The two-man competition in

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at the

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was held on 14 February (heats 1 and 2) and 15 February (heats 3 and 4), at the

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. The event was won by

Francesco Friedrich Francesco Friedrich (born 2 May 1990) is a German bobsledder who has been active since 2006. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, he and his brakeman Thorsten Margis tied with Canada's Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz for t ...

and

Thorsten Margis Thorsten Margis (born 14 August 1989) is a German bobsledder.FIBT Profile

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who repeated their 2018 success.

Johannes Lochner Johannes Lochner (born 15 October 1990) is a German bobsledder who competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter ...

and

Florian Bauer Florian Bauer (born 11 February 1994) is a German bobsledder. He won a medal at the IBSF World Championships 2020 The 2020 IBSF World Championships were held in Altenberg, Germany from 21 February to 1 March 2020. This World Championship ...

won the silver medal, and

Christoph Hafer Christoph Hafer (born 14 April 1992) is a German bobsledder. Career Hafer started with the sport of luge on the Königssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track at the age of nine. In 2010, he switched to bobsleigh and has been part of the German ...

and

Matthias Sommer Matthias Sommer (born 3 December 1991) is a German bobsledder. He won a bronze medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonl ...

the bronze medal, for each of them the first Olympic medal. This was the only podium sweep at the 2022 Olympics. The joint 2018 champions were

Justin Kripps Justin Kripps (born January 6, 1987) is a Canadian bobsledder and an Olympic champion in two-man bobsleigh following his gold medal win at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Kripps won a silver medal in the two-man event at th ...

and

Alexander Kopacz Alexander Kopacz (born 26 January 1990) is a Canadian bobsledder and the reigning Olympic co-champion in the two-man bobsleigh event. He competed in the two-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Kopacz and pilot Justin Kripps tied with the G ...

, and Friedrich and Margis. Kripps qualified for the Olympics, but now with a new brakeman,

Cam Stones Cameron Stones (born 5 January 1992) is a Canadian bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , o ...

. The bronze medalists,

Oskars Melbārdis Oskars Melbārdis (born 16 February 1988) is a former Latvian bobsledder who has competed since 2006. He is the most successful bobsledder in the history of his country, having won one gold and two bronze Olympic medals. He also earned the first- ...

and

Jānis Strenga Janis Strenga (born 5 February 1986) is a Latvian bobsledder, brakeman who has competed since 2008. Career He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships 2016 in Igls, Austria (with pilot Oskars Melbārdis, Daumants Dr ...

, stopped competing. Friedrich and

Alexander Schüller Alexander Schüller (born 13 May 1997) is a German bobsledder. He won a medal at the IBSF World Championships 2020. References External links *Alexander Schüllerat the German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation German Bobsleigh, Luge, ...

were the 2021 World champions. Lochner and

Eric Franke Eric Franke (born 16 August 1989) is a German bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening ...

were the silver medalists, and

Hans-Peter Hannighofer Hans-Peter Hannighofer (born 17 October 1997) is a German bobsledder. He won a bronze medal at the IBSF World Championships 2021 in the two-man event. References External links * * Hans Peter Hannighoferat the German Bobsleigh, Luge, and S ...

and

Christian Röder Christian Röder (born 23 January 1997) is a German bobsledder. He won a bronze medal at the IBSF World Championships 2021 in the two-man event. References External links * Christian Röderat the German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federat ...

were the bronze medalists. The

2021–22 Bobsleigh World Cup The 2021–22 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi-race series over a season for bobsleigh Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. Internationa ...

was completely dominated by Friedrich, who (with Margis and Schüller) won seven events out of eight. The eighth event was won by

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and Mikhail Mordasov. Friedrich won the World Cup, followed by Kripps, Gaitiukevich, and Lochner.

Qualification

There was a quota of 30 sleds available for the men's two-man event. Qualification was based on the world rankings of the 2021/2022 season between 15 October 2020 and 16 January 2022. Pilots must have competed in six different races on three different tracks and been ranked in at least five of those races. Additionally, the pilot must been ranked among the top 50 for the man's events or top 40 for the women's events. For the men's races the IBSF ranking will be used. The top two nations in the rankings earned three sled each. The next seven nations earned two sleds each, while the next ten earned one sled each. The IBSF announced final quotas on January 24, 2022.

Summary

Results

References

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