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Three bobsleigh events were competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics, at the Cesana Pariol venue. The competition took place between February 18 and February 25, 2006. Approximately 7,130 spectators were expected by the organizing committee.

The events used a newly built track measuring 1435 metres with 19 curves, a vertical change of 114 metres, and an approximate top speed of 130 kilometres per hour.

Olympic bobsleigh is governed by the International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation.

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Qualification

All entries must have been submitted to the organizing committee by 30 January 2006.

The qualification was based on the results of pilots, with other members of a bobsleigh crew being selected by their National Olympic Committees. In the two man event, the top 22 pilots from the World Cup 2005-2006 season, the top 4 from the European Challenge Cup, and the top 2 from the North American Challenge Cup all qualified, subject to limits on number of crews per NOC. The four man event qualification was identical except that the World Cup season qualifies only 20 pilots. The two woman event allowed the top 15 pilots from the World Cup 2005-2006 season. NOCs may not have selected other pilots than those who were within the qualifying limits, though if more than two pilots have qualified the selection was made by each individual NOC.

The host nation is guaranteed at least one crew in each event. In addition, all five of the Olympic continents must be represented, with at least one crew in a men's event and one crew in the two woman event. Each nation is limited to two bobs in each event.

Bobsleigh has a minimum age of 18 by the opening date of the Games for competitors.

Events

Competitions comprised four heats. Teams raced in the first and third heats in the order of the draw. The second heat was raced in order of ranking after the first heat, and the fourth heat is raced in order of the ranking after the first three heats. Total time for the four heats determined the final rank.

Two-man

The two man event was held on 18 February 2006 (runs 1 and 2) and 19 February 2006 (runs 3 and 4).

Medal Athlete Time
Gold André Lange / Kevin Kuske (GER) 3:43.38
Silver Pierre Lueders / Lascelles Brown (CAN) 3:43.59
Bronze Martin Annen / Beat Hefti (SUI) 3:43.73

When qualifications were concluded on 15 January 2006, the following pilots were in positions that will qualify them for the two-man event

Pos Pilot Brakeman Nation Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
1 Andre Lange Kevin Kuske Germany Germany 55.28 55.73 56.01 56.36 3:43.38
2 Pierre Lueders Lascelles Brown Canada Canada 55.57 55.50 56.11 56.41 3:43.59
3 Martin Annen Beat Hefti Switzerland Switzerland 55.54 55.67 56.18 56.34 3:43.73
4 >Alexandre Zoubkov Alexey Voevoda Russia Russia 55.54 55.85 56.12 56.49 3:44.00
5 Matthias Höpfner Marc Kuehne Germany Germany 55.56 55.82 56.24 56.63 3:44.25
6 Janis Minins Daumants Dreiskens Latvia Latvia 55.94 55.84 56.16 56.69 3:44.63
7 Todd Hays Pavle Jovanovic United States United States 55.81 55.72 56.31 56.88 3:44.72
8 Ivo Rüegg Cedric Grand Switzerland Switzerland 55.85 55.74 56.37 56.90 3:44.86

Four-man

The four man event was held on 24 February 2006 (runs 1 and 2) and 25 February 2006 (runs 3 and 4).

Medal Athletes Time
Gold André Lange / Rene Hoppe / Kevin Kuske / Martin Putze (GER) 3:40.42
Silver Alexandre Zoubkov / Philippe Egorov / Alexei Seliverstov / Alexey Voevoda (RUS) 3:40.55
Bronze Martin Annen / Thomas Lamparter / Beat Hefti / Cedric Grand (SUI) 3:40.83

When qualifications were concluded on 15 January 2006, the following pilots were in positions that will qualify them for the four-man event.

Pos Pilot Pushers Brakeman Nation Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
1 Andre Lange Rene Hoppe & Kevin Kuske Martin Putze Germany Germany 55.20 55.30 54.80 55.12 3:40.42
2 Alexandre Zoubkov Philippe Egorov & Alexei Seliverstov Alexey Voevoda Russia Russia 55.22 55.45 54.87 55.01 3:40.55
3 Martin Annen Thomas Lamparter & Beat Hefti Cedric Grand Switzerland Switzerland 55.26 55.37 55.00 55.20 3:40.83
4 Pierre Lueders Ken Kotyk & Morgan Alexander Lascelles Brown Canada Canada 55.34 55.43 54.95 55.20 3:40.92
5 René Spies Christoph Heyder & Enrico Kuehn Alexander Metzger Germany Germany 55.47 55.48 54.91 55.18 3:41.04
6 Steven Holcomb Curtis Tomasevicz & Bill Schuffenhauer Lorenzo Smith III United States United States 55.46 55.50 55.14 55.26 3:41.36
7 Todd Hays Pavle Jovanovic & Steve Mesler Brock Kreitzburg United States United States 55.43 55.56 55.04 55.41 3:41.44
8 Ivo Rüegg Andi Gees & Roman Handschin Christian Aebli Switzerland Switzerland 55.65 55.63 55.22 55.30 3:41.80

In addition, one Japanese pilot has right to entry as a representative for the continent of Asia. This could be either Suguru Kiyokawa (2-man) or Hiroshi Suzuki (4-man).

Two-woman

The two woman event was held on 20 February 2006 (runs 1 and 2) and 21 February 2006 (runs 3 and 4).

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Sandra Kiriasis & Anja Schneiderheinze (GER) 3:49.98
Silver Shauna Rohbock & Valerie Fleming (USA) 3:50.69
Bronze Gerda Weissensteiner & Jennifer Isacco (ITA) 3:51.01

When qualifications were concluded on 15 January 2006, the following pilots were in positions that will qualify them for this event. Those that actually competed are in italics.

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