2016–17 Bobsleigh World Cup

2016–17 Bobsleigh World Cup

Winners
Two-man	Francesco Friedrich (GER)
Four-man	Alexander Kasjanov (RUS)
Combined men's	Francesco Friedrich (GER)
Two-woman	Jamie Greubel Poser (USA)
Competitions
Venues	8 (8 events)

The 2016–17 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi-race series over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 28 November 2016 in Whistler, Canada and ended on 19 March 2017 in Pyeongchang, South Korea. 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 2016/17 season.^[1]

Venue	Date	Details
Whistler	2–3 December 2016
Lake Placid	16–17 December 2016
Altenberg	6–8 January 2017
Winterberg	13–15 January 2017
St. Moritz	20–22 January 2017
Königssee	27–29 January 2017
Igls	3–5 February 2017
Pyeongchang	17–19 March 2017

Results

Two-man

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Whistler	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis  Germany	1:44.21 (51.92 / 52.29)	Rico Peter Thomas Amrhein  Switzerland	1:44.67 (52.21 / 52.46)	Won Yun-jong Seo Young-woo  South Korea	1:44.69 (51.96 / 52.73)
Lake Placid	Steven Holcomb Samuel McGuffie  United States	1:49.47 (54.66 / 54.81)	Justin Kripps Jesse Lumsden  Canada	1:49.74 (54.87 / 54.87)	Chris Spring Lascelles Brown  Canada	1:49.75 (54.80 / 54.95)
Altenberg	Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp  Germany	1:49.20 (54.48 / 54.72)	Alexander Kasjanov Aleksei Pushkarev  Russia	1:49.84 (54.77 / 55.07)	Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis  Latvia	1:49.90 (54.93 / 54.97)
Winterberg	Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp  Germany	1:51.67 (55.86 / 55.81)	Johannes Lochner Joshua Bluhm  Germany	1:52.38 (56.22 / 56.16)	Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis  Latvia	1:52.44 (56.29 / 56.15)
St. Moritz	Johannes Lochner Christian Rasp  Germany	2:10.63 (1:05.40 / 1:05.23)	Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp  Germany	2:10.91 (1:05.69 / 1:05.22)	Steven Holcomb Carlo Valdes  United States	2:11.30 (1:05.85 / 1:05.45)
Königssee	Johannes Lochner Joshua Bluhm  Germany	1:38.54 (49.12 / 49.42)	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis  Germany Steven Holcomb Carlo Valdes  United States	1:38.77 (49.26 / 49.51) 1:38.77 (49.21 / 49.56)
Igls	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis  Germany	1:42.92 (51.25 / 51.67)	Oskars Melbārdis Jānis Strenga  Latvia	1:43.65 (51.58 / 52.07)	Benjamin Maier Thomas Sammer  Austria	1:43.72 (51.64 / 52.08)
Pyeongchang	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis  Germany	1:40.82 (50.24 / 50.58)	Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis  Latvia	1:41.12 (50.46 / 50.66)	Johannes Lochner Joshua Bluhm  Germany	1:41.16 (50.66 / 50.50)

Four-man

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Whistler	Alexander Kasjanov Alexey Zaitsev Aleksei Pushkarev Maxim Belugin  Russia	1:42.51 (51.17 / 51.34)	Rico Peter Bror van der Zijde Simon Friedli Thomas Amrhein  Switzerland	1:42.71 (51.28 / 51.43)	Johannes Lochner Matthias Kagerhuber Sebastian Mrowka Christian Rasp  Germany	1:42.94 (51.52 / 51.42)
Lake Placid	Rico Peter Bror van der Zijde Simon Friedli Thomas Amrhein  Switzerland	1:48.31 (54.11 / 54.20)	Steven Holcomb Carlo Valdes James Reed Samuel McGuffie  United States	1:48.70 (54.22 / 54.48)	Chris Spring Cameron Stones Lascelles Brown Samuel Giguère  Canada	1:48.71 (54.25 / 54.46)
Altenberg	Johannes Lochner Sebastian Mrowka Joshua Bluhm Christian Rasp  Germany	1:48.73 (54.28 / 54.45)	Alexander Kasjanov Alexey Zaitsev Aleksei Pushkarev Maxim Belugin  Russia	1:49.14 (54.55 / 54.59)	Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis  Germany	1:49.40 (54.52 / 54.88)
Winterberg	Johannes Lochner Sebastian Mrowka Joshua Bluhm Christian Rasp  Germany	1:48.95 (54.50 / 54.45)	Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Kevin Korona Eric Franke  Germany	1:49.40 (54.63 / 54.77)	Benjamin Maier Stefan Laussegger Markus Sammer Daniel Moldovan  Austria	1:49.42 (54.72 / 54.70)
St. Moritz	Oskars Ķibermanis Jānis Jansons Matīss Miknis Raivis Zīrups  Latvia	2:08.60 (1:04.55 / 1:04.05)	Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga  Latvia	2:08.73 (1:04.56 / 1:04.17)	Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis  Germany	2:08.90 (1:04.73 / 1:04.17)
Königssee	Johannes Lochner Matthias Kagerhuber Joshua Bluhm Christian Rasp  Germany	1:37.17 (48.45 / 48.72)	Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Kevin Korona Eric Franke  Germany	1:37.42 (48.59 / 48.83)	Alexey Stulnev Ilvir Huzin Maxim Belugin Roman Koshelev  Russia	1:37.49 (48.63 / 48.86)
Igls	Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga  Latvia	1:42.01 (50.88 / 51.13)	Rico Peter Simon Friedli Alex Baumann Thomas Amrhein  Switzerland	1:42.06 (50.98 / 51.08)	Steven Holcomb Carlo Valdes James Reed Samuel McGuffie  United States	1:42.07 (50.95 / 51.12)
Pyeongchang	Alexander Kasjanov Aleksei Pushkarev Vasiliy Kondratenko Alexey Zaitsev  Russia	1:39.96 (49.99 / 49.97)	Rico Peter Bror van der Zijde Alex Baumann Thomas Amrhein  Switzerland	1:40.19 (50.15 / 50.04)	Oskars Ķibermanis Jānis Jansons Matīss Miknis Raivis Zīrups  Latvia	1:40.22 (50.07 / 50.15)

Two-woman

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Whistler	Kaillie Humphries Cynthia Appiah  Canada	1:46.53 (53.19 / 53.34)	Christina Hengster Sanne Dekker  Austria	1:46.77 (53.37 / 53.40)	Jamie Greubel Poser Lauren Gibbs  United States	1:46.86 (53.31 / 53.55)
Lake Placid	Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans  United States	1:52.02 (55.81 / 56.21)	Elana Meyers Taylor Lolo Jones  United States	1:52.16 (55.95 / 56.21)	Kaillie Humphries Cynthia Appiah  Canada	1:53.05 (56.40 / 56.65)
Altenberg	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz  Canada	1:54.15 (57.10 / 57.05)	Elana Meyers Taylor Kehri Jones  United States	1:54.85 (57.24 / 57.61)	Christina Hengster Sanne Dekker  Austria	1:54.93 (57.38 / 57.55)
Winterberg	Elana Meyers Taylor Kehri Jones  United States	1:54.43 (57.30 / 57.13)	Mariama Jamanka Annika Drazek  Germany	1:54.50 (57.24 / 57.26)	Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans  United States	1:54.67 (57.29 / 57.38)
St. Moritz	Elana Meyers Taylor Briauna Jones  United States	2:16.14 (1:08.41 / 1:07.73)	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz  Canada	2:16.15 (1:08.35 / 1:07.80)	Jamie Greubel Poser Lauren Gibbs  United States	2:16.29 (1:08.38 / 1:07.91)
Königssee	Elana Meyers Taylor Kehri Jones  United States	1:41.01 (50.36 / 50.65)	Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans  United States	1:41.27 (50.49 / 50.78)	Mariama Jamanka Annika Drazek  Germany	1:41.67 (50.61 / 51.06)
Igls	Elana Meyers Taylor Lolo Jones  United States	1:46.14 (53.01 / 53.13)	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz  Canada	1:46.39 (53.19 / 53.20)	Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans  United States	1:46.53 (53.20 / 53.33)
Pyeongchang	Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans  United States	1:43.65 (51.79 / 51.86)	Elana Meyers Taylor Lolo Jones  United States	1:43.80 (51.71 / 52.09)	Alysia Rissling Cynthia Appiah  Canada	1:44.06 (52.10 / 51.96)

Standings

Two-man

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Pos.	Racer	WHI	LPL	ALT	WIN	STM	KON	IGL	PYE	Points
1	Francesco Friedrich (GER)	1	–	1	1	2	2	1	1	1545
2	Steven Holcomb (USA)	11	1	8	10	3	2	10	14	1331
3	Won Yun-jong (KOR)	3	4	5	8	8	16	11	5	1312
4	Johannes Lochner (GER)	4	–	11	2	1	1	16	3	1284
5	Alexander Kasjanov (RUS)	9	5	2	9	9	10	6	16	1266
6	Alexey Stulnev (RUS)	8	9	7	4	11	4	17	13	1208
7	Benjamin Maier (AUT)	17	12	4	7	7	7	3	25	1152
8	Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT)	–	–	3	3	5	5	8	2	1138
9	Justin Kripps (CAN)	4	2	14	18	21	11	5	8	1136
10	Rico Peter (SUI)	2	6	10	5	15	12	19	23	1070
11	Nico Walther (GER)	15	–	6	13	4	13	15	11	952
12	Uģis Žaļims (LAT)	–	–	9	5	10	9	9	9	936
13	Chris Spring (CAN)	10	3	–	23	14	15	13	7	898
14	Kim Dong-hyun (KOR)	6	7	12	16	16	19	20	21	868
15	Justin Olsen (USA)	7	8	–	17	23	29	4	6	858
16	Oskars Melbārdis (LAT)	–	–	13	–	6	6	2	12	810
17	Codie Bascue (USA)	12	10	17	19	28	20	21	10	736
18	Nick Poloniato (CAN)	14	13	–	22	19	24	18	4	679
19	Bruce Tasker (GBR)	19	–	dsq	12	13	8	12	20	678
20	Maxim Andrianov (RUS)	13	11	15	15	24	18	26	24	670
21	Rudy Rinaldi (MON)	15	14	–	–	16	14	13	22	600
22	Dominik Dvorak (CZE)	–	–	18	21	18	–	6	15	502
23	Beat Hefti (SUI)	–	–	16	11	20	26	22	18	472
24	Mateusz Luty (POL)	–	–	–	14	11	16	–	16	440
25	Ivo de Bruin (NED)	20	17	–	25	25	22	23	28	370
26	Lamin Deen (GBR)	18	15	21	24	27	–	–	–	323
27	Simone Bertazzo (ITA)	–	–	20	20	22	24	–	dns	237
28	Loic Costerg (FRA)	21	16	–	–	–	21	–	–	220
29	Jan Vrba (CZE)	–	–	19	26	26	23	29	31	220
30	Edson Bindilatti (BRA)	23	19	–	–	–	–	–	25	164
31	Lucas Mata (AUS)	22	18	–	–	–	–	–	29	160
32	Bradley Hall (GBR)	–	–	–	–	–	27	24	19	151
33	Markus Treichl (AUT)	–	–	22	–	29	28	31	30	128
34	Dorin Grigore (ROU)	–	–	23	27	30	30	32	–	122
35	Patrick Baumgartner (ITA)	–	–	–	–	–	–	28	27	60
36	Romain Heinrich (FRA)	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	–	40
37	Simone Fontana (ITA)	–	–	–	–	–	–	27	–	32
38	Vuk Rađenović (SRB)	–	–	–	–	–	–	29	–	24

Four-man

2016–17 Overall Four-man Champions podium: Kasjanov-Russia (Champions, center), Peter-Switzerland (Silver, left), Holcomb-USA (Bronze, right).

Two of these pilots also finished on the podium for the 2016–17 Overall Combined Champions, with Kasjanov-Russia taking Silver and Holcomb-USA taking Bronze

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Pos.	Racer	WHI	LPL	ALT	WIN	STM	KON	IGL	PYE	Points
1	Alexander Kasjanov (RUS)	1	8	2	4	8	6	9	1	1500
2	Rico Peter (SUI)	2	1	5	14	5	11	2	2	1471
3	Steven Holcomb (USA)	4	2	9	7	15	4	3	10	1362
4	Alexey Stulnev (RUS)	8	7	8	5	9	3	5	19	1282
5	Nico Walther (GER)	10	–	6	2	7	2	6	5	1268
6	Johannes Lochner (GER)	3	–	1	1	4	1	dsq	6	1243
7	Francesco Friedrich (GER)	12	–	3	5	3	5	4	11	1224
8	Benjamin Maier (AUT)	13	10	4	3	11	9	14	16	1152
9	Maxim Andrianov (RUS)	7	16	10	8	10	8	11	12	1136
10	Justin Kripps (CAN)	5	9	14	9	16	16	7	9	1112
11	Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT)	–	–	7	10	1	14	8	3	1009
12	Lamin Deen (GBR)	9	6	12	12	14	17	20	18	932
13	Oskars Melbārdis (LAT)	–	–	11	–	2	7	1	4	931
14	Chris Spring (CAN)	6	3	–	21	6	19	16	13	904
15	Won Yun-jong (KOR)	–	5	–	11	22	18	12	7	752
16	Codie Bascue (USA)	15	4	15	13	30	21	25	20	710
17	Loic Costerg (FRA)	14	11	–	–	12	13	–	14	608
18	Jan Vrba (CZE)	–	–	17	17	23	10	14	17	570
19	Justin Olsen (USA)	–	12	–	18	19	26	21	15	484
20	Nick Poloniato (CAN)	11	dnf	–	19	17	23	22	25	444
21	Bradley Hall (GRB)	–	–	–	–	–	12	18	8	368
22	Rudy Rinaldi (MON)	–	–	–	–	13	15	10	–	368
23	Uģis Žaļims (LAT)	–	–	18	15	18	–	17	–	352
24	Ivo de Bruin (NED)	19	15	–	24	23	27	27	–	337
25	Simone Bertazzo (ITA)	–	–	13	16	26	25	–	dns	292
26	Markus Treichl (AUT)	–	–	–	–	20	20	23	22	242
27	Dominik Dvorak (CZE)	–	–	19	22	27	–	19	–	236
28	Edson Bindilatti (BRA)	16	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	208
29	Oliver Biddulph (GBR)	–	–	16	20	29	–	–	–	188
30	Dorin Alexandru Grigore (ROU)	–	–	20	25	28	dsq	26	–	172
31	Mateusz Luty (POL)	–	–	–	26	23	22	–	–	142
32	Clemens Bracher (SUI)	–	–	–	–	–	-	12	–	128
33	Elana Meyers Taylor (USA)	–	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	120
34	Beat Hefti (SUI)	–	–	–	23	21	–	–	–	112
35	Pius Meyerhans (SUI)	–	–	–	–	–	24	–	21	107
36	Nick Cunningham (USA)	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	88
37	Suk Young-jin (KOR)	18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	80
38	Patrick Baumgartner (ITA)	–	–	–	–	-	-	28	23	78
39	Kaillie Humphries (CAN)	–	dns	–	27	32	–	29	–	56
40	Lucas Mata (AUS)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	24	45
41	Vuk Rađenović (SRB)	–	-	–	-	-	–	24	–	45
42	Thomas Heibl (NOR)	–	–	–	–	31	28	–	–	28
43	Alysia Rissling (CAN)	–	–	–	–	-	-	30	–	20
44	Maria Adela Constantin (ROM)	–	–	–	–	-	-	31	–	0

Two-woman

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Pos.	Racer	WHI	LPL	ALT	WIN	STM	KON	IGL	PYE	Points
1	Jamie Greubel Poser (USA)	3	1	5	3	3	2	3	1	1644
2	Kaillie Humphries (CAN)	1	3	1	5	2	4	2	5	1630
3	Elana Meyers Taylor (USA)	dsq	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1530
4	Christina Hengster (AUT)	2	6	3	6	5	8	8	12	1394
5	Nadezhda Sergeeva (RUS)	5	9	9	4	6	5	10	6	1360
6	Aleksandra Rodionova (RUS)	6	7	7	7	10	7	7	13	1280
7	Mariama Jamanka (GER)	11	–	10	2	4	3	5	4	1258
8	Alysia Rissling (CAN)	4	5	–	11	–	9	9	3	1016
9	Brittany Reinbolt (USA)	7	4	–	13	14	15	6	11	1008
10	Elfje Willemsen (BEL)	–	–	6	8	9	6	14	14	888
11	An Vannieuwenhuyse (BEL)	–	–	4	12	11	11	17	8	840
12	Maria Adela Constantin (ROU)	13	13	8	14	15	–	20	22	740
13	Mica McNeill (GBR)	8	14	dsq	10	7	–	12	–	712
14	Maria Oshigiri (JPN)	–	–	12	15	12	10	15	16	704
15	Christin Senkel (GER)	–	–	11	8	7	12	–	15	696
16	Christine de Bruin (CAN)	12	8	–	18	–	16	11	17	688
17	Andreea Grecu (ROU)	–	11	–	16	16	–	13	9	600
18	Stephanie Schneider (GER)	–	–	–	–	–	13	4	7	480
19	Sabina Hafner (SUI)	–	–	–	–	13	13	16	10	480
20	Kim Yoo-ran (KOR)	9	10	–	–	–	–	–	18	376
21	Minami Homma (JPN)	–	–	13	19	19	18	–	–	348
22	Lee Seon-hye (KOR)	10	12	–	–	–	–	–	20	340
23	Konomi Asazu (JPN)	–	–	–	–	17	19	21	19	298
24	Katrin Beierl (AUT)	–	–	–	–	20	17	19	21	292
25	Lien de Decker (BEL)	–	–	–	17	18	dsq	22	–	224
26	Martina Fontanive (SUI)	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	–	80

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	10	6	5	21
2	United States	7	6	6	19
3	Canada	2	3	4	9
4	Latvia	2	3	3	8
5	Russia	2	2	1	5
6	Switzerland	1	4	0	5
7	Austria	0	1	3	4
8	South Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		24	25	23	72

References

1. "FIBT Viessmann World Cup Tour 2016/2017" (PDF). FIBT. Retrieved 6 July 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
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

• IBSF^{[permanent dead link‍]}