| Competition: | 2008–09 Skeleton World Cup |
| Competition1: | Men's singles |
| Competition3: | Women's singles |
| Venues: | 8 |
| Following: | 2009–10 |
The 2008–09 Skeleton World Cup is a multi-race tournament over a season for skeleton. The season started on November 28, 2008, in Winterberg and ended on February 12, 2009, in Park City, Utah. The World Cup is organised by the FIBT who also run world cups and championships in bobsleigh.
| Venue | Dates | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | |||
| Winterberg | November 28, 2008 | November 28, 2008 | ||
| Altenberg | December 5, 2008 | December 5, 2008 | ||
| Igls | December 13, 2008 | December 12, 2008 | ||
| Cancelled to excessive snowfall (2,5 meters) | ||||
| Königssee | January 9, 2009 | January 9, 2009 | ||
| Sankt Moritz | January 17, 2009 | January 16, 2009 | FIBT European Championship 2009 | |
| Whistler | February 5, 2009 | February 5, 2009 | ||
| Park City | February 12, 2009 | February 12, 2009 | ||
| Lake Placid | February 27–28, 2009 | February 26–27, 2009 | FIBT World Championships 2009 | |
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Winterberg | Florian Grassl | 1:54.13 (56.97/57.16) | Aleksandr Tretyakov | 1:54.16 (56.88/57.28) | Martins Dukurs | 1:54.42 (57.06/57.36) |
| Altenberg | Frank Rommel | 1:57.41 (57.72/59.69) | Martins Dukurs | 1:57.53 (57.57/59.96) | Sandro Stielicke | 1:57.77 (57.89/59.88) |
| Igls | Frank Rommel | 1:46.01 (52.98/53.03) | Aleksandr Tretyakov | 1:46.26 (52.93/53.33) | Martins Dukurs | 1:46.38 (53.07/53.31) |
| Königssee | Frank Rommel | 1:34.91 (47.44/47.47) | Florian Grassl | 1:35.91 (47.85/48.06) | Aleksandr Tretyakov | 1:36.03 (48.20/47.83) |
| St. Moritz | Frank Rommel | 2:15.77 (1:08.08/1:07.69) | Kristan Bromley | 2:16.74 (1:08.37/1:08.37) | Gregor Stähli | 2:16.79 (1:08.36/1:08.43) |
| Whistler | Jon Montgomery | 1:47.67 (53.68/53.99) | Gregor Stähli | 1:48.06 (53.69/54.37) | Jeff Pain Matthew Antoine | 1:48.19 (53.67/54.52) 1:48.19 (53.83/54.36) |
| Park City | Aleksandr Tretyakov | 1:38.82 (49.49/49.33) | Eric Bernotas | 1:38.85 (49.26/49.59) | Frank Rommel | 1:38.88 (49.35/49.53) |
| Park City | Aleksandr Tretyakov | 1:39.33 (49.66/49.67) | Florian Grassl | 1:39.40 (49.83/49.57) | Frank Rommel | 1:39.56 (49.73/49.83) |
| Lake Placid | FIBT World Championships 2009 |
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Winterberg | Anja Huber | 1:57.72 (58.80/58.92) | Kerstin Szymkowiak | 1:57.74 (58.75/58.99) | Mellisa Hollingsworth | 1:58.38 (59.03/59.35) |
| Altenberg | Anja Huber | 1:59.82 (59.26/1:00.56) | Kerstin Szymkowiak | 1:59.95 (59.26/1:00.69) | Maya Pedersen | 2:00.81 (59.67/1:01.14) |
| Igls | Shelley Rudman | 1:49.75 (55.10/54.65) | Kerstin Szymkowiak | 1:49.83 (55.16/54.67) | Svetlana Trunova | 1:50.00 (55.11/54.89) |
| Königssee | Anja Huber | 1:38.85 (49.55/49.30) | Shelley Rudman | 1:39.09 (49.84/49.25) | Marion Trott | 1:39.20 (49.65/49.55) |
| St. Moritz | Shelley Rudman | 2:20.50 (1:10.53/1:09.97) | Mellisa Hollingsworth | 2:20.59 (1:10.43/1:10.16) | Michelle Kelly | 2:21.68 (1:10.95/1:10.73) |
| Whistler | Marion Trott | 1:49.86 (54.90/54.96) | Amy Williams | 1:50.39 (54.95/55.44) | Anja Huber | 1:50.71 (55.26/55.45) |
| Park City | Mellisa Hollingsworth | 1:41.62 (50.89/50.89) | Marion Trott | 1:41.83 (50.94/50.89) | Noelle Pikus-Pace | 1:41.89 (51.02/50.87) |
| Park City | Marion Trott | 1:41.28 (50.51/50.77) | Katie Uhlaender | 1:41.59 (50.69/50.90) | Mellisa Hollingsworth | 1:41.62 (50.89/50.73) |
| Lake Placid | FIBT World Championships 2009 |
| Pos. | Skeletoner | WIN | ALT | IGL | KÖN | SMO | WHI | PAR | PAR | Points | |
| 1 |  Aleksandr Tretyakov | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1526 | |
| 2. | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1453 | ||
| 3. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1436 | |||
| 4. |  Jeff Pain | 5 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1384 | |
| 5. | Gregor Stähli | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1314 | ||
| 6. | Martins Dukurs | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1282 | |
| 7. | Sergey Chudinov | 11 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1256 | |
| 8. | Jon Montgomery | 7 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 1209 | |
| 9. |  Kristan Bromley | 7 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 1178 | |
| 10. |  Eric Bernotas | 7 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 1160 | |
| 11. | Zach Lund | 10 | 8 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1132 | |
| 12. | Sandro Stielicke | 6 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 1022 | ||
| 13. | 17 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 902 | ||
| 14. | Matthew Antoine | 8 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 832 | ||||
| 15. | Pascal Oswald | 12 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 794 | |
| 16. | Tomass Dukurs | 14 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 761 | |
| 17. |  Kazuhiro Koshi | 22 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 744 | |
| 18. |  Matthias Guggenberger | 18 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 714 | |
| 19. | Keith Loach | 10 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 648 | ||||
| 20. | Andy Wood | 24 | 11 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 388 | ||||
| 21. |  Ben Sandford | 14 | 15 | 26 | 18 | 22 | 388 |
| Pos. | Skeletoner | WIN | ALT | IGL | KÖN | SMO | WHI | PAR | PAR | Points | |
| 1. | Marion Trott | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1572 | |
| 2. | Shelley Rudman | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1468 | |
| 3. | Katie Uhlaender | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1466 | |
| 4. | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1459 | ||
| 5. | Amy Williams | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1402 | |
| 6. | Maya Pedersen | 8 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1328 | |
| 7. | Mellisa Hollingsworth | 3 | dns | 9 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1315 | |
| 8. | Noelle Pikus-Pace | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1256 | |
| 9. | Michelle Kelly | 8 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 1176 | |
| 10. | Kerstin Szymkowiak | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1158 | |||
| 11. |  Emma Lincoln-Smith | 14 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 1072 | |
| 12. | Svetlana Trunova | 13 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 1066 | |
| 13. | Tionette Stoddard | 16 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 928 | |
| 14. | Michelle Steele | 19 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 850 | |
| 15. | Sarah Reid | 12 | 8 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 820 | ||
| 16. | Courtney Yamada | 11 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 736 | |||
| 17. | 17 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 722 | ||
| 18. | Louise Corcoran | 20 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 560 | |
| 19. | Joska Le Conté | 22 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 506 | |
| 20. | Olga Korobkina | 17 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 480 |