Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships 2020 / two-man bobsleigh (men)

Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships 2020
discipline	Two-man bobsleigh
gender	Men
Attendees	56 athletes from 16 countries
venue	Altenberg
Competition location	ENSO ice channel
Competition phase	February 22nd (1st and 2nd run) February 23rd (3rd and 4th run)
Medalist  Germany Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis  Germany Johannes Lochner Christopher Weber  Latvia Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis

The men's two-man bobsleigh competition at the 2020 Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships was held on February 23 and 24 in a total of four races. Like all competitions at the World Championships, it was held on the ENSO ice track in Altenberg.

For the sixth time in a row, Francesco Friedrich won the world title in the two-man bobsleigh. For his pusher Thorsten Margis it was the fifth world title in a row. With a lead of 1.65 seconds they referred Johannes Lochner and Christopher Weber . Third place went to Oskars Ķibermanis and Matīss Miknis . The local hero Nico Walther with his pusher Eric Franke , who were in second place until the third run, dropped to fourth place in the last run. The very strong team performance of the German team was rounded off to fifth place by Richard Oelsner and Malte Schwenzfeier .

Current title holders

Olympic champion	Germany Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	2018	Pyeongchang
World Champion	Germany Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	2019	Whistler

Existing records

Route map from the ENSO ice channel

Start record	Canada Justin Kripps Alexander Kopacz	05.11 s	January 6, 2018
Track record	Germany Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp	56.22 s	January 7, 2017

Runs

Run 1

space	Athletes	country	Split time (s)					Running time (min)	Total time (min)
			1	2	3	4th	5
01	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	Germany	5.14	22.06	31.28	39.03	46.10	0: 54.00	0: 54.00
02	Richard Oelsner painted Schwenzfeier	Germany	5.19	22.26	31.58	39.43	46.56	0: 54.52	0: 54.52
03	Nico Walther Eric Franke	Germany	5.25	22.31	31.65	39.50	46.60	0: 54.54	0: 54.54
04th	Johannes Lochner Christopher Weber	Germany	5.21	22.26	31.59	39.47	46.61	0: 54.59	0: 54.59
05	Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis	Latvia	5.12	22.10	31.47	39.36	46.51	0: 54.49	0: 54.49
06th	Mihai Cristian Tentea Nicolae Ciprian Daroczi	Romania	5.35	22.43	31.75	39.59	46.67	0: 54.60	0: 54.60
07th	Justin Kripps Cameron Stones	Canada	5.25	22.32	31.65	39.51	46.65	0: 54.60	0: 54.60
08th	Simon Friedli Gregory Jones	Switzerland	5.24	22.29	31.60	39.49	46.67	0: 54.73	0: 54.73
09	Michael Vogt Sandro Michel	Switzerland	5.28	22.40	31.77	39.64	46.79	0: 54.77	0: 54.77
10	Romain Heinrich Dorian Hauterville	France	5.27	22.36	31.69	39.62	46.84	0: 54.90	0: 54.90
11	Benjamin Maier Markus Sammer	Austria	5.33	22.44	31.82	39.72	46.88	0: 54.91	0: 54.91
12	Alexei Stulnew Ilya Malych	Russia	5.34	22.51	31.89	39.77	46.92	0: 54.91	0: 54.91
13	Brad Hall Greg Cackett	United Kingdom	5.26	22.43	31.86	39.78	46.92	0: 54.92	0: 54.92
14th	Dominik Dvořák Jakub Nosek	Czech Republic	5.28	22.46	31.87	39.75	46.94	0: 54.95	0: 54.95
14th	Ralfs Bērziņš Davis Springis	Latvia	5.20	22.30	31.76	39.73	46.95	0: 54.97	0: 54.97
16	Won Yun-jong Chae Byung-do	South Korea	5.22	22.33	31.73	39.68	46.91	0: 54.98	0: 54.98
17th	Oskars Melbārdis Intars Dambis	Latvia	5.32	22.53	31.96	39.88	47.06	0: 55.05	0: 55.05
18th	Markus Treichl Kristian Huber	Austria	5.36	22.60	32.03	39.95	47.14	0: 55.18	0: 55.18
19th	Rostislav Gaitiukevich Ruslan Samitov	Russia	5.22	22.41	31.84	39.80	47.10	0: 55.23	0: 55.23
20th	Hunter Church Joshua Williamson	United States	5.35	22.56	31.97	39.91	47.17	0: 55.25	0: 55.25
21st	Patrick Baumgartner Costantino Ughi	Italy	5.44	22.69	32.09	40.03	47.23	0: 55.30	0: 55.30
22nd	Li Chunjian Shi Hao	People's Republic of China	5.33	22.54	31.95	39.91	47.25	0: 55.47	0: 55.47
23	Ivo de Bruin Dennis Veenker Joost Dumas	Netherlands	5.40	22.68	32.12	40.10	47.38	0: 55.49	0: 55.49
24	Ryo Shinohara Yoshiki Kaneko Kenji Murakami	Japan	5.35	22.58	32.10	40.13	47.41	0: 55.52	0: 55.52
25th	Jin Jian Wu Qingze	People's Republic of China	5.32	22.51	31.92	39.98	47.37	0: 55.57	0: 55.57
26th	Lamin Deen Ben Simons	United Kingdom	5.45	22.80	32.24	40.29	47.63	0: 55.85	0: 55.85
27	Mattia Variola Alex Verginer	Italy	5.34	22.81	32.45	40.64	48.19	0: 56.85	0: 56.85

Run 2

space	Athletes	country	Split time (s)					Running time (min)	Total time (min)
			1	2	3	4th	5
01	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	Germany	5.11	22.01	31.28	39.09	46.17	0: 54.09	1: 48.09
02	Nico Walther Eric Franke	Germany	5.21	22.24	31.56	39.41	46.53	0: 54.49	1: 49.03
03	Johannes Lochner Christopher Weber	Germany	5.16	22.18	31.54	39.43	46.59	0: 54.59	1: 49.18
04th	Richard Oelsner painted Schwenzfeier	Germany	5.22	22.30	31.66	39.55	46.71	0: 54.67	1: 49.19
05	Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis	Latvia	5.11	22.16	31.59	39.51	46.70	0: 54.72	1: 49.21
06th	Benjamin Maier Markus Sammer	Austria	5.28	22.34	31.65	39.49	46.61	0: 54.61	1: 49.52
07th	Mihai Cristian Tentea Nicolae Ciprian Daroczi	Romania	5.30	22.41	31.76	39.64	46.83	0: 54.86	1: 49.46
08th	Justin Kripps Cameron Stones	Canada	5.25	22.38	31.78	39.69	46.87	0: 55.00	1: 49.60
09	Michael Vogt Sandro Michel	Switzerland	5.30	22.43	31.79	39.68	46.82	0: 54.78	1: 49.55
10	Won Yun-jong Chae Byung-do	South Korea	5.23	22.30	31.67	39.59	46.78	0: 54.81	1: 49.79
11	Romain Heinrich Dorian Hauterville	France	5.30	22.42	31.77	39.69	46.88	0: 54.93	1: 49.83
	Alexei Stulnew Ilya Malych	Russia	5.36	22.55	31.92	39.78	46.93	0: 54.92	1: 49.83
13	Simon Friedli Gregory Jones	Switzerland	5.22	22.36	31.77	39.79	47.05	0: 55.14	1: 49.87
14th	Oskars Melbārdis Intars Dambis	Latvia	5.30	22.49	31.86	39.73	46.88	0: 54.84	1: 49.89
14th	Dominik Dvořák Jakub Nosek	Czech Republic	5.30	22.49	31.91	39.84	47.02	0: 55.02	1: 49.97
16	Ralfs Bērziņš Davis Springis	Latvia	5.21	22.34	31.73	39.71	46.96	0: 55.06	1: 50.03
17th	Brad Hall Greg Cackett	United Kingdom	5.29	22.45	31.90	39.82	47.04	0: 55.20	1: 50.12
18th	Markus Treichl Kristian Huber	Austria	5.35	22.50	31.90	39.78	46.98	0: 55.04	1: 50.22
19th	Patrick Baumgartner Costantino Ughi	Italy	5.47	22.76	32.20	40.15	47.36	0: 55.44	1: 50.74
20th	Hunter Church Joshua Williamson	United States	5.40	22.65	32.04	40.00	47.31	0: 55.50	1: 50.75
21st	Li Chunjian Shi Hao	People's Republic of China	5.35	22.64	32.13	40.13	47.47	0: 55.72	1: 51.19
22nd	Ivo de Bruin Dennis Veenker Joost Dumas	Netherlands	5.41	22.74	32.24	40.27	47.63	0: 55.83	1: 51.32
	Jin Jian Wu Qingze	People's Republic of China	5.33	22.55	32.02	40.09	47.45	0: 55.75	1: 51.32
24	Ryo Shinohara Yoshiki Kaneko Kenji Murakami	Japan	5.37	22.66	32.23	40.35	47.75	0: 56.03	1: 51.55
25th	Lamin Deen Ben Simons	United Kingdom	5.48	22.86	32.36	40.45	47.82	0: 56.07	1: 51.92
26th	Mattia Variola Alex Verginer	Italy	5.36	22.64	32.17	40.30	47.75	0: 56.23	1: 53.08
27	Rostislav Gaitiukevich Ruslan Samitov	Russia	5.24	22.35	31.74	39.70	48.18	1: 00.30	1: 55.53

Run 3

space	Athletes	country	Split time (s)					Running time (min)	Total time (min)
			1	2	3	4th	5
01	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	Germany	5.15	22.43	32.10	40.26	47.66	0: 55.98	2: 44.07
02	Nico Walther Eric Franke	Germany	5.26	22.68	32.42	40.60	48.02	0: 56.36	2: 45.39
03	Johannes Lochner Christopher Weber	Germany	5.20	22.56	32.28	40.49	47.97	0: 56.36	2: 45.54
04th	Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis	Latvia	5.14	22.50	32.22	40.48	47.96	0: 56.35	2: 45.56
05	Richard Oelsner painted Schwenzfeier	Germany	5.24	22.66	32.41	40.63	48.09	0: 56.49	2: 45.68
06th	Benjamin Maier Markus Sammer	Austria	5.26	22.71	32.44	40.68	48.17	0: 56.58	2: 46.10
07th	Mihai Cristian Tentea Nicolae Ciprian Daroczi	Romania	5.38	22.97	32.80	41.03	48.49	0: 56.87	2: 46.33
08th	Simon Friedli Gregory Jones	Switzerland	5.26	22.71	32.42	40.64	48.12	0: 56.52	2: 46.39
09	Michael Vogt Sandro Michel	Switzerland	5.30	22.75	32.48	40.80	48.35	0: 56.80	2: 46.35
10	Justin Kripps Cameron Stones	Canada	5.31	22.81	32.59	40.87	48.36	0: 56.77	2: 46.37
11	Romain Heinrich Dorian Hauterville	France	5.28	22.79	32.54	40.80	48.28	0: 56.70	2: 46.53
12	Alexei Stulnew Ilya Malych	Russia	5.35	22.94	32.72	40.96	48.46	0: 56.87	2: 46.70
13	Oskars Melbārdis Intars Dambis	Latvia	5.34	23.00	32.82	41.09	48.59	0: 56.97	2: 46.86
14th	Won Yun-jong Chae Byung-do	South Korea	5.29	22.86	32.74	41.08	48.66	0: 57.13	2: 46.92
14th	Dominik Dvořák Jakub Nosek	Czech Republic	5.38	23.02	32.85	41.12	48.64	0: 57.10	2: 47.07
16	Brad Hall Greg Cackett	United Kingdom	5.32	23.09	32.99	41.31	48.86	0: 57.32	2: 47.44
17th	Ralfs Bērziņš Davis Springis	Latvia	5.30	23.01	32.90	41.27	48.90	0: 57.47	2: 47.50
18th	Markus Treichl Kristian Huber	Austria	5.42	23.07	32.97	41.28	48.89	0: 57.41	2: 47.63
19th	Hunter Church Joshua Williamson	United States	5.38	22.97	32.77	41.05	48.65	0: 57.17	2: 47.92
20th	Patrick Baumgartner Costantino Ughi	Italy	5.51	23.31	33.20	41.54	49.13	0: 57.66	2: 48.40
21st	Li Chunjian Shi Hao	People's Republic of China	5.38	23.01	32.92	41.31	48.95	0: 57.49	2: 48.68
22nd	Ivo de Bruin Dennis Veenker Joost Dumas	Netherlands	5.46	23.34	33.37	41.83	49.59	0: 58.28	2: 49.60
23	Ryo Shinohara Yoshiki Kaneko Kenji Murakami	Japan	5.45	23.40	33.47	42.01	49.85	0: 58.64	2: 50.19
24	Lamin Deen Ben Simons	United Kingdom	5.49	23.39	33.38	41.97	49.83	0: 58.62	2: 50.54
25th	Mattia Variola Alex Verginer	Italy	5.42	23.37	33.52	42.10	49.95	0: 58.91	2: 51.99
DNS	Rostislav Gaitiukevich Ruslan Samitov	Russia	-
	Jin Jian Wu Qingze	People's Republic of China	-

Run 4

space	Athletes	country	Split time (s)					Running time (min)	Total time (min)
			1	2	3	4th	5
01	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	Germany	5.13	22.48	32.19	40.41	47.92	0: 56.37	3: 40.44
02	Johannes Lochner Christopher Weber	Germany	5.17	22.55	32.33	40.56	48.09	0: 56.55	3: 42.09
03	Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis	Latvia	5.15	22.55	32.36	40.64	48.18	0: 56.67	3: 42.23
04th	Nico Walther Eric Franke	Germany	5.23	22.69	32.49	40.78	48.38	0: 56.92	3: 42.31
05	Richard Oelsner painted Schwenzfeier	Germany	5.25	22.75	32.52	40.83	48.45	0: 57.03	3: 42.71
06th	Benjamin Maier Markus Sammer	Austria	5.30	22.76	32.48	40.69	48.19	0: 56.66	3: 42.76
07th	Simon Friedli Gregory Jones	Switzerland	5.26	22.67	32.32	40.53	48.02	0: 56.44	3: 42.83
08th	Michael Vogt Sandro Michel	Switzerland	5.28	22.72	32.43	40.67	48.15	0: 56.55	3: 42.90
09	Romain Heinrich Dorian Hauterville	France	5.31	22.71	32.39	40.61	48.05	0: 56.43	3: 42.96
10	Mihai Cristian Tentea Nicolae Ciprian Daroczi	Romania	5.33	22.82	32.56	40.79	48.32	0: 56.76	3: 43.09
11	Justin Kripps Cameron Stones	Canada	5.34	22.88	32.61	40.90	48.40	0: 56.81	3: 43.18
12	Oskars Melbārdis Intars Dambis	Latvia	5.36	22.84	32.51	40.68	48.11	0: 56.44	3: 43.30
13	Alexei Stulnew Ilya Malych	Russia	5.41	22.97	32.70	40.91	48.34	0: 56.71	3: 43.41
14th	Dominik Dvořák Jakub Nosek	Czech Republic	5.34	22.78	32.44	40.61	48.04	0: 56.39	3: 43.46
15th	Won Yun-jong Chae Byung-do	South Korea	5.26	22.66	32.37	40.62	48.13	0: 56.54	3: 43.46
16	Brad Hall Greg Cackett	United Kingdom	5.35	22.82	32.50	40.69	48.14	0: 56.54	3: 43.98
17th	Ralfs Bērziņš Davis Springis	Latvia	5.23	22.58	32.26	40.53	48.09	0: 56.58	3: 44.08
18th	Markus Treichl Kristian Huber	Austria	5.39	22.84	32.51	40.70	48.20	0: 56.59	3: 44.22
19th	Hunter Church Joshua Williamson	United States	5.35	22.76	32.38	40.57	48.11	0: 56.57	3: 44.49
20th	Patrick Baumgartner Costantino Ughi	Italy	5.52	23.06	32.70	40.87	48.32	0: 56.70	3: 45.10

Bottom line

rank	Athletes	country	Runs (min)				Total time (min)
			1	2	3	4th
01	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	Germany	0: 54.00	0: 54.09	0: 55.98	0: 56.37	3: 40.44
02	Johannes Lochner Christopher Weber	Germany	0: 54.59	0: 54.59	0: 56.36	0: 56.55	3: 42.09
03	Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis	Latvia	0: 54.49	0: 54.72	0: 56.35	0: 56.67	3: 42.23
04th	Nico Walther Eric Franke	Germany	0: 54.54	0: 54.49	0: 56.36	0: 56.92	3: 42.31
05	Richard Oelsner painted Schwenzfeier	Germany	0: 54.52	0: 54.67	0: 56.49	0: 57.03	3: 42.71
06th	Benjamin Maier Markus Sammer	Austria	0: 54.91	0: 54.61	0: 56.58	0: 56.66	3: 42.76
07th	Simon Friedli Gregory Jones	Switzerland	0: 54.73	0: 55.14	0: 56.52	0: 56.44	3: 42.83
08th	Michael Vogt Sandro Michel	Switzerland	0: 54.77	0: 54.78	0: 56.80	0: 56.55	3: 42.90
09	Romain Heinrich Dorian Hauterville	France	0: 54.90	0: 54.93	0: 56.70	0: 56.43	3: 42.96
10	Mihai Cristian Tentea Nicolae Ciprian Daroczi	Romania	0: 54.60	0: 54.86	0: 56.87	0: 56.76	3: 43.09
11	Justin Kripps Cameron Stones	Canada	0: 54.60	0: 55.00	0: 56.77	0: 56.81	3: 43.18
12	Oskars Melbārdis Intars Dambis	Latvia	0: 55.05	0: 54.84	0: 56.97	0: 56.44	3: 43.30
13	Alexei Stulnew Ilya Malych	Russia	0: 54.91	0: 54.92	0: 56.87	0: 56.71	3: 43.41
14th	Dominik Dvořák Jakub Nosek	Czech Republic	0: 54.98	0: 54.81	0: 57.13	0: 56.54	3: 43.46
14th	Won Yun-jong Chae Byung-do	South Korea	0: 54.95	0: 55.02	0: 57.10	0: 56.39	3: 43.46
16	Brad Hall Greg Cackett	United Kingdom	0: 54.92	0: 55.20	0: 57.32	0: 56.54	3: 43.98
17th	Ralfs Bērziņš Davis Springis	Latvia	0: 54.97	0: 55.06	0: 57.47	0: 56.58	3: 44.08
18th	Markus Treichl Kristian Huber	Austria	0: 55.18	0: 55.04	0: 57.41	0: 56.59	3: 44.22
19th	Hunter Church Joshua Williamson	United States	0: 55.25	0: 55.50	0: 57.17	0: 56.57	3: 44.49
20th	Patrick Baumgartner Costantino Ughi	Italy	0: 55.30	0: 55.44	0: 58.62	0: 56.70	3: 45.10
21st	Li Chunjian Shi Hao	People's Republic of China	0: 55.47	0: 55.72	0: 57.49	DNQ	2: 48.68
22nd	Ivo de Bruin Dennis Veenker Joost Dumas	Netherlands	0: 55.49	0: 55.83	0: 58.28		2: 49.60
23	Ryo Shinohara Yoshiki Kaneko Kenji Murakami	Japan	0: 55.52	0: 56.03	0: 58.64		2: 50.19
24	Lamin Deen Ben Simons	United Kingdom	0: 55.85	0: 56.07	0: 58.62		2: 50.54
25th	Mattia Variola Alex Verginer	Italy	0: 56.85	0: 56.23	0: 58.91		2: 51.99
DNS	Rostislav Gaitiukevich Ruslan Samitov	Russia	0: 55.23	1: 00.30	DNS	-
	Jin Jian Wu Qingze	People's Republic of China	0: 55.57	0: 55.75	DNS	-

Web links

• Altenberg 2020 , official website
• List of results (PDF) in the IBSF database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Francesco Friedrich, two-man bobsleigh world champion for the sixth time in a row. IBSF , February 23, 2020, accessed on March 11, 2020 .