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Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Four-man

Four-man
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Bobsleigh pictogram.svg
Pictogram for bobsleigh
Venue Cesana Pariol
Dates February 24 — 25
Competitors 104 from 19 nations
Winning time 3:40.42
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s)  Germany
André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Russia
Alexandre Zoubkov, Philippe Egorov, Alexei Seliverstov, Alexey Voevoda
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Switzerland
Martin Annen, Thomas Lamparter, Beat Hefti, Cedric Grand
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1st, gold medalist(s)  Germany
André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Russia
Alexandre Zoubkov, Philippe Egorov, Alexei Seliverstov, Alexey Voevoda
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Switzerland
Martin Annen, Thomas Lamparter, Beat Hefti, Cedric Grand

The Four-man bobsleigh competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 24 and 25 February, at Cesana Pariol.

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.

The following track records were established during this event.

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

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.


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