Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Two-man
| Two-man at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
|
|||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gold medal winners
|
|||||||||||||
| Venue | Whistler Sliding Centre | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 20–21 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 27 teams from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:27.51 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
|
André Lange Kevin Kuske |
 Germany
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Thomas Florschütz Richard Adjei |
Germany
|
|
|
Alexandr Zubkov Alexey Voyevoda |
 Russia
|
The two-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 20–21 February. The German team of André Lange and Kevin Kuske were the defending Olympic champions in this event.Switzerland's team of Ivo Rüegg and Cedric Grand were the defending world champions in this event. The test event held at the Olympic venue was won by the German duo of Thomas Florschütz and Marc Kühne. The last World Cup event prior to the 2010 Games took place in Igls, Austria (southeast of Innsbruck) on 23 January 2010 and was won by the Swiss duo of Beat Hefti and Thomas Lamparter while Rüegg won the overall World Cup in the two-man event.
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.
...
Wikipedia