Bobsleigh at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's monobob

Bobsleigh women's monobob
at the XXV Olympic Winter Games
VenueCortina Sliding Centre
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Date15, 16 February 2026
Competitors25 from 17 nations
Winning time3:57.93
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Elana Meyers Taylor  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Laura Nolte  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kaillie Humphries  United States

The women's monobob competition in bobsleigh at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 15 February (heats 1 and 2) and 16 February (heats 3 and 4), at the Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo.[1] Elana Meyers Taylor of the United States won the event and became a first-time Olympic champion. Laura Nolte of Germany won the silver medal, and Kaillie Armbruster Humphries of the United States won bronze.

Background

The defending champion, Kaillie Humphries, qualified for the event, as did the 2022 silver medalist Elana Meyers Taylor. The bronze medalist, Christine de Bruin, sat out a doping ban and did not qualify for the 2026 Olympics. Laura Nolte won the 2025–26 Bobsleigh World Cup, followed in the standings by Breeana Walker and Lisa Buckwitz. Kaysha Love was the 2025 World champion.

Qualification

Summary

Sleds qualified Countries Athletes total Nation
3 2 6  Germany
 United States
2 4 8  Canada
 China
 Italy
 Switzerland
1 11 11  Australia
 Austria
 Belgium
 Chinese Taipei
 Denmark
 France
 Great Britain
 Jamaica
 Poland
 Slovakia
 South Korea
25 17 25

Results

Rank Bib Athlete Country Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Run 3 Rank Run 4 Rank Total Behind
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10 Elana Meyers Taylor  United States 59.49 2 59.85 4 59.08 TR 1 59.51 2 3:57.93
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 Laura Nolte  Germany 59.44 1 59.68 2 59.15 4 59.70 9 3:57.97 +0.04
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Kaillie Humphries  United States 59.78 4 59.65 1 59.08 TR 1 59.54 3 3:58.05 +0.12
4 3 Lisa Buckwitz  Germany 1:00.06 7 59.98 6 59.11 3 59.67 7 3:58.82 +0.89
5 8 Melanie Hasler  Switzerland 59.98 5 59.92 5 59.72 9 59.37 1 3:58.99 +1.06
6 6 Melissa Lotholz  Canada 1:00.38 14 59.84 3 59.39 6 59.63 6 3:59.24 +1.31
7 9 Kaysha Love  United States 59.54 3 1:00.47 15 59.21 5 1:00.05 16 3:59.27 +1.34
8 2 Breeana Walker  Australia 1:00.19 11 1:00.01 7 59.60 7 59.69 8 3:59.49 +1.56
9 14 Maja Voigt  Denmark 1:00.10 8 1:00.16 8 59.70 8 59.89 12 3:59.85 +1.92
10 11 Margot Boch  France 1:00.02 6 1:00.30 11 59.79 10 59.84 11 3:59.95 +2.02
11 12 Debora Annen  Switzerland 1:00.55 17 1:00.32 13 1:00.16 14 59.73 10 4:00.76 +2.83
12 23 Ying Qing  China 1:00.28 12 1:00.31 12 1:00.37 16 1:00.13 18 4:01.09 +3.16
13 7 Cynthia Appiah  Canada 1:00.11 9 1:00.18 9 1:01.23 24 59.61 5 4:01.13 +3.20
14 20 Mica Moore  Jamaica 1:00.55 17 1:00.43 14 1:00.41 17 59.92 13 4:01.31 +3.38
15 13 Kim Kalicki  Germany 1:00.14 10 1:00.98 23 1:00.62 21 59.59 4 4:01.33 +3.40
16 21 Huai Mingming  China 1:00.41 15 1:01.00 24 59.95 11 59.98 14 4:01.34 +3.41
17 17 Linda Weiszewski  Poland 1:00.77 20 1:00.66 17 1:00.11 13 1:00.00 15 4:01.54 +3.61
18 16 Adele Nicoll  Great Britain 1:00.54 16 1:00.29 10 1:00.00 12 1:01.03 20 4:01.86 +3.93
19 24 Kelly Van Petegem  Belgium 1:01.14 24 1:00.50 16 1:00.42 18 1:00.10 17 4:02.16 +4.23
20 19 Viktória Čerňanská  Slovakia 1:00.83 21 1:00.81 20 1:00.55 20 1:00.65 19 4:02.84 +4.91
21 15 Lin Sin-rong  Chinese Taipei 1:00.61 19 1:01.30 25 1:00.36 15 Did not advance 3:02.27
22 18 Kim Yoo-ran  South Korea 1:00.96 22 1:00.90 22 1:00.51 19 3:02.37
23 22 Simona de Silvestro  Italy 1:01.04 23 1:00.80 19 1:00.68 22 3:02.52
24 25 Giada Andreutti  Italy 1:01.21 25 1:00.76 18 1:01.10 23 3:03.07
5 Katrin Beierl  Austria 1:00.34 13 1:00.82 21 Did not start

References

  1. ^ "2026 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version - Bobsleigh". Retrieved 7 February 2026.