2021–22 Bobsleigh World Cup Explained

Competition:	2021–22 Bobsleigh World Cup
Competition1:	Two-man
Competition1winner:	Francesco Friedrich (5)
Competition2:	Four-man
Competition2winner:	Francesco Friedrich (4)
Competition3:	Combined men's
Competition3winner:	Francesco Friedrich (5)
Competition4:	Woman's Monobob
Competition4winner:	Elana Meyers Taylor (1)
Competition5:	Two-woman
Competition5winner:	Elana Meyers Taylor (2)
Competition6:	Combined women's
Competition6winner:	Elana Meyers Taylor (1)
Venues:	5 (8 events)
Previous:	2020–21
Following:	2022–23

The 2021–22 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi-race series over a season for bobsleigh. The season started in Innsbruck-Igls, Austria on 20 November 2021 and finished in St. Moritz, Switzerland on 16 January 2022. The season sponsor was BMW.

Calendar

Below is the schedule of the 2021/22 season.^[1]

Bobsleigh World Cup

Venue	Date	Details
Innsbruck-Igls	20–21 November 2021
Innsbruck-Igls	27–28 November 2021
Altenberg	4–5 December 2021
Winterberg	11–12 December 2021	No 2-man race. Double race for 4-man.
Altenberg	18–19 December 2021
Sigulda	1–2 January 2022	No 4-man race. Double race for 2-man.
Winterberg	8–9 January 2022
St. Moritz	15–16 January 2022	also European Championships

Women's Monobob World Series

(*) - additional races

Venue	Date	Details
Whistler *	7–9 November 2021	Triple race
Lillehammer *	11–12 November 2021	Double race
Innsbruck-Igls 1	20 November 2021
Park City *	23–24 November 2021	Double race
Altenberg 1 *	26 November 2021
Innsbruck-Igls 2	27 November 2021
Winterberg 1 *	3 December 2021
Altenberg 2	4 December 2021
Winterberg 2	11 December 2021
Sigulda 1 *	11 December 2021
Lake Placid *	13–14 December 2021	Triple race
Altenberg 3	18 December 2021
Sigulda 2	1 January 2022
Innsbruck-Igls 3 *	6–7 January 2022	Double race
Winterberg 3	8 January 2022
Winterberg 4 *	14 January 2022
St. Moritz	15 January 2022

Results

Two-man

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Innsbruck-Igls 1	Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller	1:42.85 (51.27 / 51.58)	Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer	1:43.32 (51.69 / 51.63)	Brad Hall Greg Cackett	1:43.48 (51.69 / 51.79)
Innsbruck-Igls 2	Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller	1:43.48 (51.57 / 51.91)	Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer	1:43.84 (51.72 / 52.12)	Justin Kripps Cam Stones	1:43.96 (51.84 / 52.12)
Altenberg 1	Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller	1:46.96 (55.06 / 54.90)	Johannes Lochner Christopher Weber	1:47.20 (54.90 / 55.30)	Rostislav Gaitiukevich Mikhail Mordasov	1:47.23 (54.95 / 55.28)
Altenberg 2	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	1:50.37 (55.09 / 55.28)	Christoph Hafer Issam Ammour	1:50.59 (55.24 / 55.35)	Justin Kripps Cam Stones	1:50.68 (55.42 / 55.26)
Sigulda 1	Rostislav Gaitiukevich Mikhail Mordasov	1:39.23 (49.65 / 49.58)	Brad Hall Greg Cackett	1:39.33 (49.64 / 49.69)	Benjamin Maier Markus Sammer	1:39.40 (49.70 / 49.70)
Sigulda 2	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	1:39.16 (49.46 / 49.70)	Brad Hall Nick Gleeson	1:39.22 (49.52 / 49.70)	Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis	1:39.71 (49.83 / 49.88)
Winterberg	Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller	1:49.78 (54.89 / 54.89)	Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer	1:50.11 (54.94 / 55.17)	Justin Kripps Cam Stones	1:50.63 (55.20 / 55.43)
St. Moritz	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	2:11.76 (1:05.89 / 1:05.87)	Justin Kripps Cam Stones	2:11.95 (1:06.15 / 1:05.80)	Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer	2:12.12 (1:06.14 / 1:05.98)

Four-man

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Innsbruck-Igls 1	Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller Thorsten Margis Candy Bauer	1:41.31 (50.54 / 50.77)	Brad Hall Nick Gleeson Greg Cackett Taylor Lawrence	1:41.57 (50.66 / 50.91)	none awarded
			Johannes Lochner Christopher Weber Maximilan Bruckert Erec Christian Rasp	1:41.57 (50.62 / 50.95)
Innsbruck-Igls 2	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Martin Grothkopp Alexander Schüller	1:41.82 (50.95 / 50.99)	Oskars Ķibermanis Dāvis Spriņģis Matīss Miknis Intars Dambis	1:42.10 (51.37 / 51.08)	Justin Kripps Ryan Sommer Ben Coakwell Cameron Stones	1:42.15 (51.18 / 51.13)
Altenberg 1	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Candy Bauer Alexander Schüller	1:47.96 (53.99 / 53.97)	Benjamin Maier Sascha Stepan Markus Sammer Kristian Huber	1:48.63 (54.35 / 54.28)	Rostislav Gaitiukevich Mikhail Mordasov Vladislav Zharovtsev Pavel Travkin	1:48.76 (54.40 / 54.36)
Winterberg 1	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Alexander Schüller Martin Grothkopp	1:47.95 (53.78 / 54.17)	Johannes Lochner Christopher Weber Christian Rasp Florian Bauer	1:48.00 (53.76 / 54.24)	Justin Kripps Ryan Sommer Cam Stones Benjamin Coakwell	1:48.09 (53.89 / 54.20)
Winterberg 2	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Alexander Schüller Candy Bauer	1:49.38 (54.74 / 54.64)	Brad Hall Nick Gleeson Greg Cackett Taylor Lawrence	1:49.68 (54.86 / 54.82)	Benjamin Maier Sascha Stepan Markus Sammer Kristian Huber	1:49.74 (54.88 / 54.86)
Altenberg 2	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Alexander Schüller Martin Grothkopp	1:48.88 (54.37 / 54.51)	Justin Kripps Cam Stones Ryan Sommer Benjamin Coakwell	1:49.16 (54.50 / 54.66)	Rostislav Gaitiukevich Alexey Laptev Mikhail Mordasov Pavel Travkin	1:49.23 (54.74 / 54.49)
Winterberg 3	Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller Candy Bauer Thorsten Margis	1:49.08 (54.40 / 54.68)	Brad Hall Nick Gleeson Taylor Lawrence Greg Cackett	1:49.50 (54.67 / 54.83)	Hunter Church Joshua Williamson Charles Volker Kristopher Horn	1:49.54 (54.76 / 54.78)
St. Moritz	Oskars Ķibermanis Dāvis Spriņģis Matīss Miknis Edgars Nemme	2:09.38 (1:04.69 / 1:04.69)	Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp Alexander Rödiger Alexander Schüller	2:09.54 (1:04.88 / 1:04.66)	Rostislav Gaitiukevich Mikhail Mordasov Pavel Travkin Alexey Laptev	2:09.66 (1:04.84 / 1:04.82)

Women’s Monobob World Series

(*) - additional races

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Whistler 1 *	Alysia Rissling	1:52.79	Brittany Reinbolt	1:54.21		1:55.96
Whistler 2 *	Alysia Rissling	1:52.60	Brittany Reinbolt	1:53.87	Bianca Ribi	1:54.98
Whistler 3 *	Alysia Rissling	1:52.88	Bianca Ribi	1:53.06	Brittany Reinbolt	1:54.79
Lillehammer 1 *	Stephanie Schneider	1:51.15	Karlien Sleper	1:51.68	Viktória Čerňanská	1:51.97
Lillehammer 2 *	Stephanie Schneider	1:51.16	Karlien Sleper	1:51.51	Lisa Buckwitz	1:51.61
Innsbruck-Igls 1	Elana Meyers Taylor	1:50.50	Kaillie Humphries	1:50.63	Laura Nolte	1:50.64
Park City 1 *	Alysia Rissling	1:43.60	Brittany Reinbolt	1:44.26	Nicole Vogt	1:44:69
Park City 2 *	Alysia Rissling	1:44.42	Brittany Reinbolt	1:45.95	Bianca Ribi	1:46.05
Altenberg 1 *	Lisa Buckwitz	2:00.61	Viktória Čerňanská	2:02.35	Alena Osipenko	2:02.54
Innsbruck-Igls 2	Elana Meyers Taylor	1:51.60		1:51.65	Breeana Walker	1:51.79
Winterberg 1 *	Breeana Walker	1:51.54	Lisa Buckwitz	1:59.99	Margot Boch	2:00.59
Altenberg 2	Kaillie Humphries	2:00.57	Cynthia Appiah	2:00.63	Laura Nolte	2:01.10
Winterberg 2	Elana Meyers Taylor	1:57.83	Breeana Walker	1:58.06	Cynthia Appiah	1:58.24
Sigulda 1 *	Kim Yoo-ran	1:49.51	Viktória Čerňanská	1:49.57	Georgeta Popescu	1:50.69
Lake Placid 1 *	Alysia Rissling	1:55.81	Ashleigh Werner	1:56.30	Bianca Ribi	1:56.75
Lake Placid 2 *	Alysia Rissling	1:55.37	Ashleigh Werner	1:55.84	Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian	1:56.31
Lake Placid 3 *	Alysia Rissling	1:56.28	Ashleigh Werner	1:56.92	Brittany Reinbolt	1:57.11
Altenberg 3	Christine de Bruin	1:59.96	Cynthia Appiah	2:00.09	Kaillie Humphries	2:00.15
Sigulda 2	Christine de Bruin	1:48.12	Breeana Walker	1:48.68	Nadezhda Sergeeva	1:48.70
Innsbruck-Igls 3 *	Stephanie Schneider	1:51.73	Ashleigh Werner	1:51.86	Margot Boch	1:52.13
Innsbruck-Igls 4 *	Margot Boch	1:52.17	Stephanie Schneider	1:52.19	Ashleigh Werner	1:52.73
Winterberg 3	Elana Meyers Taylor	1:58.76	Breeana Walker	1:58.93	Laura Nolte	1:59.01
Winterberg 4 *	Simidele Adeagbo	2:01.00	Georgeta Popescu	2:01.52	Lidiia Hunko	2:02.23
St. Moritz	Kaillie Humphries	2:22.27	Elana Meyers Taylor	2:22.31	Cynthia Appiah	2:23.22

Two-woman

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Innsbruck-Igls 1	Laura Nolte Leonie Fiebig	1:46.22 (53.12 / 53.10)	Kim Kalicki Anabel Galander	1:46.39 (53.23 / 53.16)	Christine de Bruin Kristen Bujnowski	1:46.51 (53.18 / 53.33)
Innsbruck-Igls 2	Laura Nolte Deborah Levi	1:46.71 (53.45 / 53.26)	Kim Kalicki Leonie Fiebig	1:46.77 (53.53 / 53.24)	Christine de Bruin Kristen Bujnowski	1:46.86 (53.52 / 53.34)
Altenberg 1	Kaillie Humphries Kaysha Love	1:54.10 (56.99 / 57.11)	Laura Nolte Leonie Fiebig	1:54.14 (56.97 / 57.17)	Christine de Bruin Kristen Bujnowski	1:54.45 (57.13 / 57.32)
Winterberg 1	Laura Nolte Deborah Levi	1:53.77 (56.74 / 57.03)	Mariama Jamanka Alexandra Burghardt	1:53.84 (56.89 / 56.95)	Kim Kalicki Leonie Fiebig	1:54.13 (57.11 / 57.02)
Altenberg 2	Kim Kalicki Lisa Buckwitz	1:54.49 (57.42 / 57.07)	Mariama Jamanka Alexandra Burghardt	1:54.71 (57.49 / 57.22)	Kaillie Humphries Sylvia Hoffman	1:54.92 (57.64 / 57.28)
Sigulda	Elana Meyers Taylor Lake Kwaza	1:41.88 (50.72 / 51.16)	Mica McNeill Adele Nicoll	1:42.10 (50.86 / 51.24)	Christine de Bruin Kristen Bujnowski	1:42.12 (51.01 / 51.11)
Winterberg 2	Laura Nolte Deborah Levi	1:57.15 (58.95 / 58.20)	Kim Kalicki Leonie Fiebig	1:57.28 (59.49 / 57.79)	Kaillie Humphries Sylvia Hoffman	1:57.30 (59.43 / 57.87)
St. Moritz	Kim Kalicki Lisa Buckwitz	2:15.50 (1:08.10 / 1:07.40)	Mariama Jamanka Kira Lipperheide	2:15.54 (1:08.02 / 1:07.52)	Laura Nolte Deborah Levi	2:15.57 (1:08.10 / 1:07.47)

Standings

Two-man

^[2]

Pos.	Racer	IGL 1	IGL 2	ALT 1	ALT 2	SIG 1	SIG 2	WIN	STM	Points
1		1	1	1	1	12	1	1	1	1703
2		4	3	6	3	4	8	3	2	1530
3		6	4	3	6	1	7	4	4	1521
4		2	2	2	10	6	9	2	3	1512
5		3	5	11	9	2	2	6	6	1444
6		15	6	5	2	10	10	5	8	1306
7		7	8	9	10	13	13	9	9	1168
8		12	13	14	18	8	3	11	5	1120
9		9	18	8	5	5	5	8	–	1104
10		17	12	9	8	7	12	12	11	1088

Four-man

^[3]

Pos.	Racer	IGL 1	IGL 2	ALT 1	WIN 1	WIN 2	ALT 2	WIN 3	STM	Points
1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1785
2		6	3	5	3	4	2	5	5	1530
3		7	4	3	7	5	3	7	3	1480
4		2	11	9	5	2	7	2	8	1430
5		2	7	4	2	5	21	4	5	1402
6		5	2	10	8	11	5	9	1	1395
7		9	10	6	9	7	6	18	7	1216
8		4	5	2	6	3	4	–	–	1154
9		10	8	7	17	9	14	6	12	1128
10		8	5	21	10	11	13	3	13	1126

Women’s Monobob World Series

Only best five results of each pilot were added up.^[4]

(*) - additional races

Pos.	Racer	WHI 1 *	WHI 2 *	WHI 3 *	LIL 1 *	LIL 2 *	IGL 1	PAC 1 *	PAC 2 *	ALT 1 *	IGL 2	WIN 1 *	ALT 2	WIN 2	SIG 1 *	LP 1 *	LP 2 *	LP 3 *	ALT 3	SIG 2	IGL 3 *	IGL 4 *	WIN 3	WIN 4 *	STM	Points
1		—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	—	6	1	—	—	—	—	12	—	—	—	1	—	2	1110
2		—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	6	—	1	13	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	4	—	1	1052
3		—	—	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	5	—	2	3	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	5	—	3	1012
4		—	—	—	—	—	7	—	—	—	4	—	4	9	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	8	—	6	1010
5		—	—	—	—	—	6	—	—	—	3	1	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	2	—	7	1006
6		—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	2	—	3	4	—	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	3	—	5	1002
7		—	—	—	—	—	9	—	—	—	7	—	5	5	—	—	—	—	10	3	—	—	7	—	8	904
8		—	—	—	—	—	5	—	—	—	11	—	18	6	—	—	—	—	9	—	—	—	6	—	11	824
9		—	—	—	—	—	11	—	—	—	16	—	13	7	—	—	—	—	7	—	—	—	9	—	4	816
10		—	—	—	—	—	8	—	—	—	8	—	8	14	—	—	—	—	11	—	—	—	13	—	9	768

Two-woman

^[5]

Pos.	Racer	IGL 1	IGL 2	ALT 1	WIN 1	ALT 2	SIG	WIN 2	STM	Points
1		7	5	5	6	4	1	4	5	1505
2		1	1	2	1	6	–	1	3	1486
3		2	2	4	3	1	–	2	1	1472
4		3	3	3	4	16	3	5	6	1448
5		4	10	1	5	3	–	3	4	1337
6		4	4	10	2	2	–	9	2	1310
7		8	9	6	10	8	15	10	8	1200
8		13	16	8	17	9	6	17	15	984
9		18	18	12	14	5	5	16	14	976
10		17	14	7	14	11	7	20	13	972

Points

width=150	Place	width=25	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Women's Monobob World Series (additional races)	120	110	102	96	92	88	84	80	76	72	68
2-Man, 4-Man Women's Monobob World Series (main races), 2-Woman	225	210	200	192	184	176	168	160	152	144	136	128	120	112	104	96	88	80	74	68

Notes and References

1. Web site: Preliminary IBSF sports calendar for Olympic season 2021/2022 released . IBSF.
2. Web site: IBSF World Cup standings - Two-man bobsleigh. IBSF Results. IBSF.
3. Web site: IBSF World Cup standings - Four-man bobsleigh. IBSF Results. IBSF.
4. Web site: IBSF World Cup standings - Women's Monobob. IBSF Results. IBSF.
5. Web site: IBSF World Cup standings - Two-woman bobsleigh. IBSF Results. IBSF.