2012–13 Bobsleigh World Cup

The 2012–13 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi race competition over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 9 November 2012 in Lake Placid, United States and ended on 17 February 2013 in Sochi, Russia. The World Cup is organised by the FIBT who also run World Cups and Championships in skeleton.

2012–13 Bobsleigh World Cup

Winners
Combined men's	Oskars Melbārdis (LAT)
Two-man	Lyndon Rush (CAN)
Four-man	Alexandr Zubkov (RUS)
Two-woman	Kaillie Humphries (CAN)
Competitions
Venues	9
← 2011/12 2013/14 →

Calendar

Below is the schedule of the 2012/13 season.

Venue	Date	Details
Lake Placid	9–10 November 2012
Park City	16–18 November 2012
Whistler	23–25 November 2012
Winterberg	7–9 December 2012
La Plagne	14–16 December 2012
Altenberg	4–6 January 2013
Königssee	11–13 January 2013
Igls	18–20 January 2013
Sochi	15–17 February 2013

Results

Two-man

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Lake Placid[1]	Steven Holcomb Steven Langton  United States	1:51.75 (55.56 / 56.19)	Cory Butner Charles Berkeley  United States	1:52.35 (56.10 / 56.25)	Francesco Friedrich Gino Gerhardi  Germany	1:52.44 (56.09 / 56.35)
Park City[2]	Steven Holcomb Curtis Tomasevicz  United States	1:37.40 (48.75 / 48.65)	Cory Butner Charles Berkeley  United States	1:37.43 (48.85 / 48.58)	Francesco Friedrich Gino Gerhardi  Germany	1:37.50 (48.78 / 48.72)
Whistler[3]	Steven Holcomb Steven Langton  United States	1:45.26 (52.54 / 52.72)	Lyndon Rush Lascelles Brown  Canada	1:45.30 (52.57 / 52.73)	Francesco Friedrich Jannis Bäcker  Germany	1:45.60 (52.64 / 52.96)
					Alexandr Zubkov Dmitry Trunenkov  Russia	1:45.60 (52.66 / 52.94)
Winterberg[4]	Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter   Switzerland	1:51.01 (55.42 / 55.59)	Alexandr Zubkov Dmitry Trunenkov  Russia	1:51.32 (55.60 / 55.72)	Lyndon Rush Jesse Lumsden  Canada	1:51.41 (55.64 / 55.77)
La Plagne[5]	Lyndon Rush Jesse Lumsden  Canada	2:01.18 (1:00.63 / 1:00.55)	Beat Hefti Alex Baumann   Switzerland	2:01.45 (1:00.65 / 1:00.80)	Steven Holcomb Steven Langton  United States	2:01.48 (1:00.82 / 1:00.66)
Altenberg[6]	Thomas Florschütz Kevin Kuske  Germany	1:54.15 (56.96 / 57.19)			Manuel Machata Christian Poser  Germany	1:54.76 (57.32 / 57.44)
	Francesco Friedrich Jannis Bäcker  Germany	1:54.15 (57.00 / 57.15)
Königssee[7]	Lyndon Rush Jesse Lumsden  Canada	1:40.22 (49.98 / 50.24)	Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens  Latvia	1:40.60 (50.03 / 50.57)	Francesco Friedrich Gino Gerhardi  Germany	1:40.72 (50.21 / 50.51)
Igls[8]	Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter   Switzerland	1:45.04 (52.38 / 52.66)	Thomas Florschütz Kevin Kuske  Germany	1:45.14 (52.41 / 52.73)	Francesco Friedrich Jannis Bäcker  Germany	1:45.16 (52.44 / 52.72)
Sochi[9]	Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter   Switzerland	1:53.76 (56.73 / 57.03)	Thomas Florschütz Andreas Bredau  Germany	1:54.06 (56.89 / 57.17)	Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens  Latvia	1:54.16 (56.89 / 57.27)

Four-man

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Lake Placid[10]	Alexandr Zubkov Alexey Negodaylo Dmitry Trunenkov Maxim Mokrousov  Russia	1:50.15 (54.80 / 55.35)	Steven Holcomb Justin Olsen Steven Langton Curtis Tomasevicz  United States	1:50.34 (54.95 / 55.39)	Nick Cunningham Adam Clark Andreas Drbal Christopher Fogt  United States	1:50.47 (55.13 / 55.34)
Park City[11]	Alexandr Zubkov Alexey Negodaylo Dmitry Trunenkov Maxim Mokrousov  Russia	1:36.26 (47.95 / 48.31)	Steven Holcomb Justin Olsen Steven Langton Curtis Tomasevicz  United States	1:36.38 (48.04 / 48.34)	Manuel Machata Gregor Bermbach Jan Speer Christian Poser  Germany	1:36.40 (48.07 / 48.33)
Whistler[12]	Alexandr Zubkov Alexey Negodaylo Dmitry Trunenkov Maxim Mokrousov  Russia	1:43.29 (51.63 / 51.66)	Alexander Kasjanov Maxim Belugin Ilvir Khuzin Nikolay Khrenkov  Russia	1:43.53 (51.65 / 51.88)	Christopher Spring Timothy Randall Adam Rosenke Ben Coakwell  Canada	1:43.83 (51.78 / 52.05)
Winterberg[13]	Alexandr Zubkov Alexey Negodaylo Dmitry Trunenkov Maxim Mokrousov  Russia	1:50.06 (55.02 / 55.04)	Maximilian Arndt Alex Mann Alexander Rödiger Martin Putze  Germany	1:50.25 (55.01 / 55.24)	Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Intars Dambis  Latvia	1:50.41 (55.23 / 55.18)
La Plagne[14]	Beat Hefti Alex Baumann Thomas Lamparter Juerg Egger   Switzerland	1:57.92 (58.86 / 59.06)	Alexandr Zubkov Alexey Negodaylo Dmitry Trunenkov Maxim Mokrousov  Russia	1:58.01 (59.07 / 58.94)	Alexander Kasjanov Ilvir Khuzin Maxim Belugin Petr Moiseev  Russia	1:58.18 (59.14 / 59.04)
Altenberg[15]	Maximilian Arndt Marko Huebenbecker Alexander Rödiger Martin Putze  Germany	1:51.26 (55.21 / 56.05)	Manuel Machata Alex Mann Jan Speer Christian Poser  Germany	1:51.32 (55.54 / 55.78)	Thomas Florschütz Andreas Bredau Kevin Kuske Thorsten Margis  Germany	1:51.45 (55.49 / 55.96)
Königssee[16]	Alexandr Zubkov Alexey Negodaylo Dmitry Trunenkov Maxim Mokrousov  Russia	1:38.06 (48.91 / 49.15)	Maximilian Arndt Marko Huebenbecker Alexander Rödiger Martin Putze  Germany	1:38.26 (48.97 / 49.29)	Thomas Florschütz Andreas Bredau Kevin Kuske Thomas Blaschek  Germany	1:38.36 (49.09 / 49.27)
Igls[17]	Maximilian Arndt Marko Huebenbecker Alexander Rödiger Martin Putze  Germany	1:43.33 (51.70 / 51.63)	Beat Hefti Alex Baumann Thomas Lamparter Juerg Egger   Switzerland	1:43.49 (51.80 / 51.69)	Thomas Florschütz Andreas Bredau Kevin Kuske Thomas Blaschek  Germany	1:43.51 (51.71 / 51.80)
Sochi[18]	Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Intars Dambis  Latvia	1:52.29 (56.15 / 56.14)	Thomas Florschütz Ronny Listner Andreas Bredau Thomas Blaschek  Germany	1:52.31 (56.01 / 56.30)	Alexandr Zubkov Alexey Negodaylo Dmitry Trunenkov Maxim Mokrousov  Russia	1:52.43 (56.08 / 56.35)
					Alexander Kasjanov Ilvir Khuzin Maxim Belugin Kirill Antukh  Russia	1:52.43 (56.24 / 56.19)

Two-woman

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Lake Placid[19]	Kaillie Humphries Chelsea Valois  Canada	1:54.86 (57.20 / 57.66)	Jazmine Fenlator Lolo Jones  United States	1:55.33 (57.51 / 57.82)	Elana Meyers Tianna Madison  United States	1:55.34 (57.37 / 57.97)
Park City[20]	Kaillie Humphries Chelsea Valois  Canada	1:39.49 (49.61 / 49.88)	Sandra Kiriasis Franziska Bertels  Germany	1:39.77 (49.70 / 50.07)	Cathleen Martini Stephanie Schneider  Germany	1:39.81 (49.83 / 49.98)
Whistler[21]	Kaillie Humphries Chelsea Valois  Canada	1:48.68 (54.20 / 54.48)	Fabienne Meyer Elisabeth Graf   Switzerland	1:49.37 (54.61 / 54.76)	Sandra Kiriasis Berit Wiacker  Germany	1:49.50 (54.72 / 54.78)
Winterberg[22]	Kaillie Humphries Chelsea Valois  Canada	1:54.05 (56.94 / 57.11)	Elana Meyers Katie Eberling  United States	1:54.15 (56.90 / 57.25)	Anja Schneiderheinze Stephanie Schneider  Germany	1:54.19 (56.89 / 57.30)
La Plagne[23]	Kaillie Humphries Chelsea Valois  Canada	2:03.30 (1:01.55 / 1:01.75)	Jamie Greubel Emily Azevedo  United States	2:03.57 (1:01.75 / 1:01.82)	Elana Meyers Katie Eberling  United States	2:03.81 (1:01.79 / 1:02.02)
Altenberg[24]	Cathleen Martini Stephanie Schneider  Germany	1:56.95 (58.10 / 58.85)	Sandra Kiriasis Franziska Bertels  Germany	1:57.25 (58.65 / 58.60)	Kaillie Humphries Chelsea Valois  Canada	1:57.27 (58.35 / 58.92)
Königssee[25]	Kaillie Humphries Chelsea Valois  Canada	1:43.07 (51.40 / 51.67)	Cathleen Martini Janine Tischer  Germany	1:43.49 (51.68 / 51.81)	Sandra Kiriasis Berit Wiacker  Germany	1:43.61 (51.81 / 51.80)
Igls[26]	Sandra Kiriasis Franziska Bertels  Germany	1:48.65 (54.28 / 54.37)	Kaillie Humphries Chelsea Valois  Canada	1:48.66 (54.20 / 54.46)	Jazmine Fenlator Aja Evans  United States	1:48.70 (54.37 / 54.33)
Sochi[27]	Sandra Kiriasis Franziska Bertels  Germany	1:57.19 (58.16 / 59.03)	Elana Meyers Aja Evans  United States	1:57.32 (58.33 / 58.99)	Kaillie Humphries Chelsea Valois  Canada	1:57.33 (58.24 / 59.09)

Standings

Two-man

Pos.	Bobsledder	LKP	PKC	WHI	WIN	LPL	ALT	KON	IGL	SOC	Points[28]
1.	Lyndon Rush (CAN)	7	20	2	3	1	4	1	6	4	1656
2.	Oskars Melbārdis (LAT)	8	4	14	7	5	5	2	4	3	1602
3.	Manuel Machata (GER)	4	6	7	6	11	3	6	13	8	1504
4.	Steven Holcomb (USA)	1	1	1	5	3	—	8	14	12	1459
5.	Alexandr Zubkov (RUS)	9	6	3	2	10	—	4	7	4	1434
6.	Francesco Friedrich (GER)	3	3	3	—	—	1	3	3	10	1369
7.	Simone Bertazzo (ITA)	12	5	12	8	4	6	17	10	13	1320
8.	Cory Butner (USA)	2	2	10	9	12	—	12	5	9	1308
9.	Thomas Florschütz (GER)	—	—	—	4	6	1	5	2	2	1197
10.	Christopher Spring (CAN)	13	8	5	10	15	—	11	8	6	1184
11.	Beat Hefti (SUI)	—	—	—	1	2	—	7	1	1	1053
12.	Nick Cunningham (USA)	5	15	9	13	14	—	15	9	14	1040
13.	Rico Peter (SUI)	14	10	16	14	17	—	9	15	7	976
14.	John James Jackson (GBR)	23	9	15	14	8	11	19	21	16	946
15.	Justin Kripps (CAN)	15	14	12	12	16	—	10	11	18	928
16.	Alexander Kasjanov (RUS)	dsq	17	8	—	7	—	14	12	11	792
17.	Edwin van Calker (NED)	6	12	dns	20	9	—	23	20	15	746
18.	Jürgen Loacker (AUT)	17	19	18	17	19	10	25	18	22	724
19.	Loic Costerg (FRA)	20	18	19	—	21	8	21	16	19	676
20.	Ivo de Bruin (NED)	11	11	—	17	13	—	21	—	21	604

Four-man

Pos.	Bobsledder	LKP	PKC	WHI	WIN	LPL	ALT	KON	IGL	SOC	Points
1.	Alexandr Zubkov (RUS)	1	1	1	1	2	—	1	4	3	1727
2.	Oskars Melbārdis (LAT)	8	10	9	3	5	4	5	5	1	1625
3.	Manuel Machata (GER)	4	3	6	9	10	2	4	6	9	1594
4.	Maximilian Arndt (GER)	9	4	7	2	4	1	2	1	—	1574
5.	John James Jackson (GBR)	7	6	5	8	8	11	10	6	5	1488
6.	Steven Holcomb (USA)	2	2	4	6	7	—	7	17	11	1348
7.	Lyndon Rush (CAN)	6	12	8	13	19	6	9	10	18	1216
8.	Alexander Kasjanov (RUS)	13	7	2	—	3	—	6	14	3	1186
9.	Thomas Florschütz (GER)	—	—	—	4	9	3	3	3	2	1154
10.	Nick Cunningham (USA)	3	5	11	11	12	—	21	20	13	1034
11.	Jürgen Loacker (AUT)	15	15	15	12	13	8	14	21	15	998
12.	Rico Peter (SUI)	12	16	14	15	6	—	7	18	13	984
13.	Christopher Spring (CAN)	10	8	3	22	18	—	21	24	7	915
14.	Beat Hefti (SUI)	—	—	—	5	1	—	11	2	10	899
15.	Simone Bertazzo (ITA)	19	20	12	21	16	7	20	15	16	864
16.	Justin Kripps (CAN)	16	19	13	10	14	—	12	22	20	798
17.	Dmitry Abramovitch (RUS)	—	—	—	7	14	—	13	8	8	720
18.	Edwin van Calker (NED)	11	11	dns	20	20	—	16	13	17	712
19.	Jan Vrba (CZE)	14	17	20	—	—	5	—	12	19	654
20.	Francesco Friedrich (GER)	5	13	10	—	—	—	—	—	6	624

Two-woman

Pos.	Bobsledder	LKP	PKC	WHI	WIN	LPL	ALT	KON	IGL	SOC	Points
1.	Kaillie Humphries (CAN)	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	3	1960
2.	Sandra Kiriasis (GER)	5	2	3	9	4	2	3	1	1	1798
3.	Cathleen Martini (GER)	7	3	5	8	6	1	2	6	4	1691
4.	Anja Schneiderheinze (GER)	8	11	7	3	5	5	9	4	8	1536
5	Esmé Kamphuis (NED)	10	7	4	5	13	4	4	8	11	1488
6.	Elana Meyers (USA)	3	8	10	2	3	—	8	5	2	1468
7.	Fabienne Meyer (SUI)	13	10	2	6	9	9	5	11	5	1458
8.	Christina Hengster (AUT)	4	6	8	6	7	6	14	10	18	1384
9.	Paula Walker (GBR)	6	9	6	10	10	13	7	7	16	1344
10.	Jamie Greubel (USA)	9	4	11	4	2	—	11	9	9	1322
11.	Jazmine Fenlator (USA)	2	5	9	13	8	—	10	3	13	1290
12.	Olga Stulneva (RUS)	12	15	12	11	11	—	13	12	7	1048
13.	Jennifer Ciochetti (CAN)	11	12	13	12	12	—	17	14	6	1016
14.	Astrid Radjenovic (AUS)	15	14	14	15	17	7	14	17	15	992
15.	Anastasia Tambovtseva (RUS)	14	13	15	14	15	—	16	15	11	888
16.	Caroline Spahni (SUI)	—	—	—	18	14	8	6	13	10	792
17.	Elfje Willemsen (BEL)	—	—	—	16	16	10	12	18	14	656
18.	Maria Constantin (ROU)	—	—	—	17	—	11	18	19	—	378
19.	Ekaterina Kostromina (RUS)	16	16	16	—	—	—	dnf	—	17	376
20.	Eugenia Oana Diaconu (ROU)	—	—	—	20	—	12	19	20	—	338

See also

• FIBT World Championships 2013