2015–16 Bobsleigh World Cup Explained

Competition:	2015–16 Bobsleigh World Cup
Competition1:	Two-man
Competition2:	Four-man
Competition3:	Two-woman
Venues:	7 (8 events)
Following:	2016–17

The 2015–16 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 27 November 2015 in Altenberg, Germany and ended on 28 February 2016 in Königssee, Germany. The World Cup was organised by the IBSF (formerly the FIBT) who also run World Cups and Championships in skeleton. The season was sponsored by BMW.

Calendar

Below is the schedule of the 2015/16 season.^[1]

Venue	Date	Details
Altenberg	27–29 November 2015
Winterberg	5–6 December 2015
Königssee	11–13 December 2015
Lake Placid	8–9 January 2016
Park City	15–16 January 2016	No Two-man race. Double race for four-man.
Whistler	22–23 January 2016	No Four-man race. Double race for two-man.
St. Moritz	6–7 February 2016
Königssee	26–28 February 2016

Results

Two-man

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Altenberg	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	1:52.56 (55.92 / 56.64)	Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens	1:53.02 (55.80 / 57.22)	Won Yun-jong Seo Young-woo	1:53.04 (55.96 / 57.08)
Winterberg	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	1:50.37 (55.02 / 55.35)	Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens	1:50.50 (55.19 / 55.31)	Won Yun-jong Seo Young-woo	1:50.71 (55.30 / 55.41)
Königssee	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	1:38.77 (49.29 / 49.48)	Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens	1:39.05 (49.48 / 49.57)	Nico Walther Marko Hübenbecker	1:39.50 (49.57 / 49.93)
Lake Placid	Steven Holcomb Carlo Valdes	1:51.00 (55.48 / 55.52)	Nico Walther Christian Poser	1:51.11 (55.37 / 55.74)	Won Yun-jong Seo Young-woo	1:51.12 (55.42 / 55.70)
Whistler (1st race)	Rico Peter Thomas Amrhein Won Yun-jong Seo Young-woo	1:43.41 (51.70 / 51.71) 1:43.41 (51.63 / 51.78)			Alexander Kasjanov Aleksei Pushkarev	1:43.42 (51.61 / 51.81)
Whistler (2nd race)	Christopher Spring Lascelles Brown	1:42.76 (51.35 / 51.41)	Uģis Žaļims Intars Dambis	1:42.96 (51.43 / 51.53)	Alexander Kasjanov Aleksei Pushkarev	1:43.00 (51.31 / 51.69)
St. Moritz	Beat Hefti Alex Baumann	2:12.60 (1:06.17 / 1:06.43)	Steven Holcomb Carlo Valdes	2:12.78 (1:06.38 / 1:06.40)	Nico Walther Christian Poser	2:12.80 (1:06.49 / 1:06.31)
Königssee	Won Yun-jong Seo Young-woo	1:39.50 (49.59 / 49.91)	Beat Hefti Alex Baumann	1:39.55 (49.61 / 49.94)	Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer	1:39.65 (49.70 / 49.95)

Four-man

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Altenberg	Francesco Friedrich Martin Putze Jannis Bäcker Thorsten Margis	1:51.79 (55.81 / 55.98)	Nico Walther Marko Hübenbecker Christian Poser Eric Franke	1:51.88 (55.65 / 56.23)	Maximilian Arndt Kevin Kuske Ben Heber Kevin Korona	1:52.03 (55.75 / 56.28)
Winterberg	Francesco Friedrich Martin Putze Jannis Bäcker Thorsten Margis	1:50.58 (55.35 / 55.23)	Maximilian Arndt Kevin Kuske Alexander Rödiger Ben Heber	1:50.63 (55.28 / 55.35)	Nico Walther Marko Hübenbecker Christian Poser Philipp Wobeto	1:50.74 (55.36 / 55.38)
Königssee	Nico Walther Gregor Bermbach Marko Hübenbecker Eric Franke	1:37.57 (48.83 / 48.74)	Maximilian Arndt Kevin Kuske Martin Putze Kevin Korona	1:37.75 (48.89 / 48.86)	Rico Peter Thomas Amrhein Bror van der Zijde Simon Friedli	1:37.95 (48.95 / 49.00)
Lake Placid	Maximilian Arndt Martin Putze Ben Heber Kevin Korona	1:49.70 (54.49 / 55.21)	Alexander Kasjanov Aleksei Pushkarev Ilvir Huzin Aleksey Zaytsev	1:49.98 (54.68 / 55.30)	Justin Kripps Derek Plug Ben Coakwell Alexander Kopacz	1:50.07 (54.73 / 55.34)
Park City (1st race)	Alexander Kasjanov Ilvir Huzin Aleksei Pushkarev Aleksey Zaytsev	1:36.20 (47.90 / 48.30)	Maximilian Arndt Alexander Rödiger Ben Heber Kevin Korona	1:36.24 (47.97 / 48.27)	Rico Peter Fabio Badraun Thomas Amrhein Simon Friedli	1:36.42 (48.00 / 48.42)
Park City (2nd race)	Nico Walther Marko Hübenbecker Christian Poser Eric Franke	1:36.38 (48.08 / 48.30)	Maximilian Arndt Martin Putze Ben Heber Kevin Korona	1:36.40 (48.10 / 48.30)	Rico Peter Fabio Badraun Thomas Amrhein Bror van der Zijde	1:36.46 (48.23 / 48.23)
St. Moritz	Maximilian Arndt Kevin Korona Martin Putze Ben Heber	2:11.88 (1:05.63 / 1:06.25)	Benjamin Maier Marco Rangl Markus Sammer Dănuț Moldovan	2:12.06 (1:06.10 / 1:05.96)	Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga	2:12.15 (1:06.00 / 1:06.15)
Königssee	Maximilian Arndt Alexander Rödiger Kevin Kuske Martin Putze	1:38.15 (49.07 / 49.08)	Benjamin Maier Marco Rangl Markus Sammer Dănuț Moldovan	1:38.28 (49.11 / 49.17)	Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis	1:38.39 (49.14 / 49.25)

Two-woman

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Altenberg	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz	1:53.67 (56.77 / 56.90)	Elfje Willemsen Sophie Vercruyssen	1:54.41 (57.31 / 57.10)	Jamie Greubel Poser Lauren Gibbs Christina Hengster Sanne Dekker	1:54.72 (57.44 / 57.28) 1:54.72 (57.26 / 57.46)
Winterberg	Jamie Greubel Poser Cherrelle Garrett	1:53.74 (56.74 / 57.00)	Elana Meyers Taylor Kehri Jones	1:53.89 (56.92 / 56.97)	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz	1:54.09 (56.95 / 57.14)
Königssee	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz	1:41.21 (50.55 / 50.66)	Elfje Willemsen Sophie Vercruyssen	1:41.74 (50.82 / 50.92)	Jamie Greubel Poser Lauren Gibbs	1:41.85 (50.88 / 50.97)
Lake Placid	Jamie Greubel Poser Cherrelle Garrett	1:53.48 (56.55 / 56.93)	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz	1:53.91 (56.74 / 57.17)	Christina Hengster Sanne Dekker	1:54.30 (56.97 / 57.33)
Park City	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz	1:40.38 (50.29 / 50.09)	Christina Hengster Sanne Dekker	1:40.54 (50.27 / 50.27)	Jamie Greubel Poser Lauren Gibbs	1:40.85 (50.36 / 50.49)
Whistler	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz	1:45.37 (52.71 / 52.66)	Jamie Greubel Poser Cherrelle Garrett	1:45.52 (52.77 / 52.75)	Christina Hengster Sanne Dekker	1:45.64 (52.81 / 52.83)
St. Moritz	Elana Meyers Taylor Lauren Gibbs	2:16.53 (1:08.39 / 1:08.14)	Anja Schneiderheinze Annika Drazek	2:16.91 (1:08.74 / 1:08.17)	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz	2:17.29 (1:09.10 / 1:08.19)
Königssee	Elana Meyers Taylor Kehri Jones	1:41.80 (50.83 / 50.97)	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz	1:41.83 (50.80 / 51.03)	Anja Schneiderheinze Annika Drazek	1:42.02 (50.98 / 51.04)

Standings

Two-men

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Pos.	ALT	WIN	KON1	LPL	WHI1	WHI2	STM	KON2	Points
1	3	3	6	3	1	9	5	1	1562
2	4	7	3	2	12	6	3	6	1450
3	8	5	10	5	4	2	7	7	1410
4	7	8	5	9	1	7	17	4	1337
5	2	2	2	–	5	4	10	5	1334
6	1	1	1	8	dnf	16	10	3	1275
7	6	10	4	4	8	5	25	7	1256
8	12	18	7	1	7	12	2	11	1243
9	10	9	12	13	3	3	8	12	1232
10	4	13	9	6	9	8	4	–	1144
11	18	15	11	14	10	10	9	10	1016
12	19	4	8	6	14	19	14	14	1012
13	21	11	22	12	5	1	13	19	985
14	9	6	17	10	18	18	12	16	944
15	14	20	14	17	15	11	16	15	820
16	13	12	12	15	11	dsq	22	18	752
17	11	17	18	–	–	–	1	2	739
18	-	14	19	16	13	14	–	–	514
19	20	25	21	–	–	–	15	17	362
20	–	–	–	–	18	13	29	21	294
21	16	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	272
22	–	–	20	–	–	–	18	13	268
23	17	–	15	–	–	–	19	–	266
24	-	16	16	–	–	–	20	–	260
25	–	–	–	–	16	15	–	–	200
26	22	22	25	–	–	–	27	–	184
27	14	21	–	dsq	–	–	–	–	174
28	–	–	22	–	–	–	22	23	162
29	–	–	–	–	20	17	–	–	156
30	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	152
31	-	19	24	–	–	–	28	–	147
32	–	–	–	–	19	20	–	–	142
33	–	–	–	13	–	–	–	–	136
34	-	23	28	–	–	–	–	24	123
35	-	–	–	–	–	–	26	20	104
36	-	23	26	–	–	–	–	–	86
37	23	28	–	–	–	–	–	–	78
38	-	27	27	–	–	–	–	–	64
39	-	–	–	–	–	–	21	–	62
40	-	26	29	–	–	–	–	–	60
41	-	–	–	–	–	–	31	22	56
42	-	–	–	–	–	–	22	–	56
43	–	–	30	–	–	–	30	–	40

Four-man

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Pos.	ALT	WIN	KON1	LPL	PAC1	PAC2	STM	KON2	Points
1	3	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1715
2	1	1	4	6	7	4	4	3	1570
3	4	4	3	5	3	3	7	6	1512
4	2	3	1	13	11	1	5	4	1492
5	9	6	5	2	1	5	8	7	1459
6	10	12	10	3	4	10	11	10	1232
7	12	7	7	7	6	9	16	9	1208
8	7	10	15	11	17	12	10	12	1040
9	6	8	16	4	8	14	21	19	1032
10	5	9	19	–	10	6	6	15	1018
11	17	18	12	8	16	7	15	16	920
12	8	5	6	–	–	–	3	5	904
13	13	16	17	–	5	7	13	14	888
14	–	11	13	10	14	15	12	13	864
15	11	15	9	–	–	–	2	2	812
16	14	13	14	9	12	13	22	–	800
17	16	17	20	14	18	11	20	–	648
18	–	–	8	16	15	20	19	11	638
19	15	14	11	–	–	–	9	–	504
20	–	–	–	12	9	17	26	18	484
21	–	19	18	–	–	–	14	8	426
22	–	–	–	15	13	19	–	–	298
23	–	–	–	–	19	18	27	20	254
24	–	–	–	–	20	16	18	–	244
25	–	–	–	17	21	21	28	–	240
26	–	–	24	–	–	–	17	17	221
27	18	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	142
28	–	–	–	–	–	–	23	21	112
29	–	dsq	22	–	–	–	–	22	112
30	–	22	23	–	–	–	–	–	106
31	–	–	21	–	–	–	25	–	102
32	–	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	68
33	–	–	–	–	–	–	24	–	45
34	dnf	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
34	–	–	–	–	–	–	dns	–	0

Two-woman

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Pos.	ALT	WIN	KON1	LPL	PAC	WHI	STM	KON2	Points
1	1	3	1	2	1	1	3	2	1720
2	3	1	3	1	3	2	4	6	1628
3	3	5	4	3	2	3	7	4	1546
4	2	6	2	4	5	7	5	5	1508
5	5	4	6	5	4	–	2	3	1338
6	7	9	7	6	7	4	14	9	1288
7	–	–	8	7	6	5	10	8	992
8	8	2	–	–	–	–	1	1	820
9	9	8	10	–	–	–	13	11	712
10	6	7	5	–	–	–	–	–	528
11	–	10	11	–	–	–	11	14	528
12	–	–	–	9	9	6	–	–	480
13	–	–	–	8	8	8	–	–	480
14	–	–	9	–	–	–	11	7	456
15	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	13	296
16	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	12	288
17	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	10	238
18	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	152

External links

IBSF

Notes and References

Web site: FIBT Viessmann World Cup Tour 2015/2016 . FIBT . 23 November 2015.
Web site: Rankings List . Fibt.com . 2015-05-31.
Web site: Rankings List . Fibt.com . 2015-05-31.
Web site: Rankings List . Fibt.com . 2015-05-31.