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.^[1]

Two-woman at the XX Olympic Winter Games
The USA-1 sled of Rohbock and Fleming traverses a corner.
Venue	Cesana Pariol
Dates	February 20 — 21
Competitors	32 from 10 nations
Winning time	3:49.98
Medalists
Sandra Kiriasis, Anja Schneiderheinze  Germany Shauna Rohbock, Valerie Fleming  United States Gerda Weissensteiner, Jennifer Isacco  Italy
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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[2]	Date	Team	Time
Start	21 January 2005	United States Shauna Rohbock Valerie Fleming	5.22
Run	7 January 2006	Italy Gerda Weissensteiner Jennifer Isacco	58.57

The following track records were established during this event.

Type[2]	Date	Run	Team	Time
Start	20 February	1	Canada (CAN-1) Helen Upperton Heather Moyse	5.16
Run	20 February	1	Germany (GER-2) Susi Lisa Erdmann Nicole Herschmann	57.26
	20 February	1	Germany (GER-1) Sandra Kiriasis Anja 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.^[3]

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.^[2]

Chisato Nagaoka and Manami Hino at 2006 Winter Olympics

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

References

1. "Bobsleigh at the 2006 Turin Winter Games: Women's Two". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
2. "Torino 2006 Official Report - Bobsleigh" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved July 7, 2009.
3. "Foster City's Flowers In Medal Position In Bobsled". foxreno.com. February 20, 2006. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2009.