The four-man competition in bobsleigh at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 21 February (heats 1 and 2) and 22 February (heats 3 and 4), at the Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Germany, represented by Johannes Lochner, Thorsten Margis, Jörn Wenzel, and Georg Fleischhauer, won the event. Their teammates, driven by Francesco Friedrich, won the silver medal, and the Swiss crew, driven by Michael Vogt, won bronze. For Vogt and his crew, these were the first Olympic medals.
Israel's first-ever bobsleigh team to compete at a Winter Olympics, was disqualified after the Israeli Olympic Committee withdrew the team. One athlete had claimed to be ill, a claim supported by a medical check and signed affidavit, to allow a substitute to complete in his place. It was later revealed that the athlete had falsely claimed to be sick. As substitutions are only permitted for legitimate illness or injury under Olympic rules, the Israeli Olympic Committee barred the team from competing further.
Background The defending champions were Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Arndt Bauer and Alexander Schüller. Friedrich and Schüller qualified for the event, but in 2026 they were joined by Matthias Sommer and Felix Straub. If they won, Friedrich would become the first person to win three gold medals in four-man bobsleigh and could become the first person to win both the two and four-man competitions in three consecutive Winter Olympics. Margis also qualified for the event, but moved to the four-man crew of Johannes Lochner – the 2022 silver medalist alongside Florian Bauer, Christopher Weber and Christian Rasp; for 2026 Lochner and Margis were joined by Georg Fleischhauer and Jörn Wenzel. The bronze medalists were Justin Kripps, Ryan Sommer, Cam Stones and Ben Coakwell. Kripps retired from competitions. Lochner won the 2025–26 Bobsleigh World Cup, having won three out of seven four-man races that season; further three were won by Friedrich. The quartet of Friedrich, Schüller, Sommer and Straub were the 2025 World champions.
Qualification
Summary Sleds qualifiedCountriesAthletes totalNation3224254011144 27 18 108
Results Rank Bib Athletes Country Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Run 3 Rank Run 4 Rank Total Behind 1 Johannes LochnerThorsten MargisJörn WenzelGeorg Fleischhauer 53.91 TR 1 54.70 2 54.25 1 54.71 1 3:37.57 2 Francesco FriedrichMatthias SommerAlexander SchüllerFelix Straub 54.30 2 54.74 3 54.30 2 54.80 3 3:38.14 +0.57 7 Michael VogtAndreas HaasAmadou David NdiayeMario Aeberhard 54.53 6 54.79 4 54.55 3 54.77 2 3:38.64 +1.07 4 3 Adam AmmourIssam AmmourJoshua TascheAlexander Schaller 54.51 5 54.69 1 54.58 5 54.90 4 3:38.68 +1.11 5 6 Patrick BaumgartnerLorenzo BilottiEric FantazziniRobert Mircea 54.55 7 54.84 5 54.57 4 54.93 6 3:38.89 +1.32 6 8 Cédric FolladorLuca RolliTim AnnenOmar Vögele 54.49 4 54.91 8 54.69 7 54.94 7 3:39.03 +1.46 7 4 Brad HallGreg CackettLeon GreenwoodTaylor Lawrence 54.39 3 55.04 12 54.66 6 55.03 10 3:39.12 +1.55 8 9 Kim Jin-suKim Hyeong-geunLee Geon-uKim Sun-wook 54.60 8 54.90 6 54.75 9 54.99 8 3:39.24 +1.67 9 5 Markus TreichlMarkus SammerSascha StepanKristian Huber 54.80 12 54.90 6 54.70 8 54.90 4 3:39.30 +1.73 10 13 Jēkabs KalendaLauris KaufmanisMatīss MiknisMairis Kļava 54.64 10 55.23 17 54.85 10 55.00 9 3:39.72 +2.15 11 11 Kristopher HornCaleb FurnellHunter PowellCarsten Vissering 54.60 8 55.01 11 55.22 17 55.11 14 3:39.94 +2.37 12 27 Frank Del DucaBoone NiederhoferBryan SosooJoshua Williamson 55.03 14 54.99 9 54.97 12 55.07 13 3:40.06 +2.49 13 18 Dave WesselinkJanko FranjićJelen Franjić Timme Koster 55.09 20 55.00 10 55.15 16 55.04 11 3:40.28 +2.71 14 10 Taylor AustinKeaton BruggelingMike EvelynShaquille Murray-Lawrence 54.72 11 55.42 22 55.11 15 55.04 11 3:40.29 +2.72 15 15 Timo RohnerPascal MoserMathieu HerspergerCyril Bieri 54.99 13 55.16 14 54.92 11 55.26 18 3:40.33 +2.76 16 25 Sun KaizhiZhang JinShi YaolongAn Tai 55.05 16 55.21 15 54.97 12 55.13 15 3:40.36 +2.79 17 24 Mihai TenteaMihai PăcioianuAndrei Nica Constantin DinescuGeorge Iordache 55.05 16 55.12 13 55.05 14 55.21 16 3:40.43 +2.86 18 22 Li ChunjianJiang MaoyuanYe JielongDing Yunda 55.07 18 55.36 20 55.22 17 55.22 17 3:40.87 +3.30 19 17 Edson BindilattiDavidson de SouzaRafael Souza da SilvaLuís Bacca 55.04 15 55.42 22 55.38 19 55.30 20 3:41.14 +3.57 20 14 Jay DearbornYohan Eskrick-ParkinsonLuka StoikosMark Zanette 55.18 22 55.27 18 55.42 20 55.29 19 3:41.16 +3.59 21 16 Martin KranzDavid Tschofen 55.08 19 55.38 21 55.56 22 2:46.02 21 19 Shane PitterJunior HarrisTyquendo TraceyJoel Fearon 55.28 23 55.29 19 55.45 21 2:46.02 23 20 Suk Young-jinChae Byung-doChun Su-hyunLee Do-yun 55.51 24 55.22 16 55.72 23 2:46.45 21 Adam EdelmanMenachem Chen 55.53 25 55.63 24 12 Romain HeinrichDorian HautervilleNils BlaironAntoine Riou 55.59 26 23 Axel BrownDe Aundre John 55.72 27 26 Jakob MandlbauerDaniel BertschlerSebastian MittererDaiyehan Nichols-Bardi 55.14 21
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