Ken Topalian was 30 years old at the time of the Lillehammer Games, and is from Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Joe Almasian was 26 years old at the time, and was born in Framingham, Massachusetts. They were friends through the Armenian Youth League, neither had ever been to Armenia. The two-man bobsleigh competition was held over two days, 19–20 February, with two runs being held on each day; the sum of all four run times was used to determine final placement. On the first day, the Armenian sled posted times of 54.85 seconds and 55.03 seconds. Overnight, they were in 37th place out of 43 competing teams. The next day, their run times were 54.92 seconds and 55.01 seconds This made their total time for the competition 3 minutes and 39.81 seconds, which put them in 36th position. The gold and silver medals were won by Swiss sleds, and the bronze was taken by an Italian team.