Bobsleigh World Championship 2012

The 58th Bobsleigh World Championship was held from February 13th to 26th, 2012 in Lake Placid , United States . After 1949, 1961, 1969, 1973, 1978, 1983, 2003 and 2009, Lake Placid hosted the Bobsleigh World Championship for the 9th time. In addition to 2009, the Skeleton World Championship was held in 1997.

St. Moritz was originally chosen as the venue on June 9, 2008 by the congress of the International Bobsleigh and Sledge Federation (FIBT) held in Chianciano Terme . On May 31, 2009, at the FIBT Congress in Moscow, the 2013 World Bobsleigh Championship was awarded to Lake Placid. However, the venues were changed in September 2010. The change was made for cost reasons, as a training week on the Olympic course in Krasnaya Polyana is planned for the end of the 2012/13 season and significantly lower transport costs are incurred from Switzerland.

Results

Women

Two-man bobsleigh

space	country	athlete	time
1	Canada I.	Kaillie Humphries Jennifer Ciochetti	3: 48.57 min
2	Germany III	Sandra Kiriasis Petra Lammert	+ 0.33 s
3	United States I.	Elana Meyers Katie Eberling	+ 1.00 s
4th	Germany I.	Cathleen Martini Janine Tischer	+ 1.25 s
5	Canada II	Helen Upperton Shelly-Ann Brown	+ 1.38 s
6th	Switzerland I.	Fabienne Meyer Hanne Schenk	+ 1.69 s
7th	United Kingdom I.	Paula Walker Gillian Cooke	+ 2.03 s
8th	Germany II	Anja Schneiderheinze Lisette Thöne	+ 2.30 s
9	Austria I.	Christina stallion Inga verses	+ 2.57 s
10	United States III	Jazmine Fenlator Ingrid Marcum	+ 2.71 s
11	Russia II	Olga Feodorova Margarita Ismailova	+ 3.00 s
12	United States II	Bree Schaaf Emily Azevedo	+ 3.27 s
13	Russia I.	Anastassija Tambovzewa Lyudmila Udobkina	+ 3.35 s
14th	Russia III	Viktorija Tokovaya Alexandra Pachmutowa	+ 4.71 s
15th	Australia I	Astrid Radjenovic Ebony Gorincu	+ 5.80 s
16	Belgium I	Elfje Willemsen Wendy van Leuven	+ 5.93 s
17th	Belgium II	Eva Willemarck To Vannieuwenhuyse	+ 9.07 s

Date: February 17, 2012

Men

Two-man bobsleigh

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States I.	Steven Holcomb Steven Langton	3: 42.88 min
2	Canada I.	Lyndon Rush Jesse Lumsden	+ 0.46 s
3	Germany I.	Maximilian Arndt Kevin Kuske	+ 0.55 s
4th	Germany III	Francesco Friedrich Marko Hübenbecker	+ 0.62 s
5	Switzerland I.	Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter	+ 0.86 s
6th	United States II	John Napier Christopher Fogt	+ 1.24 s
7th	Germany II	Manuel Machata Andreas Bredau	+ 1.40 s
8th	Latvia I	Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens	+ 1.46 s
9	United States III	Nick Cunningham Dallas Robinson	+ 1.47 s
10	Switzerland II	Gregor Baumann Alex Baumann	+ 1.58 s
11	Netherlands I.	Edwin van Calker Sybren Jansma	+ 1.61 s
12	Romania I.	Nicolae Istrate Florin Crăciun	+ 2.14 s
13	Italy I	Simone Bertazzo Francesco Costa	+ 2.33 s
14th	Monaco I	Patrice Servelle Lascelles Brown	+ 2.66 s
15th	Latvia II	Edgars Maskalāns Intars Dambis	+ 2.75 s
16	Russia II	Alexander Kasyanov Maxim Belugin	+ 3.45 s
17th	Canada II	Justin Kripps Derek Plug	+ 3.54 s
18th	Czech Republic I	Jan Vrba Jan Stokláska	+ 3.87 s
19th	Russia III	Nikita Sakharov Maxim Meleschkin	+ 4.09 s
	United Kingdom I.	John James Jackson Bruce Tasker	DNF
Not qualified for the fourth run
20th	Australia I	Heath Spence Duncan Harvey
21st	Slovakia I	Milan Jagnesak Juraj Mikráš
22nd	Latvia III	Uģis Žaļims Raivis Broks
23	France I.	Thibault Alexis Godefroy Alexandre Jolivet
24	Liechtenstein I	Michael Klingler Jonas Gantenbein
25th	Serbia I	Vuk Rađenović Damjan Zlatnar
26th	South Korea I	Kim Dong-hyun Seo Young-woo
	Netherlands II	Ivo de Bruin Bror van der Zijde	DSQ
	Russia I.	Alexander Zubkov Dmitri Trunenkow	DSQ

Date: 18./19. February 2012

Out of 29 registered bobsleigh teams, 27 started. Russia I was disqualified for being underweight and Netherlands II for being overweight.

Four-man bobsleigh

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States I.	Steven Holcomb Justin Olsen Steven Langton Curtis Tomasevicz	3: 36.83 min
2	Germany I.	Maximilian Arndt Alexander Rödiger Kevin Kuske Martin Putze	+ 0.50 s
3	Germany II	Manuel Machata Marko Hübenbecker Andreas Bredau Christian Poser	+ 0.80 s
4th	Netherlands I.	Edwin van Calker Arno Klaassen Sybren Jansma Jeroen Piek	+ 1.11 s
5	Russia I.	Alexander Zubkov Filipp Yegorow Dmitri Trunenkow Maxim Mokroussow	+ 1.28 s
6th	Latvia I	Edgars Maskalāns Daumants Dreiškens Uģis Žaļims Intars Dambis	+ 1.37 s
7th	Canada I.	Lyndon Rush Jesse Lumsden Cody Sorensen Neville Wright	+ 1.49 s
8th	Switzerland I.	Gregor Baumann Patrick Blöchliger Alex Baumann Jürg Egger	+ 2.26 s
9	Germany III	Francesco Friedrich Ronny Listner Michail Makarow Thomas Blaschek	+ 2.48 s
10	United Kingdom I.	John James Jackson Stuart Benson Bruce Tasker Joel Fearon	+ 2.62 s

Date: 25./26. February 2012

team

space	nation	athlete	time
01	United States I.	Matthew Antoine Elana Meyers & Emily Azevedo Katie Uhlaender Steven Holcomb & Justin Olsen	3: 44.98 min
02	Germany I.	Frank Rommel Sandra Kiriasis & Berit Wiacker Marion Thees Maximilian Arndt & Steven Deja	+ 0.73 s
03	Canada I.	John Fairbairn Kaillie Humphries & Emily Baadsvik Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards Justin Kripps & Timothy Randall	+ 1.30 s
04th	United States II	John Daly Jazmine Fenlator & Ingrid Marcum Anne O'Shea Nick Cunningham & Dallas Rabinson	+ 1.50 s
05	Germany II	Alexander Kröckel Cathleen Martini & Christin Senkel Anja Huber Manuel Machata & Michail Makarow	+ 1.83 s
06th	Russia II	Sergei Tschudinow Anastassija Tambowzewa & Natalja Kalaschnik Marija Orlowa Alexander Kasjanow & Juri Selichow	+ 2.45 s
07th	United Kingdom I.	Kristan Bromley Paula Walker & Rebekah Wilson Shelley Rudman John James Jackson & Stuart Benson	+ 2.58 s
08th	Russia I.	Alexander Tretyakov Olga Fyodorowa & Julija Timofejewa Olga Potylizyna Alexander Subkow & Maxim Mokroussow	+ 2.69 s
	Canada II	Eric Neilson Helen Uppteron & Marquise Brisebois Amy Gough Lyndon Rush & Timothy Randall	DNS

Date: February 19, 2012

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.

Team Canada II was registered, but did not start.  

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	United States	3	-	1	4th
2	Canada	1	1	1	3
3	Germany	-	3	2	5

Web links

• Homepage of the world association
• Women two-man bobsleigh result
• Men two-man bobsleigh result
• Men four-man bobsleigh result
• Team result

Individual evidence

1. ^ Nachrichten.ch: Exchange between St. Moritz and Lake Placid . Retrieved July 20, 2011.