Bobsleigh 2022/Men's two

Men's two
General information
Sport	Bobsleigh 2022
Date	14-15 February 2022
Competitors	30 pairs
Venue	Yanqing National Sliding Centre
Previous medalists
Gold	Alexander Kopacz Justin Kripps Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis
Bronze	Oskars Melbardis Janis Strenga
Medalists
	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis
	Florian Bauer Johannes Lochner
	Christoph Hafer Matthias Sommer

The men's two of Bobsleigh 2022 during the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 14-15 February 2022 in the Yanqing National Sliding Centre. With 30 pairs competing, the event was won by Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis from Germany, with Florian Bauer and Johannes Lochner from Germany taking the silver medal and Christoph Hafer and Matthias Sommer from Germany taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of four heats spread out over two days, with the 20 teams with the best times after three heats advancing to the final heats. The team with the lowest aggregate time over two days is the winner.

Preview

Thirty pairs qualified for the event with the German pair piloted by Francesco Friedrich (with Thorsten Margis) as the absolute favorite for the title. The sled had dominated the most recent World Cup season, winning seven out of eight races. The other German sleds piloted by Johannes Lochner and Christoph Hafer had performed very well too, with consistent podium results throughout the season, though the Canadian pair of Justin Kripps and the sled piloted by Rostislav Gaitiukevich had been very strong challengers for the Germans, both having finished not lower than eighth place, with Brad Hall, Michael Vogt, and defending bronze medalists Oskars Kibermanis as some of the potential outsiders.

Shakeel John was the youngest competitor aged 20 and one of only two athletes born after 1 January 2000, the other being Jelen Franjic, with both making their Olympic debuts. John was two years younger than Robert Mircea and Kim Hyeong-geun, who followed at the age of 22. On the other side, Edson Luques Bindilatti was the most experienced in the field, making his fifth Olympic appearance at the age of 42, though he was closely followed by Christopher Spring and Justin Kripps, who made their fourth edition of the Olympic Games at the age of 37 and 35, respectively. Twelve athletes were born before 1 January 1990, including defending medalists Justin Kripps and Thorsten Margis. Francesco Friedrich also tried to defend his Olympic title in a field with thirty-one debutants.

Summary

Run 1

Run 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athletes		Time
1		Francesco Friedrich	Thorsten Margis	59.02
2		Florian Bauer	Johannes Lochner	59.26
3		Rostislav Gaitiukevich	Aleksei Laptev	59.41
4		Christoph Hafer	Matthias Sommer	59.44
5		Benjamin Maier	Markus Sammer	59.51
6		Mike Evelyn	Christopher Spring	59.54
7		Sandro Michel	Michael Vogt	59.57
8		Justin Kripps	Cam Stones	59.61
9		Rudy Rinaldi	Boris Vain	59.62
10		Oskars Kibermanis	Matiss Miknis	59.65
11		Nick Gleeson	Brad Hall	59.69
12		Nicolae Ciprian Daroczi	Mihai Cristian Tentea	59.83
13		Hakeem Abdul-Saboor	Frank Delduca	59.87
14		Kim Jin-su	Won Yun-jong	59.89
15		Dominik Dvorak	Jakub Nosek	59.90
16		Dorian Hauterville	Romain Heinrich	59.93
17		Simon Friedli	Andreas Haas	59.97
18		Emils Cipulis	Edgars Nemme	1:00.00
19		Sun Kaizhi	Wu Qingze	1:00.04
20		Patrick Baumgartner	Robert Mircea	1:00.08
21		Taylor Austin	Daniel Sunderland	1:00.11
22		Maxim Andrianov	Vladislav Zharovtsev	1:00.24
23		Kim Hyeong-geun	Suk Young-jin	1:00.28
24		Li Chunjian	Liu Wei	1:00.31
25		Hunter Church	Charlie Volker	1:00.38
26		Markus Glueck	Markus Treichl	1:00.42
27		Ivo de Bruin	Jelen Franjic	1:00.46
28		Axel Brown	Andre Marcano	1:00.81
29		Edson Luques Bindilatti	Edson Ricardo Martins	1:01.11
30		Shanwayne Stephens	Nimroy Turgott	1:01.23

Run 2

Run 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athletes		Time
1		Florian Bauer	Johannes Lochner	59.27
2		Francesco Friedrich	Thorsten Margis	59.36
3		Sandro Michel	Michael Vogt	59.90
4		Rudy Rinaldi	Boris Vain	59.90
5		Rostislav Gaitiukevich	Aleksei Laptev	59.91
6		Christoph Hafer	Matthias Sommer	59.93
7		Oskars Kibermanis	Matiss Miknis	59.94
8		Benjamin Maier	Markus Sammer	59.96
9		Sun Kaizhi	Wu Qingze	1:00.01
10		Mike Evelyn	Christopher Spring	1:00.03
11		Dominik Dvorak	Jakub Nosek	1:00.04
11		Dorian Hauterville	Romain Heinrich	1:00.04
13		Nick Gleeson	Brad Hall	1:00.05
14		Justin Kripps	Cam Stones	1:00.08
15		Hakeem Abdul-Saboor	Frank Delduca	1:00.22
16		Emils Cipulis	Edgars Nemme	1:00.24
17		Kim Jin-su	Won Yun-jong	1:00.28
18		Li Chunjian	Liu Wei	1:00.36
18		Ivo de Bruin	Jelen Franjic	1:00.36
20		Simon Friedli	Andreas Haas	1:00.37
21		Taylor Austin	Daniel Sunderland	1:00.41
22		Nicolae Ciprian Daroczi	Mihai Cristian Tentea	1:00.46
22		Kim Hyeong-geun	Suk Young-jin	1:00.46
24		Patrick Baumgartner	Robert Mircea	1:00.47
25		Markus Glueck	Markus Treichl	1:00.52
26		Maxim Andrianov	Vladislav Zharovtsev	1:00.75
27		Axel Brown	Andre Marcano	1:00.89
28		Shanwayne Stephens	Nimroy Turgott	1:01.35
29		Edson Luques Bindilatti	Edson Ricardo Martins	1:01.36
30		Hunter Church	Charlie Volker	1:01.40

Run 3

Run 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athletes		Time
1		Francesco Friedrich	Thorsten Margis	58.99
2		Florian Bauer	Johannes Lochner	59.32
3		Christoph Hafer	Matthias Sommer	59.51
4		Rudy Rinaldi	Boris Vain	59.57
5		Sandro Michel	Michael Vogt	59.59
6		Benjamin Maier	Markus Sammer	59.64
7		Justin Kripps	Cam Stones	59.71
8		Mike Evelyn	Christopher Spring	59.76
9		Rostislav Gaitiukevich	Aleksei Laptev	59.80
10		Oskars Kibermanis	Matiss Miknis	59.82
11		Hakeem Abdul-Saboor	Frank Delduca	59.86
12		Dorian Hauterville	Romain Heinrich	59.92
13		Sun Kaizhi	Wu Qingze	59.99
14		Kim Jin-su	Won Yun-jong	1:00.10
15		Nicolae Ciprian Daroczi	Mihai Cristian Tentea	1:00.19
16		Dominik Dvorak	Jakub Nosek	1:00.20
16		Emils Cipulis	Edgars Nemme	1:00.20
18		Nick Gleeson	Brad Hall	1:00.22
19		Taylor Austin	Daniel Sunderland	1:00.29
20		Ivo de Bruin	Jelen Franjic	1:00.35
21		Patrick Baumgartner	Robert Mircea	1:00.38
22		Li Chunjian	Liu Wei	1:00.43
23		Simon Friedli	Andreas Haas	1:00.47
24		Kim Hyeong-geun	Suk Young-jin	1:00.52
25		Hunter Church	Charlie Volker	1:00.53
26		Maxim Andrianov	Vladislav Zharovtsev	1:00.55
27		Markus Glueck	Markus Treichl	1:00.66
28		Axel Brown	Shakeel John	1:00.86
29		Edson Luques Bindilatti	Edson Ricardo Martins	1:01.34
30		Shanwayne Stephens	Nimroy Turgott	1:01.54

Run 4

Run 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athletes		Time
1		Francesco Friedrich	Thorsten Margis	59.52
2		Florian Bauer	Johannes Lochner	59.53
3		Christoph Hafer	Matthias Sommer	59.70
4		Sandro Michel	Michael Vogt	59.77
5		Mike Evelyn	Christopher Spring	59.93
5		Oskars Kibermanis	Matiss Miknis	59.93
7		Nick Gleeson	Brad Hall	59.96
8		Justin Kripps	Cam Stones	1:00.00
9		Benjamin Maier	Markus Sammer	1:00.01
10		Rudy Rinaldi	Boris Vain	1:00.05
10		Dorian Hauterville	Romain Heinrich	1:00.05
12		Hakeem Abdul-Saboor	Frank Delduca	1:00.15
13		Dominik Dvorak	Jakub Nosek	1:00.16
14		Rostislav Gaitiukevich	Aleksei Laptev	1:00.19
15		Sun Kaizhi	Wu Qingze	1:00.25
16		Nicolae Ciprian Daroczi	Mihai Cristian Tentea	1:00.28
17		Simon Friedli	Andreas Haas	1:00.34
18		Emils Cipulis	Edgars Nemme	1:00.46
19		Taylor Austin	Daniel Sunderland	1:00.55
20		Kim Jin-su	Won Yun-jong	1:00.97

Results

Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis continued where they left off, winning their third Olympic title in a row, after winning the gold medal in the four-man in 2018 and sharing the title in the two-man in 2018. Johannes Lochner won his first Olympic medal after he finished fifth in the two-man in 2018 and eighth in the four-man, while Florian Bauer crowned his Olympic debut with a silver medal. Christoph Hafer and Matthias Sommer finished third in their debuts to create a clean sweep for Germany in the event, which would be the only medal sweep by a single nation at Beijing 2022. Sandro Michel and Michael Vogt just missed out on the podium by a quarter of a second, followed by Benjamin Maier and Markus Sammer, who improved on their performances of 2014 (20th) and 2018 (8th) to finish in the top 5 this time. Rudy Rinaldi and Boris Vain recorded the best-ever result for Monaco at the Olympic Games (summer and winter) by finishing sixth, while Mike Evelyn and Christopher Spring, as well as Rostislav Gaitiukevich and Aleksei Laptev, completed the top 8.

Result	Athletes		Nationality	Time
	Francesco Friedrich	Thorsten Margis	Germany	3:56.89
	Florian Bauer	Johannes Lochner	Germany	3:57.38
	Christoph Hafer	Matthias Sommer	Germany	3:58.58
4	Sandro Michel	Michael Vogt	Switzerland	3:58.83
5	Benjamin Maier	Markus Sammer	Austria	3:59.12
6	Rudy Rinaldi	Boris Vain	Monaco	3:59.14
7	Mike Evelyn	Christopher Spring	Canada	3:59.26
8	Rostislav Gaitiukevich	Aleksei Laptev	ROC	3:59.31
9	Oskars Kibermanis	Matiss Miknis	Latvia	3:59.34
10	Justin Kripps	Cam Stones	Canada	3:59.40
11	Nick Gleeson	Brad Hall	Great Britain	3:59.92
12	Dorian Hauterville	Romain Heinrich	France	3:59.94
13	Hakeem Abdul-Saboor	Frank Delduca	United States	4:00.10
14	Sun Kaizhi	Wu Qingze	China	4:00.29
15	Dominik Dvorak	Jakub Nosek	Czech Republic	4:00.30
16	Nicolae Ciprian Daroczi	Mihai Cristian Tentea	Romania	4:00.76
17	Emils Cipulis	Edgars Nemme	Latvia	4:00.90
18	Simon Friedli	Andreas Haas	Switzerland	4:01.15
19	Kim Jin-su	Won Yun-jong	South Korea	4:01.24
20	Taylor Austin	Daniel Sunderland	Canada	4:01.36
21	Patrick Baumgartner	Robert Mircea	Italy	3:00.93
22	Li Chunjian	Liu Wei	China	3:01.10
23	Ivo de Bruin	Jelen Franjic	Netherlands	3:01.17
24	Kim Hyeong-geun	Suk Young-jin	South Korea	3:01.26
25	Maxim Andrianov	Vladislav Zharovtsev	ROC	3:01.54
26	Markus Glueck	Markus Treichl	Austria	3:01.60
27	Hunter Church	Charlie Volker	United States	3:02.31
28	Axel Brown	Shakeel John	Trinidad and Tobago	3:02.56
		Andre Marcano
29	Edson Luques Bindilatti	Edson Ricardo Martins	Brazil	3:03.81
30	Shanwayne Stephens	Nimroy Turgott	Jamaica	3:04.12