Bobsleigh at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Men's monobob

The men's monobob competition at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics took place on 23 January at the Alpensia Sliding Centre.[1]

Men's monobob
at the IV Winter Youth Olympic Games
VenueAlpensia Sliding Centre
Dates23 January 2024
Competitors18 from 13 nations
Winning time1:48.63
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) So Jae-hwan  South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jonathan Lourimi  Tunisia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chi Xiangyu  China
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Jonathan Lourimi earned the silver medal in the men's monobob, becoming the first Tunisian athlete to win a Winter Youth Olympics medal. This was only the second Winter Youth Olympics medal by a North African nation, after Morocco's historic gold in 2012.[2][3]

Results

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The first run was held at 14:30 and the second run at 15:26.[4]

Rank Start
No.
Athlete Country Run 1 Rank 1 Run 2 Rank 2 Total Behind
  1 So Jae-hwan   South Korea 53.80 1 54.83 2 1:48.63
  9 Jonathan Lourimi   Tunisia 54.79 2 55.17 3 1:49.96 +1.33
  4 Chi Xiangyu   China 55.45 8 54.73 1 1:50.18 +1.55
4 2 Julian Klein   Germany 55.18 6 55.38 4 1:50.56 +1.93
5 7 Michał Mikołajski   Poland 55.12 5 55.48 5 1:50.60 +1.97
6 3 Florin-Dicu Mihai   Romania 55.00 3 55.69 7 1:50.69 +2.06
7 8 Kitthamat Palakai   Thailand 55.46 9 55.61 6 1:51.07 +2.44
8 5 Tillmann Hecking   Germany 55.11 4 56.05 10 1:51.16 +2.53
9 10 John Lansing   United States 55.21 7 56.01 9 1:51.22 +2.59
10 16 Luis Felipe Seixas de Souza   Brazil 55.58 11 56.14 11 1:51.72 +3.09
11 6 Ben Mielke   Germany 56.05 14 55.95 8 1:52.00 +3.37
12 11 Henning Beierl   Austria 55.54 10 56.52 15 1:52.06 +3.43
12 14 Raul Ștefan Predescu   Romania 55.72 12 56.34 14 1:52.06 +3.43
14 12 Ivan Boteff-Wallace   France 56.03 13 56.20 12 1:52.23 +3.60
15 18 Lennon Smith   Great Britain 56.28 15 56.23 13 1:52.51 +3.88
16 15 Isaak Ulmer   Canada 56.53 17 56.67 16 1:53.20 +4.57
17 17 André Luiz dos Santos Alves da Silva   Brazil 56.50 16 56.86 18 1:53.36 +4.73
18 13 Liam McKenna   United States 56.77 18 56.77 17 1:53.54 +4.91

References

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  1. ^ "Bobsleigh – Men's Monobob – Heat 1 – Start List" (PDF). olympic.org. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Gangwon 2024: Jonathan Lourimi on historic bobsleigh medal run for Tunisia: "I never thought this was possible"". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  3. ^ Ben Mbarek, Ghaya (23 January 2024). "Tunisia's Jonathan Lourimi wins historic silver at Gangwon Winter Youth Olympics". The National. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Bobsleigh – Men's Monobob – Competition – Results" (PDF). olympic.org. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.