Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Four-man

Four-man

at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games

Venue| Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates| 24–25 February
Competitors| 116 from 18 nations
Winning time| 3:15.85
Medalists
| |  |  Francesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
Martin Grothkopp
Thorsten Margis|  Germany

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|  |  Won Yun-jong
Jun Jung-lin
Seo Young-woo
Kim Dong-hyun|  South Korea
|  |  Nico Walther
Kevin Kuske
Alexander Rödiger
Eric Franke|  Germany

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Bobsleigh at the
2018 Winter Olympics

Qualification

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Two| men| women
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The four-man bobsleigh competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 24 and 25 February at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea.[1]

## Qualification

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The top three countries in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh season (including the World Cup, Europe races and Americas Cup) were awarded the maximum three sleds. The next six countries were awarded two sleds each. The remaining nine sleds were awarded to nine different countries, with Australia being awarded an Oceania continental quota and South Korea being awarded a slot as host nation.[2][3]

## Results

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The first two runs were held on 24 February and the last two runs on 25 February 2018.[4]

Rank | Bib | Country | Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Behind

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| 7 |  Germany | Francesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
Martin Grothkopp
Thorsten Margis | 48.54 TR | 49.01 | 48.76 | 49.54 | 3:15.85 | –
| 8 |  Germany | Nico Walther
Kevin Kuske
Alexander Rödiger
Eric Franke | 48.74 | 49.16 | 48.90 | 49.58 | 3:16.38 | +0.53
| 1 |  South Korea | Won Yun-jong
Jun Jung-lin
Seo Young-woo
Kim Dong-hyun | 48.65 | 49.19 | 48.89 | 49.65 | 3:16.38 | +0.53
4 | 16 |  Switzerland | Rico Peter
Thomas Amrhein
Simon Friedli
Michael Kuonen | 49.05 | 49.16 | 48.87 | 49.51 | 3:16.59 | +0.74
5 | 10 |  Latvia | Oskars Melbārdis
Daumants Dreiškens
Arvis Vilkaste
Jānis Strenga | 48.82 | 49.39 | 48.91 | 49.53 | 3:16.65 | +0.80
6 | 9 |  Canada | Justin Kripps
Jesse Lumsden
Alexander Kopacz
Oluseyi Smith | 48.85 | 49.28 | 48.95 | 49.61 | 3:16.69 | +0.84
7 | 14 |  Austria | Benjamin Maier
Kilian Walch
Markus Sammer
Dănuț Moldovan | 49.10 | 49.21 | 49.03 | 49.56 | 3:16.90 | +1.05
8 | 6 |  Germany | Johannes Lochner
Christian Poser
Christopher Weber
Christian Rasp | 48.95 | 49.26 | 49.10 | 49.80 | 3:17.11 | +1.26
9 | 13 |  United States | Codie Bascue
Evan Weinstock
Steven Langton
Sam McGuffie | 49.09 | 49.26 | 49.08 | 49.77 | 3:17.28 | +1.43
10 | 12 |  Latvia | Oskars Ķibermanis
Jānis Jansons
Helvijs Lūsis
Matīss Miknis | 49.18 | 49.26 | 49.34 | 49.63 | 3:17.41 | +1.56
11 | 18 |  France | Loïc Costerg
Vincent Ricard
Vincent Castell
Dorian Hauterville | 49.09 | 49.36 | 49.19 | 49.92 | 3:17.56 | +1.71
12 | 21 |  Canada | Nick Poloniato
Cameron Stones
Joshua Kirkpatrick
Ben Coakwell | 49.40 | 49.23 | 49.51 | 49.67 | 3:17.81 | +1.96
13 | 5 |  Poland | Mateusz Luty
Arnold Zdebiak
Łukasz Miedzik
Grzegorz Kossakowski | 49.04 | 49.59 | 49.46 | 49.80 | 3:17.89 | +2.04
14 | 3 |  Switzerland | Clemens Bracher
Alain Knuser
Martin Meier
Fabio Badraun | 49.06 | 49.54 | 49.59 | 49.72 | 3:17.91 | +2.06
15 | 20 |  Olympic Athletes from Russia | Maxim Andrianov
Alexey Zaitsev
Vasiliy Kondratenko
Ruslan Samitov | 49.43 | 49.39 | 49.56 | 49.56 | 3:17.94 | +2.09
16 | 11 |  Canada | Christopher Spring
Lascelles Brown
Bryan Barnett
Neville Wright | 49.06 | 49.54 | 49.46 | 49.86 | 3:17.96 | +2.11
17 | 17 |  Great Britain | Brad Hall
Nick Gleeson
Joel Fearon
Greg Cackett | 49.25 | 49.68 | 49.64 | 49.69 | 3:18.26 | +2.41
18 | 15 |  Great Britain | Lamin Deen
Ben Simons
Toby Olubi
Andrew Matthews | 49.44 | 49.45 | 49.66 | 49.74 | 3:18.29 | +2.44
19 | 22 |  United States | Nick Cunningham
Hakeem Abdul-Saboor
Christopher Kinney
Samuel Michener | 49.60 | 49.50 | 49.74 | 49.70 | 3:18.54 | +2.69
20 | 19 |  United States | Justin Olsen
Nathan Weber
Carlo Valdes
Christopher Fogt | 49.62 | 49.71 | 49.66 | 49.56 | 3:18.55 | +2.70
21 | 2 |  Czech Republic | Dominik Dvořák
Jaroslav Kopřiva
Jan Šindelář
Jakub Nosek | 49.07 | 49.97 | 50.05 | — | 2:29.09 | —
22 | 24 |  Austria | Markus Treichl
Ekemini Bassey
Markus Glueck
Marco Rangl | 49.73 | 49.83 | 49.68 | 2:29.24
23 | 23 |  Brazil | Edson Bindilatti
Edson Ricardo Martins
Odirlei Pessoni
Rafael Souza da Silva | 49.75 | 49.94 | 49.80 | 2:29.49
24 | 28 |  Czech Republic | Jan Vrba
Dominik Suchý
David Egydy
Jan Stokláska | 49.73 | 49.81 | 50.05 | 2:29.59
25 | 4 |  Australia | Lucas Mata
David Mari
Lachlan Reidy
Hayden Smith | 49.72 | 49.91 | 50.07 | 2:29.70
26 | 26 |  China | Shao Yijun
Li Chunjian
Wang Sidong
Shi Hao | 49.79 | 50.01 | 49.94 | 2:29.74
27 | 25 |  Italy | Simone Bertazzo
Lorenzo Bilotti
Francesco Costa
Simone Fontana | 49.92 | 49.94 | 50.02 | 2:29.88
28 | 27 |  Croatia | Dražen Silić
Mate Mezulić
Benedikt Nikpalj
Antonio Zelić | 50.18 | 50.64 | 50.63 | 2:31.45
29 | 29 |  Romania | Dorin Alexandru Grigore
Florin Cezar Crăciun
Levente Bartha
Paul Septimiu Muntean | 50.55 | 50.79 | 50.81 | 2:32.15

## References

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1. ^ "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
2. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeonChang 2018 Bobsleigh" (PDF). International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-19. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
3. ^ "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - 4-man Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
4. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2018-02-25.

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Olympic champions in four-man bobsleigh

* 1924:  Scherrer, Neveu, A. Schläppi, H. Schläppi (SUI)
* 1928:  Fiske, Tucker, Mason, Gray, Parke (USA)
* 1932:  Fiske, Eagan, Gray, O'Brien (USA)
* 1936:  Musy, Gartmann, Bouvier, Beerli (SUI)
* 1948:  Tyler, Martin, Rimkus, D'Amico (USA)
* 1952:  Ostler, Kuhn, Nieberl, Kemser (GER)
* 1956:  Kapus, Diener, Alt, Angst (SUI)
* 1964:  V. Emery, Kirby, Anakin, J. Emery (CAN)
* 1968:  Monti, de Paolis, Zandonella, Armano (ITA)
* 1972:  Wicki, Hubacher, Leutenegger, Camichel (SUI)
* 1976:  Nehmer, Babock, Germeshausen, Lehmann (GDR)
* 1980:  Nehmer, Musioł, Germeshausen, Gerhardt (GDR)
* 1984:  Hoppe, Wetzig, Schauerhammer, Kirchner (GDR)
* 1988:  Fasser, Meier, Fässler, Stocker (SUI)
* 1992:  Appelt, Winkler, Haidacher, Schroll (AUT)
* 1994:  Czudaj, Brannasch, Hampel, Szelig (GER)
* 1998:  Langen, Zimmerman, Jakobs, Hampel (GER)
* 2002:  Lange, Kühn, Kuske, Embach (GER)
* 2006:  Lange, Hoppe, Putze, Kuske (GER)
* 2010:  Holcomb, Olsen, Mesler, Tomasevicz (USA)
* 2014:  Melbārdis, Vilkaste, Dreiškens, Strenga (LAT)
* 2018:  Friedrich, Bauer, Grothkopp, Margis (GER)
* 2022:  Friedrich, Margis, Bauer, Schüller (GER)

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