The two-man competition in bobsleigh at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 16 February (heats 1 and 2) and 17 February (heats 3 and 4), at the Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo. German teams swept the podium: Johannes Lochner and Georg Fleischhauer became the champions, Francesco Friedrich and Alexander Schüller finished second, and Adam Ammour and Alexander Schaller third. For Lochner, this became the first Olympic gold; for Fleischhauer, Ammour, and Schaller, their first Olympic medals.
Background The defending champions were Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis. Friedrich qualified for the event, but in 2026 he was running with Alexander Schüller. If they won, Friedrich would become the first person to win three gold medals in two-man bobsleigh. Similarly, the 2022 silver medalists were Johannes Lochner and Florian Bauer; Lochner was now running with Georg Fleischhauer. The bronze medalists were Christoph Hafer and Matthias Sommer. Hafer retired. Lochner won the 2025–26 Bobsleigh World Cup, having won six out of seven two-man races that season; the remaining race was won by Friedrich. Friedrich and Schüller were the 2025 World champions.
Qualification
Summary Sleds qualifiedCountriesAthletes totalNation3212262411020 26 18 56
Results Rank Bib Athletes Country Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Run 3 Rank Run 4 Rank Total Behind 1 Johannes LochnerGeorg Fleischhauer 54.68 TR 1 55.22 1 54.89 1 54.91 1 3:39.70 2 Francesco FriedrichAlexander Schüller 55.16 3 55.54 2 55.01 2 55.33 2 3:41.04 +1.34 3 Adam AmmourAlexander Schaller 55.12 2 56.02 11 55.03 3 55.35 4 3:41.52 +1.82 4 4 Frank Del DucaJoshua Williamson 55.40 4 55.84 6 55.38 4 55.34 3 3:41.96 +2.26 5 11 Mihai ȚenteaGeorge Iordache 55.73 10 55.65 3 55.46 6 55.53 5 3:42.37 +2.67 6 6 Michael VogtAmadou David Ndiaye 55.64 7 55.85 7 55.47 7 55.64 8 3:42.60 +2.90 7 9 Patrick BaumgartnerRobert Mircea 55.58 6 56.00 10 55.49 8 55.60 6 3:42.67 +2.97 8 10 Jēkabs KalendaMatīss Miknis 55.68 9 55.75 4 55.64 10 55.61 7 3:42.68 +2.98 9 8 Markus TreichlDaniel Bertschler 55.89 13 55.76 5 55.62 9 55.74 10 3:43.01 +3.31 10 13 Romain HeinrichDorian Hauterville 55.75 11 55.89 8 55.75 12 55.93 13 3:43.32 +3.62 10 18 Dave WesselinkJelen Franjić 55.83 12 56.18 17 55.44 5 55.87 12 3:43.32 +3.62 12 7 Brad HallTaylor Lawrence Leon Greenwood 55.65 8 55.89 8 55.72 11 56.17 18 3:43.43 +3.73 13 5 Kim Jin-suKim Hyeong-geun 55.53 5 56.16 15 55.90 16 56.01 15 3:43.60 +3.90 14 12 Cédric FolladorLuca Rolli 56.17 17 56.09 13 55.87 14 55.68 9 3:43.81 +4.11 15 15 Timo RohnerTim Annen 55.95 14 56.14 14 55.89 15 55.84 11 3:43.82 +4.12 16 16 Sun KaizhiAn Tai 56.15 16 56.16 15 55.83 13 56.03 16 3:44.17 +4.47 17 21 Li ChunjianYe Jielong 55.99 15 56.30 20 56.36 23 55.94 14 3:44.59 +4.89 18 26 Taylor AustinShaquille Murray-Lawrence 56.18 18 56.07 12 56.08 19 56.27 20 3:44.60 +4.90 19 19 Suk Young-jinChae Byung-do 56.27 19 56.23 18 56.03 18 56.08 17 3:44.61 +4.91 20 22 Martin KranzDavid Tschofen 56.31 20 56.29 19 56.09 20 56.24 19 3:44.93 +5.23 21 23 Jakob MandlbauerDaiyehan Nichols-Bardi 56.34 21 56.67 22 56.21 21 2:49.22 22 20 Shane PitterJunior Harris 56.68 22 56.72 23 55.97 17 2:49.37 23 14 Jacob DearbornMike Evelyn 56.74 23 56.59 21 56.45 24 2:49.78 24 17 Edson BindilattiLuis Bacca Gonçalves 56.95 24 56.81 24 56.22 22 2:49.98 25 24 Axel BrownDe Aundre John 57.22 25 56.97 25 56.86 25 2:51.05 26 25 Adam EdelmanMenachem Chen 57.38 26 57.22 26 57.64 26 2:52.24
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