PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Justin Kripps and Francesco Friedrich stood side-by-side in celebration, the Canadian and German flags overlapping one another.

Even then, they couldn't be separated as the closest bobsled race in Olympic history left two countries jumping for joy.

Canada and Germany will share the two-man gold medal from the Pyeongchang Games after Kripps and Friedrich made their way down nearly four miles of ice in exactly the same time. Kripps and brakeman Alexander Kopacz gave Canada its second gold in a two-man event, while Friedrich and Thorsten Margis gave Germany its fourth two-man win in the last five Olympics.

The winning time when everything was done Monday: 3 minutes, 16.86 seconds. Latvia got bronze, with Oskars Melbardis and Janis Strenga finishing 0.05 seconds back to complete the closest three-sled finish in Olympic history.

It was the third time the top two sleds have finished tied in an Olympic two-man race. Canada and Italy shared gold in 1998, and Italy got the gold over West Germany in 1968, even though both sleds had the same time.

The Olympics then utilized a fastest-heat tiebreaker, which gave the Italians the nod. Had that rule still been in play, Friedrich and Margis would have won this time — after setting a start record Sunday and a track record Monday.

Sharing the podium was good enough.

Nico Walther and Christian Poser of Germany, the leaders after Sunday's first two runs, were fourth — just 0.20 seconds back. Johannes Lochner and Christopher Weber, also from Germany, were fifth in 3:17.14.

Later, Robert Johansson and his magnificent mustache anchored Norway to a stunning Olympic ski jumping gold in the men's team event Monday to deny Poland's Kamil Stoch a Pyeongchang double.

The 27-year-old, who has lit up social media with his bushy ginger whiskers, produced a final jump of 136 meters to edge Germany into silver and leave large hill champion Stoch with a team bronze.

Norway finished with a winning total of 1,098.5 points to Germany's 1,075.7 to snatch top spot in the Olympic gold medal table with 11, one more than the second-placed Germans.

Andre Daniel Tande set the tone for Norway by unleashing a monster jump of 140.5 meters before Andreas Stjernen's effort of 135.5 put their rivals under serious pressure.

Germany's normal hill gold medalist Andreas Wellinger pulled out a leap of 134.5 meters, which was good enough to earn him a second silver of the Games after finishing behind Stoch in the large hill at the weekend. Stoch had it all to do on his final jump but came up short as Poland's men in chocolate brown suits finished with a total of 1,072.4 points.

Earlier, traditional speedskating power Norway was back on the top step of the podium at the Pyeongchang Olympics. Havard Lorentzen won the 500-meter gold medal Monday at the Gangneung Oval in an Olympic record time of 34.41 seconds. He beat Cha Min-Kyu of South Korea by 0.01 seconds.

Cha, who had equaled the Olympic mark earlier in the final, took silver ahead of 20-year-old Gao Tingyu of China, who finished in 34.65 seconds. Three years after a Dutch sweep in the event, none of their three skaters made it on the podium this time. Ronald Mulder, the twin brother of 2014 Olympic champion Michel Mulder, was the best skater in orange, finishing in seventh place.

Lorentzen is the first Norwegian champion over the distance since Finn Helgesen won at the 1948 St. Moritz Games. Cha set the 8,000-capacity oval alight when he equaled the Olympic record that Casey Fitzrandolph had set at altitude during the 2002 Salt Lake City Games.

The Netherlands, meanwhile, is in position to win another gold medal in speedskating at the Olympics. No surprise, since the Dutch have earned six of nine golds so far.

The Americans have a shot at the podium for the first time, although they'll have to go up against the Dutch in the semifinals of women's team pursuit. Marrit Leenstra, Ireen Wust and Antoinette de Jong set an Olympic record of 2 minutes, 55.61 seconds in the quarterfinals on Monday.

Jennifer Wakefield scored twice and Shannon Szabados stopped 14 shots on Monday night to lead Canada to a 5-0 victory over the Russians and earn the four-time defending Olympic champions a spot in the gold medal game. The Russians still have a chance for their first Olympic women's hockey medal ever when they play Finland in the bronze medal match on Wednesday. — Agencies