Bobsleigh World Championship 2017

The 62nd Bobsleigh World Championship took place from February 13th to 26th, 2017, parallel to the Skeleton World Championship 2017 , on the Königssee artificial ice rink on the Bavarian Königssee .

Award

The Sanki Sliding Center , built for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi , Russia , was originally intended as the venue . Based on the findings of the McLaren report on systematic doping in Russia published on December 9, 2016, the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF) withdrew the country from hosting both events on December 13. Both Latvia and South Korea had announced in advance that they would not participate in a World Cup in Sochi.

On December 19, 2016, the IBSF announced that the title fights had been awarded to Königssee. The track hosted the Bobsleigh World Championship in 1979, 1986, 2004 and 2011.

Participating Nations

Europe (17 nations)
Belgium  Germany  France  Italy  Croatia  Latvia  Monaco  Netherlands  Norway  Austria  Poland  Romania  Russia  Switzerland  Serbia  Czech Republic  United Kingdom
America (2 nations)
Canada  United States
Asia (3 nations)
People's Republic of China  Japan  South Korea

Results

Women

Two-man bobsleigh

space	country	Sportswomen	time
1	United States	Elana Meyers Taylor Kehri Jones	3: 24.75
2	Canada	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz	3: 24.78 +0.03
3	United States	Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans	3: 24.98 +0.23
4th	Germany	Mariama Jamanka Annika Drazek	3: 25.35 +0.6
5	Austria	Christina stallion Jennifer Jantina Oluumi Desire Onasanya	3: 25.42 +0.67
6th	Canada	Alysia Rissling, Cynthia Appiah	3: 25.63 +0.88
7th	Japan	Maria Oshigiri Arisa Kimishima	3: 25.82 +1.07
8th	Germany	Stephanie Schneider Lisa Buckwitz	3: 26.05 +1.3
9	Germany	Christin Senkel Ann-Christin Strack	3: 25.35 +1.46
10	Belgium	Elfje Willemsen Sara Aerts	3: 26.28 +1.53
other German-speaking starters
14th	Switzerland	Sabina Hafner Eveline Rebsamen	3: 26.43 +1.68
15th	Austria	Katrin Beierl Sanne Monique Dekker	3: 26.56 +1.71
17th	Belgium	To Vannieuwenhuyse Nel Paulissen	3: 26.63 +1.88
19th	Switzerland	Martina Fontanive Rahel grape seeds	3: 27.50 + 2.75

Men

Two-man bobsleigh

space	country	athlete	time
1	Germany	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	3: 16.71
2	Canada	Justin Kripps Jesse Lumsden	3: 17.91 + 1.20
3	Germany	Johannes Lochner Joshua Bluhm	3: 17.96 + 1.25
4th	Latvia	Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis	3: 18.17 + 1.46
5	Canada	Nick Poloniato Neville Wright	3: 18.23 +1.52
6th	Latvia	Oskars Melbārdis Jānis Strenga	3: 18.35 +1.64
7th	United States	Steven Holcomb Carlo Valdes	3: 18.39 +1.68
8th	Germany	Nico Walther Eric Franke	3: 18.45 +1.74
9	United Kingdom	Bruce Tasker Joel Fearon	3: 18.59 +1.88
10	Monaco	Rudy Rinaldi Boris Vain	3: 18.60 +1.89
other German-speaking athletes
11	Austria	Benjamin Maier Markus Sammer	3: 18.67 +1.96
15th	Switzerland	Beat Hefti Michael Kuonen	3: 18.85 +2.14
16	Switzerland	Rico Peter Simon Friedli	3: 26.28 +1.53
athletes not qualified for the fourth run
25th	Germany	Richard Oelsner Alexander Schüller	2: 30.2
29	Austria	Markus Treichl Markus Glück	2: 30.5

Four-man bobsleigh

space	country	athlete	time
1	Germany	Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis	3: 14.10
1	Germany	Johannes Lochner Matthias Kagerhuber Joshua Bluhm Christian Rasp	3: 14.10 + 0.00
3	Germany	Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Kevin Korona Eric Franke	3: 14.26 + 0.16
4th	Latvia	Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga	3: 14.39 + 0.29
5	United States	Steven Holcomb Carlo Valdes James Reed Samuel McGuffie	3: 14.44 + 0.34
6th	Canada	Justin Kripps Alexander Kopacz Jesse Lumsden Lascelles Brown	3: 14.87 + 0.77
7th	Austria	Benjamin Maier Stefan Laussegger Markus Sammer Dănuț Moldovan	3: 14.9 + 0.8
8th	Russia	Maxim Andrianow Andrei Lylow Juri Selichow Kirill Antjuch	3: 15.07 + 0.97
9	Russia	Alexander Kasyanow Alexei Pushkarev Wassili Kondratenko Alexei Saizew	3: 14.39 + 0.29
10	Latvia	Oskars Ķibermanis Jānis Jansons Matīss Miknis Raivis Zīrups	3: 15.16 + 1.06
other German-speaking starters
15th	Switzerland	Rico Peter Alexander Baumann Michael Kuonen Martin Meier	3: 15.67 + 1.57
16	Austria	Markus Treichl Markus Glück Kilian Walch Franz Esterhammer	3: 15.69 +1.59
20th	Germany	Bennet Buchmüller Paul Krenz Niklas Scherer Costa Tonga Laurenz	3: 16.51 + 2.41
did not qualify for the fourth run
22nd	Switzerland	Clemens Bracher Alain Knuser Bror van der Zijde Marco Dörig	2: 27.43

Team competition

space	country	Athletes	time
01	Germany 1	Axel Jungk Mariama Jamanka & Franziska Bertels Jacqueline Lölling Johannes Lochner & Christian Rasp	3: 21.84
02	Germany 2	Christopher Grotheer Stephanie Schneider & Lisa Marie Buckwitz Tina Hermann Nico Walther & Philipp Wobeto	3: 22.44 +0.60
03	International 3	Alexander Gassner Maria Adela Constantin & Andreea Grecu Anna Fernstädt Richard Ölsner & Marc Rademacher	3: 22.69 +0.85
04th	Russia 1	Alexander Tretyakov Nadeschda Sergejewa & Anastassija Kotscherschowa Marija Orlowa Alexei Stulnew & Maxim Belugin	3: 22.82 +0.98
0 5	Russia 2	Nikita Tregubow Alexandra Rodionowa & Julija Schokschujewa Jelena Nikitina Alexander Kasjanow & Alexei Pushkarev	3: 23.04 +1.20
0 6th	United States 1	Matthew Antoine Elana Meyers Taylor & Lolo Jones Anne O'Shea Steven Holcomb & Samuel McGuffie	3: 23.43 +1.59
07th	Austria 1	Matthias Guggenberger Christina Hengster & Jennifer Jantina Oluumi Desire Onasanya Janine Flock Benjamin Maier & Markus Sammer	3: 23.72 +1.88
08th	Canada 1	Dane Greszczyszyn Alysia Rissling & Sara Dagenais-Everell Jane Channell Chris Spring & Cameron Stones	3: 23.80 +1.96
09	Canada 2	Barrett Martineau Kaillie Humphries & Melissa Lotholz Mirela Rahneva Justin Kripps & Ben Coakwell	3: 23.92 +2.08
010	United States 2	Nathan Crumpton Jamie Greubel Poser & Cherrelle Garrett Kendall Wesenberg Justin Olsen & Luis Moreira	3: 24.39 +2.55
011	International 2	Kevin Boyer Christine de Bruin & Alecia Beckford-Stewart Savannah Graybill Ivo de Bruin & Janko Franjic	3: 25.49 +3.65
012	International 1	Dorin Velicu Brittany Reinbolt & Briauna Jones Maria Marinela Mazilu Dorin Grigore & Florin Crăciun	3: 26.88 +5.04

Date: February 19, 2017
In the team competition, one skeleton pilot, one female skeleton pilot, and one women's and one men's two-man bobsleigh competed. The results of these four runs were added.

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Germany	4th	1	2	7th
2	United States	1	-	1	2
3	Canada	-	2	-	2
4th	International team	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Official website
• Results and participants

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships 2017 in Sochi. Die Zeit , June 21, 2013, accessed on February 10, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Press release: IBSF decided to move the IBSF World Championships 2017. IBSF , December 13, 2016, accessed on February 10, 2017 (English). 
3. ^ Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association withdraws the World Cup from Sochi. Spiegel Online , December 13, 2016, accessed February 10, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Königssee steps in after Sochi is withdrawn. In: n-tv . December 19, 2016, accessed February 10, 2017 .