2018–19 Bobsleigh World Cup Explained

Competition:2018–19 Bobsleigh World Cup
Competition1:Two-man
Competition1winner: Francesco Friedrich
Competition2:Four-man
Competition2winner: Francesco Friedrich
Competition3:Combined men's
Competition3winner: Francesco Friedrich
Competition4:Two-woman
Competition4winner: Mariama Jamanka
Venues:8 (8 events)
Previous:2017–18
Following:2019–20

The 2018–19 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi-race series over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 8 December 2018 in Sigulda, Latvia and finished on 24 February 2019 in Calgary, Canada. 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 2018–19 season.

VenueDateDetails
Sigulda7–9 December 2018No Four-man race. Double race for two-man.
Winterberg15–16 December 2018No Two-man race. Double race for four-man.
Altenberg5–6 January 2019
Königssee12–13 January 2019also European Championships
Innsbruck19–20 January 2019
St. Moritz26–27 January 2019
Lake Placid15–16 February 2019
Calgary23–24 February 2019
Whistler3–9 March 2019World Championships

Results

Two-man

Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Time
Sigulda 1Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schüller
1:39.97
(49.86/50.11)
Oskars Ķibermanis
Matīss Miknis
1:40.39
(50.14/50.25)
Benjamin Maier
Markus Sammer
1:40.63
(50.11/50.54)
Sigulda 2Francesco Friedrich
Martin Grothkopp
1:40.25
(50.00/50.25)
Oskars Ķibermanis
Matīss Miknis
1:40.31
(50.02/50.29)
Christoph Hafer
Tobias Schneider
1:40.50
(50.07/50.43)
AltenbergFrancesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
1:52.19
(56.38 / 55.81)
Justin Kripps
Cameron Stones
1:52.56
(56.30 / 56.26)
Oskars Ķibermanis
Matīss Miknis
1:52.67
(56.37 / 56.30)
KönigsseeFrancesco Friedrich
Martin Grothkopp
1:39.01
(49.54 / 49.47)
Justin Kripps
Cameron Stones
1:39.12
(49.51 / 49.61)
Johannes Lochner
Christian Rasp
1:39.44
(49.67 / 49.77)
InnsbruckFrancesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
1:42.85
(51.39 / 51.46)
Johannes Lochner
Florian Bauer
1:43.00
(51.47 / 51.53)
Oskars Ķibermanis
Matīss Miknis
1:43.19
(51.49 / 51.70)
St. MoritzFrancesco Friedrich
Alexander Schüller
2:12.29
(1:06.24 / 1:06.05)
Johannes Lochner
Christian Rasp
2:12.69
(1:06.55 / 1:06.14)
Oskars Ķibermanis
Matīss Miknis
2:12.80
(1:06.46 / 1:06.34)
Lake PlacidFrancesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
1:52.35
(55.97 / 56.38)
Romain Heinrich
Dorian Hauterville
1:52.63
(56.12 / 56.51)
Justin Kripps
Cameron Stones
1:52.65
(56.17 / 56.48)
CalgaryFrancesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
1:50.84
(55.47 / 55.37)
Justin Kripps
Ryan Sommer
1:50.93
(55.51 / 55.42)
Johannes Lochner
Christopher Weber
1:51.07
(55.63 / 55.44)

Four-man

Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Time
Winterberg 1Nico Walther
Paul Krenz
Alexander Rödiger
Eric Franke

1:48.61
(54.24 / 54.37)
Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schüller
Jannis Bäcker
Martin Grothkopp
1:48.68
(54.26 / 54.42)
Johannes Lochner
Christopher Weber
Florian Bauer
Christian Rasp
1:48.83
(54.48 / 54.35)
Winterberg 2Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
Candy Bauer
Martin Grothkopp
1:48.57
(54.37 / 54.20)
Johannes Lochner
Christian Rasp
Marc Rademacher
Christopher Weber
1:48.93
(54.39 / 54.54)
Nico Walther
Marko Hübenbecker
Alexander Rödiger
Eric Franke
1:49.03
(54.52 / 54.51)
AltenbergFrancesco Friedrich
Martin Grothkopp
Thorsten Margis
Candy Bauer
1:48.47
(54.15 / 54.32)
Oskars Ķibermanis
Matīss Miknis
Jānis Strenga
Arvis Vilkaste
1:48.78
(54.40 / 54.38)
Nico Walther
Paul Krenz
Alexander Rödiger
Eric Franke
1:48.98
(54.55 / 54.43)
KönigsseeJohannes Lochner
Florian Bauer
Marc Rademacher
Christian Rasp
1:37.74
(48.97 / 48.77)
Oskars Ķibermanis
Matīss Miknis
Arvis Vilkaste
Jānis Strenga
1:37.92
(49.01 / 48.91)
Francesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
Martin Grothkopp
Alexander Schüller
1:37.96
(49.03 / 48.93)
InnsbruckFrancesco Friedrich
Martin Grothkopp
Thorsten Margis
Alexander Schüller
1:41.17
(50.42 / 50.75)
Oskars Ķibermanis
Matīss Miknis
Arvis Vilkaste
Jānis Strenga
1:41.36
(50.55 / 50.81)
Johannes Lochner
Florian Bauer
Marc Rademacher
Christian Rasp
1:41.61
(50.81 / 50.80)
St. MoritzFrancesco Friedrich
Alexander Schüller
Candy Bauer
Martin Grothkopp
2:10.48
(1:05.46 / 1:05.02)
Johannes Lochner
Gregor Bermbach
Christian Rasp
Florian Bauer
2:10.99
(1:05.59 / 1:05.40)
Oskars Ķibermanis
Matīss Miknis
Jānis Strenga
Helvijs Lūsis
2:11.01
(1:05.82 / 1:05.19)
Lake PlacidJustin Kripps
Benjamin Coakwell
Ryan Sommer
Cameron Stones
1:49.54
(54.79 / 54.75)
Oskars Ķibermanis
Jānis Strenga
Arvis Vilkaste
Matīss Miknis
1:49.61
(54.78 / 54.83)
Maksim Andrianov
Vasiliy Kondratenko
Alexey Zaitsev
Ruslan Samitov
1:49.67
(54.77 / 54.90)
CalgaryFrancesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
Martin Grothkopp
Thorsten Margis
1:47.63
(53.60 / 54.03)
Nico Walther
Paul Krenz
Alexander Rödiger
Eric Franke
1:47.82
(53.69 / 54.13)
Johannes Lochner
Florian Bauer
Christopher Weber
Christian Rasp
1:47.84
(53.83 / 54.01)

Two-woman

Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Time
SiguldaMariama Jamanka
Annika Drazek
1:42.68
(51.28 / 51.40)
Nadezhda Sergeeva
Yulia Belomestnykh
1:43.29
(51.26 / 51.73)
Anna Köhler
Lisa Sophie Gericke
1:43.50
(51.80 / 51.70)
WinterbergStephanie Schneider
Ann-Christin Strack
1:53.57
(56.87 / 56.70)
Mariama Jamanka
Annika Drazek
1:53.64
(56.79 / 56.85)
Elana Meyers Taylor
Lake Kwaza
1:53.65
(56.96 / 56.69)
AltenbergMariama Jamanka
Annika Drazek
1:57.25
(59.07 / 58.18)
Christine de Bruin
Kristen Bujnowski
1:57.56
(59.18 / 58.38)
Elana Meyers Taylor
Lake Kwaza
1:57.64
(59.13 / 58.51)
KönigsseeMariama Jamanka
Annika Drazek
1:41.70
(50.85 / 50.85)
Elana Meyers Taylor
Lake Kwaza
1:42.06
(51.18 / 50.88)
Stephanie Schneider
Ann-Christin Strack
1:42.19
(51.17 / 51.02)
InnsbruckStephanie Schneider
Ann-Christin Strack
1:46.06
(53.10 / 52.96)
Mariama Jamanka
Kira Lipperheide
1:46.17
(53.09 / 53.08)
Elana Meyers Taylor
Sylvia Hoffmann
1:46.23
(53.04 / 53.19)
St. MoritzElana Meyers Taylor
Lauren Gibbs
2:16.11
(1:08.09 / 1:08.02)
Stephanie Schneider
Lisa Sophie Gericke
2:16.71
(1:08.21 / 1:08.50)
Mariama Jamanka
Franziska Bertels
2:16.87
(1:08.31 / 1:08.56)
Lake PlacidElana Meyers Taylor
Lake Kwaza
1:54.79
(57.31 / 57.48)
Christine de Bruin
Kristen Bujnowski
1:55.17
(57.34 / 57.83)
Stephanie Schneider
Deborah Levi
1:55.27
(57.20 / 58.07)
CalgaryMariama Jamanka
Annika Drazek
1:53.63
(56.65 / 56.98)
Elana Meyers Taylor
Lauren Gibbs
1:53.94
(56.84 / 57.10)
Stephanie Schneider
Ann-Christin Strack
1:54.05
(56.96 / 57.09)

Standings

Two-man

Pos.Racer SIG 1 SIG 2 ALT KON IGL STM LPL CGRPoints
11 11 1 1 1 1 1 1800
22 2 3 5 3 3 5 6 1564
36 4 4 5 14 4 5 1232
44 6 13 14 5 10 17 11 1152
514 12 9 20 10 5 8 4 1140
65 4 8 9 2 8 1058
75 5 6 8 17 17 20 17 1036
82 2 4 3 2 1022
911 11 11 7 14 7 10 1000
10DNF 3 2 2 7 3988
1110 10 8 11 11 15 16920
1216 DNS 7 12 15 11 11 13888
1318 17 15 12 4 12 9872
149 14 17 16 17 13 9 808
1517 16 19 18 17 16 14 12762
1614 9 7 9 7752
1712 8 12 13 21 16 26730
187 7 10 16 19 25690
1915 9 8 6 592
203 9 18 21 20562
217 3 6 544
2219 13 8 13 474
2317 22 18 23 24319
2420 20 15 21302
2521 24 12 22 291
2613 13 240
2715 15 208
2823 25 22 27178
296 176
3017 17176

Four-man

Pos.Racer WIN 1 WIN 2 ALT KON IGL STM LPL CGRPoints
12 1 1 3 1 1 4 1 1727
24 4 2 2 2 3 2 4 1616
33 2 4 1 3 2 7 3 1605
41 3 3 7 7 6 5 2 1531
55 6 5 4 4 4 3 6 1496
612 9 7 6 12 8 6 9 1240
77 8 6 12 5 DSQ 15 7 1088
88 7 9 11 10 9 151016
910 10 8 10 8 12 13 1000
1014 11 14 8 15 11 17 12 976

Two-woman

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Pos.Racer SIG WIN ALT KON IGL STM LPL CGRPoints
11 2 1 1 2 3 4 1 1712
28 1 6 3 1 2 3 3 1596
3DSQ 3 3 2 3 1 1 2 1470
42 5 7 12 5 7 8 5 1386
53 4 5 7 4 4 6 1304
65 11 11 14 7 11 5 5 1240
76 8 8 8 12 8 10 13 1208
87 6 9 4 6 DSQ 4 1056
97 4 6 11 5 9 1008
10DNS 10 12 10 9 9 12 11 984

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rankings List . Fibt.com . 2018-12-07.