| Two-man at the IBSF World Championships 2023 | ||||||||||
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| Venue | St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun | |||||||||
| Location | St. Moritz, Switzerland | |||||||||
| Dates | 28–29 January | |||||||||
| Competitors | 60 from 18 nations | |||||||||
| Teams | 30 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 4:21.84 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| IBSF World Championships 2023 | ||
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| Monobob | women | |
| Two | men | women |
| Four | men | |
| Para-bobsleigh | Para | |
| Skeleton | men | women |
| mixed | ||
The Two-man competition at the IBSF World Championships 2023 was held on 28 and 29 January 2023. [1] [2]
The first two runs were started on 28 January at 13:00 and the last two runs on 29 January at 13:15. [3] [4]
| Rank | Bib | Country | Athletes | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Run 3 | Rank | Run 4 | Rank | Total | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 10 |  Germany | Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer | 1:05.69 | 2 | 1:05.22 | 1 | 1:05.26 | 1 | 1:05.67 | 5 | 4:21.84 | |
 | 9 | Germany | Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller | 1:05.78 | 3 | 1:05.45 | 2 | 1:05.63 | 5 | 1:05.47 | 2 | 4:22.33 | +0.49 |
 | 7 |  Switzerland | Michael Vogt Sandro Michel | 1:05.62 | 1 | 1:05.68 | 6 | 1:05.57 | 2 | 1:05.47 | 2 | 4:22.34 | +0.50 |
| 4 | 6 | Germany | Christoph Hafer Matthias Sommer | 1:05.88 | 5 | 1:05.57 | 3 | 1:05.66 | 6 | 1:05.59 | 4 | 4:22.70 | +0.86 |
| 5 | 8 |  Great Britain | Brad Hall Taylor Lawrence | 1:05.82 | 4 | 1:05.57 | 3 | 1:05.62 | 4 | 1:05.76 | 6 | 4:22.77 | +0.93 |
| 6 | 2 |  Latvia | Emīls Cipulis Matīss Miknis | 1:06.22 | 8 | 1:05.65 | 5 | 1:05.61 | 3 | 1:05.46 | 1 | 4:22.94 | +1.10 |
| 7 | 22 |  France | Romain Heinrich Dorian Hauterville | 1:06.01 | 6 | 1:05.92 | 8 | 1:05.87 | 8 | 1:05.94 | 10 | 4:23.74 | +1.90 |
| 8 | 1 | Switzerland | Timo Rohner Luca Rolli | 1:06.28 | 10 | 1:05.87 | 7 | 1:06.18 | 13 | 1:05.80 | 7 | 4:24.13 | +2.29 |
| 9 | 5 |  Austria | Markus Treichl Markus Sammer | 1:06.36 | 11 | 1:06.08 | 10 | 1:05.79 | 7 | 1:05.95 | 11 | 4:24.18 | +2.34 |
| 10 | 12 |  Italy | Patrick Baumgartner Eric Fantazzini | 1:06.21 | 7 | 1:06.07 | 9 | 1:06.22 | 14 | 1:06.04 | 13 | 4:24.54 | +2.70 |
| 11 | 15 |  Romania | Mihai Tentea Ciprian Daroczi | 1:06.50 | 12 | 1:06.14 | 11 | 1:06.12 | 11 | 1:05.91 | 9 | 4:24.67 | +2.83 |
| 12 | 26 |  Monaco | Boris Vain Antoine Riou | 1:06.59 | 16 | 1:06.35 | 13 | 1:06.17 | 12 | 1:05.83 | 8 | 4:24.94 | +3.10 |
| 13 | 21 | Latvia | Jēkabs Kalenda Dāvis Spriņģis | 1:06.51 | 13 | 1:06.55 | 17 | 1:06.04 | 10 | 1:05.96 | 12 | 4:25.06 | +3.22 |
| 14 | 18 |  China | Li Chunjian Ding Song | 1:06.51 | 13 | 1:06.37 | 14 | 1:06.26 | 15 | 1:06.36 | 16 | 4:25.50 | +3.66 |
| 15 | 13 |  Czech Republic | Adam Dobeš Jáchym Procházka | 1:06.56 | 15 | 1:06.45 | 15 | 1:06.40 | 17 | 1:06.25 | 15 | 4:25.66 | +3.82 |
| 16 | 19 |  Canada | Pat Norton Cyrus Gray | 1:06.86 | 18 | 1:06.84 | 20 | 1:05.97 | 9 | 1:06.12 | 14 | 4:25.79 | +3.95 |
| 17 | 17 |  South Korea | Kim Jin-su Samuel Park | 1:06.65 | 17 | 1:06.49 | 16 | 1:06.30 | 16 | 1:06.36 | 16 | 4:25.80 | +3.96 |
| 18 | 20 |  United States | Geoffrey Gadbois Martin Christofferson | 1:07.07 | 23 | 1:06.66 | 19 | 1:06.68 | 20 | 1:06.45 | 18 | 4:26.86 | +5.02 |
| 19 | 16 | Italy | Mattia Variola Delmas Obou | 1:07.09 | 24 | 1:06.93 | 21 | 1:06.44 | 18 | 1:06.55 | 20 | 4:27.01 | +5.17 |
| 20 | 23 |  Trinidad and Tobago | Axel Brown Shakeel John | 1:07.14 | 25 | 1:07.32 | 26 | 1:06.55 | 19 | 1:06.52 | 19 | 4:27.53 | +5.69 |
| 21 | 24 | Czech Republic | Matěj Běhounek Dominik Záleský | 1:06.86 | 18 | 1:07.30 | 25 | 1:06.96 | 21 | did not advance | |||
| 22 | 25 |  Poland | Aleksy Boroń Seweryn Sosna | 1:07.06 | 22 | 1:06.96 | 22 | 1:07.22 | 24 | ||||
| 23 | 30 | Austria | Jakob Mandlbauer Daiyehan Nichols-Bardi | 1:07.19 | 26 | 1:07.23 | 24 | 1:06.97 | 22 | ||||
| 24 | 29 |  Liechtenstein | Martin Kranz Lorenz Lenherr | 1:07.20 | 27 | 1:07.18 | 23 | 1:07.13 | 23 | ||||
| 25 | 27 | Romania | Andrei Nica Mihai Calancea | 1:07.94 | 28 | 1:07.62 | 27 | 1:08.01 | 25 | ||||
| 26 | 11 | United States | Frank Del Duca Hakeem Abdul-Saboor | 1:06.94 | 20 | 1:06.65 | 18 | 1:17.86 | 26 | ||||
| 4 | Switzerland | Simon Friedli Andreas Haas | 1:06.22 | 8 | 1:06.34 | 12 | Did not start | ||||||
| 3 | Canada | Taylor Austin Shaquille Murray-Lawrence | 1:06.96 | 21 | Did not finish | ||||||||
| 14 | Germany | Adam Ammour Benedikt Hertel | Did not finish | ||||||||||
| 28 |  Croatia | Dražen Silić Mario Starek | |||||||||||
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