Bobsleigh World Cup 2002/03

The 2002/03 Bobsleigh World Cup began for women on November 23, 2002 in Calgary, Canada and for men on November 30, 2002 in Altenberg . The women ended the World Cup season after eight stops on January 19, 2003 in Igls . The men held a total of seven World Cup races up to February 8, 2003.

The highlight of the season was the women's bobsleigh world championships on February 1 and 2, 2003 in Winterberg . The men's bobsleigh world championship was held from February 15, 2006 to February 23, 2003 in Lake Placid , USA .

Individual results of the 2002/03 World Cup season

Women's World Cup season

1st World Cup in Calgary , November 23, 2002
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh	Gerda Weissensteiner Jennifer Isacco	Sandra Prokoff Ulrike Holzner	Jean Racine Gina Bundy

2nd World Cup in Calgary , November 24, 2002
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh	Sandra Prokoff Ulrike Holzner	Gerda Weissensteiner Jennifer Isacco	Susi Erdmann Tanja Hees

3rd World Cup in Park City , November 30, 2002
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh	Sandra Prokoff Nicole Herschmann	Susi Erdmann Annegret Richter	Gerda Weissensteiner Jennifer Isacco

4th World Cup in Park City , December 1st, 2002
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh	Sandra Prokoff Ulrike Holzner	Susi Erdmann Annegret Richter	Cathleen Martini Sandra Germain

5th World Cup in Lake Placid , December 14, 2002
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh	Sandra Prokoff Ulrike Holzner	Susi Erdmann Annegret Richter	Cathleen Martini Yvonne Cernota

6th World Cup in Lake Placid , December 16, 2002
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh	Sandra Prokoff Nicole Herschmann	Susi Erdmann Tanja Hees	Francoise Burdet Karin Hagmann

7th World Cup in Igls , January 18, 2003
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh	Susi Erdmann Annegret Richter	Sandra Prokoff Nicole Herschmann	Gerda Weissensteiner Jennifer Isacco

8th World Cup in Igls , January 19, 2003
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh	Susi Erdmann Annegret Richter	Sandra Prokoff Ulrike Holzner	Claudia Schramm Sandra Germain

World Championships in Winterberg , February 1, 2003 - February 2, 2003
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh	Susi Erdmann Anne Dietrich	Sandra Prokoff Ulrike Holzner	Cathleen Martini Yvonne Cernota

Men's World Cup season

1st World Cup in Altenberg , November 30th, 2002 - December 1st, 2002
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh	René Spies Franz Sagmeister	Pierre Lueders Giulio Zardo	André Lange Kevin Kuske
Four-man bobsleigh	Germany André Lange René Hoppe Kevin Kuske Carsten Embach	Germany René Spies Franz Sagmeister Kai Kaufmann Jens Nohka	Austria Wolfgang Stampfer Klaus Seelos Andreas Pröller Martin Schützenauer

2nd World Cup in Igls , December 7th, 2002 - December 8th, 2002
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh	André Lange Kevin Kuske	Ralph Rüegg Beat Hefti	Martin Annen Cédric Grand
Four-man bobsleigh	Germany André Lange René Hoppe Kevin Kuske Carsten Embach	Latvia Sandis Prūsis --- --- ---	Switzerland Martin Annen --- --- ---

3rd World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo , December 14, 2002 - December 15, 2002
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh	René Spies Franz Sagmeister	Martin Annen Cédric Grand	Ralph Rüegg Beat Hefti
Four-man bobsleigh	Latvia Sandis Prūsis Mārcis Rullis Jānis Silarājs Jānis Ozols	Germany André Lange René Hoppe Enrico Kühn Udo Lehmann	Germany René Spies Franz Sagmeister Rafael Gruszecki Jens Nohka

4th World Cup in La Plagne , December 21, 2002 - December 22, 2002
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh	Todd Hays Randy Jones	René Spies Marco Jacobs	Martin Annen Cédric Grand
Four-man bobsleigh	Germany Ruben Feisthauer Ronny Listner Norman Dannhauer Daniel Hoch-Kraft	Germany André Lange Lars Berendt Udo Lehmann Enrico Kühn  United States Todd Hays --- --- ---

5th World Cup in St. Moritz , January 18, 2003 - January 19, 2003
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh	Pierre Lueders Giulio Zardo	Todd Hays Martin	Martin Annen Cédric Grand
Four-man bobsleigh	Switzerland Ralph Rüegg Hans-Jürg Nufer Beat Hefti Elmar Schaufelberger	Switzerland Ivo Rüegg --- --- ---	France Bruno Mingeon --- --- ---

6th World Cup and European Championships in Winterberg , January 25, 2003 - January 26, 2003
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh	René Spies Marco Jakobs	Pierre Lueders Giulio Zardo	André Lange Kevin Kuske
Four-man bobsleigh	Latvia Sandis Prūsis --- --- ---	Germany André Lange René Hoppe Enrico Kühn Carsten Embach	Switzerland Martin Annen --- --- ---

7th World Cup in Calgary , February 7, 2003 - February 8, 2003
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh	André Lange Kevin Kuske	Pierre Lueders Giulio Zardo	René Spies Franz Sagmeister
Four-man bobsleigh	Germany André Lange René Hoppe Kevin Kuske Carsten Embach	United States Todd Hays --- --- ---	Latvia Sandis Prūsis --- --- ---

World Championships in Lake Placid , February 15, 2003 - February 23, 2003
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh	André Lange Kevin Kuske	Pierre Lueders Giulio Zardo	René Spies Franz Sagmeister
Four-man bobsleigh	Germany André Lange René Hoppe Kevin Kuske Carsten Embach	United States Todd Hays Bill Schuffenhauer Randy Jones Garrett Hines	Russia Alexander Zubkov Alexei Seliwjorstow Sergei Golubew Dmitri Stjopuschkin

World Cup stands

Overall standings in the women's two-man bobsleigh

rank	Bobsleigh pilot	country	Points
1.	Sandra Prokoff	Germany	246
2.	Susi Erdmann	Germany	231
3.	Gerda Weissensteiner	Italy	208
4th	Cathleen Martini	Germany	198
5.	Françoise Burdet	Switzerland	169
6th	Eline Jurg	Netherlands	133
7th	Victoria Tokowaia	Russia	132
8th.	Jean Racine	United States	126

Overall standings in the men's two-man bobsleigh

rank	Bobsleigh pilot	country	Points
01.	Pierre Lueders	Canada	226
02.	René Spies	Germany	224
03.	André Lange	Germany	217
04th	Martin Annen	Switzerland	216
05.	Ralph Rüegg	Switzerland	204
06th	Todd Hays	United States	178
20th	Matthias Höpfner	Germany	071
25th	Ruben Feisthauer	Germany	031
29	Leonhard Sanktjohanser	Germany	020th

Overall standings in the men's four-man bobsleigh

rank	Bobsleigh pilot	country	Points
1.	André Lange	Germany	211
2.	Sandis Prusis	Latvia	205
3.	Ralph Rüegg	Switzerland	182
4th	Todd Hays	United States	180
5.	Martin Annen	Switzerland	179
6th	René Spies	Germany	175
7th	Bruno Mingeon	France	169
8th.	Alexander Zubkov	Russia	151
9.	Ivo Rüegg	Switzerland	150
10.	Wolfgang Stampfer	Austria	149
15th	Matthias Höpfner	Germany	86
19th	Ruben Feisthauer	Germany	53
24.	Leonhard Sanktjohanser	Germany	22nd

Overall stand in the combination of men

rank	Bobsleigh pilot	country	Points
1.	André Lange	Germany	428
2.	René Spies	Germany	399
3.	Martin Annen	Switzerland	395
4th	Ralph Rüegg	Switzerland	386
5.	Todd Hays	United States	358
6th	Sandis Prusis	Latvia	344
7th	Wolfgang Stampfer	Austria	306
8th.	Alexander Zubkov	Russia	290
9.	Bruno Mingeon	France	256
10.	Ivo Rüegg	Switzerland	254
16.	Matthias Höpfner	Germany	157
23.	Ruben Feisthauer	Germany	84
27.	Leonhard Sanktjohanser	Germany	42

Web links

• Results of the 2002/2003 season on www.bsd-portal.de