Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Two-woman


The Two-woman bobsleigh competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 20 and 21 February, at Cesana Pariol.

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 Cesana Pariol track records were as follows.
TypeDateTeamTime
Start21 January 2005
Shauna Rohbock
Valerie Fleming
5.22
Run7 January 2006
Gerda Weissensteiner
Jennifer Isacco
58.57

The following track records were established during this event.
TypeDateRunTeamTime
Start20 February1
Helen Upperton
Heather Moyse
5.16
Run20 February1
Susi Lisa Erdmann
Nicole Herschmann
57.26
Run20 February1
Sandra Kiriasis
Anja Schneiderheinze
57.16

Results

15 of the 16 two-woman teams entered for the event completed all four runs, with the Netherlands-1 team of Broeders and Pennings the only team not to do so. The Dutch pair crashed on the first run, and, while neither was injured, they did not compete in subsequent runs.
The total time for all four runs was used to determine the final ranking. Sandra Kiriasis and Anja Schneiderheinze, the 2005 World Champions won gold by 0.71 seconds, having the fastest time in three of the four runs.
RankCountryAthletesRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
Sandra Kiriasis
Anja Schneiderheinze
57.1657.7757.3457.713:49.98
Shauna Rohbock
Valerie Fleming
57.3757.6557.7857.893:50.69
Gerda Weissensteiner
Jennifer Isacco
57.5057.6757.7158.133:51.01
4Helen Upperton
Heather Moyse
57.3757.7758.0957.833:51.06
5Susi Lisa Erdmann
Nicole Herschmann
57.2657.7558.0458.273:51.32
6Jean Prahm
Vonetta Flowers
57.9757.6757.8158.333:51.78
7Victoria Tokovaia
Nadezhda Orlova
57.6457.7258.4458.133:51.93
8Maya Bamert
Martina Feusi
57.7257.7858.0058.543:52.04
9Nicola Minichiello
Jackie Davies
57.7857.4958.4158.483:52.16
10Sabina Hafner
Cora Huber
57.8657.9258.7358.353:52.86
11Eline Jurg
Kitty van Haperen
58.0558.0858.4258.3533:52.90
12Jessica Gillarduzzi
Fabiana Mollica
58.2657.7758.3858.553:52.96
13Suzanne Gavine-Hlady
Jamie Cruickshank
58.4957.8658.6558.823:52.96
14Astrid Loch-Wilkinson
Kylie Reed
58.5358.8559.0058.733:55.11
15Manami Hino
Chisato Nagaoka
59.4158.8059.5159.773:57.49
-Ilse Broeders
Jeannette Pennings
60.13DNS