2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup

The 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi-race series over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 9 November 2017 in Lake Placid, USA and ended on 21 January 2018 in Königssee, Germany. The World Cup is organised by the IBSF (formerly the FIBT) who also run World Cups and Championships in skeleton. The season was sponsored by BMW.

2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup

Winners
Two-man	Justin Kripps
Four-man	Johannes Lochner
Combined men's	Justin Kripps
Two-woman	Kaillie Humphries
Competitions
Venues	8 (8 events)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Calendar

Below is the schedule of the 2017/18 season.

Venue	Date	Details
Lake Placid	9–10 November 2017	No Four-man race. Double race for two-man.
Park City	17–18 November 2017	No Two-man race. Double race for four-man.
Whistler	24–25 November 2017
Winterberg	8–10 December 2017
Igls	15–17 December 2017	also European Championship
Altenberg	5–7 January 2018
St. Moritz	12-14 January 2018
Königssee	19–21 January 2018

Results

Two-man

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Lake Placid 1	Nico Walther Christian Poser  Germany	1:51.92 (55.71 / 56.21)	Nick Cunningham Ryan Bailey  United States	1:52.03 (55.80 / 56.23)	Codie Bascue Carlo Valdes  United States	1:52.07 (55.88 / 56.19)
Lake Placid 2	Codie Bascue Samuel McGuffie  United States	1:51.73 (55.74 / 55.99)	Justin Kripps Alexander Kopacz  Canada	1:51.84 (55.79 / 56.05)	Justin Olsen Evan Weinstock  United States	1:52.13 (55.96 / 56.17)
Whistler	Chris Spring Neville Wright  Canada	1:44.17 (51.84 / 52.33)	Justin Kripps Alexander Kopacz  Canada	1:44.19 (52.02 / 52.17)	Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens  Latvia	1:44.26 (52.00 / 52.26)
Winterberg	Clemens Bracher Michael Kuonen  Switzerland	1:51.64 (55.87 / 55.77)	Chris Spring Neville Wright  Canada	1:51.76 (55.92 / 55.84)
			Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis  Germany	1:51.76 (55.96 / 55.80)
Igls	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis  Germany	1:43.71 (51.89 / 51.82)	Justin Kripps Jesse Lumsden  Canada	1:43.98 (52.00 / 51.98)	Clemens Bracher Michael Kuonen  Switzerland	1:44.11 (52.09 / 52.02)
Altenberg	Justin Kripps Alexander Kopacz  Canada	1:49.21 (54.49 / 54.72)	Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp  Germany	1:49.30 (54.55 / 54.75)	Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis  Latvia	1:49.72 (54.79 / 54.93)
St. Moritz	Nico Walther Christian Poser  Germany	2:10.72 (1:05.62 / 1:05.10)	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis  Germany	2:10.77 (1:05.58 / 1:05.19)	Johannes Lochner Christopher Weber  Germany	2:10.93 (1:05.66 / 1:05.27)
Königssee	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis  Germany	1:38.97 (49.57 / 49.40)	Johannes Lochner Christopher Weber  Germany	1:39.37 (49.69 / 49.68)	Justin Kripps Alexander Kopacz  Canada	1:39.41 (49.85 / 49.56)

Four-man

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Park City 1	Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Christian Poser Eric Franke  Germany	1:36.80 (48.37 / 48.43)	Justin Kripps Lascelles Brown Ben Coakwell Neville Wright  Canada	1:36.83 (48.54 / 48.29)	Chris Spring Jesse Lumsden Alexander Kopacz Oluseyi Smith  Canada	1:36.86 (48.43 / 48.43)
Park City 2	Johannes Lochner Marc Rademacher Christopher Weber Christian Rasp  Germany	1:35.44 (47.60 / 47.84)	Codie Bascue Nathan Weber Carlo Valdes Sam McGuffie  United States	1:35.49 (47.54 / 47.95)	Bradley Hall Bruce Tasker Joel Fearon Greg Cackett  Great Britain	1:35.56 (47.37 / 48.19)
Whistler	Alexander Kasjanov Ilvir Huzin Vasiliy Kondratenko Aleksei Pushkarev  Russia	1:41.89 (50.68 / 51.21)	Lamin Deen Ben Simons Toby Olubi Andrew Matthews  Great Britain	1:42.17 (50.66 / 51.51)	Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Kevin Korona Eric Franke  Germany	1:42.37 (50.81 / 51.56)
Winterberg	Johannes Lochner Joshua Bluhm Christopher Weber Christian Rasp  Germany	1:49.03 (54.36 / 54.67)	Nico Walther Marko Hübenbecker Kevin Korona Eric Franke  Germany	1:49.26 (54.48 / 54.78)	Francesco Friedrich Jannis Bäcker Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis  Germany	1:49.36 (54.51 / 54.85)
Igls	Johannes Lochner Marc Rademacher Joshua Bluhm Christian Rasp  Germany	1:42.45 (51.34 / 51.11)	Justin Kripps Alexander Kopacz Jesse Lumsden Oluseyi Smith  Canada	1:42.60 (51.35 / 51.25)	Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis  Germany	1:42.65 (51.26 / 51.39)
Altenberg	Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Christian Poser Eric Franke  Germany	1:48.79 (54.17 / 54.62)	Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis  Germany	1:48.84 (54.33 / 54.51)	Oskars Ķibermanis Jānis Jansons Matīss Miknis Intars Dambis  Latvia	1:49.03 (54.30 / 54.73)
St. Moritz	Johannes Lochner Sebastian Mrowka Joshua Bluhm Christian Rasp  Germany	2:08.42 (1:04.26 / 1:04.16)	Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis  Germany	2:08.56 (1:04.41 / 1:04.15)	Chris Spring Bryan Barnett Lascelles Brown Neville Wright  Canada	2:08.95 (1:04.54 / 1:04.41)
Königssee	Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Alexander Rödiger Eric Franke  Germany	1:37.21 (48.51 / 48.70)	Benjamin Maier Kilian Walch Markus Sammer Dănuț Moldovan  Austria	1:37.57 (48.83 / 48.74)
			Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga  Latvia	1:37.57 (48.84 / 48.73)

Two-woman

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Lake Placid	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz  Canada	1:54.40 (56.96 / 57.44)	Elana Meyers Taylor Lauren Gibbs  United States	1:54.43 (57.07 / 57.36)	Stephanie Schneider Lisa Buckwitz  Germany	1:54.60 (57.10 / 57.50)
Park City	Jamie Greubel Poser Lauren Gibbs  United States	1:40.72 (50.32 / 50.40)	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz  Canada	1:40.82 (50.42 / 50.40)	Elana Meyers Taylor Lolo Jones  United States	1:40.99 (50.49 / 50.50)
Whistler	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz  Canada	1:46.67 (53.15 / 53.52)	Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans  United States	1:47.15 (53.30 / 53.85)	Elana Meyers Taylor Kehri Jones  United States	1:47.50 (53.52 / 53.98)
Winterberg	Stephanie Schneider Lisa Buckwitz  Germany	1:54.90 (57.61 / 57.29)	Elana Meyers Taylor Lauren Gibbs  United States	1:55.16 (57.88 / 57.28)	Mariama Jamanka Annika Drazek  Germany	1:55.18 (57.72 / 57.46)
Igls	Stephanie Schneider Annika Drazek  Germany	1:46.28 (53.18 / 53.10)	Elana Meyers Taylor Kehri Jones  United States	1:46.64 (53.42 / 53.22)	Mariama Jamanka Lisa Buckwitz  Germany	1:46.65 (53.47 / 53.18)
Altenberg	Kaillie Humphries Phylicia George  Canada	1:52.62 (56.22 / 56.40)	Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans  United States	1:53.31 (56.66 / 56.65)	Anna Köhler Annika Drazek  Germany	1:53.52 (56.75 / 56.77)
St. Moritz	Elana Meyers Taylor Lolo Jones  United States	2:15.27 (1:07.87 / 1:07.40)	Mariama Jamanka Annika Drazek  Germany	2:15.48 (1:07.98 / 1:07.50)	Stephanie Schneider Lisa Buckwitz  Germany	2:15.76 (1:08.20 / 1:07.56)
Königssee	Stephanie Schneider Annika Drazek  Germany	1:41.35 (50.78 / 50.57)	Kaillie Humphries Phylicia George  Canada	1:41.64 (50.91 / 50.73)	Elana Meyers Taylor Lauren Gibbs  United States	1:41.67 (50.83 / 50.84)

Standings

Two-man

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Pos.	Racer	LPL1	LPL2	WHI	WIN	IGL	ALT	STM	KON	Points
1	Justin Kripps (CAN)	4	2	2	4	2	1	4	3	1631
2	Francesco Friedrich (GER)	9	9	13	2	1	2	2	1	1504
3	Chris Spring (CAN)	7	5	1	2	6	12	7	17	1347
4	Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT)	8	8	10	8	8	3	6	6	1336
5	Nico Walther (GER)	1	9	7	9	11	DSQ	1	4	1250
6	Johannes Lochner (GER)	12	6	21	16	4	6	3	2	1240
7	Rico Peter (SUI)	5	7	5	14	16	8	8	14	1176
8	Oskars Melbārdis (LAT)	14	11	3	10	9	21	13	5	1130
9	Nick Poloniato (CAN)	13	12	7	5	DSQ	4	8	10	1096
10	Alexander Kasjanov (RUS)	11	18	4	6	15	7	16	21	1014
11	Benjamin Maier (AUT)	16	21	17	7	10	10	10	7	1014
12	Alexey Stulnev (RUS)	18	20	9	12	17	5	5	16	980
13	Codie Bascue (USA)	3	1	16	19	7	18	20	23	961
14	Uģis Žaļims (LAT)	17	15	19	11	24	12	11	8	871
15	Nick Cunningham (USA)	2	4	11	18	5	–	–	–	802
16	Justin Olsen (USA)	6	3	–	22	13	–	14	19	738
17	Clemens Bracher (SUI)	–	–	–	1	3	–	16	9	673
18	Maxim Andrianov (RUS)	21	17	15	17	21	11	24	21	647
19	Brad Hall (GBR)	19	DNF	13	24	19	14	18	14	617
20	Romain Heinrich (FRA)	–	–	–	23	14	16	15	13	482
21	Won Yun-jong (KOR)	10	13	6	–	–	–	–	–	440
22	Mateusz Luty (POL)	–	–	–	15	22	9	12	–	440
23	Markus Treichl (AUT)	–	–	–	21	17	17	19	12	440
24	Dominik Dvořák (CZE)	–	–	–	13	12	15	–	18	432
25	Ivo de Bruin (NED)	20	23	20	26	DSQ	–	22	11	414
26	Rudy Rinaldi (MON)	15	14	22	–	23	–	–	–	322
27	Simone Bertazzo (ITA)	22	24	25	27	–	20	23	–	291
28	Jan Vrba (CZE)	–	–	–	20	–	19	25	20	250
29	Loic Costerg (FRA)	25	22	12	–	–	–	–	–	224
30	Bruce Tasker (GBR)	26	25	27	25	20	–	–	–	216
31	Kim Dong-hyun (KOR)	24	19	18	–	–	–	–	–	199
32	Beat Hefti (SUI)	23	16	23	–	–	–	–	–	196
33	Patrick Baumgartner (ITA)	27	26	26	30	–	DNS	–	–	124
34	Lucas Mata (AUS)	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	–	62
35	Hunter Church (USA)	–	–	24	–	–	–	–	–	45
36	Vuk Rađenović (SRB)	–	–	–	28	–	–	–	–	28
37	Dorin Alexandru Grigore (ROU)	–	–	–	29	–	–	–	–	24
38	Lamin Deen (GBR)	–	–	–	–	–	DSQ	–	–	0

Four-man

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Pos.	Racer	PAC1	PAC2	WHI	WIN	IGL	ALT	STM	KON	Points
1	Johannes Lochner (GER)	4	1	5	1	1	5	1	4	1652
2	Francesco Friedrich (GER)	9	4	12	3	3	2	2	6	1468
3	Nico Walther (GER)	1	9	3	2	5	1	DSQ	1	1421
4	Justin Kripps (CAN)	2	8	4	4	2	4	16	7	1420
5	Oskars Melbārdis (LAT)	4	7	14	12	4	7	9	2	1322
6	Chris Spring (CAN)	3	5	13	5	13	13	3	8	1288
7	Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT)	16	13	10	5	7	3	5	5	1280
8	Codie Bascue (USA)	7	2	8	11	11	9	6	12	1266
9	Alexander Kasjanov (RUS)	10	11	1	8	8	6	15	14	1217
10	Benjamin Maier (AUT)	15	14	15	5	9	12	4	2	1186
11	Lamin Deen (GBR)	8	6	2	9	16	10	19	19	1086
12	Brad Hall (GBR)	22	3	9	13	13	15	10	22	952
13	Rico Peter (SUI)	14	23	7	9	10	23	13	13	916
14	Alexey Stulnev (RUS)	12	19	16	21	6	19	12	10	882
15	Loic Costerg (FRA)	17	17	6	14	15	21	7	21	860
16	Nick Poloniato (CAN)	6	11	11	16	16	20	22	18	844
17	Maxim Andrianov (RUS)	21	21	20	18	12	8	14	15	776
18	Ivo de Bruin (NED)	19	18	17	25	21	–	17	16	528
19	Simone Bertazzo (ITA)	20	20	19	15	–	10	20	–	526
20	Justin Olsen (USA)	DSQ	15	–	23	19	–	11	9	516
21	Markus Treichl (AUT)	–	–	–	24	18	14	21	11	435
22	Nick Cunningham (USA)	12	16	–	20	23	–	–	–	342
23	Clemens Bracher (SUI)	–	–	–	17	22	–	18	17	312
24	Dominik Dvořák (CZE)	–	–	–	21	20	17	–	20	286
25	Won Yun-jong (KOR)	11	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	280
26	Patrick Baumgartner (ITA)	23	24	18	27	–	22	–	–	263
27	Mateusz Luty (POL)	–	–	–	19	24	18	23	–	249
28	Beat Hefti (SUI)	18	22	21	–	–	–	–	–	198
29	Jan Vrba (CZE)	–	–	–	26	–	16	24	DSQ	177
30	Rudy Rinaldi (MON)	–	–	–	–	DNS	–	8	–	160
31	Dorin Alexandru Grigore (ROU)	–	–	–	28	–	–	–	23	78
32	Hunter Church (USA)	–	–	22	–	–	–	–	–	56
33	Maria Constantin (ROU)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	24	45
34	Lucas Mata (AUS)	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	–	40
35	Elana Meyers (USA)	–	–	–	–	25	–	–	–	40
36	Vuk Rađenović (SRB)	–	–	–	29	–	–	–	–	24

Two-woman

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Pos.	Racer	LPL	PAC	WHI	WIN	IGL	ALT	STM	KON	Points
1	Kaillie Humphries (CAN)	1	2	1	4	4	1	9	2	1631
2	Elana Meyers Taylor (USA)	2	3	3	2	2	11	1	3	1591
3	Mariama Jamanka (GER)	5	6	4	3	3	5	2	4	1538
4	Jamie Poser Greubel (USA)	4	1	2	6	6	2	11	7	1493
5	Stephanie Schneider (GER)	3	4	20	1	1	DNF	3	1	1335
6	Alysia Rissling (CAN)	7	7	7	16	7	10	4	5	1288
7	Anna Köhler (GER)	12	8	14	8	5	3	17	12	1160
8	Nadezhda Sergeeva (RUS)	11	15	5	17	14	8	10	5	1112
9	Sabina Hafner (SUI)	15	17	10	12	16	7	6	8	1064
10	Christine de Bruin (CAN)	6	11	9	21	9	13	14	14	1022
11	Elfje Willemsen (BEL)	13	8	19	9	19	6	8	15	1020
12	Mica McNeill (GBR)	8	13	5	20	10	20	7	17	1000
13	Christina Hengster (AUT)	DNF	10	8	14	15	4	16	9	960
14	Aleksandra Rodionova (RUS)	10	14	11	13	12	9	20	21	922
15	Brittany Reinbolt (USA)	9	5	12	19	8	–	15	–	802
16	An Vannieuwenhuyse (BEL)	16	12	23	10	18	12	19	18	780
17	Maria Adela Constantin (ROU)	14	18	13	15	–	15	12	16	744
18	Jazmine Fenlator (JAM)	–	–	–	7	11	18	13	11	640
19	Katrin Beierl (AUT)	–	–	–	5	13	14	18	12	624
20	Andreea Grecu (ROU)	17	16	17	11	17	–	22	20	620
21	Maria Oshigiri (JPN)	19	19	16	22	20	17	21	19	592
22	Konomi Asazu (JPN)	18	20	21	23	21	16	23	22	524
23	Martina Fontanive (SUI)	–	–	–	18	–	19	5	10	482
24	Lee Seon-hye (KOR)	–	–	15	–	–	–	–	–	104
25	Heather Susanne Paes (BRA)	–	–	18	–	–	–	–	–	80
26	Kim Yoo-ran (KOR)	–	–	22	–	–	–	–	–	56

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	14	8	9	31
2	Canada	5	8	3	16
3	United States	3	7	5	15
4	Switzerland	1	0	1	2
5	Russia	1	0	0	1
6	Latvia	0	1	3	4
7	Great Britain	0	1	1	2
8	Austria	0	1	0	1
Totals (8 entries)		24	26	22	72