Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Four-man

Four-man at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for bobsleigh
Venue	Cesana Pariol
Dates	February 24 — 25
Competitors	104 from 19 nations
Winning time	3:40.42
Medalists
Germany André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze   Russia Alexandre Zoubkov, Philippe Egorov, Alexei Seliverstov, Alexey Voevoda   Switzerland Martin Annen, Thomas Lamparter, Beat Hefti, Cedric Grand

Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Two		men		women
Four		men

The Four-man bobsleigh competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 24 and 25 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	23 January 2005	Switzerland Martin Annen Andi Gees Beat Hefti Cedric Grand	4.68
Run	23 January 2005	Switzerland Martin Annen Andi Gees Beat Hefti Cedric Grand	55.54

The following track records were established during this event.

Type[1]	Date	Run	Team	Time
Run	24 February	1	United States (USA-1) Todd Hays Pavle Jovanovic Steve Mesler Brock Kreitzburg	55.43
	24 February	1	Canada (CAN-1) Pierre Lueders Ken Kotyk Morgan Alexander Lascelles Brown	55.34
	24 February	1	Russia (RUS-1) Alexandre Zoubkov Philippe Egorov Alexei Seliverstov Alexey Voevoda	55.22
	24 February	1	Germany (GER-1) André Lange René Hoppe Kevin Kuske Martin Putze	55.20
	25 February	3	Germany (GER-2) Rene Spies Christoph Heyder Enrico Kuehn Alexander Metzger	54.91
	25 February	3	Germany (GER-1) André Lange René Hoppe Kevin Kuske Martin Putze	54.80

Results

Twenty-six sleds were entered in the four-man event, with one, from New Zealand, not starting the first run after crashing in training.^[2]

After the third run, only the top twenty sleds by combined time were allowed to compete in the final run. The final ranking was determined by the combined time of each sled over the four runs.^[1]

Rank	Country	Athletes	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total
1	Germany (GER-1)	André Lange René Hoppe Kevin Kuske Martin Putze	55.20	55.30	54.80	55.12	3:40.42
2	Russia (RUS-1)	Alexandr Zubkov Filipp Yegorov Alexei Seliverstov Alexey Voevoda	55.22	55.45	54.87	55.01	3:40.55
3	Switzerland (SUI-1)	Martin Annen Thomas Lamparter Beat Hefti Cedric Grand	55.26	55.37	55.00	55.20	3:40.83
4	Canada (CAN-1)	Pierre Lueders Ken Kotyk Morgan Alexander Lascelles Brown	55.34	55.43	54.95	55.20	3:40.92
5	Germany (GER-2)	Rene Spies Christoph Heyder Enrico Kühn Alexander Metzger	55.47	55.48	54.91	55.18	3:41.04
6	United States (USA-2)	Steve Holcomb Curtis Tomasevicz Bill Schuffenhauer Lorenzo Smith III	55.46	55.50	55.14	55.26	3:41.36
7	United States (USA-1)	Todd Hays Pavle Jovanovic Steve Mesler Brock Kreitzburg	55.43	55.56	55.04	55.41	3:41.44
8	Switzerland (SUI-2)	Ivo Rueegg Andi Gees Roman Handschin Christian Aebli	55.65	55.63	55.22	55.30	3:41.80
9	Russia (RUS-2)	Yevgeni Popov Sergey Golubev Pyotr Makarchuk Dmitriy Stepushkin	55.87	55.57	55.16	55.33	3:41.93
10	Latvia (LAT-1)	Janis Minins Daumants Dreishkens Marcis Rullis Janis Ozols	55.88	55.69	55.51	55.51	3:42.59
11	Italy (ITA-2)	Fabrizio Tosini Luca Ottolino Antonio de Sanctis Giorgio Morbidelli	55.80	55.73	55.57	55.51	3:42.61
12	Italy (ITA-1)	Simone Bertazzo Samuele Romanini Matteo Torchio Omar Sacco	55.63	56.13	55.46	55.62	3:42.84
13	Austria	Wolfgang Stampfer Klaus Seelos Juergen Loacker Hans Peter Welz	55.77	55.83	55.73	55.53	3:42.86
14	Czech Republic	Ivo Danilevic Radek Rechka Roman Gomola Jan Kobian	55.92	55.83	55.66	55.56	3:46.97
15	Poland	Dawid Kupczyk Michal Zblewski Mariusz Latkowski Marcin Placheta	55.89	55.79	55.85	55.49	3:43.02
16	Netherlands	Arend Glas Vincent Kortbeek Sybren Jansma Arno Klaassen	55.82	56.08	55.78	55.51	3:43.19
17	Great Britain	Lee Johnston Martin Wright Karl Johnston Dan Humphries	56.06	56.07	55.93	55.32	3:43.38
18	Canada (CAN-2)	Serge Despres Nathan Cunningham Steve Larsen David Bissett	56.10	56.15	55.69	55.58	3:43.52
19	France	Bruno Mingeon Christophe Fouquet Pierre-Alain Menneron Alexandre Vanhoutte	56.09	56.08	55.87	55.71	3:43.75
20	Slovakia	Milan Jagnesak Viktor Rajek Andrej Benda Robert Krestanko	56.29	56.13	56.26	55.98	3:44.66
21	Latvia (LAT-2)	Mihails Arhipovs Intars Dicmanis Maris Bogdanovs Reinis Rozitis	56.34	56.54	56.13	—	—
22	Romania (ROM)	Nicolae Istrate Adrian Duminicel Gabriel Popa Ioan Danut Dovalciuc	56.61	56.70	56.41	—	—
23	Croatia	Ivan Šola Slaven Krajačić Alek Osmanović Jurica Grabušić Dejan Vojnović	56.67	56.57	56.51	—	—
24	Hungary	Marton Gyulai Zsolt Kürtösi Tamas Margl Bertalan Pinter	56.99	56.73	56.45	—	—
25	Brazil	Ricardo Raschini Marcio Silva Claudinei Quirino Edson Bindilatti	60.31	58.51	60.12	—	—
26—	New Zealand	Alan Henderson Aaron Orangi Steve Harrison Matthew Dallow	DNS	—	—	—	—

References

1. "Torino 2006 Official Report - Bobsleigh" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved Jul 7, 2009.
2. "Kiwi team out after crash". TVNV.co.nz. February 24, 2006. Retrieved Jul 7, 2009.