Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics
| Bobsleigh at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games | |
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 Bobsleigh pictogram | |
| Venue | Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track |
| Dates | 13–20 February |
| No. of events | 4 (2 men, 2 women) |
| Competitors | 165 from 23 nations (119 men and 46 women) |
| Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Qualification
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| Mono | women | |
| Two | men | women |
| Four | men | |
Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics has been held at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track which is one of the Yanqing cluster venues. A total of four bobsleigh events were held, between 4 and 20 February 2022.
In July 2018, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially added the women's monobob event to the program, increasing the total number of events to four.[1] The IOC also transferred six quotas from the men's events to the women's. The quota limit of 170 athletes remained the same from the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2] A total of four events have been contested, two each for men and women.[3]
Qualification
[edit]A maximum of 170 quota spots will be available to athletes to compete at the games (124 men and 46 women). The qualification is based on the world rankings of 16 January 2022.[4]
Competition schedule
[edit]The following is the competition schedule for all four events.[5]
All times are in local time (UTC+8), according to the official schedule correct as of March 2021. This schedule may be subject to change in due time.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 13 February | 09:30 | Women's monobob - Heats 1 and 2 |
| 14 February | 09:30 | Women's monobob - Heats 3 and 4 |
| 20:15 | Two-man - Heats 1 and 2 | |
| 15 February | 20:05 | Two-man - Heats 3 and 4 |
| 18 February | 20:00 | Two-woman - Heats 1 and 2 |
| 19 February | 09:30 | Four-man - Heats 1 and 2 |
| 20:00 | Two-woman - Heats 3 and 4 | |
| 20 February | 09:30 | Four-man - Heats 3 and 4 |
Medal summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 |  United States | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Canada | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Medalists
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two-man |
Germany Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis |
3:56.89 | Germany Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer |
3:57.38 | Germany Christoph Hafer Matthias Sommer |
3:58.58 |
| Four-man |
Germany Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Candy Bauer Alexander Schüller |
3:54.30 | Germany Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer Christopher Weber Christian Rasp |
3:54.67 | Canada Justin Kripps Ryan Sommer Cam Stones Ben Coakwell |
3:55.09 |
| Women's monobob |
Kaillie Humphries United States |
4:19.27 | Elana Meyers Taylor United States |
4:20.81 | Christine de Bruin Canada |
4:21.03 |
| Two-woman |
Germany Laura Nolte Deborah Levi |
4:03.96 | Germany Mariama Jamanka Alexandra Burghardt |
4:04.73 | United States Elana Meyers Taylor Sylvia Hoffman |
4:05.48 |
Participating nations
[edit]A total of 165 athletes (119 men and 46 women) from 23 nations (including the IOC's designation of ROC for the Russian Olympic Committee) qualified to participate.[6]
The numbers in parentheses represents the number of participants entered.
Australia (2)
Austria (10)
Belgium (2)
Brazil (4)
Canada (18)
China (12)
Czech Republic (4)
France (6)
Germany (18)
Great Britain (6)
Italy (9)
Jamaica (6)
Latvia (5)
Monaco (2)
Netherlands (5)
ROC (12)
Romania (6)
Slovakia (1)
South Korea (9)
Switzerland (12)
Trinidad and Tobago (3)
Ukraine (1)
United States (12)
References
[edit]- ^ Zaccardi, Nick (18 July 2018). "Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics add seven new events". www.olympics.nbcsports.com/. NBC. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 Event programme and athlete quota" (PDF). www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Official Programme of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022" (PDF). www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Qualification Systems for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022" (PDF). International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ Minji Seo (16 June 2021). "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ "Entry List by NOC – Nordic Combined". Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
