 | 24 | 56.03 | 24 | 58.64 | 24 | ||||
24 | 26 | Great Britain | Lamin Deen Ben Simons | 55.85 | 26 | 56.07 | 25 | 58.62 | 23 | ||||
25 | 25 | Italy | Mattia Variola Alex Verginer | 56.85 | 27 | 56.23 | 26 | 58.91 | 25 | ||||
– | 14 | Russia | Rostislav Gaitiukevich Ruslan Samitov | 55.23 | 19 | 1:00.30 | 27 | Did not start | |||||
27 | China | Jin Jian Wu Qingze | 55.57 | 25 | 55.75 | 22 |
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