Bobsleigh women's monobob
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueXiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track
Beijing
Date13, 14 February
Competitors20 from 16 nations
Winning time4:19.27
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kaillie Humphries  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Elana Meyers Taylor  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christine de Bruin  Canada

The women's monobob competition in bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 13 February (heats 1 and 2) and 14 February (heats 3 and 4), at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track in Yanqing District of Beijing.[1] This was the inaugural monobob competition at the Olympics. Kaillie Humphries of the United States won the event. She was the 2018 two-woman bobsleigh champion, but at that time she represented Canada. Elana Meyers Taylor, also of the United States, won the silver medal, and Christine de Bruin of Canada bronze, her first Olympic medal.

In July 2018, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially added the women's monobob event to the program, increasing the total number of events to four.[2]

In the first day of competition, Humphries won both runs and developed an advantage over the second place, Christine de Bruin, with over a second. She won Run 3 as well, and was the third in the last run, which was sufficient for the gold medal. De Bruin dropped to third, and Meyers Taylor won the last run and guaranteed the silver medal.

Qualification

There was a quota of 20 sleds available for the women's mono-bob 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.[3]

For the women's races the IBSF combined ranking will be used for the quotas involving multiple sleds, and for the first six individual quotas in monobob. This meant the first 14 quotas were allocated to athletes already qualified in the two-woman event, with the six individual quotas awarded using the mono-bob ranking.[3] The top four nations in the two-women event earned two quotas each. The next eight slots were awarded to the next eight best ranked NOC's in the two-woman event, while the last six were awarded in through the top six non-qualified athletes in the monobob ranking.[3] The IBSF announced final quotas on 24 January 2022.[4]

Summary

Sleds qualified Countries Athletes total Nation
2 4 8  United States
 Germany
 Canada
 China
1 12 12  ROC
 Switzerland
 Romania
 Austria
 Great Britain
 Australia
 Netherlands
 South Korea
 France
 Slovakia
 Jamaica
 Ukraine
 Italy
201620

Results

RankBibAthleteCountryRun 1RankRun 2RankRun 3RankRun 4RankTotal[5]Behind
1st place, gold medalist(s)5Kaillie Humphries United States1:04.4411:04.6611:04.8711:05.3034:19.27
2nd place, silver medalist(s)4Elana Meyers Taylor United States1:05.1231:05.3031:05.2831:05.1114:20.81+1.54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)7Christine de Bruin Canada1:05.1231:05.0221:05.3841:05.5154:21.03+1.76
49Laura Nolte Germany1:04.7421:05.5871:05.7061:05.3144:21.33+2.06
58Bree Walker Australia1:05.55101:05.5461:05.1621:05.2124:21.46+2.19
62Huai Mingming China1:05.1861:05.7291:05.7171:05.9784:22.58+3.31
712Melanie Hasler Switzerland1:05.1861:05.86111:06.21131:05.5664:22.81+3.54
86Cynthia Appiah Canada1:05.75121:05.5351:05.7881:05.9894:23.04+3.77
913Ying Qing China1:05.1651:05.99121:05.8291:06.44144:23.41+4.14
1010Nadezhda Sergeeva ROC1:05.4591:06.00131:05.83101:06.31114:23.59+4.32
1117Margot Boch France1:05.77141:05.5141:06.01121:06.53164:23.82+4.55
1214Andreea Grecu Romania1:05.56111:05.7181:06.46151:06.26104:23.99+4.72
1311Mariama Jamanka Germany1:05.85151:06.94171:05.4751:05.7474:24.00+4.73
1416Katrin Beierl Austria1:05.3981:06.00131:06.57161:06.56174:24.52+5.25
1520Giada Andreutti Italy1:06.07171:05.77101:06.57161:06.38124:24.79+5.52
1615Karlien Sleper Netherlands1:05.88161:06.59161:05.85111:06.65184:24.97+5.70
1718Viktória Čerňanská Slovakia1:05.75121:06.41151:06.62181:06.47154:25.25+5.98
181Kim Yoo-ran South Korea1:06.68201:07.02181:06.41141:06.41134:26.52+7.25
1919Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian Jamaica1:06.63191:07.38191:06.92191:07.63204:28.56+9.29
203Lidiia Hunko Ukraine1:06.34181:07.84201:07.47201:07.45194:29.10+9.83

References

  1. Minji Seo (2021-06-16). "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  2. Zaccardi, Nick (18 July 2018). "Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics add seven new events". www.olympics.nbcsports.com/. NBC. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Qualification Systems for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022" (PDF). International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  4. "XXIV Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 Bobsleigh - Participation" (PDF). www.ibsf.org/. International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 24 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  5. Final results
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