Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Four-man
| Bobsleigh four-man at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track Beijing | ||||||||||||
| Date | 19, 20 February 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 112 from 17 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 28 | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:54.30 | ||||||||||||
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| Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Qualification
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| Mono | women | |
| Two | men | women |
| Four | men | |
The four-man competition in bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 19 February (heats 1 and 2) and 20 February (heats 3 and 4), at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track in Yanqing District of Beijing. Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Candy Bauer, and Alexander Schüller of Germany won the gold medal, and Friedrich thereby successfully defended his 2018 Olympic title. Germany-2 driven by Johannes Lochner won the silver medal, and Canada-1, driven by Justin Kripps, won the bronze.
There were two silver medals awarded in 2018. Nico Walther with Germany-2 retired from competitions, but Won Yun-jong with South Korea qualified for the Olympics. Friedrich is the 2021 World champion. Benjamin Maier and Austria is the silver medalist, and Lochner and Germany-2 are the bronze medalists. The 2021–22 Bobsleigh World Cup was completely dominated by Friedrich, who with his team won seven events out of eight races. The eighth event was won by Oskars Ķibermanis and Latvia. Friedrich won the World Cup, followed by Kripps with Canada and Rostislav Gaitiukevich with Russia.