2011–12 Bobsleigh World Cup

The 2011–12 Bobsleigh World Cup is a multi race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 2 December 2011 in Igls, Austria and ended on 11 February 2012 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The World Cup is organised by the FIBT who also run World Cups and Championships in skeleton. This season is sponsored by Viessmann.

2011–12 Bobsleigh World Cup

Winners
Combined men's	Maximilian Arndt (GER)
Two-man	Beat Hefti (SUI)
Four-man	Alexandr Zubkov (RUS)
Two-woman	Cathleen Martini (GER)
Competitions
Venues	8
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Calendar

Below is the schedule of the 2011/12 season.^[1]

Venue	Date	Details
Igls	2–4 December 2011
La Plagne	9–11 December 2011
Winterberg	16–18 December 2011
Altenberg	6–8 January 2012	Also serves as FIBT European Championship
Königssee	13–15 January 2012
St. Moritz	20–22 January 2012
Whistler	2–4 February 2012
Calgary	9–11 February 2012

Results

Two-man

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Igls[2]	Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter   Switzerland	1:44.24 (52.20 / 52.04)	Thomas Florschütz Kevin Kuske  Germany	1:44.36 (52.33 / 52.03)	Steven Holcomb Justin Olsen  United States	1:44.42 (52.26 / 52.16)
La Plagne[3]	Thomas Florschütz Kevin Kuske  Germany	1:58.50 (59.39 / 59.11)	Steven Holcomb Steven Langton  United States	1:58.85 (59.48 / 59.37)	Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter   Switzerland	1:58.91 (59.53 / 59.38)
Winterberg[4]	Thomas Florschütz Kevin Kuske  Germany	1:52.98 (56.81 / 56.17)	Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter   Switzerland	1:53.22 (57.06 / 56.16)	Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens  Latvia	1:53.43 (57.34 / 56.09)
Altenberg[5]	Thomas Florschütz Kevin Kuske  Germany	56.26	Maximilian Arndt Marko Huebenbecker  Germany	56.27	Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter   Switzerland	56.73
Königssee[6]	Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter   Switzerland	1:39.91 (50.04 / 49.87)	Lyndon Rush Jesse Lumsden  Canada	1:40.21 (50.23 / 49.98)	Manuel Machata Andreas Bredau  Germany	1:40.33 (50.34 / 49.99)
St. Moritz[7]	Maximilian Arndt Marko Huebenbecker  Germany	2:14.51 (1:07.59 / 1:06.92)	Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter   Switzerland	2:14.67 (1:07.67 / 1:07.00)	Manuel Machata Andreas Bredau  Germany	2:14.94 (1:07.93 / 1:07.01)
Whistler[8]	Lyndon Rush Jesse Lumsden  Canada	1:44.14 (52.04 / 52.10)	Maximilian Arndt Martin Putze  Germany	1:44.21 (51.95 / 52.26)	Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter   Switzerland	1:44.36 (52.23 / 52.13)
Calgary[9]	Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter   Switzerland	1:50.14 (55.07 / 55.07)	Manuel Machata Andreas Bredau  Germany	1:50.15 (55.12 / 55.03)	Maximilian Arndt Kevin Kuske  Germany	1:50.40 (55.15 / 55.25)

Four-man

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Igls[10]	Alexandr Zubkov Filipp Yegorov Dmitry Trunenkov Nikolay Hrenkov  Russia	1:43.05 (51.56 / 51.49)	Steven Holcomb Justin Olsen Steven Langton Curtis Tomasevicz  United States	1:43.11 (51.65 / 51.46)	Thomas Florschütz Martin Rostig Kevin Kuske Thomas Blaschek  Germany	1:43.41 (51.77 / 51.64)
La Plagne[11]	Manuel Machata Florian Becke Andreas Bredau Christian Poser  Germany	1:57.00 (58.48 / 58.52)	Maximilian Arndt Rene Tiefert Jan Speer Martin Putze  Germany	1:57.24 (58.58 / 58.66)	Thomas Florschütz Gino Gerhardi Kevin Kuske Thomas Blaschek  Germany	1:57.26 (58.66 / 58.60)
Winterberg[12]	Thomas Florschütz Gino Gerhardi Kevin Kuske Thomas Blaschek  Germany	1:50.52 (55.39 / 55.13)	Alexandr Zubkov Filipp Yegorov Dmitry Trunenkov Nikolay Hrenkov  Russia	1:50.54 (55.38 / 55.16)	Oskars Melbārdis Helvijs Lūsis Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga  Latvia	1:50.65 (55.39 / 55.26)
Altenberg[13]	Maximilian Arndt Marko Huebenbecker Alexander Rödiger Martin Putze  Germany	1:49.87 (54.73 / 55.14)	Alexandr Zubkov Filipp Yegorov Dmitry Trunenkov Nikolay Hrenkov  Russia	1:50.53 (55.16 / 55.37)	Thomas Florschütz Ronny Listner Kevin Kuske Thomas Blaschek  Germany	1:50.79 (55.17 / 55.62)
Königssee[14]	Alexandr Zubkov Filipp Yegorov Dmitry Trunenkov Maxim Mokrousov  Russia	1:38.05 (49.22 / 48.83)	Manuel Machata Marko Huebenbecker Andreas Bredau Christian Poser  Germany	1:38.07 (49.24 / 48.83)	Maximilian Arndt Jan Speer Alexander Rödiger Martin Putze  Germany	1:38.19 (49.30 / 48.89)
St. Moritz[15]	Maximilian Arndt Jan Speer Alexander Rödiger Martin Putze  Germany	2:10.51 (1:05.35 / 1:05.16)	Manuel Machata Marko Huebenbecker Andreas Bredau Christian Poser  Germany	2:10.72 (1:05.43 / 1:05.29)	Edgars Maskalāns Daumants Dreiškens Uģis Žaļims Intars Dambis  Latvia	2:10.75 (1:05.47 / 1:05.28)
Whistler[16]	Alexandr Zubkov Filipp Yegorov Dmitry Trunenkov Maxim Mokrousov  Russia	1:42.46 (51.21 / 51.25)	Alexander Kasjanov Denis Moiseychenkov Maxim Belugin Nikolay Hrenkov  Russia	1:42.60 (51.32 / 51.28)	Lyndon Rush Jesse Lumsden Cody Sorensen Neville Wright  Canada	1:42.62 (51.32 / 51.30)
Calgary[17]	Manuel Machata Marko Huebenbecker Andreas Bredau Christian Poser  Germany	1:47.72 (53.66 / 54.06)	Maximilian Arndt Jan Speer Kevin Kuske Martin Putze  Germany	1:48.00 (53.68 / 54.32)	Alexandr Zubkov Filipp Yegorov Dmitry Trunenkov Maxim Mokrousov  Russia	1:48.13 (53.73 / 54.40)

Two-woman

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Igls[18]	Anja Schneiderheinze Lisette Thöne  Germany	1:47.26 (53.69 / 53.57)	Sandra Kiriasis Petra Lammert  Germany	1:47.44 (53.82 / 53.62)	Christina Hengster Inga Versen  Austria	1:47.82 (53.95 / 53.87)
					Elana Meyers Katie Eberling  United States	1:47.82 (53.90 / 53.92)
La Plagne[19]	Kaillie Humphries Emily Baadsvik  Canada	2:02.81 (1:01.63 / 1:01.18)	Cathleen Martini Janine Tischer  Germany	2:02.93 (1:01.79 / 1:01.14)	Fabienne Meyer Hanne Schenk   Switzerland	2:02.98 (1:01.75 / 1:01.23)
Winterberg[20]	Cathleen Martini Janine Tischer  Germany	1:56.32 (58.20 / 58.12)	Anja Schneiderheinze Lisette Thöne  Germany	1:56.60 (57.88 / 58.72)	Fabienne Meyer Hanne Schenk   Switzerland	1:56.73 (58.20 / 58.53)
Altenberg[21]	Cathleen Martini Janine Tischer  Germany	1:54.67 (57.45 / 57.22)	Sandra Kiriasis Petra Lammert  Germany	1:54.69 (57.49 / 57.20)	Fabienne Meyer Hanne Schenk   Switzerland	1:55.23 (57.69 / 57.54)
Königssee[22]	Cathleen Martini Berit Wiacker  Germany	1:43.56 (51.86 / 51.70)	Kaillie Humphries Emily Baadsvik  Canada	1:44.10 (52.34 / 51.76)
			Fabienne Meyer Hanne Schenk   Switzerland	1:44.10 (52.35 / 51.75)
St. Moritz[23]	Anja Schneiderheinze Lisette Thöne  Germany	2:17.84 (1:09.31 / 1:08.53)	Cathleen Martini Janine Tischer  Germany	2:17.93 (1:09.30 / 1:08.63)	Sandra Kiriasis Franziska Bertels  Germany	2:18.05 (1:09.46 / 1:08.59)
Whistler[24]	Kaillie Humphries Emily Baadsvik  Canada	1:46.68 (53.51 / 53.17)	Sandra Kiriasis Berit Wiacker  Germany	1:46.76 (53.54 / 53.22)	Helen Upperton Shelley-Ann Brown  Canada	1:47.09 (53.60 / 53.49)
Calgary[25]	Kaillie Humphries Jennifer Ciochetti  Canada	1:53.28 (56.62 / 56.66)	Anja Schneiderheinze Lisette Thöne  Germany	1:53.46 (56.72 / 56.74)	Sandra Kiriasis Petra Lammert  Germany	1:53.54 (56.75 / 56.79)

Standings

Two-man

Pos.	Bobsledder	IGL	LPL	WIN	ALT	KON	SMO	WHI	CAL	Points[26]
1.	Beat Hefti (SUI)	1	3	2	3	1	2	3	1	1695
2.	Maximilian Arndt (GER)	7	4	4	2	6	1	2	3	1573
3.	Alexandr Zubkov (RUS)	9	8	7	4	5	5	4	5	1416
4.	Lyndon Rush (CAN)	6	5	6	—	2	6	1	4	1339
5.	Manuel Machata (GER)	8	7	23	8	3	3	5	2	1332
6.	Oskars Melbārdis (LAT)	4	9	3	6	9	9	—	6	1200
6.	Gregor Baumann (SUI)	10	12	10	7	4	7	14	10	1200
8.	Patrice Servelle (MON)	5	15	8	16	7	8	7	9	1192
9.	Steven Holcomb (USA)	3	2	13	5	10	4	—	—	1050
10.	Edwin van Calker (NED)	12	10	5	18	11	14	13	11	1040
11.	Alexander Kasjanov (RUS)	10	13	21	11	15	10	6	16	982
12.	Thomas Florschütz (GER)	2	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	885
13.	Simone Bertazzo (ITA)	14	22	12	20	16	11	10	14	852
14.	Nicolae Istrate (ROU)	17	—	20	15	13	15	7	12	780
15.	Edgars Maskalāns (LAT)	15	16	11	22	17	13	—	16	696
16.	John Napier (USA)	18	11	14	17	12	16	—	—	640
17.	John James Jackson (GBR)	—	14	18	14	—	22	12	19	562
18.	Nikita Zarharov (RUS)	—	—	16	9	20	12	—	18	524
19.	Dawid Kupczyk (POL)	22	19	27	21	19	21	16	22	518
20.	Uģis Žaļims (LAT)	23	17	22	10	21	24	—	23	507

Four-man

Pos.	Bobsledder	IGL	ALB	WIN	ALT	KON	SMO	WHI	CAL	Points[27]
1.	Alexandr Zubkov (RUS)	1	5	2	2	1	4	1	3	1671
2.	Maximilian Arndt (GER)	7	2	6	1	3	1	4	2	1606
3.	Manuel Machata (GER)	6	1	7	5	2	2	6	1	1574
4.	Alexander Kasjanov (RUS)	4	4	5	6	5	13	2	8	1418
5.	Oskars Melbārdis (LAT)	8	10	3	7	4	8	—	4	1216
6.	Edgars Maskalāns (LAT)	5	8	8	4	11	3	—	6	1208
7.	Steven Holcomb (USA)	2	6	4	9	6	4	—	—	1098
8.	Lyndon Rush (CAN)	13	11	20	—	8	7	3	5	1036
9.	Edwin van Calker (NED)	11	7	9	7	18	11	—	7	1008
10.	Gregor Baumann (SUI)	9	14	11	12	10	9	—	14	936
11.	Thomas Florschütz (GER)	3	3	1	3	—	—	—	—	825
12.	Simone Bertazzo (ITA)	15	20	12	15	19	21	5	16	820
13.	Dawid Kupczyk (POL)	17	16	DNS	17	16	18	10	13	712
14.	John Napier (USA)	12	13	15	16	13	12	—	—	696
15.	Jürgen Loacker (AUT)	14	—	13	10	7	15	—	—	648
16.	Nicolae Istrate (ROU)	20	—	18	14	17	22	11	15	644
17.	John James Jackson (GBR)	—	15	19	—	—	14	8	10	594
18.	Jan Vrba (CZE)	18	—	15	11	14	19	—	—	506
19.	Christopher Spring (CAN)	10	9	10	—	—	—	—	—	440
20.	Nikita Zarharov (RUS)	—	—	14	—	15	20	—	11	420

Two-woman

Pos.	Bobsledder	IGL	ALB	WIN	ALT	KON	SMO	WHI	CAL	Points[28]
1.	Cathleen Martini (GER)	5	2	1	1	1	2	4	5	1655
2.	Anja Schneiderheinze (GER)	1	4	2	4	6	1	7	2	1598
3.	Sandra Kiriasis (GER)	2	5	7	2	4	3	2	3	1574
4.	Fabienne Meyer (SUI)	6	3	3	3	2	7	6	8	1490
5.	Kaillie Humphries (CAN)	7	1	10	DNS	2	4	1	1	1389
6.	Anastasia Tambovtseva (RUS)	9	9	8	7	7	5	5	10	1312
7.	Christina Hengster (AUT)	3	7	5	6	11	6	13	11	1296
8.	Olga Fyodorova (RUS)	8	6	6	12	9	16	9	9	1192
9.	Bree Schaaf (USA)	12	11	9	5	15	14	8	7	1152
10.	Paula Walker (GBR)	10	10	12	8	7	13	15	6	1144
11.	Astrid Radjenovic (AUS)	13	14	16	9	10	10	10	13	1032
12.	Elana Meyers (USA)	3	8	4	—	5	9	—	—	888
13.	Viktoria Tokovaya (RUS)	14	12	14	11	14	12	—	14	840
14.	Jazmine Fenlator (USA)	11	13	13	—	12	8	—	—	664
15.	Elfje Willemsen (BEL)	15	DNS	15	13	13	15	—	—	552
16.	Eva Willemarck (BEL)	17	DNS	18	15	16	18	—	—	448
17.	Carmen Tronescu (ROU)	16	—	19	14	17	20	—	—	438
18.	Helen Upperton (CAN)	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	4	392
19.	Eugenia Oana Diaconu (ROU)	18	—	20	15	—	19	—	—	326
20.	Jennifer Ciochetti (CAN)	—	—	11	—	—	—	12	—	264
20.	Jamie Greubel (USA)	—	—	—	—	—	—	11	12	264

See also

FIBT World Championships 2012