Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea. The events were scheduled to take place between 18 and 25 February 2018. A total of three bobsleigh events were held.
Qualification
A maximum of 170 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games (130 men and 40 women). The qualification was based on the world rankings of 18 January 2018.
Competition schedule The following was the competition schedule for all events.
All times are (UTC+9). Date Time Event 18 February 20:05 Two-man runs 1 and 2 19 February 20:15 Two-man runs 3 and 4 20 February 20:50 Two-woman runs 1 and 2 21 February 20:40 Two-woman runs 3 and 4 24 February 09:30 Four-man runs 1 and 2 25 February 09:30 Four-man runs 3 and 4
Medal summary Medal table
Events Two-manJustin KrippsAlexander Kopacz 3:16.86Not awardedOskars MelbārdisJānis Strenga 3:16.91 Francesco FriedrichThorsten MargisFour-manFrancesco FriedrichCandy BauerMartin GrothkoppThorsten Margis 3:15.85Nico WaltherKevin KuskeAlexander RödigerEric Franke3:16.38Not awardedWon Yun-jongJun Jung-linSeo Young-wooKim Dong-hyun Two-womanMariama JamankaLisa Buckwitz 3:22.45Elana Meyers TaylorLauren Gibbs 3:22.52Kaillie HumphriesPhylicia George 3:22.89
Participating nations A total of 164 athletes from 22 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). This was the first time that Nigeria had qualified for the Winter Games in any sport. The two-woman bobsleigh team was thus Nigeria's first ever representation at the Winter Olympics.
References
External links Official Results Book – Bobsleigh