Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Definition and Overview

2002 Winter Olympic Games Bobsleigh

Four-Man:

Medal	Team	Time
Gold	Germany II (Andre Lange, Enrico Kuehn, Kevin Kuske, Carsten Embach) (GER)	3:07.51
Silver	USA I (Todd Hays, Randy Jones, Bill Schuffenhauer, Garrett Hines) (USA)	3:07.81
Bronze	USA II (Brian Shimer, Mike Kohn, Doug Sharp, Dan Steele) (USA)	3:07.86

Germany continues its dominance of bobsleigh at the Olympics. Two-Man:

Medal	Athletes	Time
Gold	Christoph Langen / Markus Zimmerman (GER)	3:10.11
Silver	Steve Anderhub / Christian Reich (SUI)	3:10.20
Bronze	Martin Annen / Beat Hefti (SUI)	3:10.62

Langen and Zimmerman both become four-time Olympic medalists. Two-Woman:

Medal	Athletes	Time
Gold	Jill Bakken / Vonetta Flowers (USA)	1:37.76
Silver	Sandra Prokoff / Ulrike Holzner (GER)	1:38.06
Bronze	Susi Erdmann / Nicole Herschmann (GER)	1:38.29

This is the inaugural women's bobsleigh event. Susi Erdmann previously medaled in luge. Vonetta Flowers was the first African-American to win a Winter Olympics medal.