Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh; at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Utah Olympic Park
Dates	16–23 February 2002
Competitors	195 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]

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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.

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	2	1	1	4
2	United States	1	1	1	3
3	Switzerland	0	1	1	2
Totals (3 entries)		3	3	3	9

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 details	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

Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Medal summary

Medal table

Events

Participating NOCs

References

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