Bobsleigh at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Two-man
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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.[1] 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.[2][3] For Lochner, this became the first Olympic gold; for Fleischhauer, Ammour, and Schaller, their first Olympic medals.
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| Venue | Cortina Sliding Centre Cortina d'Ampezzo | ||||||||||||
| Date | 16, 17 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 53 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 26 | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:39.70 | ||||||||||||
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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.[4] 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 qualified | Countries | Athletes total | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 12 |  Germany Switzerland |
| 2 | 6 | 24 |  United States Canada South Korea China Latvia Austria |
| 1 | 10 | 20 |  Great Britain Italy France Romania Brazil Netherlands Liechtenstein Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Israel |
| 26 | 18 | 56 |
Results
| Rank | Bib | Athletes | Country | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Run 3 | Rank | Run 4 | Rank | Total | Behind |
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 | 1 | Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer | Germany | 54.68 TR | 1 | 55.22 | 1 | 54.89 | 1 | 54.91 | 1 | 3:39.70 | |
 | 2 | Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller | Germany | 55.16 | 3 | 55.54 | 2 | 55.01 | 2 | 55.33 | 2 | 3:41.04 | +1.34 |
 | 3 | Adam Ammour Alexander Schaller | Germany | 55.12 | 2 | 56.02 | 11 | 55.03 | 3 | 55.35 | 4 | 3:41.52 | +1.82 |
| 4 | 4 | Frank Del Duca Joshua Williamson | United States | 55.40 | 4 | 55.84 | 6 | 55.38 | 4 | 55.34 | 3 | 3:41.96 | +2.26 |
| 5 | 11 | Mihai Țentea George Iordache | Romania | 55.73 | 10 | 55.65 | 3 | 55.46 | 6 | 55.53 | 5 | 3:42.37 | +2.67 |
| 6 | 6 | Michael Vogt Amadou David Ndiaye | Switzerland | 55.64 | 7 | 55.85 | 7 | 55.47 | 7 | 55.64 | 8 | 3:42.60 | +2.90 |
| 7 | 9 | Patrick Baumgartner Robert Mircea | Italy | 55.58 | 6 | 56.00 | 10 | 55.49 | 8 | 55.60 | 6 | 3:42.67 | +2.97 |
| 8 | 10 | Jēkabs Kalenda Matīss Miknis | Latvia | 55.68 | 9 | 55.75 | 4 | 55.64 | 10 | 55.61 | 7 | 3:42.68 | +2.98 |
| 9 | 8 | Markus Treichl Daniel Bertschler | Austria | 55.89 | 13 | 55.76 | 5 | 55.62 | 9 | 55.74 | 10 | 3:43.01 | +3.31 |
| 10 | 13 | Romain Heinrich Dorian Hauterville | France | 55.75 | 11 | 55.89 | 8 | 55.75 | 12 | 55.93 | 13 | 3:43.32 | +3.62 |
| 10 | 18 | Dave Wesselink Jelen Franjić | Netherlands | 55.83 | 12 | 56.18 | 17 | 55.44 | 5 | 55.87 | 12 | 3:43.32 | +3.62 |
| 12 | 7 | Brad Hall Taylor Lawrence (Run 1–2) Leon Greenwood (Run 3–4) | Great Britain | 55.65 | 8 | 55.89 | 8 | 55.72 | 11 | 56.17 | 18 | 3:43.43 | +3.73 |
| 13 | 5 | Kim Jin-su Kim Hyeong-geun | South Korea | 55.53 | 5 | 56.16 | 15 | 55.90 | 16 | 56.01 | 15 | 3:43.60 | +3.90 |
| 14 | 12 | Cédric Follador Luca Rolli | Switzerland | 56.17 | 17 | 56.09 | 13 | 55.87 | 14 | 55.68 | 9 | 3:43.81 | +4.11 |
| 15 | 15 | Timo Rohner Tim Annen | Switzerland | 55.95 | 14 | 56.14 | 14 | 55.89 | 15 | 55.84 | 11 | 3:43.82 | +4.12 |
| 16 | 16 | Sun Kaizhi An Tai | China | 56.15 | 16 | 56.16 | 15 | 55.83 | 13 | 56.03 | 16 | 3:44.17 | +4.47 |
| 17 | 21 | Li Chunjian Ye Jielong | China | 55.99 | 15 | 56.30 | 20 | 56.36 | 23 | 55.94 | 14 | 3:44.59 | +4.89 |
| 18 | 26 | Taylor Austin Shaquille Murray-Lawrence | Canada | 56.18 | 18 | 56.07 | 12 | 56.08 | 19 | 56.27 | 20 | 3:44.60 | +4.90 |
| 19 | 19 | Suk Young-jin Chae Byung-do | South Korea | 56.27 | 19 | 56.23 | 18 | 56.03 | 18 | 56.08 | 17 | 3:44.61 | +4.91 |
| 20 | 22 | Martin Kranz David Tschofen | Liechtenstein | 56.31 | 20 | 56.29 | 19 | 56.09 | 20 | 56.24 | 19 | 3:44.93 | +5.23 |
| 21 | 23 | Jakob Mandlbauer Daiyehan Nichols-Bardi | Austria | 56.34 | 21 | 56.67 | 22 | 56.21 | 21 | Did not advance | 2:49.22 | — | |
| 22 | 20 | Shane Pitter Junior Harris | Jamaica | 56.68 | 22 | 56.72 | 23 | 55.97 | 17 | 2:49.37 | |||
| 23 | 14 | Jacob Dearborn Mike Evelyn | Canada | 56.74 | 23 | 56.59 | 21 | 56.45 | 24 | 2:49.78 | |||
| 24 | 17 | Edson Bindilatti Luis Bacca Gonçalves | Brazil | 56.95 | 24 | 56.81 | 24 | 56.22 | 22 | 2:49.98 | |||
| 25 | 24 | Axel Brown De Aundre John | Trinidad and Tobago | 57.22 | 25 | 56.97 | 25 | 56.86 | 25 | 2:51.05 | |||
| 26 | 25 | Adam Edelman Menachem Chen | Israel | 57.38 | 26 | 57.22 | 26 | 57.64 | 26 | 2:52.24 | |||