Bobsleigh World Cup 2008/09
The 2008/09 Bobsleigh World Cup began on November 29, 2008 in Winterberg and ended on February 15, 2009 in Park City, USA . The highlight of the season was the 59th Bobsleigh World Championship from February 16 to March 1, 2009 in Lake Placid .
The season was held in eight World Cup races parallel to the Skeleton World Cup 2008/2009 . For the races that were canceled in Cesana due to heavy snowfall, replacement races were held in St. Moritz and Park City. The races planned in Cortina d'Ampezzo have been moved to Königssee due to technical defects .
Individual results of the 2008/09 World Cup season
1st World Cup in Winterberg , November 29, 2008 - November 30, 2008 | ||||
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discipline | First place | Second place | third place | |
Two-man bobsleigh women | Helen Upperton | Sandra Kiriasis | Cathleen Martini | |
Two-man bobsleigh | Beat Hefti | André Lange | Thomas Florschütz | |
4-man bobsleigh men | Germany | Russia | United States |
2nd World Cup in Altenberg , December 6th, 2008 - December 7th, 2008 | ||||
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discipline | First place | Second place | third place | |
Two-man bobsleigh women | Sandra Kiriasis | Cathleen Martini | Shauna Rohbock | |
Two-man bobsleigh | André Lange | Steven Holcomb | Beat Hefti | |
4-man bobsleigh men | Germany | Germany | Russia |
3rd World Cup in Igls , December 12, 2008 - December 14, 2008 | ||||
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discipline | First place | Second place | third place | |
Two-man bobsleigh women | Helen Upperton | Shauna Rohbock | Sandra Kiriasis | |
Two-man bobsleigh | Thomas Florschütz | Beat Hefti | Steven Holcomb | |
4-man bobsleigh men | Russia | United States | Russia |
4th World Cup in Cesana , December 20, 2008 - December 21, 2008 | ||||
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discipline | First place | Second place | third place | |
Two-man bobsleigh women | Canceled due to heavy snowfall. Replacement in St. Moritz or Park City. | |||
Two-man bobsleigh | ||||
4-man bobsleigh men | ||||
team |
World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo , January 10, 2009 - January 11, 2009 | ||||
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discipline | First place | Second place | third place | |
Two-man bobsleigh women | Relocated to Königssee due to technical defects. | |||
Two-man bobsleigh | ||||
4-man bobsleigh men |
5th World Cup in Koenigssee , January 10th, 2009 - January 11th, 2009 | ||||
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discipline | First place | Second place | third place | |
Two-man bobsleigh women | Shauna Rohbock | Sandra Kiriasis | ||
Two-man bobsleigh | Thomas Florschütz | Ivo Rüegg | Alexander Zubkov | |
4-man bobsleigh men | Germany | Netherlands | Germany Latvia |
Making up for the 4th World Cup in St. Moritz , January 15, 2009 | ||||
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discipline | First place | Second place | third place | |
Two-man bobsleigh women | Sandra Kiriasis | Cathleen Martini | Nicola Minichiello | |
Two-man bobsleigh | Pierre Lueders | Ivo Rüegg | Beat Hefti |
6th World Cup and European Championship in St. Moritz , January 16, 2009 - January 18, 2009 | ||||
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discipline | First place | Second place | third place | |
Two-man bobsleigh women | Sandra Kiriasis | Cathleen Martini | Nicola Minichiello | |
Two-man bobsleigh | Pierre Lueders | André Lange | Beat Hefti | |
4-man bobsleigh men | Russia | Germany | Germany | |
team | Called off. |
7th World Cup in Whistler , February 6, 2009 - February 7, 2009 | ||||
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discipline | First place | Second place | third place | |
Two-man bobsleigh women | Shauna Rohbock | Kaillie Humphries | Erin Pac | |
Two-man bobsleigh | Thomas Florschütz | Beat Hefti | Pierre Lueders | |
4-man bobsleigh men | Latvia | United States | Russia |
8th World Cup in Park City , February 12, 2009 - February 14, 2009 | ||||
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discipline | First place | Second place | third place | |
Two-man bobsleigh women | Cathleen Martini | Kaillie Humphries | Sandra Kiriasis | |
Two-man bobsleigh | Alexander Zubkov | Thomas Florschütz | Beat Hefti | |
4-man bobsleigh men | United States | Latvia | Russia |
Make-up for the 4th World Cup in Park City , February 15, 2009 | ||||
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discipline | First place | Second place | third place | |
4-man bobsleigh men | United States | Latvia | Russia |
World Championship in Lake Placid , February 20, 2009 - March 1, 2009 |
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Overall standings and placements in the women's two-man bobsleigh
rank | Bobsleigh pilot | country | WIN | OLD | IGL | CAN | STM | STM | WHI | PCI | Points |
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1. | Sandra Kiriasis | Germany | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1679 |
2. | Cathleen Martini | Germany | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4th | 2 | 2 | 7th | 1 | 1599 |
3. | Nicola Minichiello | United Kingdom | 9 | 7th | 6th | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6th | 1434 |
4th | Shauna Rohbock | United States | 7th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6th | 6th | 1 | - | 1380 |
5. | Claudia Schramm | Germany | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7th | 4th | 7th | 10 | 7th | 1360 |
6th | Helen Upperton | Canada | 1 | 4th | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4th | - | 1314 |
7th | Kaillie Humphries | Canada | 6th | 8th | 7th | 5 | 5 | - | 2 | 2 | 1292 |
8th. | Sabina Hafner | Switzerland | 10 | 6th | 8th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 12 | 4th | 1288 |
9. | Erin Pac | United States | 4th | 10 | 4th | 6th | 9 | 4th | 3 | - | 1248 |
10. | Esme Kamphuis | Netherlands | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8th | 8th | 1152 |
11. | Fabienne Meyer | Switzerland | 15th | 13 | 11 | 11 | 8th | 10 | 14th | 14th | 1024 |
12. | Viktoria Tokovaya | Russia | 11 | 11 | 14th | 13 | 12 | 15th | 13 | 10 | 1000 |
13. | Jessica Gillarduzzi | Italy | 12 | - | 16 | 14th | 15th | 12 | 15th | 12 | 800 |
14th | Isabel Baumann | Switzerland | 14th | - | 15th | 12 | 14th | 11 | 16 | - | 688 |
15th | Manami Hino | Japan | 19th | - | 18th | 15th | 16 | 13 | 18th | 15th | 658 |
16. | Lisa Szabon | Canada | 8th | 9 | 13 | 17th | 13 | - | - | - | 640 |
17th | Anastasia Skulkina | Russia | 17th | 15th | - | 16 | 17th | 17th | - | - | 464 |
18th | Francesca Iossi | Italy | 16 | - | 17th | 18th | 19th | 14th | - | - | 450 |
19th | Carmen Radenovic | Romania | 21st | - | 19th | 20th | 18th | 16 | - | - | 380 |
20th | Christina Hengster | Austria | 20th | 14th | 12 | - | - | - | 20th | - | 376 |
21st | Bree Schaaf | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | 5 | 360 |
22nd | Paula Walker | United Kingdom | - | - | - | 19th | - | - | 17th | 9 | 314 |
23. | Amanda Stepenko | Canada | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 11 | 272 |
24. | Olga Feodorova | Russia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19th | 16 | 170 |
25th | Phoebe Burns | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 120 |
26th | Maria Spirescu | Bulgaria | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 80 |
Overall standings and placements in the men's two-man bobsleigh
rank | Bobsleigh pilot | country | WIN | OLD | IGL | CAN | STM | STM | WHI | PCI | Points |
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1. | Beat Hefti | Switzerland | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1581 |
2. | André Lange | Germany | 2 | 1 | 4th | 7th | 11 | 2 | 5 | 6th | 1501 |
3. | Thomas Florschütz | Germany | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 6th | 4th | 1 | 2 | 1453 |
4th | Ivo Rüegg | Switzerland | 16 | 5 | 8th | 2 | 2 | 8th | 5 | 4th | 1396 |
5. | Alexander Zubkov | Russia | 10 | 8th | 7th | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7th | 1 | 1321 |
6th | Simone Bertazzo | Italy | 8th | 15th | 9 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 14th | 8th | 1160 |
7th | Wolfgang Stampfer | Austria | 19th | 10 | 10 | 14th | 7th | 5 | 13 | 10 | 1090 |
8th. | Pierre Lueders | Canada | 5 | - | 18th | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7th | 1082 |
9. | Daniel Schmid | Switzerland | 11 | 7th | 10 | 9 | 15th | 12 | 12 | 22nd | 1016 |
10. | Todd Hays | United States | 8th | 9 | 6th | 5 | 13 | 13 | 16 | - | 1008 |
11. | Lyndon Rush | Canada | 14th | 14th | 12 | 13 | 16 | 18th | 4th | 13 | 960 |
12. | Jānis Miņins | Latvia | 22nd | 19th | 19th | 12 | 4th | 7th | 9 | 21st | 906 |
13. | Patrice Servelle | Monaco | 15th | 11 | 16 | 8th | 18th | 15th | 20th | 12 | 876 |
14th | Steven Holcomb | United States | 12 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 8th | 9 | 850 |
15th | Karl Angerer | Germany | - | 13 | - | 3 | 12 | 6th | 18th | 11 | 840 |
16. | Edgars Maskalāns | Latvia | 17th | 12 | 17th | 18th | 10 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 840 |
17th | Edwin van Calker | Netherlands | 6th | 23 | 20th | 6th | 19th | 17th | 18th | 15th | 816 |
18th | Jürgen Loacker | Austria | 17th | 17th | 13 | - | 9 | 9 | 17th | 16 | 784 |
19th | Ivo Danilevič | Czech Republic | 21st | 18th | - | 15th | 8th | 22nd | 21st | 14th | 636 |
20th | Lee Johnston | United Kingdom | 13 | 20th | 21st | 16 | 20th | 20th | 22nd | 25th | 578 |
21st | Matthias Höpfner | Germany | 4th | 4th | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 568 |
22nd | Fabrizio Tosini | Italy | 23 | 16 | 22nd | 21st | 21st | 19th | 24 | 16 | 541 |
23. | Dimitri Abramovich | Russia | - | - | 15th | 17th | - | - | 10 | 5 | 520 |
24. | Evgeny Popov | Russia | 7th | 5 | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | 464 |
25th | Alexei Gorlachev | Russia | 20th | 21st | - | - | 17th | 16 | 23 | 16 | 460 |
26th | Nicolae Istrate | Romania | 25th | 22nd | 23 | 19th | 22nd | 21st | 25th | 23 | 428 |
27. | Dawid Kupczyk | Poland | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22nd | 24 | 24 | 27 | 26th | 349 |
28. | John Napier | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 20th | 204 |
29 | Jan Vrba | Czech Republic | 27 | 25th | - | - | 23 | 23 | - | - | 172 |
30th | Kang Kwang-bae | South Korea | 28 | 26th | 25th | - | - | - | 26th | 27 | 172 |
31. | Vincent Kortbeek | Netherlands | 25th | - | - | 23 | - | - | - | - | 90 |
32. | Alexander Kasyanov | Russia | - | - | - | 20th | - | - | - | - | 68 |
33. | Mike Kohn | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 45 |
Overall standings and placements in the men's four-man bobsleigh
rank | Bobsleigh pilot | country | WIN | OLD | IGL | CAN | STM | WHI | PCI | PCI | Points |
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1. | Alexander Zubkov | Russia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6th | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1646 |
2. | Jānis Miņins | Latvia | 6th | 4th | 4th | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1549 |
3. | André Lange | Germany | 1 | 2 | 7th | 3 | 9 | - | 7th | 12 | 1251 |
4th | Steven Holcomb | United States | 3 | 7th | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1238 |
5. | Wolfgang Stampfer | Austria | 8th | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4th | 7th | 9 | 17th | 1224 |
6th | Ivo Rüegg | Switzerland | 14th | 6th | 13 | 15th | 7th | 8th | 5 | 4th | 1216 |
7th | Beat Hefti | Switzerland | 12 | 22nd | 11 | 10 | 6th | 6th | 4th | 6th | 1184 |
8th. | Karl Angerer | Germany | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6th | 11 | 1114 |
9. | Edwin van Calker | Netherlands | 4th | 16 | 5 | 2 | 13 | - | 10 | 9 | 1098 |
10. | Pierre Lueders | Canada | 11 | - | 17th | 8th | 8th | 4th | 12 | 7th | 1032 |
11. | Edgars Maskalāns | Latvia | 14th | 5 | 15th | 11 | 12 | 21st | 11 | 10 | 1006 |
12. | Thomas Florschütz | Germany | 9 | - | 6th | 13 | 2 | 11 | 15th | 19th | 972 |
13. | Todd Hays | United States | 13 | 19th | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 866 |
14th | Lee Johnston | United Kingdom | 10 | 19th | 11 | 14th | 15th | 12 | - | 16 | 794 |
15th | Lyndon Rush | Canada | 22nd | 15th | 14th | 18th | 23 | 14th | 14th | 13 | 746 |
16. | Dimitri Abramovich | Russia | - | - | 3 | 7th | - | - | 8th | 8th | 688 |
17th | Ivo Danilevič | Czech Republic | 21st | 18th | 22nd | 12 | 22nd | 13 | 20th | 15th | 674 |
18th | Daniel Schmid | Switzerland | 17th | 13 | 16 | 19th | 11 | - | 16 | 21st | 672 |
19th | Patrice Servelle | Monaco | 20th | 11 | 20th | 17th | 18th | 15th | 21st | 24 | 651 |
20th | Simone Bertazzo | Italy | 18th | 14th | 24 | 21st | 19th | 18th | 19th | 18th | 607 |
21st | Alexei Gorlachev | Russia | 16 | 8th | - | - | 14th | 16 | 18th | 23 | 594 |
22nd | Dawid Kupczyk | Poland | 24 | 23 | 21st | 22nd | 21st | 19th | 17th | 14th | 549 |
23. | Evgeny Popov | Russia | 7th | 17th | 19th | 16 | 16 | - | - | - | 522 |
24. | Nicolae Istrate | Romania | 23 | 21st | 23 | 23 | 17th | 16 | 23 | 20th | 514 |
25th | Matthias Höpfner | Germany | 4th | 10 | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | 496 |
26th | John Napier | United States | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 13 | 5 | 448 |
27. | Jürgen Loacker | Austria | 19th | 8th | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | 314 |
28. | Kang Kwang-bae | South Korea | 25th | 25th | 25th | - | - | 20th | 24 | 25th | 273 |
29 | Jan Vrba | Czech Republic | 25th | 24 | - | 24 | 24 | - | - | - | 175 |
30th | Fabrizio Tosini | Italy | - | - | - | 20th | 20th | - | - | - | 136 |
31. | Mike Kohn | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22nd | 22nd | 112 |
Overall standings and placements in the men's combination
The overview shows the final result in the combination, i.e. the addition of the points achieved in the two-man and four-man bobsleigh.
rank | Bobsleigh pilot | country | WIN | OLD | IGL | CAN | STM | STM | WHI | PCI | PCI | Points | |
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1. | Alexander Zubkov | Russia | 2er | 10 | 8th | 7th | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7th | 1 | 2967 | |
4er | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6th | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||
2. | Beat Hefti | Switzerland | 2er | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2765 | |
4er | 12 | 22nd | 11 | 10 | 6th | 6th | 4th | 6th | |||||
3. | André Lange | Germany | 2er | 2 | 1 | 4th | 7th | 11 | 2 | 5 | 6th | 2752 | |
4er | 1 | 2 | 7th | 3 | 9 | - | 7th | 12 |
Web links
Individual evidence
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