2015–16 Bobsleigh World Cup

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.

2015–16 Bobsleigh World Cup
Winners
Two-man Won Yun-jong (KOR)
Four-man Maximilian Arndt (GER)
Two-woman Kaillie Humphries (CAN)
Competitions
Venues7 (8 events)

Calendar edit

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 edit

Two-man edit

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

Four-man edit

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

Two-woman edit

Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time
  Altenberg Kaillie Humphries
Melissa Lotholz
  Canada
1:53.67
(56.77 / 56.90)
Elfje Willemsen
Sophie Vercruyssen
  Belgium
1:54.41
(57.31 / 57.10)
Jamie Greubel Poser
Lauren Gibbs
  United States
Christina Hengster
Sanne Dekker
  Austria
1:54.72
(57.44 / 57.28)

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

Standings edit

Two-men edit

[2]

Pos. Racer   ALT   WIN   KON1   LPL   WHI1   WHI2   STM   KON2 Points
1   Won Yun-jong (KOR) 3 3 6 3 1 9 5 1 1562
2   Nico Walther (GER) 4 7 3 2 12 6 3 6 1450
3   Uģis Žaļims (LAT) 8 5 10 5 4 2 7 7 1410
4   Rico Peter (SUI) 7 8 5 9 1 7 17 4 1337
5   Oskars Melbārdis (LAT) 2 2 2 5 4 10 5 1334
6   Francesco Friedrich (GER) 1 1 1 8 dnf 16 10 3 1275
7   Justin Kripps (CAN) 6 10 4 4 8 5 25 7 1256
8   Steven Holcomb (USA) 12 18 7 1 7 12 2 11 1243
9   Alexander Kasjanov (RUS) 10 9 12 13 3 3 8 12 1232
10   Maximilian Arndt (GER) 4 13 9 6 9 8 4 1144
11   Alexey Stulnev (RUS) 18 15 11 14 10 10 9 10 1016
12   Nick Cunningham (USA) 19 4 8 6 14 19 14 14 1012
13   Chris Spring (CAN) 21 11 22 12 5 1 13 19 985
14   Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT) 9 6 17 10 18 18 12 16 944
15   Simone Bertazzo (ITA) 14 20 14 17 15 11 16 15 820
16   Kim Dong-hyun (KOR) 13 12 12 15 11 dsq 22 18 752
17   Beat Hefti (SUI) 11 17 18 1 2 739
18   Nikita Zakharov (RUS) - 14 19 16 13 14 514
19   Benjamin Maier (AUT) 20 25 21 15 17 362
20   Ivo de Bruin (NED) 18 13 29 21 294
21   Maxim Andrianov (RUS) 16 6 272
22   Bradley Hall (GBR) 20 18 13 268
23   Mateusz Luty (POL) 17 15 19 266
24   Rudy Rinaldi (MON) - 16 16 20 260
25   Pius Meyerhans (SUI) 16 15 200
26   Jan Vrba (CZE) 22 22 25 27 184
27   Lamin Deen (GBR) 14 21 dsq 174
28   Bruce Tasker (GBR) 22 22 23 162
29   Heath Spence (AUS) 20 17 156
30   Johannes Lochner (GER) 9 152
31   Loïc Costerg (FRA) - 19 24 28 147
32   Dakarai Kongela (USA) 19 20 142
33   Codie Bascue (USA) 13 136
34   Vuk Rađenović (SRB) - 23 28 24 123
35   Dominik Dvořák (CZE) - 26 20 104
36   Markus Sammer (AUT) - 23 26 86
37   Oliver Biddulph (GBR) 23 28 78
38   Radek Matoušek (CZE) - 27 27 64
39   Justin Olsen (USA) - 21 62
40   Dorin Grigore (ROU) - 26 29 60
41   Lukas Kolb (AUT) - 31 22 56
42   Nick Polionato (CAN) - 22 56
43   Thomas Heibl (NOR) 30 30 40

Four-man edit

[3]

Pos. Racer   ALT   WIN   KON1   LPL   PAC1   PAC2   STM   KON2 Points
1   Maximilian Arndt (GER) 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1715
2   Francesco Friedrich (GER) 1 1 4 6 7 4 4 3 1570
3   Rico Peter (SUI) 4 4 3 5 3 3 7 6 1512
4   Nico Walther (GER) 2 3 1 13 11 1 5 4 1492
5   Alexander Kasjanov (RUS) 9 6 5 2 1 5 8 7 1459
6   Justin Kripps (CAN) 10 12 10 3 4 10 11 10 1232
7   Alexey Stulnev (RUS) 12 7 7 7 6 9 16 9 1208
8   Simone Bertazzo (ITA) 7 10 15 11 17 12 10 12 1040
9   Lamin Deen (GBR) 6 8 16 4 8 14 21 19 1032
10   Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT) 5 9 19 10 6 6 15 1018
11   Steven Holcomb (USA) 17 18 12 8 16 7 15 16 920
12   Oskars Melbārdis (LAT) 8 5 6 3 5 904
13   Uģis Žaļims (LAT) 13 16 17 5 7 13 14 888
14   Nikita Zakharov (RUS) 11 13 10 14 15 12 13 864
15   Benjamin Maier (AUT) 11 15 9 2 2 812
16   Nick Cunningham (USA) 14 13 14 9 12 13 22 800
17   Won Yun-jong (KOR) 16 17 20 14 18 11 20 648
18   John James Jackson (GBR) 8 16 15 20 19 11 638
19   Jan Vrba (CZE) 15 14 11 9 504
20   Chris Spring (CAN) 12 9 17 26 18 484
21   Loïc Costerg (FRA) 19 18 14 8 426
22   Codie Bascue (USA) 15 13 19 298
23   Ivo de Bruin (NED) 19 18 27 20 254
24   Pius Meyerhans (SUI) 20 16 18 244
25   Kaillie Humphries (CAN) 17 21 21 28 240
26   Lukas Kolb (AUT) 24 17 17 221
27   Oliver Biddulph (GBR) 18 21 142
28   Dominik Dvořák (CZE) 23 21 112
29   Vuk Rađenović (SRB) dsq 22 22 112
30   Dorin Grigore (ROU) 22 23 106
31   Thomas Heibl (NOR) 21 25 102
32   Radek Matoušek (CZE) 20 68
33   Edson Bindilatti (BRA) 24 45
34   Maxim Andrianov (RUS) dnf 0
34   Mateusz Luty (POL) dns 0

Two-woman edit

[4]

Pos. Racer   ALT   WIN   KON1   LPL   PAC   WHI   STM   KON2 Points
1   Kaillie Humphries (CAN) 1 3 1 2 1 1 3 2 1720
2   Jamie Greubel Poser (USA) 3 1 3 1 3 2 4 6 1628
3   Christina Hengster (AUT) 3 5 4 3 2 3 7 4 1546
4   Elfje Willemsen (BEL) 2 6 2 4 5 7 5 5 1508
5   Anja Schneiderheinze (GER) 5 4 6 5 4 2 3 1338
6   An Vannieuwenhuyse (BEL) 7 9 7 6 7 4 14 9 1288
7   Mariama Jamanka (GER) 8 7 6 5 10 8 992
8   Elana Meyers Taylor (USA) 8 2 1 1 820
9   Maria Adela Constantin (ROU) 9 8 10 13 11 712
10   Sandra Kroll (GER) 6 7 5 528
11   Katrin Beierl (AUT) 10 11 11 14 528
12   Brittany Reinbolt (USA) 9 9 6 480
13   Nicole Vogt (USA) 8 8 8 480
14   Mica McNeill (GBR) 9 11 7 456
15   Stephanie Schneider (GER) 6 13 296
16   Aleksandra Rodionova (RUS) 8 12 288
17   Nadezhda Sergeeva (RUS) 15 10 238
18   Katie Eberling (USA) 9 152

References edit

  1. ^ "FIBT Viessmann World Cup Tour 2015/2016" (PDF). FIBT. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Rankings List". Fibt.com. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  3. ^ "Rankings List". Fibt.com. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  4. ^ "Rankings List". Fibt.com. Retrieved 2015-05-31.

External links edit