Bobsleigh World Championship 2009

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Official logo of the 2009 Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships

The 56th Bobsleigh World Championship took place from February 20 to March 1, 2009 in Lake Placid , New York , United States . It was held parallel to the 2009 Skeleton World Championship .

Results

Women

Two-man bobsleigh

space country athlete time
1 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom I. Nicola Minichiello
Gillian Cooke
3: 48.22 min
2 United StatesUnited States United States I. Shauna Rohbock
Elana Meyers
+ 0.38 s
3 GermanyGermany Germany II Cathleen Martini
Janine Tischer
+ 0.62 s
4th CanadaCanada Canada I. Helen Upperton
Jennifer Ciochetti
+ 0.71 s
5 CanadaCanada Canada II Kaillie Humphries
Heather Moyse
+ 0.75 s
6th United StatesUnited States United States II Erin Pac
Michelle Rzepkae
+ 0.78 s
7th GermanyGermany Germany I. Sandra Kiriasis
Berit Wiacker
+ 0.97 s
8th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland I. Sabina Hafner
Anne Dietrich
+ 0.99 s
9 GermanyGermany Germany III Claudia Schramm
Nicole Herschmann
+ 1.68 s
10 United StatesUnited States United States III Bree Schaaf
Emily Azevedo
+ 1.97 s

Date: 20./21. February 2009

Men

Two-man bobsleigh

space country athlete time
1 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland I. Ivo Rüegg
Cédric Grand
3: 42.20 min
2 GermanyGermany Germany II Thomas Florschütz
Marc Kühne
+ 0.22 s
3 United StatesUnited States United States I. Steven Holcomb
Curtis Tomasevicz
+ 0.40 s
4th RussiaRussia Russia I. Alexander Zubkov
Alexei Wojewoda
+ 0.54 s
5 GermanyGermany Germany I. André Lange
Kevin Kuske
+ 0.92 s
6th CanadaCanada Canada I. Pierre Lueders
David Bissett
+ 1.32 s
7th CanadaCanada Canada II Lyndon Rush
Lascelles Brown
+ 1.45 s
8th RussiaRussia Russia II Dmitri Abramowitsch
Sergei Prudnikow
+ 1.71 s
9 GermanyGermany Germany III Karl Angerer
Gregor Bermbach
+ 1.97 s
10 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland II Daniel Schmid
Roman Handschin
+ 1.97 s

Date: 21./22. February 2009

Four-man bobsleigh

space country athlete time
1 United StatesUnited States United States I. Steven Holcomb
Justin Olsen
Steve Mesler
Curtis Tomasevicz
3: 36.61 min
2 GermanyGermany Germany II André Lange
Alexander Rödiger
Kevin Kuske
Martin Putze
+ 0.97 s
3 LatviaLatvia Latvia I Jānis Miņins
Daumants Dreiškens
Oskars Melbārdis
Intars Dambis
+ 1.00 s

Date: February 28/1. March 2009

team

space country athlete time
1 GermanyGermany Germany I. Two-man bobsleigh men
Thomas Florschütz
Andreas Barucha
Two-man bobsleigh women
Sandra Kiriasis
Patricia Polifka
Skeleton
Frank Rommel
Marion Trott
3: 45.41 min
2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland I. Two-man bobsleigh men
Ivo Rüegg
Cédric Grand
two-man bobsleigh women
Sabina Hafner
Anne Dietrich
Skeleton
Gregor Stähli
Maya Pedersen
+ 0.24 s
3 United StatesUnited States United States I. Two-man bobsleigh men
Steven Holcomb
Justin Olsen
Two-man bobsleigh women
Shauna Rohbock
Valerie Fleming
Skeleton
Eric Bernotas
Katie Uhlaender
+ 0.25 s
4th CanadaCanada Canada I. Two-man bobsleigh men
Lyndon Rush
Chris Le Bihan
Two-man bobsleigh women
Helen Upperton
Amanda Moreley
Skeleton
Jeff Pain
Mellisa Hollingsworth
+ 0.35 s
5 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom I. Two-man bobsleigh men
John James Jackson
Henry Nwume
Two-man bobsleigh women
Nicola Minichiello
Jackie Gunn
Skeleton
Anthony Sawyer
Amy Williams
+ 0.62 s
6th United StatesUnited States United States II Two-man bobsleigh men
Todd Hays
T. J. Burns
two-man bobsleigh women
Erin Pac
Michelle Rzepka
Skeleton
Matthew Antoine
Noelle Pikus-Pace
+ 0.79 s
7th GermanyGermany Germany II Two-man bobsleigh men
Karl Angerer
Thomas Pöge
two-man bobsleigh women
Cathleen Martini
Christin Senkel
Skeleton
Florian Grassl
Anja Huber
+ 0.91 s
8th RussiaRussia Russia II Two-man bobsleigh men
Evgeni Popow
Alexei Andrjunin
Two-man bobsleigh women
Wiktoria Tokowaja
Jelena Doronina
Skeleton
Sergei Tschudinow
Swetlana Trunowa
+ 3.86 s

Date: February 22, 2009

The teams consisted of one male and one female skeleton pilot and one male and one female two-man bobsleigh team. First the male skeleton pilot started, then the women's bobsleigh team, then the female skeleton pilot and finally the men's bobsleigh team. Only one run was carried out at a time, the four individual runs were added to an overall result.

Medal table

space country gold silver bronze total
1 GermanyGermany Germany 1 2 1 4th
2 United StatesUnited States United States 1 1 2 4th
3 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 1 1 0 2
4th United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 1 0 0 1
5 LatviaLatvia Latvia 0 0 1 1

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