Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Four-man

Four-man at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for bobsleigh
Dates	22–23 February
Competitors	124 from 19 nations
Winning time	3:40.60
Medalists
Alexandr Zubkov Dmitry Trunenkov Alexey Negodaylo Alexey Voyevoda   Russia   Oskars Melbārdis Arvis Vilkaste Daumants Dreiškens Jānis Strenga   Latvia   Steven Holcomb Steven Langton Curtis Tomasevicz Christopher Fogt   United States

The medalists

Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Two		men		women
Four		men

The four-man bobsleigh competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia was held at the Sliding Center Sanki near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia on 22–23 February 2014.^[1]

Records

While the IOC does not consider bobsled times eligible for Olympic records, the FIBT does maintain records for both the start and a complete run at each track it competes.

Qualifying teams

A total of 30 teams from 19 NOCs qualified for the event:

Three teams

• Canada, Germany, and Russia.

Two teams

• France, Great Britain, South Korea, Latvia and United States

One team

• Australia, Austria, Brazil, Czech Republic, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, and Slovakia

Results

Rank	Bib	Country	Athletes	Run 1[2]	Run 2[3]	Run 3[4]	Run 4[5]	Total	Behind
	3	Russia (RUS-1)	Alexandr Zubkov Dmitry Trunenkov Alexey Negodaylo Alexey Voyevoda	54.82 TR	55.37	55.02	55.39	3:40.60	—
	7	Latvia (LAT-1)	Oskars Melbārdis Arvis Vilkaste Daumants Dreiškens Jānis Strenga	55.10	55.13	55.15	55.31	3:40.69	+0.09
	2	United States (USA-1)	Steven Holcomb Steven Langton Curtis Tomasevicz Christopher Fogt	54.89	55.47	55.30	55.33	3:40.99	+0.39
4	6	Russia (RUS-2)	Alexander Kasjanov Maxim Belugin Ilvir Huzin Aleksei Pushkarev	55.11	55.41	55.29	55.21	3:41.02	+0.42
5	12	Great Britain (GBR-1)	John James Jackson Bruce Tasker Stuart Benson Joel Fearon	55.26	55.27	55.31	55.26	3:41.10	+0.50
6	1	Germany (GER-1)	Maximilian Arndt Alexander Rödiger Marko Hübenbecker Martin Putze	54.88	55.47	55.47	55.60	3:41.42	+0.82
7	4	Germany (GER-3)	Thomas Florschütz Kevin Kuske Joshua Bluhm Christian Poser	55.06	55.42	55.50	55.53	3:41.51	+0.91
8	11	Switzerland (SUI-1)	Beat Hefti Jürg Egger Alex Baumann Thomas Lamparter	55.21	55.34	55.60	55.60	3:41.75	+1.15
9	9	Canada (CAN-2)	Lyndon Rush David Bissett Lascelles Brown Neville Wright	55.35	55.43	55.60	55.38	3:41.76	+1.16
10	8	Germany (GER-2)	Francesco Friedrich Gregor Bermbach Jannis Bäcker Thorsten Margis	55.15	55.43	55.81	55.41	3:41.80	+1.20
11	14	Netherlands (NED-1)	Edwin van Calker Sybren Jansma Bror van der Zijde Arno Klaassen	55.55	55.57	55.82	55.75	3:42.69	+2.09
12	13	United States (USA-2)	Nick Cunningham Johnny Quinn Justin Olsen Dallas Robinson	55.61	55.48	55.97	55.64	3:42.70	+2.10
13	5	Canada (CAN-1)	Christopher Spring James McNaughton Timothy Randall Bryan Barnett	55.50	56.70	55.88	55.76	3:42.84	+2.24
14	16	Latvia (LAT-2)	Oskars Ķibermanis Helvijs Lūsis Raivis Broks Vairis Leiboms	55.68	55.52	55.97	55.81	3:42.98	+2.38
15	15	Russia (RUS-3)	Nikita Zakharov Nikolay Khrenkov Petr Moiseev Maxim Mokrousov	55.74	55.53	55.88	55.91	3:43.06	+2.46
16	19	Czech Republic (CZE-1)	Jan Vrba Dominik Dvořák Dominik Suchý Michal Vacek	55.95	55.47	55.95	55.80	3:43.17	+2.57
17	22	France (FRA-1)	Loïc Costerg Florent Ribet Romain Heinrich Elly Lefort	55.82	55.68	55.91	55.77	3:43.18	+2.58
18	17	Italy (ITA-1)	Simone Bertazzo Samuele Romanini Simone Fontana Francesco Costa	55.78	55.73	56.06	55.88	3:43.45	+2.85
19	18	Great Britain (GBR-2)	Lamin Deen Andrew Matthews John Baines Ben Simons	55.91	55.60	56.06	55.95	3:43.52	+2.92
20	21	South Korea (KOR-1)	Won Yun-Jong Jun Jung-Lin Suk Young-Jin Seo Young-Woo	56.12	55.97	56.25	55.88	3:44.22	+3.62
21	24	Austria (AUT-1)	Benjamin Maier Markus Sammer Stefan Withalm Angel Somov Sebastian Heufler	56.25	56.11	56.27	N/A	2:48.63
22	23	Australia (AUS-1)	Heath Spence Duncan Harvey Gareth Nichols Lucas Mata	56.20	56.21	56.23	N/A	2:48.64
23	30	France (FRA-2)	Thibault Godefroy Vincent Ricard Jérémy Baillard Jérémie Boutherin	56.37	56.27	56.35	N/A	2:48.99
24	25	Romania (ROU-1)	Andreas Neagu Paul Muntean Florin Cezar Crăciun Dănuț Moldovan Bogdan Laurentiu Otava	56.25	56.16	56.62	N/A	2:49.03
25	28	Slovakia (SVK-1)	Milan Jagnešák Lukáš Kožienka Petr Narovec Juraj Mokráš	56.56	56.37	56.51	N/A	2:49.44
26	20	Japan (JPN-1)	Hiroshi Suzuki Shintaro Sato Toshiki Kuroiwa Hisashi Miyazaki	56.41	56.42	56.63	N/A	2:49.46
27	26	Poland (POL-1)	Dawid Kupczyk Michał Kasperowicz Daniel Zalewski Paweł Mróz	56.57	56.45	56.47	N/A	2:49.49
28	29	South Korea (KOR-2)	Kim Dong-Hyun Kim Sik Kim Kyung-Hyun Oh Jea-Han	56.98	56.77	56.89	N/A	2:50.64
29	27	Brazil (BRA-1)	Edson Bindilatti Edson Martins Odirlei Pessoni Fábio Gonçalves Silva	56.86	56.74	57.11	N/A	2:50.71
30	10	Canada (CAN-3)	Justin Kripps Cody Sorensen** Jesse Lumsden Ben Coakwell** Luke Demetre Graeme Rinholm	55.17	59.91*	55.72	N/A	2:50.80

*Canada 3 crashed in the heat.^[6] **According to run results Cody Sorensen and Ben Coakwell were replaced in run 3 by Luke Demetre and Graeme Rinholm.

References

1. "Bobsleigh Schedule and Results". SOOC. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
2. Run 1 results
3. Run 2 results
4. Run 3 results
5. Run 4 results
6. "Canadian bobsled piloted by Justin Kripps crashes during Winter Games heat". The Globe and Mail. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.