Olympic Winter Games 2006 / Bobsleigh

Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Cesana Torinese
Competition venue	Cesana Pariol
Nations	22nd
Athletes	150 (118 , 32 )
date	17.-26. February 2006
decisions	3
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At the XX. During the 2006 Winter Olympics , three bobsleigh competitions were held. The Cesana Pariol railway was located near the village of Cesana Torinese , 97 kilometers west of Turin . It was 1435 meters long, had 19 curves and overcame a difference in altitude of 114 meters; top speeds of up to 130 km / h were achieved. The spectator capacity along the route was 7,000 (including 3,624 seats).

Balance sheet

Cesana Pariol bobsleigh run

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Germany	3	-	-	3
2	Canada	-	1	-	1
	Russia	-	1	-	1
	United States	-	1	-	1
5	Switzerland	-	-	2	2
6th	Italy	-	-	1	1

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Two-man bobsleigh men	André Lange , Kevin Kuske	Pierre Lueders , Lascelles Brown	Martin Annen , Beat Hefti
4-man bobsleigh men	André Lange , René Hoppe , Kevin Kuske , Martin Putze	Alexander Zubkov , Filip Jegorow , Alexei Seliwerstow , Alexei Wojewoda	Martin Annen , Thomas Lamparter , Beat Hefti , Cédric Grand
Two-man bobsleigh women	Sandra Kiriasis , Anja Schneiderheinze	Shauna Rohbock , Valerie Fleming	Gerda Weißensteiner , Jennifer Isacco

Results men

(all runtimes in seconds, total times in minutes)

Two-man bobsleigh

space	country	athlete	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	4th run	total
1	GER	Germany I: André Lange , Kevin Kuske	55.28	55.73	56.01	56.36	3: 43.38
2	CAN	Canada I: Pierre Lueders , Lascelles Brown	55.57	55.50	56.11	56.41	3: 43.59
3	SUI	Switzerland I: Martin Annen , Beat Hefti	55.54	55.67	56.18	56.34	3: 43.73
4th	RUS	Russia I: Alexander Subkow , Alexei Wojewoda	55.54	55.85	56.12	56.49	3: 44.00
5	GER	Germany II: Matthias Höpfner , Marc Kühne	55.56	55.82	56.24	56.63	3: 44.25
6th	LAT	Latvia I: Jānis Miņins , Daumants Dreiškens	55.94	55.84	56.16	56.69	3: 44.63
7th	United States	USA I: Todd Hays , Pavle Jovanovic	55.81	55.72	56.31	56.88	3: 44.72
8th	SUI	Switzerland II: Ivo Rüegg , Cédric Grand	55.85	55.74	56.37	56.90	3: 44.86
9	ITA	Italy I: Simone Bertazzo , Matteo Torchio	55.78	55.99	56.43	56.95	3: 45.15
10	AUT	Austria I: Wolfgang Stampfer , Klaus Seelos	55.92	55.94	56.57	56.90	3: 45.33
17th	AUT	Austria II: Jürgen Loacker , Gerhard Köhler	56.29	56.22	57.07	57.69	3: 47.27

Date: February 18, 2006
5:30 p.m. (1st run), 7:20 p.m. (2nd run)
February 19, 2006
5:30 p.m. (3rd run), 7:20 p.m. (4th run)

29 bobsleighs from 19 countries, all rated.

Four-man bobsleigh

space	country	athlete	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	4th run	total
1	GER	Germany I: André Lange , René Hoppe , Kevin Kuske , Martin Putze	55.20	55.30	54.80	55.12	3: 40.42
2	RUS	Russia I: Alexander Subkow , Filip Yegorow , Alexei Seliwerstow , Alexei Wojewoda	55.22	55.45	54.87	55.01	3: 40.55
3	SUI	Switzerland I: Martin Annen , Thomas Lamparter , Beat Hefti , Cédric Grand	55.26	55.37	55.00	55.20	3: 40.83
4th	CAN	Canada I: Pierre Lueders , Ken Kotyk , Morgan Alexander , Lascelles Brown	55.34	55.43	54.95	55.40	3: 40.92
5	GER	Germany II: René Spies , Christoph Heyder , Enrico Kühn , Alexander Metzger	55.47	55.48	54.91	55.18	3: 41.04
6th	United States	USA II: Steven Holcomb , Curtis Tomasevicz , Bill Schuffenhauer , Lorenzo Smith III	55.46	55.50	55.14	55.26	3: 41.36
7th	United States	USA I: Todd Hays , Pavle Jovanovic , Steve Mesler , Brock Kreitzburg	55.43	55.56	55.04	55.41	3: 41.44
8th	SUI	Switzerland II: Ivo Rüegg , Andi Gees , Roman Handschin , Christian Aebli	55.65	55.63	55.22	55.30	3: 41.80
9	RUS	Russia II: Yevgeny Popov , Sergei Golubew , Pyotr Makarchuk , Dmitri Stjopuschkin	55.87	55.57	55.16	55.33	3: 41.93
10	LAT	Latvia I: Jānis Miņins , Daumants Dreiškens , Mārcis Rullis , Jānis Ozols	55.88	55.69	55.51	55.51	3: 42.59
13	AUT	Austria II: Wolfgang Stampfer , Klaus Seelos , Jürgen Loacker , Hans Peter Welz	55.77	55.83	55.73	55.53	3: 42.86

Date: February 24, 2006
5:30 p.m. (1st run), 7:20 p.m. (2nd run)
February 25, 2006
5:30 p.m. (3rd run), 7:20 p.m. (4th run)

26 bobsleighs from 19 countries, 25 of them in the rating.

Results women

Two-man bobsleigh

space	country	Sportswomen	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	4th run	total
1	GER	Germany I: Sandra Kiriasis , Anja Schneiderheinze	57.16	57.77	57.34	57.71	3: 49.98
2	United States	USA I: Shauna Rohbock , Valerie Fleming	57.37	57.65	57.78	57.89	3: 50.69
3	ITA	Italy I: Gerda Weißensteiner , Jennifer Isacco	57.50	57.67	57.71	58.13	3: 51.01
4th	CAN	Canada I: Helen Upperton , Heather Moyse	57.37	57.77	58.09	57.83	3: 51.06
5	GER	Germany II: Susi Erdmann , Nicole Herschmann	57.26	57.75	58.04	58.27	3: 51.32
6th	United States	USA 2: Jean Prahm , Vonetta Flowers	57.97	57.67	57.81	58.33	3: 51.78
7th	RUS	Russia I: Viktoria Tokowaja , Nadeschda Orlowa	57.64	57.72	58.44	58.13	3: 51.93
8th	SUI	Switzerland I: Maya Bamert , Martina Feusi	57.72	57.78	58.00	58.54	3: 52.04
9	GBR	GBR I: Nicola Minichiello , Jackie Gunn	57.78	57.49	58.41	58.48	3: 52.86
10	SUI	Switzerland II: Sabina Hafner , Cora Huber	57.86	57.92	58.73	58.35	3: 52.86

Date: February 20, 2006
5:30 p.m. (1st run), 6:30 p.m. (2nd run)
February 21, 2006
5:30 p.m. (3rd run), 7:00 p.m. (4th run)

16 bobsleighs from 10 countries, 15 of them in the rating.

Web links

Commons : Bobsledding at the 2006 Winter Games  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results (PDF; 8.1 MB)