Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Two-woman
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The Women's two-woman bobsleigh
competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics
in Salt Lake City, United States
was held on 19 February , at Park City
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Bobsleigh
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of two or four make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled that are combined to calculate the final score....
competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...
in Salt Lake City, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
was held on 19 February , at Park City
Park City, Utah
Park City is a town in Summit and Wasatch counties in the U.S. state of Utah. It is considered to be part of the Wasatch Back. The city is southeast of downtown Salt Lake City and from Salt Lake City's east edge of Sugar House along Interstate 80. The population was 7,558 at the 2010 census...
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Results
Each of the 15 two-woman teams entered for the event completed both runs.| Rank | Country | Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
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Jill Bakken Jill Bakken Jill Bakken is an American Olympic bobsledder who has competed since 1994. As driver, she and partner Vonetta Flowers won the gold medal in Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics for the U.S... Vonetta Flowers Vonetta Flowers Vonetta Flowers is an American bobsledder and athlete. Flowers was a star sprinter and long jumper at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and originally aspired to make the U.S. Summer Olympic Team... |
48.81 | 48.95 | 1:37.76 | |
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Sandra Prokoff Ulrike Holzner Ulrike Holzner Ulrike Holzner is a German bobsledder who competed in the early 2000s. She won a silver medal in the two-woman event with teammate Sandra Prokoff at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.... |
49.10 | 48.96 | 1:38.06 | |
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Susi Erdmann Susi Erdmann Susi Erdmann is an East German-German luger and bobsledder who competed from 1977 to 1998 in luge, then since 1999 in bobsleigh... Nicole Herschmann Nicole Herschmann Nicole Herschmann is a German bobsledder who has competed since 2001. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the two-woman event at Salt Lake City in 2002.... |
49.19 | 49.10 | 1:38.29 | |
| 4 | Françoise Burdet Françoise Burdet Françoise Burdet is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from 1992 to 2005. She won two medals in the two-woman event at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in 2001 and a bronze in 2000.... Katharina Sutter Katharina Sutter Katharina Sutter is a Swiss bobsledder who has competed since the late 1990s. She won three medals at the FIBT World Championships with one gold and two bronzes .... |
49.28 | 49.06 | 1:38.34 | |
| 5 | Jean Racine Jean Racine Jean Racine , baptismal name Jean-Baptiste Racine , was a French dramatist, one of the "Big Three" of 17th-century France , and one of the most important literary figures in the Western tradition... Gea Johnson |
49.31 | 49.42 | 1:38.73 | |
| 6 | Eline Jurg Eline Jurg Eline Jurg is a Dutch bobsledder who has competed since 1996. Competed in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of sixth in the two-woman event at Salt Lake City in 2002.... Nannet Kiemel |
49.64 | 49.54 | 1:39.18 | |
| 7 | Gerda Weissensteiner Gerda Weissensteiner Gerda Weissensteiner is an Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot who has competed from the late 1980s to 2006... Antonella Bellutti Antonella Bellutti Antonella Bellutti is an Italian racing cyclist and two-time Olympic champion in track cycling.Born in Bolzano, in South Tyrol, she now resides in Rovereto, in Trentino.... |
49.66 | 49.55 | 1:39.21 | |
| 8 | Viktoria Tokovaya Kristina Bader Kristina Bader Kristina Bader is a Soviet-born German bobsledder who competed from 2001 to 2004. She won a gold medal in the two-woman event at the 2004 FIBT World Championships in Königssee.... |
49.72 | 49.55 | 1:39.27 | |
| 9 | Christina Smith Paula McKenzie |
49.60 | 49.75 | 1:39.35 | |
| 10 | Ilse Broeders Ilse Broeders Ilse Broeders is a Dutch bobsledder who competed from 1999 to 2006. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of tenth in the two-woman event at Salt Lake City in 2002.... Jeanette Pennings |
49.70 | 49.67 | 1:39.37 | |
| 11 | Michelle Coy Michelle Coy Michelle Coy is a British bobsledder who competed from 1993 to 2002. She is best known for her third place overall finish in the two-woman event for the 1998-99 Bobsleigh World Cup season.... Jackie Davies Jackie Davies Jackie Gunn is a British bobsledder who has competed since 1999. She won a silver medal in the two-woman event at the 2005 FIBT World Championships in Calgary.... |
49.77 | 49.78 | 1:39.55 | |
| 12 | Cheryl Done Nicola Gautier |
50.10 | 49.79 | 1:39.89 | |
| 13 | Ildikó Strehli Éva Kürti |
49.99 | 49.92 | 1:39.91 | |
| 14 | Karin Olsson Karin Olsson Karin Olsson is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. She won two bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with one in the K-2 500 m and one in the K-4 500 m .... Lina Engren |
50.37 | 49.93 | 1:40.30 | |
| 15 | Erika Kovacs Maria Spirescu |
50.12 | 50.62 | 1:40.74 |