| Four-man bobsleigh at the XIX Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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 USA-2 team, consisting of Brian Shimer, Mike Kohn, Doug Sharp and Dan Steele, after finishing the third run of the four-man competition | ||||||||||
| Venue | Park City, United States | |||||||||
| Dates | February 22–23 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 135 from 26 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 3:07.51 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| ← 19982006 → | ||||||||||
| Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Two | men | women |
| Four | men | |
The Four-man bobsleigh competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City was held on 22 and 23 February, at the Utah Olympic Park Track near Park City.
Records
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 track records for the Utah Olympic Park Track were as follows.
| Type | Date | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start | 28 November 1998 |  GermanyAndre Lange Christoph Heyder Enrico Kühn Lars Behrendt |
4.74 |
| Run | 25 February 2001 | Germany Andre Lange Lars Behrendt Rene Hoppe Carsten Embach |
46.57 |
The following track records were established during this event.
| Type | Date | Run | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | 22 February | 1 |  Switzerland (SUI-1) Martin Annen Silvio Schäufelberger Beat Hefti Cédric Grand |
4.73 |
| 22 February | 2 | Switzerland (SUI-1) Martin Annen Silvio Schäufelberger Beat Hefti Cédric Grand |
4.72 |
Results
References
- ^ "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 1" (PDF). Salt Lake Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 6, 2010. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
- "Bobsleigh at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's Four". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
