2016/2017 IBSF European Cup – Four-Man Bobsled – Race

From Altenberg, GER

Results from the fourth four-man competition of the 2016/2017 IBSF European Cup schedule, held December 18, 2016.

Bennet Buchmüller beat Oskars Kibermanis for gold, setting the fast time in both heats in the process.

The German was quickest in both heats, while Kibermanis has to come back from a fourth-fastest first run to take silver. Buchmüller’s teammate, Rochard Oelsner, finished with a bronze medal, just .04 behind Kibermanis.

Christoph Hafer, Ivan Linuchev, and Nikita Zakharov rounded out the top six.

Ollie Biddulph finished 14th for Great Britain.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Buchmüller / Hertel / Scherer / Laurenz GER 5.23 5.21 55.30 55.57 1:50.87
2 Kibermanis / Jansons / Miknis / Zirups LAT 5.15 5.12 55.48 55.59 1:51.07
2 Oelsner / Knoetzsch / Skibbe / Schüller GER 5.24 5.24 55.45 55.66 1:51.11
4 Hafer / Krenz / Hammers / Schneider GER 5.30 5.29 55.46 55.76 1:51.22
5 Linuchev / Buryakov / Tarasov / Neustroev RUS 5.33 5.28 55.66 55.85 1:51.51
6 Zakharov / Korotkov / Zharovtsev / Samitov RUS 5.35 5.28 55.81 55.75 1:51.56
7 Popov / Kazantsev / Kardakov / Mordasov RUS 5.28 5.24 55.92 55.72 1:51.64
8 Zalims / Lusis / Springis / Brezinskis LAT 5.23 5.23 55.91 55.85 1:51.76
9 Vrba / Egydy / Suchy / Nosek CZE 5.30 5.26 55.85 55.94 1:51.79
10 Bertazzo / Ughi / Comel / Bilotti ITA 5.33 5.35 55.98 56.06 1:52.04
11 Treichl / Glueck / Esterhammer / Bassey AUT 5.35 5.36 55.94 56.34 1:52.28
12 Baumgartner / Costa / Caruso / Variola ITA 5.46 5.45 55.94 56.48 1:52.42
13 Dvorak / Kopriva / Sindelar / Havlin CZE 5.27 5.25 56.15 56.35 1:52.50
14 Biddulph / Watson / Gleeson / Judson GBR 5.38 5.40 56.03 56.62 1:52.65
15 Bracher / Doerig / Meier / Kuonen SUI 5.48 5.47 56.29 56.39 1:52.68
16 Nolte / Mair / Weber / Weickert GER 5.31 5.29 56.37 56.33 1:52.70
17 Matousek / Dobes / Ruzek / Zalesky CZE 5.36 5.34 56.33 56.76 1:53.09
18 Bredikhin / Kozlov / Gura / Piskunov RUS 5.40 5.50 56.63 57.09 1:53.72