2018–19 Bobsleigh World Cup

2018–19 Bobsleigh World Cup

Winners
Two-man	Francesco Friedrich
Four-man	Nico Walther
Two-woman	Mariama Jamanka
Competitions
Venues	2 (8 events)

The 2018–19 Bobsleigh World Cup is a multi-race series over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 8 December in Sigulda, Latvia and will end on 24 February 2019 in Calgary, Canada. The World Cup is organised by the IBSF (formerly the FIBT) who also run World Cups and Championships in skeleton. The season is sponsored by BMW.

Calendar

Venue	Date	Details
Sigulda	7–9 December	No Four-man race. Double race for two-man.
Winterberg	15–16 December	No Two-man race. Double race for four-man.
Altenberg	5–6 January
Königssee	12–13 January
Innsbruck	19–20 January
St. Moritz	26–27 January
Lake Placid	15-16 February
Calgary	23-24 February	Double race for two-man and two woman.
Whistler	3-9 March	World Championships

Results

Two-man

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Sigulda 1	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Germany	1:39.97 (49.86/50.11)	Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis Latvia	1:40.39 (50.14/50.25)	Benjamin Maier Markus Sammer Austria	1:40.63 (50.11/50.54)
Sigulda 2	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Germany	1:40.25 (50.00/50.25)	Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis Latvia	1:40.31 (50.02/50.29)	Christoph Hafer Tobias Schneider Germany	1:40.50 (50.07/50.43)
Altenberg
Königssee
Innsbruck
St. Moritz
Lake Placid
Calgary 1
Calgary 2

Four-man

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Winterberg 1	Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Christian Poser Eric Franke Germany		Francesco Friedrich Jannis Bäcker Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis Germany		Johannes Lochner Marc Rademacher Christopher Weber Christian Rasp Germany
Winterberg 2	Francesco Friedrich Jannis Bäcker Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis Germany		Johannes Lochner Marc Rademacher Christopher Weber Christian Rasp Germany		Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Christian Poser Eric Franke Germany
Altenberg
Königssee
Innsbruck
St. Moritz
Lake Placid
Calgary

Two-woman

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Sigulda	Mariama Jamanka Lisa Marie Buckwitz Germany	1:42.68 (51.28 / 51.40)	Nadezhda Sergeeva Yulia Belomestnykh Russia	1:43.29 (51.26 / 51.73)	Anna Köhler Lisa Sophie Gericke Germany	1:43.50 (51.80 / 51.70)
Winterberg	Stephanie Schneider Ann-Christin Strack Germany		Mariama Jamanka Lisa Marie Buckwitz Germany		Elana Meyers Taylor Lolo Jones United States
Altenberg
Königssee
Innsbruck
St. Moritz
Lake Placid
Calgary 1
Calgary 2

Standings

Two-man

Pos.	Racer	SIG 1	SIG 2	ALT	KON	IGL	STM	LPL	CGR 1	CGR 2	Points
1	Francesco Friedrich (GER)	1	1								450
2	Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT)	2	2								420
3	Nico Walther (GER)	6	4								368
3	Christoph Hafer (GER)	7	3								368
3	Dominik Dvořák (CZE)	4	6								368
3	Maxim Andrianov (RUS)	5	5								368
7	Benjamin Maier (AUT)	3	9								352
8	Ralfs Berzins (LAT)	7	7								336
9	Aleksandr Bredikhin (RUS)	12	8								288
9	Markus Treichl (AUT)	10	10								288
11	Mateusz Luty (POL)	11	11								272
12	Codie Bascue (USA)	9	14								264
13	Alexander Kasjanov (RUS)	13	13								240
13	Won Yun-jong (KOR)	14	12								240
15	Pius Meyerhans (SUI)	15	15								208
16	Justin Olsen (USA)	17	16								184
17	Michael Vogt (SUI)	18	17								168
18	Ivo de Bruin (NED)	16	18								96

Four-man

Pos.	Racer	WIN 1	WIN 2	ALT	KON	IGL	STM	LPL	CGR	Points
1	Francesco Friedrich (GER)	2	1							435
2	Nico Walther (GER)	1	3							425
3	Johannes Lochner (GER)	3	2							410
4	Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT)	4	4							384
5	Benjamin Maier (AUT)	6	5							360
5	Maxim Andrianov (RUS)	5	6							360
7	Dominik Dvořák (CZE)	7	8							328
7	Aleksandr Bredikhin (RUS)	9	7							328
9	Markus Treichl (AUT)	10	10							288
10	Won Yun-jong (KOR)	13	9							280
11	Ralfs Berzins (LAT)	11	13							256
12	Ivo de Bruin (NED)	15	11							248
13	Romain Heinrich (FRA)	14	16							216
13	Justin Olsen (USA)	16	14							216
15	Pius Meyerhans (SUI)	18	15							192
15	Brad Hall (GBR)	16	17							192
17	Rudy Rinaldi (MON)	8	-							160
17	Elana Meyers (USA)		18							160
19	Michael Vogt (SUI)	12	12							192

Two-woman

Pos.	Racer	SIG	WIN	ALT	KON	IGL	STM	LPL	CGR 1	CGR 2	Points
1	Mariama Jamanka (GER)	1	2								435
2	Nadezhda Sergeeva (RUS)	2	5								394
3	Anna Köhler (GER)	3	4								392
4	Stephanie Schneider (GER)	8	1								385
5	Lubov Chernykh (RUS)	4	9								344
6	Katrin Beierl (AUT)	7	6								344
7	An Vannieuwenhuyse (BEL)	6	8								336
8	Brittany Reinbolt (USA)	5	11								320
9	Elana Meyers Taylor (USA)	DSQ	3								200
10	Mica McNeill (GBR)	-	7								168
10	Martina Fontanive (SUI)	DNS	10								144
11	Elfje Willemsen (BEL)	-	12								128

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	6	3	4	13
2	Latvia	0	2	0	2
3	Russia	0	1	0	1
4	Austria	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
6	Canada	0	0	0	0
	Great Britain	0	0	0	0
	Switzerland	0	0	0	0
Totals (8 entries)		6	6	6	18