Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Four-man

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Four-man
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for bobsleigh
VenueCesana Pariol
DatesFebruary 24–25
Competitors104 from 19 nations
Winning time3:40.42
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Germany
André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  
Alexey Voevoda
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  
Cedric Grand

The Four-man bobsleigh competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 24 and 25 February, at Cesana Pariol.[1]

Records

While the

FIBT
does maintain records for both the start and a complete run at each track it competes.

Prior to this competition, the existing Cesana Pariol track records were as follows.

Type[2] Date Team Time
Start 23 January 2005   
Cedric Grand
4.68
Run 23 January 2005   
Cedric Grand
55.54

The following track records were established during this event.

Type[2] Date Run Team Time
Run 24 February 1  United States (USA-1)
Todd Hays
Pavle Jovanovic
Steve Mesler
Brock Kreitzburg
55.43
24 February 1  Canada (CAN-1)
Pierre Lueders
Ken Kotyk
Morgan Alexander
Lascelles Brown
55.34
24 February 1  
Alexey Voevoda
55.22
24 February 1  Germany (GER-1)
André Lange
René Hoppe
Kevin Kuske
Martin Putze
55.20
25 February 3  
Alexander Metzger
54.91
25 February 3  Germany (GER-1)
André Lange
René Hoppe
Kevin Kuske
Martin Putze
54.80

Results

Twenty-six sleds were entered in the four-man event, with one, from New Zealand, not starting the first run after crashing in training.[3]

After the third run, only the top twenty sleds by combined time were allowed to compete in the final run. The final ranking was determined by the combined time of each sled over the four runs.[2]

Rank Country Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
 Germany (GER-1) André Lange
René Hoppe
Kevin Kuske
Martin Putze
55.20 55.30 54.80 55.12 3:40.42
 Russia (RUS-1)
Alexey Voevoda
55.22 55.45 54.87 55.01 3:40.55
 Switzerland (SUI-1)
Cedric Grand
55.26 55.37 55.00 55.20 3:40.83
4  Canada (CAN-1) Pierre Lueders
Ken Kotyk
Morgan Alexander
Lascelles Brown
55.34 55.43 54.95 55.20 3:40.92
5  Germany (GER-2)
Alexander Metzger
55.47 55.48 54.91 55.18 3:41.04
6  United States (USA-2) 55.46 55.50 55.14 55.26 3:41.36
7  United States (USA-1) Todd Hays
Pavle Jovanovic
Steve Mesler
Brock Kreitzburg
55.43 55.56 55.04 55.41 3:41.44
8  Switzerland (SUI-2) 55.65 55.63 55.22 55.30 3:41.80
9  Russia (RUS-2)
Dmitriy Stepushkin
55.87 55.57 55.16 55.33 3:41.93
10  Latvia (LAT-1)
Jānis Ozols
55.88 55.69 55.51 55.51 3:42.59
11  Italy (ITA-2)
Antonio de Sanctis
Giorgio Morbidelli
55.80 55.73 55.57 55.51 3:42.61
12  Italy (ITA-1) Simone Bertazzo
Samuele Romanini
Matteo Torchio
Omar Sacco
55.63 56.13 55.46 55.62 3:42.84
13  Austria
Juergen Loacker
Hans-Peter Welz
55.77 55.83 55.73 55.53 3:42.86
14  Czech Republic
Jan Kobian
55.92 55.83 55.66 55.56 3:42.97
15  Poland 55.89 55.79 55.85 55.49 3:43.02
16  Netherlands Arend Glas
Vincent Kortbeek
Sybren Jansma
Arno Klaassen
55.82 56.08 55.78 55.51 3:43.19
17  Great Britain 56.06 56.07 55.93 55.32 3:43.38
18  Canada (CAN-2) Serge Despres
Nathan Cunningham
Steve Larsen
David Bissett
56.10 56.15 55.69 55.58 3:43.52
19  France Bruno Mingeon
Christophe Fouquet
Pierre-Alain Menneron
Alexandre Vanhoutte
56.09 56.08 55.87 55.71 3:43.75
20  Slovakia
Robert Krestanko
56.29 56.13 56.26 55.98 3:44.66
21  Latvia (LAT-2)
Reinis Rozitis
56.34 56.54 56.13
22  Romania (ROM)
Ioan Danut Dovalciuc
56.61 56.70 56.41
23  Croatia Ivan Šola
Slaven Krajačić
Alek Osmanović
Jurica Grabušić
Dejan Vojnović
56.67 56.57 56.51
24  Ireland Peter O’Malley
Joseph Mullins
Patrick Mullins
John O’Donoghue
56.99 56.73 56.45
25  Brazil
Claudinei Quirino
Edson Bindilatti
60.31 58.51 60.12
 New Zealand
Alan Henderson
Aaron Orangi
Steve Harrison
Matthew Dallow
DNS

References

  1. ^ "Bobsleigh at the 2006 Turin Winter Games: Men's Four". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Torino 2006 Official Report - Bobsleigh" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved Jul 7, 2009.
  3. ^ "Kiwi team out after crash". TVNV.co.nz. February 24, 2006. Retrieved Jul 7, 2009.