Two-man
Medal | Athletes | Time |
Gold | Günther Huber / Antonio Tartaglia (ITA) | 3:37.24 |
Gold | Pierre Lueders / David MacEachern (CAN) | 3:37.24 |
Bronze | Christoph Langen / Markus Zimmermann (GER) | 3:37.89 |
4 | Christian Reich / Cédric Grand (SUI) | 3:38.15 |
5 | Sandis Prusis / Janis Elsins (LAT) | 3:38.24 |
6 | Reto Götschi / Guido Acklin (SUI) | 3:38.27 |
7 | James Herberich / Robert Olesen (USA) | 3:38.53 |
8 | Pavel Puskar / Jan Kobian (CZE) | 3:38.59 |
Huber lead Lueders by 0.05 seconds after the first run. Leuders picked up 0.02 seconds in the next two runs. Prior to the start of the fourth run, Lueders turned to Huber and asked "Can you imagine if we tied this thing?" After the fourth run, Tartaglia stated "In the end, it felt like were friends who had accomplished something together."
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