Bobsleigh at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Two-woman
| Bobsleigh two-woman at the XXV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Cortina Sliding Centre Cortina d'Ampezzo | ||||||||||||
| Date | 20, 21 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 50 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 25 | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:48.46 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Bobsleigh at the 2026 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Qualification | ||
| Mono | women | |
| Two | men | women |
| Four | men | |
The two-woman competition in bobsleigh at the 2026 Winter Olympics will be held on 20 February (heats 1 and 2) and 21 February (heats 3 and 4), at the Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo.[1] Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi of Germany successfully defended their 2022 title. Their teammates Lisa Buckwitz and Neele Schuten won the silver medal, and Kaillie Humphries and Jasmine Jones of the United States won bronze.[2][3] For Schuten and Jones these were the first Olympic medals.
Background
The defending champions, Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi, qualified for the event. The 2022 silver medalists were Mariama Jamanka and Alexandra Burghardt; Jamanka retired from competitions. The bronze medalists were Elana Meyers Taylor and Sylvia Hoffman; Meyers Taylor qualified but in 2026 she was competing together with Jadin O'Brien. Nolte won the 2025–26 Bobsleigh World Cup, having won five out of seven two-woman races that season; the remaining two races were won by Kaillie Humphries. Nolte and Levi were the 2025 World champions.
Qualification
Summary
| Sleds qualified | Countries | Athletes total | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 18 | Canada Germany United States |
| 2 | 5 | 20 | Australia Austria China Italy Switzerland |
| 1 | 6 | 12 | France Great Britain South Korea Poland Slovakia Chinese Taipei |
| 25 | 14 | 50 |
Results
| Rank | Bib | Athletes | Country | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Run 3 | Rank | Run 4 | Rank | Total | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laura Nolte Deborah Levi |
Germany | 56.97 | 2 | 56.96 | 1 | 57.26 | 1 | 57.27 | 1 | 3:48.46 | — | |
| 4 | Lisa Buckwitz Neele Schuten |
Germany | 57.05 | 3 | 57.06 | 2 | 57.43 | 2 | 57.45 | 2 | 3:48.99 | +0.53 | |
| 2 | Kaillie Humphries Jasmine Jones |
United States | 56.92 TR | 1 | 57.24 | 4 | 57.57 | 4 | 57.48 | 3 | 3:49.21 | +0.75 | |
| 4 | 3 | Kim Kalicki Talea Prepens |
Germany | 57.13 | 4 | 57.23 | 3 | 57.46 | 3 | 57.54 | 4 | 3:49.36 | +0.90 |
| 5 | 8 | Kaysha Love Azaria Hill |
United States | 57.18 | 6 | 57.37 | 5 | 57.57 | 4 | 57.59 | 5 | 3:49.71 | +1.25 |
| 6 | 7 | Melanie Hasler Nadja Pasternack |
Switzerland | 57.22 | 7 | 57.61 | 9 | 57.95 | 8 | 57.62 | 6 | 3:50.40 | +1.94 |
| 7 | 6 | Elana Meyers Taylor Jadin O'Brien |
United States | 57.14 | 5 | 57.99 | 21 | 57.60 | 6 | 57.76 | 9 | 3:50.49 | +2.03 |
| 7 | 9 | Debora Annen Salomé Kora |
Switzerland | 57.42 | 10 | 57.61 | 9 | 57.83 | 7 | 57.63 | 7 | 3:50.49 | +2.03 |
| 9 | 5 | Katrin Beierl Christania Williams |
Austria | 57.32 | 9 | 57.63 | 11 | 57.96 | 9 | 57.68 | 8 | 3:50.59 | +2.13 |
| 10 | 24 | Breeana Walker Kiara Reddingius |
Australia | 57.45 | 11 | 57.60 | 7 | 57.96 | 9 | 57.81 | 12 | 3:50.82 | +2.36 |
| 11 | 12 | Bianca Ribi Skylar Sieben |
Canada | 57.57 | 12 | 57.55 | 6 | 58.16 | 13 | 58.16 | 17 | 3:51.44 | +2.98 |
| 11 | 13 | Huai Mingming Wang Xuan |
China | 57.60 | 13 | 57.60 | 7 | 58.22 | 14 | 58.02 | 13 | 3:51.44 | +2.98 |
| 13 | 14 | Melissa Lotholz Kelsey Mitchell |
Canada | 57.29 | 8 | 57.64 | 12 | 58.82 | 24 | 57.78 | 10 | 3:51.53 | +3.07 |
| 14 | 11 | Cynthia Appiah Dawn Richardson Wilson |
Canada | 57.68 | 14 | 57.66 | 13 | 58.41 | 17 | 58.04 | 14 | 3:51.79 | +3.33 |
| 15 | 17 | Adele Nicoll Ashleigh Nelson |
Great Britain | 58.03 | 20 | 57.97 | 20 | 58.03 | 11 | 57.80 | 11 | 3:51.83 | +3.37 |
| 16 | 15 | Kim Yoo-ran Jeon Eun-ji |
South Korea | 57.88 | 17 | 57.91 | 16 | 58.15 | 12 | 58.10 | 16 | 3:52.04 | +3.58 |
| 17 | 10 | Margot Boch Carla Sénéchal |
France | 57.98 | 19 | 57.85 | 14 | 58.54 | 20 | 58.05 | 15 | 3:52.42 | +3.96 |
| 18 | 18 | Linda Weiszewski Klaudia Adamek |
Poland | 57.74 | 15 | 58.36 | 24 | 58.24 | 15 | 58.29 | 18 | 3:52.63 | +4.17 |
| 19 | 16 | Viktória Čerňanská Lucia Mokrášová |
Slovakia | 57.94 | 18 | 57.86 | 15 | 58.58 | 21 | 58.31 | 19 | 3:52.69 | +4.23 |
| 20 | 19 | Giada Andreutti Alessia Gatti |
Italy | 57.76 | 16 | 58.16 | 22 | 58.28 | 16 | 58.97 | 20 | 3:53.17 | +4.71 |
| 21 | 22 | Sarah Blizzard Desi Johnson |
Australia | 58.07 | 22 | 57.91 | 16 | 58.42 | 18 | Did not advance | 2:54.40 | — | |
| 22 | 23 | Ying Qing Wang Yu |
China | 58.03 | 20 | 57.96 | 19 | 58.50 | 19 | 2:54.49 | |||
| 23 | 21 | Simona de Silvestro Anna Costella |
Italy | 58.33 | 24 | 57.93 | 18 | 58.62 | 23 | 2:54.88 | |||
| 24 | 25 | Lea Haslwanter Victoria Festin |
Austria | 58.10 | 23 | 58.20 | 23 | 58.61 | 22 | 2:54.91 | |||
| 25 | 20 | Lin Sin-rong Lin Song-en |
Chinese Taipei | 58.65 | 25 | 59.09 | 25 | 59.03 | 25 | 2:56.77 | |||
References
- ^ "2026 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version - Bobsleigh". Retrieved 7 February 2026.
- ^ "Germany's Nolte holds nerve to retain Olympic Two-Woman bobsleigh title". Reuters. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
- ^ "Nolte/ Levi win second Olympic gold medal in 2-woman Bobsleigh after 2022". IBSF. Retrieved 22 February 2026.