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Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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Bobsleigh
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
VenueUtah Olympic Park
Dates16–23 February
Competitors195 from 34 nations
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Three bobsleigh events were competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics, at Utah Olympic Park. The competition took place between February 16 and February 23, 2002.[1][2]

For the first time since 1932, Olympic bobsleigh added a new event, with the first ever women's competition, won by Jill Bakken and Vonetta Flowers of the United States.

The competitions comprised four heats. Teams raced in the first and third heats in the order of the draw. The second heat was raced in order of ranking after the first heat, and the fourth heat is raced in order of the ranking after the first three heats. Total time for the four heats determined the final rank.

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany2114
2 United States1113
3 Switzerland0112
Totals (3 entries)3339

Events

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Bakken (left) and Flowers

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Two-man
details
 Germany (GER-1)
Christoph Langen
Markus Zimmermann
3:10.11  Switzerland (SUI-1)
Christian Reich
Steve Anderhub
3:10.20  Switzerland (SUI-2)
Martin Annen
Beat Hefti
3:10.62
Four-man
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 Germany (GER-2)
André Lange
Enrico Kühn
Kevin Kuske
Carsten Embach
3:07.51  United States (USA-1)
Todd Hays
Randy Jones
Bill Schuffenhauer
Garrett Hines
3:07.81  United States (USA-2)
Brian Shimer
Mike Kohn
Doug Sharp
Dan Steele
3:07.86
Two-woman
details
 United States (USA-2)
Jill Bakken
Vonetta Flowers
1:37.76  Germany (GER-1)
Sandra Prokoff
Ulrike Holzner
1:38.06  Germany (GER-2)
Susi Erdmann
Nicole Herschmann
1:38.29

Participating NOCs

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Thirty-four nations competed in the bobsleigh events at Salt Lake City.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 1" (PDF). Salt Lake Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 6, 2010. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
  2. ^ "Bobsleigh at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2018.