Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Two-man

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Two-man
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Gold medal winners
VenueWhistler Sliding Centre
Dates20–21 February
Competitors27 teams from 18 nations
Winning time3:27.51
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) André Lange
Kevin Kuske		  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Thomas Florschütz
Richard Adjei		  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alexandr Zubkov
Alexey Voyevoda		  Russia
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Twomenwomen
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The two-man

Igls, Austria (southeast of Innsbruck) on 23 January 2010 and was won by the Swiss duo of Beat Hefti and Thomas Lamparter[5] while Rüegg won the overall World Cup in the two-man event.[6]

Records

While the

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

The start and track records were set at the test event for the 2010 Games on 6 February 2009.

Type[4] Date Team Time
Start 6 February 2009   Switzerland
Beat Hefti
Thomas Lamparter		 4.70
Track 6 February 2009   Switzerland
Beat Hefti
Thomas Lamparter		 51.95

Qualifying teams

On 20 January 2010, the FIBT announced that the following teams had qualified for the 2010 Games:[7][8] This was finalized on 26 January 2010.[9][10]

Three teams
Two teams
One team

Practice

Janis Minins withdrew to appendicitis and the emergency surgery that followed on 12 February.[12][14] Minins returned to competition for the four-man event eleven days later [14] though he withdrew from the four-man event on 25 February to crashing twice during practice where one of his crews suffering a concussion and another suffering bruised lungs and elbows.[15]

Results

The first two runs took place on 20 February at 17:00

PST and 18:30 PST.[1] On 21 February, the final two runs were scheduled to take place at 13:30 PST and 14:45 PST,[1] but started at 16:00 PST for run three and 17:35 PST for run four to unseasonable warm weather.[16] Temperatures reached 10 °C (50 °F) on the afternoon of the 20th and were expected to reach 12 °C (54 °F) on the afternoon of the 21st.[16]

First run start order was released on the afternoon of 19 February 2010.[17]

Australia 2 crashed out in run 1 while Great Britain 1 was disqualified when the brakeman Money was ejected from his sled during the first run.[18] Austria 1 was disqualified for violating the total weight rule.[18] Liechtenstein 1 crashed out during the first run and finished, but did not start the second run of the event.[18]

For run 3, Bisset replace Brown in Canada 1 while Harvey replaced Ryan in Australia 1.[19] Italy 1 was disqualified in run 3 for reasons not given.[19][20] Only the top 20 teams competed in the fourth run.[21] No crashes occurred in the final two runs of the event.[20] Lange tied the track record in the third run that was sent by Florschütz in the second run.[22] The German duo of Lange and Kuske won his record fourth gold medal in bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics[22] and became the second repeat winners of the two-man event after Switzerland's Gustav Weder and Donat Acklin won the event in both 1992 and 1994.[23]

TR - Track Record. Top finish in each run is in boldface.

Rank Bib Country Athletes Run 1 [24] Run 2[25] Run 3 [19] Run 4[21] Total Behind
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4  Germany (GER-1) André Lange
Kevin Kuske		 51.59 51.72 51.57-TR 51.77 3:26.65
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2  Germany (GER-2) Thomas Florschütz
Richard Adjei		 51.57-TR 51.85 51.62 51.83 3:26.87 +0.22
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7  Russia (RUS-1) Alexandr Zubkov
Alexey Voyevoda		 51.79 52.02 51.80 51.90 3:27.51 +0.86
4 1  Switzerland (SUI-1)
Cedric Grand
 51.76 52.18 51.92 51.99 3:27.85 +1.20
5 9  Canada (CAN-2) Pierre Lueders
Jesse Lumsden		 51.94 52.12 51.87 51.94 3:27.87 +1.22
6 6  United States (USA-1)
Steve Holcomb
Curtis Tomasevicz
 51.89 52.04 51.98 52.03 3:27.94 +1.29
7 11  Russia (RUS-2) Dmitry Abramovitch
Sergey Prudnikov		 52.03 52.40 52.11 51.92 3:28.46 +1.81
8 25  Latvia (LAT-1) Edgars Maskalāns
Daumants Dreiškens		 52.16 52.32 52.17 52.43 3:29.08 +2.43
9 3  Germany (GER-3) Karl Angerer
Gregor Bermbach 		52.23 52.43 52.19 52.44 3:29.29 +2.64
10 8  United States (USA-2) John Napier
Steven Langton		 52.28 52.45 52.31 52.36 3:29.40 +2.75
11 14  Romania (ROU-1)
Florin Cezar Craciun
 52.19 52.41 52.40 52.43 3:29.43 +2.78
12 13  United States (USA-3) Mike Kohn
Nick Cunningham 		52.47 52.71 52.25 52.35 3:29.78 +3.13
13 16  Czech Republic (CZE-1)
Jan Stoklaska
 52.73 52.59 52.52 52.44 3:30.28 +3.63
14 10  Netherlands (NED-1) Edwin van Calker
Sybren Jansma 		52.37 52.83 52.63 52.62 3:30.45 +3.80
15 5  Canada (CAN-1) Lyndon Rush
Lascelles Brown (Runs 1-2)
David Bissett (Runs 3-4) 		51.67 54.70 51.93 52.16 3:30.46 +3.81
16 19  Poland (POL-1) Dawid Kupczyk
Marcin Niewiara 		52.45 52.91 52.42 52.72 3:30.50 +3.85
17 18  Italy (ITA-2) Fabrizio Tosini
Sergio Riva		 52.84 52.83 52.34 52.65 3:30.66 +4.01
18 15  Austria (AUT-2) Jürgen Loacker
Christian Hackl 		52.55 52.86 52.73 52.64 3:30.78 +4.13
19 21  Monaco (MON-1) Patrice Servelle
Sébastien Gattuso		 52.96 52.61 52.71 52.56 3:30.84 +4.19
20 20  Slovakia (SVK-1) Milan Jagnešák
Petr Narovec 		53.18 53.16 52.73 52.99 3:32.06 +5.41
21 23  Japan (JPN-1)
Hiroshi Suzuki
Ryuichi Kobayashi
 53.24 53.30 53.13 2:39.67
22 17  Australia (AUS-1) Christopher Spring
Duncan Harvey (Runs 1-2)
Anthony Ryan (Run 3) 		53.14 54.41 53.18 2:40.73
12  Italy (ITA-1) Simone Bertazzo
Samuele Romanini		 52.33 52.88 DSQ
22  Liechtenstein (LIE-1)
Thomas Dürr
 56.18 DNS
27  Australia (AUS-2)
Jeremy Rollestone
Duncan Pugh
 DNF
26  Austria (AUT-1) Wolfgang Stampfer
Juergen Mayer		 DSQ
24  Great Britain (GBR-1) John James Jackson
Dan Money 		DSQ

References

  1. ^ a b c 2010 Winter Olympics bobsleigh schedule. Archived 2009-11-03 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 5 November 2009.
  2. ^ 2006 Winter Olympics bobsleigh two-man results. Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 5 November 2009.
  3. ^ FIBT World Championships 2009 bobsleigh two-man results. Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 5 November 2009.
  4. ^ a b Whistler Sliding Centre World Cup 6 February 2009 bobsleigh two-man results. Archived 2 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 5 November 2009.
  5. ^ FIBT Bobsleigh World Cup Igls 23 January 2010 two-man results. Archived 13 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 23 January 2010.
  6. ^ FIBT Bobsleigh World Cup final two-man rankings. Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 23 January 2010.
  7. ^ FIBT Announces Olympic Qualifying Quotas. at the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (20 January 2010 article accessed 21 January 2010.)
  8. ^ FIBT bobsleigh two-man quotas for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine - 20 January 2010 article accessed 21 January 2010.
  9. ^ Olympic Quotas Updated After Reallocation. at the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (26 January 2010 article accessed 27 January 2010.
  10. ^ 26 January 2010 FIBT final allocation of the bobsleigh two-man teams for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 27 January 2010.
  11. ^ Lange Among Leaders in 2-Man Bob Training. at the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (18 February 2010 article accessed 18 February 2010.)
  12. ^ a b c Lange Seeks to defend Two-Man Olympic Title. at the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (20 February 2010 article accessed 20 February 2010.
  13. ^ "Bobsleigh-Injuries leave Swiss in disarray." - Martyn Herman 19 February 2010 Yahoo! Sports article accessed 20 February 2010.
  14. ^ a b "Bobsleigh-Latvian wildman flies again after hiccup hell". - 23 February 2010 Martyn Herman Yahoo! Sports article accessed 24 February 2010.
  15. ^ "Latvia withdraws from four-man event". - AP Yahoo! Sports 25 February 2010 article accessed 27 February 2010.
  16. ^ a b Bobsleigh Schedule for Sunday Changed to 16:00. at the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (21 February 2010 article accessed 21 February 2010.)
  17. ^ 2010 Winter Olympics 19 February 2010 Bobsleigh two-man start. - accessed 20 February 2010.
  18. ^ a b c Lange Takes Lead in Two-Man Bobsleigh. at the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (21 February 2010 article accessed 21 February 2010.)
  19. ^ a b c 2010 Winter Olympics 21 February 2010 Bobsleigh two-man heat 3 results. Archived 29 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 22 February 2010.
  20. ^ a b "Germany's Lange wins gold in bobsled". - 21 February 2010 Tom Withers (AP) article in Yahoo! Sports accessed 22 February 2010.
  21. ^ a b 2010 Winter Olympics 21 February 2010 Bobsleigh two-man heat 4 results. Archived 12 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 22 February 2010.
  22. ^ a b Lange Win Fourth Olympic Gold Medal. at the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (22 February 2010 article accessed 22 February 2010.)
  23. ^ Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Bobsleigh: Two-Man". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 159.
  24. ^ 2010 Winter Olympics 20 February 2010 Bobsleigh two-man heat 1 results. Archived 8 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 21 February 2010.
  25. ^ 2010 Winter Olympics 20 February 2010 Bobsleigh two-man heat 2 results. Archived 13 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 21 February 2010.

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