| Four-man at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | |
|---|---|
 Pictogram for bobsleigh | |
| Dates | 22–23 February 2014 |
| Competitors | 124 from 19 nations |
| Medalists | |
| Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Qualification | ||
| Two | men | women |
| Four | men | |
Thefour-manbobsleigh competition at the2014 Winter Olympics inSochi,Russia was held at theSliding Center Sanki nearKrasnaya Polyana,Russia on 22–23 February 2014.[1]
On 24 November 2017, the IOC imposed a life ban on bobsledderAlexandr Zubkov.[2] He was stripped of 2 gold medals (two-man and four-man bobsleigh). On November 27 IOC imposed similar sanctions to members of the same teamDmitry Trunenkov andAlexey Negodaylo.[3] On 29 November 2017, IOC also sanctionedAlexander Kasjanov,Ilvir Huzin andAleksei Pushkarev for doping offences and stripped their team of results.[4] On 18 December 2017,Alexey Voyevoda also received a lifetime ban from the Olympic Games due to doping violations at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[5] TheIOC requested that theFIBT modify the results, and the medals were redistributed accordingly.[6]
While theIOC does not consider bobsled times eligible forOlympic records, theFIBT does maintain records for both the start and a complete run at each track it competes.
A total of 30 teams from 19 NOCs qualified for the event:
Australia,
Austria,
Brazil,
Czech Republic,
Italy,
Japan,
Netherlands,
Poland,
Romania,
Switzerland, and
Slovakia.SR = Start Record TR = Track Record
*Canada 3 crashed in the heat.[11]
**According to run resultsCody Sorensen andBen Coakwell were replaced in run 3 byLuke Demetre andGraeme Rinholm.
*** Poland were disqualified in 2014 after Daniel Zalewski was banned for doping.[12]
**** Russia 1 and Russia 2 were disqualified in 2019 after a review of doping samples which showed that Alexandr Zubkov, Alexander Kasyanov, Aleksei Pushkarev and Ilvir Khuzin had all tested positive for banned substances and were banned until 2020.[13] On 18 September 2019, NBC Sports and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced the reallocated silver medals were to be awarded at the 2019 USOPC awards ceremony in Los Angeles.[14] The reallocated bronze medals were awarded at the 2019 Team GB Ball in London.[15]
