Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Two-woman
| Two-Man Women's at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 20–21 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:22.45 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Qualification
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| Two | men | women |
| Four | men | |
The two-man women's bobsleigh competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 20 and 21 February at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea.[1]
Qualification
[edit]The top two countries in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh season (including the World Cup, Europe races and Americas Cup) were awarded the maximum three sleds. The next four countries were awarded two sleds each. The remaining six sleds were awarded to six countries, with Australia being awarded an Oceania continental quota, Nigeria being awarded with the African quota and South Korea being awarded a slot as host nation.[2][3]
Results
[edit]The first two runs were held on 20 February and the last runs on 21 February 2018.[4]
| Rank | Bib | Country | Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Behind |
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6 |  Germany |
Mariama Jamanka Lisa Buckwitz |
50.54 | 50.72 | 50.49 | 50.70 | 3:22.45 | — |
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5 |  United States |
Elana Meyers Taylor Lauren Gibbs |
50.52 TR |
50.81 | 50.46 TR |
50.73 | 3:22.52 | +0.07 |
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4 |  Canada |
Kaillie Humphries Phylicia George |
50.72 | 50.88 | 50.52 | 50.77 | 3:22.89 | +0.44 |
| 4 | 8 | Germany |
Stephanie Schneider Annika Drazek |
50.63 | 50.93 | 50.71 | 50.70 | 3:22.97 | +0.52 |
| 5 | 7 | United States |
Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans |
50.59 | 50.99 | 50.59 | 50.85 | 3:23.02 | +0.57 |
| 6 | 9 | Canada |
Alysia Rissling Heather Moyse |
50.81 | 50.95 | 50.83 | 51.04 | 3:23.63 | +1.18 |
| 7 | 13 | Canada |
Christine de Bruin Melissa Lotholz |
50.94 | 50.91 | 50.75 | 51.29 | 3:23.89 | +1.44 |
| 8 | 17 |  Great Britain |
Mica McNeill Mica Moore |
50.77 | 50.95 | 51.16 | 51.19 | 3:24.07 | +1.62 |
| 9 | 12 |  Switzerland |
Sabina Hafner Rahel Rebsamen |
50.86 | 51.16 | 51.07 | 51.21 | 3:24.30 | +1.85 |
| 10 | 14 |  Austria |
Christina Hengster Valerie Kleiser |
51.23 | 51.04 | 51.00 | 51.24 | 3:24.51 | +2.06 |
| 11 | 15 |  Belgium |
Elfje Willemsen Sara Aerts |
51.03 | 51.27 | 51.10 | 51.21 | 3:24.61 | +2.16 |
| DSQ | 11 |  Olympic Athletes from Russia |
Nadezhda Sergeeva Anastasia Kocherzhova |
51.01 | 51.49 | 51.29 | 51.37 | 3:25.16 | +2.71 |
| 12 | 20 | Belgium |
An Vannieuwenhuyse Sophie Vercruyssen |
51.24 | 51.28 | 51.53 | 51.20 | 3:25.25 | +2.80 |
| 13 | 10 | Germany |
Anna Köhler Erline Nolte |
51.21 | 51.20 | 51.46 | 51.41 | 3:25.28 | +2.83 |
| 14 | 1 |  South Korea |
Kim Yoo-ran Kim Min-seong |
51.24 | 51.20 | 51.32 | 51.55 | 3:25.31 | +2.86 |
| 15 | 19 |  Romania |
Maria Constantin Andreea Grecu |
51.17 | 51.40 | 51.39 | 51.57 | 3:25.53 | +3.08 |
| 16 | 3 | Olympic Athletes from Russia |
Alexandra Rodionova Yulia Belomestnykh |
51.29 | 51.47 | 51.41 | 51.55 | 3:25.72 | +3.27 |
| 17 | 16 | Austria |
Katrin Beierl Victoria Hahn |
51.49 | 51.41 | 51.51 | 51.43 | 3:25.84 | +3.39 |
| 18 | 18 |  Jamaica |
Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian Carrie Russell |
51.29 | 51.50 | 51.83 | 51.32 | 3:25.94 | +3.49 |
| 19 | 2 |  Nigeria |
Seun Adigun Akuoma Omeoga (Run 1-2) Ngozi Onwumere (Run 3-4) |
52.21 | 52.55 | 52.31 | 52.53 | 3:29.60 | +7.15 |
With Mariama Jamanka (1st), Elana Meyers Taylor & Lauren Gibbs (2nd) and Phylicia George (3rd) all making the podium, it marked the first time in Winter Olympic history that black athletes won gold, silver and bronze medals in the same event.
References
[edit]- ^ "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - Women´s 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.
- ^ Final results