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Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Two-man

Two-man
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh pictogram.svg
Venue Spiral
Dates February 14 — 15
Competitors 76 from 24 nations
Winning time 3:37.24
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s)  Italy
Günther Huber, Antonio Tartaglia
1st, gold medalist(s)  Canada
Pierre Lueders, Dave MacEachern
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Germany
Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann
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1st, gold medalist(s)  Italy
Günther Huber, Antonio Tartaglia
1st, gold medalist(s)  Canada
Pierre Lueders, Dave MacEachern
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Germany
Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann

The Two-man bobsleigh competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano was held on 14 and 15 February, at Spiral. Huber lead Lueders by 0.05 seconds after the first run. Leuders picked up 0.02 seconds in the next two runs. Prior to the start of the fourth run, Lueders turned to Huber and asked "Can you imagine if we tied this thing?" After the fourth run, Tartaglia stated "In the end, it felt like were friends who had accomplished something together."

Sports-Reference - 1998 Two-man


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