2010 Winter Olympics / Bobsleigh

Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Whistler
Competition venue	Whistler Sliding Center
Nations	23
Athletes	159 (117 , 42 )
date	20.-27. February 2010
decisions	3
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At the XXI. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , three bobsleigh competitions were held. The venue was the Whistler Sliding Center , about 14 km west of Whistler and 125 km north of Vancouver at an altitude of 785 to 935 meters.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Germany	1	2	-	3
2	Canada	1	1	1	3
3	United States	1	-	1	2
4th	Russia	-	-	1	1

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Two-man bobsleigh men	André Lange , Kevin Kuske	Thomas Florschütz , Richard Adjei	Alexander Subkow , Alexei Wojewoda
4-man bobsleigh men	Steven Holcomb , Steve Mesler , Curtis Tomasevicz , Justin Olsen	André Lange , Kevin Kuske , Alexander Rödiger , Martin Putze	Lyndon Rush , David Bissett , Lascelles Brown , Chris Le Bihan
Two-man bobsleigh women	Kaillie Humphries , Heather Moyse	Helen Upperton , Shelley Brown	Erin Pac , Elana Meyers

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 1: André Lange , Kevin Kuske	51.59	51.72	51.57	51.77	3: 26.65
2	GER	Germany 2: Thomas Florschütz , Richard Adjei	51.57	51.85	51.62	51.83	3: 26.87
3	RUS	Russia 1: Alexander Subkow , Alexei Wojewoda	51.79	52.02	51.80	51.90	3: 27.51
4th	SUI	Switzerland 1: Ivo Rüegg , Cedric Grand	51.76	52.18	51.92	51.99	3: 27.85
5	CAN	Canada 2: Pierre Lueders , Jesse Lumsden	51.94	52.12	51.87	51.94	3: 27.87
6th	United States	USA 1: Steven Holcomb , Curtis Tomasevicz	51.89	52.04	51.98	52.03	3: 27.94
7th	RUS	Russia 2: Dmitri Abramowitsch , Sergei Prudnikow	52.03	52.40	52.11	51.92	3: 28.46
8th	LAT	Latvia 1: Edgars Maskalāns , Daumants Dreiškens	52.16	52.32	52.17	52.43	3: 29.08
9	GER	Germany 3: Karl Angerer , Gregor Bermbach	52.23	52.43	52.19	52.44	3: 29.29
10	United States	USA 2: John Napier , Steven Langton	52.28	52.45	52.31	52.36	3: 29.40

Date: February 20, 2010
5:30 p.m. (1st run), 7:00 p.m. (2nd run)
February 21, 2010
1:30 p.m. (3rd run), 3:45 p.m. (4th run)

27 bobsleighs from 18 countries, 22 of them in the rating.

Switzerland 2 fell in training. Pilot Beat Hefti suffered a concussion and was unable to take part in the race. The Swiss substitute team with Daniel Schmid and Jürg Egger could not start either because Schmid had to forego participation in the two-man and four-man bobsleigh for health reasons.

Four-man bobsleigh

space	country	athlete	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	4th run	total
1	United States	USA 1: Steven Holcomb , Steve Mesler , Curtis Tomasevicz , Justin Olsen	50.89	50.86	51.19	51.52	3: 24.46
2	GER	Germany 1: André Lange , Kevin Kuske , Alexander Rödiger , Martin Putze	51.14	51.05	51.29	51.36	3: 24.84
3	CAN	Canada 1: Lyndon Rush , David Bissett , Lascelles Brown , Chris Le Bihan	51.12	51.03	51.24	51.46	3: 24.85
4th	GER	Germany 2: Thomas Florschütz , Ronny Listner , Andreas Barucha , Richard Adjei	51.14	51.36	51.45	51.63	3: 25.58
5	CAN	Canada 2: Pierre Lueders , Justin Kripps , Neville Wright , Jesse Lumsden	51.27	51.29	51.50	51.54	3: 25.60
6th	SUI	Switzerland 1: Ivo Rüegg , Thomas Lamparter , Cédric Grand , Beat Hefti	51.31	51.13	51.70	51.57	3: 25.71
7th	GER	Germany 3: Karl Angerer , Andreas Bredau , Alexander Mann , Gregor Bermbach	51.18	51.41	51.70	51.77	3: 26.06
8th	RUS	Russia 3: Evgeni Popow , Alexei Kirejew Denis Moisseitschenkow , Andrei Jurkow	51.49	51.16	51.67	51.81	3: 26.13
9	ITA	Italy 1: Simone Bertazzo , Danilo Santarsiero , Danilo Santarsiero , Mirko Turri	51.57	51.38	51.62	51.68	3: 26.25
	RUS	Russia 1: Dmitri Abramowitsch , Roman Oreschnikow , Sergei Prudnikow , Dmitri Stjopuschkin	51.32	51.40	51.78	51.75	3: 26.25

Date: February 26, 2010
1:00 p.m. (1st run), 3:45 p.m. (2nd run)
February 27, 2010
1:00 p.m. (3rd run), 3:15 p.m. (4th run)

25 bobsleighs from 17 countries, including 21 in the rating.

Results women

Two-man bobsleigh

space	country	Sportswomen	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	4th run	total
1	CAN	Canada 1: Kaillie Humphries , Heather Moyse	53.19	53.01	52.85	53.23	3: 32.28
2	CAN	Canada 2: Helen Upperton , Shelley Brown	53.50	53.12	53.34	53.17	3: 33.13
3	United States	USA 2: Erin Pac , Elana Meyers	53.28	53.05	53.29	53.78	3: 33.40
4th	GER	Germany 1: Sandra Kiriasis , Christin Senkel	53.41	53.23	53.58	53.59	3: 33.81
5	United States	USA 3: Bree Schaaf , Emily Azevedo	53.76	53.33	53.56	53.40	3: 34.05
6th	United States	USA 1: Shauna Rohbock , Michelle Rzepka	53.73	53.36	53.53	53.44	3: 34.06
7th	GER	Germany 3: Claudia Schramm , Janine Tischer	53.65	53.57	53.81	53.65	3: 34.68
8th	NED	Netherlands 1: Esme Kamphuis , Tina Veenstra	53.81	53.59	54.09	53.65	3: 35.14
9	RUS	Russia 1: Anastassija Skulkina , Jelena Doronina	54.38	53.64	54.08	53.83	3: 35.93
10	SUI	Switzerland 2: Fabienne Meyer , Hanne Schenk	54.04	54.27	54.00	53.82	3: 36.13
12	SUI	Switzerland 1: Sabina Hafner , Caroline Spahni	54.18	54.70	53.87	54.09	3: 36.84

Date: February 23, 2010
5:00 p.m. (1st run), 7:00 p.m. (2nd run)
February 24, 2010
5:00 p.m. (3rd run), 7:00 p.m. (4th run)

21 bobsleighs from 13 countries, 19 of them in the ranking.

Web links

Commons : Bob at the 2010 Winter Olympics  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bob at the Olympic Winter Games 2010 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Official results on the IBSF website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hefti has to pass after a training fall in the two-man bobsleigh competition ( memento from February 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), Kleine Zeitung, February 19, 2010, accessed on March 3, 2010.
2. ^ Forfait by bobsleigh driver Beat Hefti - The Swiss team in Vancouver with a serious setback , Neue Zürcher Zeitung, February 20, 2010, accessed on March 3, 2010.
3. ^ Only one Swiss two-man bobsleigh at the start , Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, February 19, 2010, accessed on March 3, 2010.