Four-man at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
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Gold medal winners
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Venue | Whistler Sliding Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 26–27 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 25 teams from 17 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:24.46 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Steve Holcomb Steve Mesler Curtis Tomasevicz Justin Olsen |
United States | ||
André Lange Kevin Kuske Alexander Rödiger Martin Putze |
Germany | ||
Lyndon Rush David Bissett Lascelles Brown Chris le Bihan |
Canada |
The four-man bobsleigh competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, was held at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Whistler, British Columbia, on 26–27 February. The German team of André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, and Martin Putze were the defending Olympic champion in this event.America's team of Steve Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, and Curtis Tomasevicz were the defending world champions in this event. The test event was won by the Latvian team of Jānis Miņins, Daumants Dreiškens, Oskars Melbardis, and Intars Dambis. The last World Cup event prior to the 2010 Games place took place in Igls, Austria (southeast of Innsbruck) on 24 January 2010 and was won by the German team of Lange, Hoppe, Kuske, and Putze. Holcomb of the United States won both the four-man and the combined World Cups.