Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics
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2002 Winter Olympic Games Bobsleigh
Four-Man:
Medal | Team | Time |
Gold | Germany II (Andre Lange, Enrico Kuehn, Kevin Kuske, Carsten Embach) (GER) | 3:07.51 |
Silver | USA I (Todd Hays, Randy Jones, Bill Schuffenhauer, Garrett Hines) (USA) | 3:07.81 |
Bronze | USA II (Brian Shimer, Mike Kohn, Doug Sharp, Dan Steele) (USA) | 3:07.86 |
Germany continues its dominance of bobsleigh at the Olympics.
Two-Man:
Medal | Athletes | Time |
Gold | Christoph Langen / Markus Zimmerman (GER) | 3:10.11 |
Silver | Missing image Switzerland_flag_large.png Steve Anderhub / Christian Reich (SUI) | 3:10.20 |
Bronze | Missing image Switzerland_flag_large.png Martin Annen / Beat Hefti (SUI) | 3:10.62 |
Langen and Zimmerman both become four-time Olympic medalists.
Two-Woman:
Medal | Athletes | Time |
Gold | Jill Bakken / Vonetta Flowers (USA) | 1:37.76 |
Silver | Sandra Prokoff / Ulrike Holzner (GER) | 1:38.06 |
Bronze | Susi Erdmann / Nicole Herschmann (GER) | 1:38.29 |
This is the inaugural women's bobsleigh event. Susi Erdmann previously medaled in luge. Vonetta Flowers was the first African-American to win a Winter Olympics medal.de:Olympische Winterspiele 2002/Bob nl:Olympische_Winterspelen_2002/Bobsleeën