Robert Laberge

The Jamaican bobsled team’s participation caught much popularity because of their tropical location.

Bobsleigh, or bobsled, as it is more commonly referred to in North America, is a winter sport that involves a mountain descent at high speeds on artificially frozen ice tracks on controlled sledges, or “bobs.” The Olympics’ bobsleigh competition consists of four runs over a two-day period, with two runs a day. The medals are awards based on best overall time for the four runs, and if there is a tie, both teams are awarded the same place. The Olympics bobsleigh competition has four events, each getting two days: Two-man, four-man, and the women’s, which is made of two-woman teams.

BOBSLEIGH
FEBUARY 16^TH – 23^RD
Three Events: Two-man, Women’s, and Four-man

FEBRUARY 16^TH – 17^TH –Two-man –
GOLD: Alexander Zubkov, Alexey Voevoda, RUSSIA, Time: 3:45.39
SILVER: Beat Hefti, Alex Baumann, SWITZERLAND, Time: 3:46.05 Difference: +0.66
BRONZE: Steven Holcomb, Steven Langton, US, Time: 3:46.27 Difference: +0.88
4^TH: Alexander Kasjanov, Maxim Belugin, RUSSIA, Time: 3:46.30 Difference: +0.91
5^TH: Oskars Melbardis, Daumants Dreiskens, LATVIA, Time: 3:46.48 Difference: +1.09

FEBRUARY 18^TH – 19^th – Women’s –
GOLD: Kaillie Humphries, Heather Moyse, CANADA, Time: 3:50.61
SILVER: Elana Meyers, Lauryn Williams, US, Time: 3.50.71 Difference: +0.10
BRONZE: Aja Evans, Jamie Greubel, US, Time: 3:51.61 Difference: +1.00
4^TH: Esme Kamphuis, Judith Vis, NETHERLANDS, Time: 3:52.27 Difference: +1.66
5^TH: Sandra Kiriasis, Franziska Fritz, GERMANY, Time: 3:52.29 Difference: +1.68

FEBRUARY 22^ND – 23^rd – Four-man –
GOLD: Alexander Zubko, Alexy Negodaylo, Dmitry Trunenkov, Alexey Voevoda, RUSSIA, Time: 3:40.60
SILVER: Oskars Mekbardis, Daumants Dreiskens, Arvis Vilkaste, Janis Strenga, LATVIA, Time: 3:40.69 Difference: +0.09
BRONZE: Steven Holcomb,  Christopher Fogt, Steven Langton, Curtis Tomasevicz, US, Time: 3:40.99 Difference: +0.39
4^TH: Alexander Kasjanov, Ilvir Huzin, Maxim Belugin, Aleksei Pushkarev, RUSSIA, Time: 3:41.02 Difference: +0.42
5^TH: John James Jackson, Stuart Benson, Bruce Tasker, Joel Fearon, GREAT BRITAIN, Time: 3:41.10 Difference: +0.50