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.

Type Date Team Time Start 21 January 2005 Shauna RohbockValerie Fleming 5.22 Run 7 January 2006 Gerda WeissensteinerJennifer Isacco 58.57

The following track records were established during this event.

Type Date Run Team Time Start 20 February 1 Helen UppertonHeather Moyse 5.16 Run 20 February 1 Susi Lisa ErdmannNicole Herschmann 57.26 20 February 1 Sandra KiriasisAnja 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.

Rank Country Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Sandra Kiriasis Anja Schneiderheinze 57.16 57.77 57.34 57.71 3:49.98 Shauna Rohbock Valerie Fleming 57.37 57.65 57.78 57.89 3:50.69 Gerda Weissensteiner Jennifer Isacco 57.50 57.67 57.71 58.13 3:51.01 4 Helen Upperton Heather Moyse 57.37 57.77 58.09 57.83 3:51.06 5 Susi Lisa Erdmann Nicole Herschmann 57.26 57.75 58.04 58.27 3:51.32 6 Jean Prahm Vonetta Flowers 57.97 57.67 57.81 58.33 3:51.78 7 Victoria Tokovaia Nadezhda Orlova 57.64 57.72 58.44 58.13 3:51.93 8 Maya Bamert Martina Feusi 57.72 57.78 58.00 58.54 3:52.04 9 Nicola Minichiello Jackie Davies 57.78 57.49 58.41 58.48 3:52.16 10 Sabina Hafner Cora Huber 57.86 57.92 58.73 58.35 3:52.86 11 Eline Jurg Kitty van Haperen 58.05 58.08 58.42 58.353 3:52.90 12 Jessica Gillarduzzi Fabiana Mollica 58.26 57.77 58.38 58.55 3:52.96 13 Suzanne Gavine-Hlady Jamie Cruickshank 58.49 57.86 58.65 58.82 3:52.96 14 Astrid Loch-Wilkinson Kylie Reed 58.53 58.85 59.00 58.73 3:55.11 15 Manami Hino Chisato Nagaoka 59.41 58.80 59.51 59.77 3:57.49 - Ilse Broeders Jeannette Pennings 60.13 DNS — — —

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