Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Four-man

The four-man competition in bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 19 February (heats 1 and 2) and 20 February (heats 3 and 4), at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track in Yanqing District of Beijing.[1] Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Candy Bauer, and Alexander Schüller of Germany won the gold medal, and Friedrich thereby successfully defended his 2018 Olympic title. Germany-2 driven by Johannes Lochner won the silver medal, and Canada-1, driven by Justin Kripps, won the bronze.

Bobsleigh four-man
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueXiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track
Beijing
Date19, 20 February
Competitors112 from 17 nations
Teams28
Winning time3:54.30
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
Candy Bauer
Alexander Schüller
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Johannes Lochner
Florian Bauer
Christopher Weber
Christian Rasp
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Justin Kripps
Ryan Sommer
Cam Stones
Ben Coakwell
 Canada
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There were two silver medals awarded in 2018. Nico Walther with Germany-2 retired from competitions, but Won Yun-jong with South Korea qualified for the Olympics. Friedrich is the 2021 World champion. Benjamin Maier and Austria is the silver medalist, and Lochner and Germany-2 are the bronze medalists. The 2021–22 Bobsleigh World Cup was completely dominated by Friedrich, who with his team won seven events out of eight races. The eighth event was won by Oskars Ķibermanis and Latvia. Friedrich won the World Cup, followed by Kripps with Canada and Rostislav Gaitiukevich with Russia.

Qualification

There was a quota of 28 sleds available for the men's two-man event. Qualification was based on the world rankings of the 2021/2022 season between 15 October 2020 and 16 January 2022. Pilots must have competed in six different races on three different tracks and been ranked in at least five of those races. Additionally, the pilot must been ranked among the top 50 for the man's events or top 40 for the women's events.[2]

For the men's races the IBSF ranking will be used.[2] The top two nations in the rankings earned three sleds each. The next seven nations earned two sleds each, while the next eight earned one sled each.[2] The IBSF announced final quotas on January 24, 2022.[3]

Summary

Sleds qualifiedCountriesAthletes totalNation
3224  Germany
 Canada
2756  ROC
 United States
 Switzerland
 Austria
 South Korea
 China
 Italy
1832  Great Britain
 Latvia
 France
 Czech Republic
 Netherlands
 Brazil
 Romania
 Jamaica
2817112

Results

RankBibAthletesCountryRun 1RankRun 2RankRun 3RankRun 4RankTotal[4]Behind
4Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
Candy Bauer
Alexander Schüller
 Germany58.29258.71158.17159.1313:54.30
6Johannes Lochner
Florian Bauer
Christopher Weber
Christian Rasp
 Germany58.13 TR158.90358.34259.3053:54.67+0.37
5Justin Kripps
Ryan Sommer
Cam Stones
Ben Coakwell
 Canada58.38359.00558.44559.2733:55.09+0.79
412Christoph Hafer
Michael Salzer
Matthias Sommer
Tobias Schneider
 Germany58.60558.95458.35359.2523:55.15+0.85
59Oskars Ķibermanis
Dāvis Spriņģis
Matīss Miknis
Edgars Nemme
 Latvia58.70758.86258.41459.3053:55.27+0.97
68Brad Hall
Taylor Lawrence
Nick Gleeson
Greg Cackett
 Great Britain58.60559.09658.65659.3873:55.72+1.42
77Rostislav Gaitiukevich
Mikhail Mordasov
Pavel Travkin
Aleksei Laptev
 ROC58.54459.24858.81759.56143:56.15+1.85
814Maxim Andrianov
Alexey Zaitsev
Vladislav Zharovtsev
Dmitrii Lopin
 ROC58.82959.30959.03959.4083:56.55+2.25
915Christopher Spring
Cody Sorensen
Sam Giguère
Mike Evelyn
 Canada59.101259.331059.101059.46113:56.99+2.69
1013Hunter Church
Joshua Williamson
Kristopher Horn
Charlie Volker
 United States58.911159.701958.96859.49133:57.06+2.76
1111Michael Vogt
Luca Rolli
Cyril Bieri
Sandro Michel
 Switzerland59.231359.22759.181259.4493:57.07+2.77
1210Benjamin Maier
Sascha Stepan
Markus Sammer
Kristian Huber
 Austria58.76859.461159.17111:00.10203:57.49+3.19
132Mihai Tentea
Raul Dobre
Ciprian Daroczi
Cristian Radu
 Romania58.871059.551359.301459.93183:57.65+3.35
17Frank Del Duca
Carlo Valdes
James Reed
Hakeem Abdul-Saboor
 United States59.261459.561559.391759.4493:57.65+3.35
153Patrick Baumgartner
Eric Fantazzini
Alex Verginer
Lorenzo Bilotti
 Italy59.361759.722059.341559.2843:57.70+3.40
1625Sun Kaizhi
Wu Qingze
Wu Zhitao
Zhen Heng
 China59.381859.651859.471959.47123:57.97+3.67
1727Li Chunjian
Ding Song
Ye Jielong
Shi Hao
 China59.311659.551359.461859.66173:57.98+3.68
1820Won Yun-jong
Kim Jin-su
Jung Hyun-woo
Kim Dong-hyun
 South Korea59.451959.601659.381659.59153:58.02+3.72
1918Romain Heinrich
Lionel Lefebvre
Dorian Hauterville
Jérôme Laporal
 France59.291559.531259.29131:00.06193:58.17+3.87
201Edson Bindilatti
Rafael Souza da Silva
Erick Jerônimo
Edson Martins
 Brazil59.492059.601659.782359.61163:58.48+4.18
2121Dominik Dvořák
Jan Šindelář
Jakub Nosek
Dominik Záleský
 Czech Republic59.712359.802159.65222:59.16
2222Markus Treichl
Markus Glueck
Sebastian Mitterer
Robert Eckschlager
 Austria59.53211:00.072459.59212:59.19
2316Taylor Austin
Daniel Sunderland
Chris Patrician
Jacob Dearborn
 Canada59.672259.812259.79242:59.27
2419Simon Friedli
Adrian Fassler
Fabio Badraun
Andreas Haas
 Switzerland59.71231:00.012359.57202:59.29
2524Suk Young-jin
Kim Hyeong-geun
Kim Tae-yang
Shin Ye-chan
 South Korea59.74251:00.312659.91252:59.96
2623Ivo de Bruin
Jelen Franjic
Janko Franjic
Dennis Veenker
 Netherlands59.85261:00.07241:00.08273:00.00
2728Mattia Variola
Robert Mircea
Alex Pagnini
Delmas Obou
 Italy1:00.25271:00.33271:00.07263:00.65
2826Shanwayne Stephens
Ashley Watson
Rolando Reid
Matthew Wekpe
 Jamaica1:00.80281:01.39281:01.23283:03.42

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