Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Two-woman

The two-man women's bobsleigh competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 20 and 21 February at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea.^[1]

Two-Man Women's at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates	20–21 February 2018
Competitors	40 from 12 nations
Winning time	3:22.45
Medalists
Mariama Jamanka Lisa Buckwitz  Germany Elana Meyers Taylor Lauren Gibbs  United States Kaillie Humphries Phylicia George  Canada
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Qualification

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The top two countries in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh season (including the World Cup, Europe races and Americas Cup) were awarded the maximum three sleds. The next four countries were awarded two sleds each. The remaining six sleds were awarded to six countries, with Australia being awarded an Oceania continental quota, Nigeria being awarded with the African quota and South Korea being awarded a slot as host nation.^[2][3]

Results

The first two runs were held on 20 February and the last runs on 21 February 2018.^[4]

Rank	Bib	Country	Athletes	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Behind
	6	Germany	Mariama Jamanka Lisa Buckwitz	50.54	50.72	50.49	50.70	3:22.45	—
	5	United States	Elana Meyers Taylor Lauren Gibbs	50.52 TR	50.81	50.46 TR	50.73	3:22.52	+0.07
	4	Canada	Kaillie Humphries Phylicia George	50.72	50.88	50.52	50.77	3:22.89	+0.44
4	8	Germany	Stephanie Schneider Annika Drazek	50.63	50.93	50.71	50.70	3:22.97	+0.52
5	7	United States	Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans	50.59	50.99	50.59	50.85	3:23.02	+0.57
6	9	Canada	Alysia Rissling Heather Moyse	50.81	50.95	50.83	51.04	3:23.63	+1.18
7	13	Canada	Christine de Bruin Melissa Lotholz	50.94	50.91	50.75	51.29	3:23.89	+1.44
8	17	Great Britain	Mica McNeill Mica Moore	50.77	50.95	51.16	51.19	3:24.07	+1.62
9	12	Switzerland	Sabina Hafner Rahel Rebsamen	50.86	51.16	51.07	51.21	3:24.30	+1.85
10	14	Austria	Christina Hengster Valerie Kleiser	51.23	51.04	51.00	51.24	3:24.51	+2.06
11	15	Belgium	Elfje Willemsen Sara Aerts	51.03	51.27	51.10	51.21	3:24.61	+2.16
DSQ	11	Olympic Athletes from Russia	Nadezhda Sergeeva Anastasia Kocherzhova	51.01	51.49	51.29	51.37	3:25.16	+2.71
12	20	Belgium	An Vannieuwenhuyse Sophie Vercruyssen	51.24	51.28	51.53	51.20	3:25.25	+2.80
13	10	Germany	Anna Köhler Erline Nolte	51.21	51.20	51.46	51.41	3:25.28	+2.83
14	1	South Korea	Kim Yoo-ran Kim Min-seong	51.24	51.20	51.32	51.55	3:25.31	+2.86
15	19	Romania	Maria Constantin Andreea Grecu	51.17	51.40	51.39	51.57	3:25.53	+3.08
16	3	Olympic Athletes from Russia	Alexandra Rodionova Yulia Belomestnykh	51.29	51.47	51.41	51.55	3:25.72	+3.27
17	16	Austria	Katrin Beierl Victoria Hahn	51.49	51.41	51.51	51.43	3:25.84	+3.39
18	18	Jamaica	Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian Carrie Russell	51.29	51.50	51.83	51.32	3:25.94	+3.49
19	2	Nigeria	Seun Adigun Akuoma Omeoga (Run 1-2) Ngozi Onwumere (Run 3-4)	52.21	52.55	52.31	52.53	3:29.60	+7.15

With Mariama Jamanka (1st), Elana Meyers Taylor & Lauren Gibbs (2nd) and Phylicia George (3rd) all making the podium, it marked the first time in Winter Olympic history that black athletes won gold, silver and bronze medals in the same event.