Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics
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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Bobsleigh
|games = 2002 Winter
|image =
|image_size = 300px
|caption =
|venue = Utah Olympic Park
|dates = 16–23 February 2002
|competitors = 195
|nations = 34
|prev = 1998
|next = 2006
}}
{{Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics}}
Three bobsleigh events were competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics, at Utah Olympic Park. The competition took place between February 16 and February 23, 2002.{{cite web
|title=Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 1
|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2002/SLC2002Results1.pdf
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506004523/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2002/SLC2002Results1.pdf
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=May 6, 2010
|publisher=LA84 Foundation
|work=Salt Lake Organizing Committee
|year=2002
|access-date=January 6, 2014
For the first time since 1932, Olympic bobsleigh added a new event, with the first ever women's competition, won by Jill Bakken and Vonetta Flowers of the United States.
The competitions comprised four heats. Teams raced in the first and third heats in the order of the draw. The second heat was raced in order of ranking after the first heat, and the fourth heat is raced in order of the ranking after the first three heats. Total time for the four heats determined the final rank.
Medal summary
=Medal table=
=Events=
Image:Jill Bakken and Vonetta Flowers.jpg (left) and Flowers]]
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| Two-man |{{flagIOC|GER|2002 Winter|GER-1}} | 3:10.11
|{{flagIOC|SUI|2002 Winter|SUI-1}} | 3:10.20
|{{flagIOC|SUI|2002 Winter|SUI-2}} | 3:10.62 |
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| Four-man |{{flagIOC|GER|2002 Winter|GER-2}} | 3:07.51
|{{flagIOC|USA|2002 Winter|USA-1}} | 3:07.81
|{{flagIOC|USA|2002 Winter|USA-2}} | 3:07.86 |
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| Two-woman |{{flagIOC|USA|2002 Winter|USA-2}} | 1:37.76
|{{flagIOC|GER|2002 Winter|GER-1}} | 1:38.06
|{{flagIOC|GER|2002 Winter|GER-2}} | 1:38.29 |
Participating NOCs
Thirty-four nations competed in the bobsleigh events at Salt Lake City.
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- {{flagIOC|AUS|2002 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|AUT|2002 Winter|5}}
- {{flagIOC|BRA|2002 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|BUL|2002 Winter|2}}
- {{flagIOC|CAN|2002 Winter|8}}
- {{flagIOC|CRO|2002 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|CZE|2002 Winter|6}}
- {{flagIOC|FRA|2002 Winter|9}}
- {{flagIOC|GBR|2002 Winter|14}}
- {{flagIOC|GER|2002 Winter|13}}
- {{flagIOC|GRE|2002 Winter|2}}
- {{flagIOC|HUN|2002 Winter|7}}
- {{flagIOC|IRL|2002 Winter|2}}
- {{flagIOC|ISV|2002 Winter|6}}
- {{flagIOC|ITA|2002 Winter|9}}
- {{flagIOC|JAM|2002 Winter|2}}
- {{flagIOC|JPN|2002 Winter|5}}
- {{flagIOC|LAT|2002 Winter|8}}
- {{flagIOC|MEX|2002 Winter|2}}
- {{flagIOC|MON|2002 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|NED|2002 Winter|8}}
- {{flagIOC|NOR|2002 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|NZL|2002 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|POL|2002 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|ROU|2002 Winter|6}}
- {{flagIOC|RUS|2002 Winter|10}}
- {{flagIOC|SVK|2002 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|SUI|2002 Winter|10}}
- {{flagIOC|SWE|2002 Winter|2}}
- {{flagIOC|TPE|2002 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|TRI|2002 Winter|3}}
- {{flagIOC|UKR|2002 Winter|5}}
- {{flagIOC|USA|2002 Winter|12}}
- {{flagIOC|YUG|2002 Winter|4}}
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References
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{{Events at the 2002 Winter Olympics}}
{{Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics}}