Bobsleigh_at_the_2014_Winter_Olympics Knowpia

Bobsleigh
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh; at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Sliding Center Sanki,; Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Dates	16–23 February
Competitors	169 from 23 nations
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Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Sliding Center Sanki near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The three events took place between 16–23 February 2014.^[1]

Competition schedule edit

The following is the competition schedule for all three events.^[2]

All times are Moscow Time (UTC+4).

Date	Time	Event
16 February	20:15	Two-man runs 1 and 2
17 February	18:30	Two-man runs 3 and 4
18 February	19:15	Two-woman runs 1 and 2
19 February	20:15	Two-woman runs 3 and 4
22 February	20:30	Four-man runs 1 and 2
23 February	13:30	Four-man runs 3 and 4

Medal summary edit

Medal table edit


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Latvia (LAT)	1	0	1	2
2	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
2	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	0	1
4	United States (USA)	0	3	1	4
5	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		3	3	3	9

Events edit

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Two-man details^[3]^[a]	Switzerland (SUI) Beat Hefti Alex Baumann	3:46.05	United States (USA) Steven Holcomb Steven Langton	3:46.27	Latvia (LAT) Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiskens	3:46.48
Four-man details^[4]^[a]	Latvia (LAT) Oskars Melbārdis Arvis Vilkaste Daumants Dreiškens Jānis Strenga	3:40.69	United States (USA) Steven Holcomb Steven Langton Curtis Tomasevicz Christopher Fogt	3:40.99	Great Britain (GBR) John James Jackson Stuart Benson Bruce Tasker Joel Fearon	3:41.10
Two-woman details^[5]	Canada (CAN) Kaillie Humphries Heather Moyse	3:50.61	United States (USA) Elana Meyers Lauryn Williams	3:50.71	United States (USA) Jamie Greubel Aja Evans	3:51.61

^a Russian teams were originally awarded the gold medal, but were disqualified by the International Olympic Committee in November 2017 for doping violations.^[6]

Qualification edit

A maximum of 170 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum 130 men and 40 women might qualify. The qualification was based on the world rankings of 20 January 2014.^[7]

Participating nations edit

169 athletes from 23 nations participated, with number of athletes in parentheses.

Australia (8)
Austria (6)
Belgium (2)
Brazil (6)
Canada (16)
Czech Republic (4)
France (8)
Germany (18)
Great Britain (8)
Italy (4)
Jamaica (2)
Japan (4)
Latvia (8)
Monaco (2)
Netherlands (6)
Poland (4)
Romania (8)
Russia (16)
Serbia (2)
Slovakia (4)
South Korea (10)
Switzerland (9)
United States (16)

References edit

^ "Sliding Center Sanki". Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
^ "Bobsleigh Schedule and Results". Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
^ "Olympic Winter Games 2014 2-man Bobsleig". Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
^ "Olympic Winter Games 2014 4-man Bobsleigh". Archived from the original on 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
^ Olympic Winter Games 2014 2-woman Bobsleigh
^ Disciplinary Commission Decision against Aleksandr Zubkov
^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2012.