Bobsleigh World Cup 2016/17

Bobsleigh World Cup 2016/17
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Overall World Cup two-man bobsleigh	Francesco Friedrich	Jamie Greubel Poser
Overall World Cup four-man bobsleigh	Alexander Kasyanov
combination	Francesco Friedrich
Competitions
Venues	08th	08th
Individual competitions	08th	08th
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The 2016/17 Bobsleigh World Cup began on December 2, 2016 in Whistler and ended on March 19, 2016 in Pyeongchang . The World Cup comprised eight stations in North America , Europe and Asia and was held parallel to the Skeleton World Cup 2016/17 . The racing series was organized by the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). The highlights of the season were the European Championships from January 13th to 15th, 2016 in Winterberg , which will be held parallel to the World Cup, and the World Championships , which took place at Königssee from February 13th to 26th, 2016 but did not belong to the World Cup.

The European Cup and the North American Cup served as the foundation for the World Cup . The results of all racing series were included in the IBSF Bobsleigh Ranking 2016/17 .

Individual results of the World Cup season 2016/17

1st World Cup in Whistler , 2nd – 3rd December 2016
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Kaillie Humphries Cynthia Appiah	Christina Hengster Sanne Dekker	Jamie Greubel Poser Lauren Gibbs
Two-man bobsleigh men	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	Rico Peter Thomas Amrhein	Won Yun-jong Seo Young-woo
Four-man bobsleigh	Russia Alexander Kasyanow Alexei Saizew Alexei Pushkarev Maxim Belugin	Switzerland Rico Peter Bror van der Zijde Simon Friedli Thomas Amrhein	Germany Johannes Lochner Matthias Kagerhuber Sebastian Mrowka Christian Rasp

2nd World Cup in Lake Placid , 16. – 17. December 2016
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans	Elana Meyers Taylor Lolo Jones	Kaillie Humphries Cynthia Appiah
Two-man bobsleigh men	Steven Holcomb Samuel McGuffie	Justin Kripps Jesse Lumsden	Chris Spring Lascelles Brown
Four-man bobsleigh	Switzerland Rico Peter Bror van der Zijde Simon Friedli Thomas Amrhein	United States Steven Holcomb Carlo Valdes James Reed Samuel McGuffie	Canada Chris Spring Cameron Stones Lascelles Brown Samuel Giguere

3rd World Cup in Altenberg , 6-8. January 2017
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz	Elana Meyers Taylor Kehri Jones	Christina Hengster Sanne Dekker
Two-man bobsleigh men	Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp	Alexander Kasyanov Alexei Pushkarev	Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis
Four-man bobsleigh	Germany Johannes Lochner Sebastian Mrowka Joshua Bluhm Christian Rasp	Russia Alexander Kasyanow Alexei Saizew Alexei Pushkarev Maxim Belugin	Germany Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis

4th World Cup and European Championship in Winterberg , 14. – 15. January 2017
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Elana Meyers Taylor Kehri Jones	Mariama Jamanka Annika Drazek	Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans
Two-man bobsleigh men	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	Johannes Lochner Joshua Bluhm	Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis
Four-man bobsleigh	Germany Johannes Lochner Sebastian Mrowka Joshua Bluhm Christian Rasp	Germany Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Kevin Korona Eric Franke	Austria Benjamin Maier Stefan Laussegger Markus Sammer Dănuț Moldovan

5th World Cup in St. Moritz , 21. – 22. January 2017
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Elana Meyers Taylor Briauna Jones	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz	Jamie Greubel Poser Lauren Gibbs
Two-man bobsleigh men	Johannes Lochner Christian Rasp	Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp	Steven Holcomb Carlo Valdes
Four-man bobsleigh	Latvia Oskars Ķibermanis Jānis Jansons Matīss Miknis Raivis Zīrups	Latvia Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga	Germany Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis

6th World Cup in Königssee , 27. – 29. January 2017
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Elana Meyers Taylor Kehri Jones	Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans	Mariama Jamanka Annika Drazek
Two-man bobsleigh men	Johannes Lochner Joshua Bluhm	Steven Holcomb Carlo Valdes  Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	-
Four-man bobsleigh	Germany Johannes Lochner Matthias Kagerhuber Joshua Bluhm Christian Rasp	Germany Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Kevin Korona Eric Franke	Russia Alexei Stulnew Ilwir Chusin Maxim Belugin Roman Koschelew

7th World Cup in Igls , 4th – 5th February 2017
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Elana Meyers Taylor Lolo Jones	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz	Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans
Two-man bobsleigh men	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	Oskars Melbārdis Jānis Strenga	Benjamin Maier Markus Sammer
Four-man bobsleigh	Latvia Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga	Switzerland Rico Peter Simon Friedli Alex Baumann Thomas Amrhein	United States Steven Holcomb Carlo Valdes James Reed Samuel McGuffie

8th World Cup in Pyeongchang , 18. – 19. March 2017
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans	Elana Meyers Taylor Lolo Jones	Alysia Rissling Cynthia Appiah
Two-man bobsleigh men	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis	Johannes Lochner Joshua Bluhm
Four-man bobsleigh	Russia Alexander Kasyanow Alexei Saizew Alexei Pushkarev Wassili Kondratenko	Switzerland Rico Peter Bror van der Zijde Alexander Baumann Thomas Amrhein	Latvia Oskars Ķibermanis Jānis Jansons Matīss Miknis Raivis Zīrups

Overall standings in the women's two-man bobsleigh

Final result after 8 races

rank	pilot	country	Points
01.	Jamie Greubel Poser	United States	1644
02.	Kaillie Humphries	Canada	1630
03.	Elana Meyers Taylor	United States	1530
04th	Christina Hengster	Austria	1394
05.	Nadezhda Sergeyeva	Russia	1360
06th	Alexandra Rodionova	Russia	1280
07th	Mariama Jamanka	Germany	1258
08th.	Alysia Rissling	Canada	1016
09.	Brittany Reinbolt	United States	1008
10.	Elfje Willemsen	Belgium	0888

Overall standings in the men's two-man bobsleigh

Final result after 8 races

rank	pilot	country	Points
01.	Francesco Friedrich	Germany	1545
02.	Steven Holcomb	United States	1331
03.	Won Yun-jong	South Korea	1312
04th	Johannes Lochner	Germany	1284
05.	Alexander Kasyanov	Russia	1266
06th	Alexei Stulnew	Russia	1208
07th	Benjamin Maier	Austria	1152
08th.	Oskars Ķibermanis	Latvia	1138
09.	Justin Kripps	Canada	1136
10.	Rico Peter	Switzerland	1070

Overall standings in the four-man bobsleigh

Final result after 8 races

rank	pilot	country	Points
01.	Alexander Kasyanov	Russia	1500
02.	Rico Peter	Switzerland	1471
03.	Steven Holcomb	United States	1362
04th	Alexei Stulnew	Russia	1282
05.	Nico Walther	Germany	1268
06th	Johannes Lochner	Germany	1243
07th	Francesco Friedrich	Germany	1224
08th.	Benjamin Maier	Austria	1152
09.	Maxim Andrianov	Russia	1136
10.	Justin Kripps	Canada	1112

Total stand combination

rank	pilot	country	Points
01.	Francesco Friedrich	Germany	3219
02.	Johannes Lochner	Germany	3096
03.	Steven Holcomb	United States	2829
04th	Alexander Kasyanov	Russia	2790
05.	Oskars Ķibermanis	Latvia	2713
06th	Rico Peter	Switzerland	2623
07th	Nico Walther	Germany	2580
08th.	Alexei Stulnew	Russia	2558
09.	Justin Kripps	Canada	2516
10.	Benjamin Maier	Austria	2472

Web links

• IBSF sports calendar for 2016/2017: Eight World Cup races in six countries. IBSF, June 24, 2016, accessed October 23, 2016 . 
• Race & Results. Retrieved November 11, 2017 .