Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Two-man

Two-man at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for bobsleigh
Venue	Cesana Pariol
Dates	February 18 — 19
Competitors	58 from 19 nations
Winning time	3:43.38
Medalists
Germany André Lange, Kevin Kuske   Canada Pierre Lueders, Lascelles Brown   Switzerland Martin Annen, Beat Hefti

Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Two		men		women
Four		men

The Men's two-man bobsleigh competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 18 and 19 February, at Cesana Pariol.

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.

Prior to this competition, the existing Cesana Pariol track records were as follows.

Type[1]	Date	Team	Time
Start	22 January 2005	Canada Pierre Lueders Lascelles Brown	4.77
Run	22 January 2005	Switzerland Martin Annen Beat Hefti	56.55

The following track records were established during this event.

Type[1]	Date	Run	Team	Time
Start	18 February	1	Russia (RUS-1) Alexandre Zoubkov Alexey Voevoda	4.76
Run	18 February	1	Switzerland (SUI-1) Martin Annen Beat Hefti	55.54
	18 February	1	Russia (RUS-1) Alexandre Zoubkov Alexey Voevoda	55.54
	18 February	1	Germany (GER-1) André Lange Kevin Kuske	55.28

The Russian team of Zubkov and Voevoda equalled the track record set just two sleds earlier by Annen and Hefti, but this tie was short-lived; Lange and Kuske, the next team down, broke it by 0.26 seconds.^[1]

Results

Each of the 29 two-man teams entered for the event completed the first three runs, and the top 20 qualified for the final run. The total time for all four runs was used to determine the final ranking.^[1]

Rank	Country	Athletes	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total
1	Germany (GER-1)	André Lange Kevin Kuske	55.28	55.73	56.01	56.36	3:43.38
2	Canada (CAN-1)	Pierre Lueders Lascelles Brown	55.57	55.50	56.11	56.41	3:43.59
3	Switzerland (SUI-1)	Martin Annen Beat Hefti	55.54	55.67	56.18	56.34	3:43.73
4	Russia (RUS-1)	Alexandre Zoubkov Alexey Voevoda	55.54	55.85	56.12	56.49	3:44.00
5	Germany (GER-2)	Matthias Hoepfner Marc Kuehne	55.56	55.82	56.24	56.63	3:44.25
6	Latvia (LAT-1)	Janis Minins Daumants Dreishkens	55.94	55.84	56.16	56.69	3:44.63
7	United States (USA-1)	Todd Hays Pavle Jovanovic	55.81	55.72	56.31	56.88	3:44.72
8	Switzerland (SUI-2)	Ivo Rueegg Cedric Grand	55.85	55.74	56.37	56.90	3:44.86
9	Italy (ITA-1)	Simone Bertazzo Matteo Torchio	55.78	55.99	56.43	56.95	3:45.15
10	Austria (AUT-1)	Wolfgang Stampfer Klaus Seelos	55.92	55.94	56.57	56.90	3:45.33
11	Canada (CAN-2)	Serge Despres David Bissett	56.13	55.92	56.69	56.93	3:45.67
12	Monaco	Patrice Servelle Jeremy Bottin	56.21	56.13	56.67	57.08	3:46.09
13	Italy (ITA-2)	Fabrizio Tosini Samuele Romanini	56.06	56.02	56.93	57.10	3:46.11
14	United States (USA-2)	Steve Holcomb Bill Schuffenhauer	56.16	55.96	57.05	57.04	3:46.21
15	Great Britain	Lee Johnston Dan Humphries	56.22	55.84	57.20	57.08	3:46.34
16	Czech Republic (CZE-1)	Ivo Danilevic Roman Gomola	56.40	56.24	56.99	57.12	3:46.75
17	Austria (AUT-2)	Juergen Loacker Gerhard Koehler	56.29	56.22	57.07	57.69	3:47.27
18	Russia (RUS-2)	Yevgeni Popov Roman Oreshnikov	56.56	56.50	56.98	57.29	3:47.33
19	Netherlands	Arend Glas Sybren Jansma	56.70	56.54	56.95	57.17	3:47.36
20	Latvia (LAT-2)	Gatis Guts Intars Dicmanis	56.37	56.36	57.05	57.73	3:47.51
21	France	Bruno Mingeon Stephane Galbert	56.49	56.75	57.11	—	—
22	Australia	Jeremy Rollestone Shane McKenzie	56.77	56.59	57.22	—	—
23	New Zealand	Alan Henderson Matthew Dallow	56.61	56.79	57.46	—	—
24	Romania (ROM-1)	Nicolae Istrate Adrian Duminicel	56.82	56.90	57.65	—	—
25	Slovakia	Milan Jagnesak Viktor Rajek	56.81	57.12	57.81	—	—
26	Romania (ROM-2)	Mihai Iliescu Levente Andrei Bartha	57.22	57.09	57.63	—	—
27	Japan	Suguru Kiyokawa Ryuichi Kobayashi	57.27	57.02	57.90	—	—
28	Czech Republic (CZE-2)	Milos Vesely Jan Kobian	56.93	57.49	58.28	—	—
29	Hungary	Marton Gyulai Bertalan Pinter	57.25	57.36	58.40	—	—

References

1. "Torino 2006 Official Report - Bobsleigh" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved Jul 7, 2009.