Skeleton World Championship 2009

Official logo of the 2009 Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships

The 21st Skeleton 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 Bobsleigh World Championship .

Results

team

space	nation	athlete	Terms	rank	End time
1	Germany I.	Frank Rommel Sandra Kiriasis & Patricia Polifka Marion Trott Thomas Florschütz & Andreas Barucha	54.89 s 58.01 s 56.46 s 56.05 s	(1) (7) (1) (2)	3: 45.41 min
2	Switzerland I.	Gregor Stähli Sabina Hafner & Anne Dietrich Maya Pedersen-Bieri Ivo Rüegg & Cédric Grand	55.15 s 57.90 s 56.82 s 55.78 s	(4) (6) (5) (1)	3: 45.65 min   + 0.24 s
3	United States I.	Eric Bernotas Shauna Rohbock & Valerie Fleming Katie Uhlaender Steven Holcomb & Justin Olsen	54.90 s 57.67 s 57.00 s 56.09 s	(2) (2) (6) (4)	3: 45.66 min   + 0.25 s
4th	Canada I.	Jeff Pain Helen Upperton & Amanda Moreley Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards Lyndon Rush & Chris Le Bihan	55.29 s 57.66 s 56.73 s 56.08 s	(7) (1) (2) (3)	3: 45.76 min   + 0.35 s
5	United Kingdom I.	Anthony Sawyer Nicola Minichiello & Jackie Gunn Amy Williams John James Jackson & Henry Nwume	55.19 s 57.72 s 56.73 s 56.39 s	(6) (3) (2) (6)	3: 46.03 min   + 0.62 s
6th	United States II	Matthew Antoine Erin Pac & Michelle Rzepka Noelle Pikus-Pace Todd Hays & TJ Burns	55.05 s 57.81 s 57.08 s 56.26 s	(3) (4) (7) (5)	3: 46.20 min   + 0.79 s
7th	Germany II	Florian Grassl Cathleen Martini & Christin Senkel Anja Huber Karl Angerer & Thomas Pöge	55.15 s 57.83 s 56.79 s 56.55 s	(4) (5) (4) (8)	3: 46.32 min   + 0.91 s
8th	Russia I.	Sergei Tschudinow Viktoria Tokowaja & Jelena Doronina Swetlana Trunowa Evgeni Popow & Alexei Andrjunin	55.89 s 58.27 s 58.58 s 56.53 s	(8) (8) (8) (7)	3: 49.27 min   + 3.86 s

Date: February 22, 2009

Bobsleigh in lower case.

Women

space	athlete	nation	Terms	rank	End time
1	Marion Trott	Germany	55.45 56.84 57.21 58.47	(1) (1) (1) (12)	3: 47.97
2	Amy Williams	United Kingdom	55.77 57.17 57.59 58.03	(3) (9) (3) (3)	3: 48.56   +0.59
3	Kerstin Szymkowiak	Germany	56.17 56.90 57.28 58.26	(10) (2) (2) (6)	3: 48.61   +0.64
4th	Anja Huber	Germany	55.70 56.99 57.77 58.72	(2) (4) (7) (15)	3: 49.18   +1.21
5	Emma Lincoln-Smith	Australia	55.86 56.94 57.93 58.54	(4) (3) (8) (13)	3: 49.27   +1.30
6th	Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards	Canada	56.11 57.07 58.04 58.07	(7) (7) (11) (4)	3: 49.29   +1.32
7th	Katie Uhlaender	United States	56.41 57.03 57.61 58.27	(13) (5) (4) (7)	3: 49.32   +1.35
8th	Noelle Pikus-Pace	United States	56.21 57.22 57.61 58.42	(11) (10) (4) (10)	3: 49.46   +1.49
9	Shelley Rudman	United Kingdom	55.90 57.37 58.00 58.33	(5) (13) (10) (8)	3: 49.60   +1.63
10	Amy Gough	Canada	56.09 57.26 57.72 58.60	(6) (11) (6) (14)	3: 49.67   +1.70
11	Svetlana Trunova	Russia	56.37 57.04 58.26 58.07	(12) (6) (14) (4)	3: 49.74   +1.77
12	Tionette Stoddard	New Zealand	56.13 57.54 58.19 58.44	(8) (16) (13) (11)	3: 50.30   +2.33
12	Nozomi Komuro	Japan	56.62 57.07 58.69 57.92	(17) (7) (17) (1)	3: 50.30   +2.33
14th	Michelle Kelly	Canada	56.46 57.66 57.96 58.35	(15) (18) (9) (9)	3: 50.43   +2.46
15th	Maya Pedersen	Switzerland	56.45 57.59 58.48 58.01	(14) (17) (15) (2)	3: 50.53   +2.56
16	Keslie Tomlinson	United States	56.53 57.42 58.04 58.99	(16) (14) (11) (19)	3: 50.98   +3.01
17th	Donna Creighton	United Kingdom	56.15 57.27 58.95 59.06	(9) (12) (19) (20)	3: 51.43   +3.46
18th	Michelle Steele	Australia	56.74 57.82 58.59 58.94	(19) (20) (16) (18)	3: 52.09   +4.12
19th	Katharina Heinz	Germany	56.68 57.78 58.84 58.87	(18) (19) (18) (16)	3: 52.17   +4.20
20th	Desiree Bjerke	Norway	57.00 57.49 59.03 58.92	(22) (15) (20) (17)	3: 52.44   +4.47
21st	Eiko Nakayama	Japan	56.92 58.18 59.10	(21) (21) (21)	2: 54.20
22nd	Jessica Kilian	Switzerland	56.82 58.73 1: 00.12	(20) (23) (24)	2: 55.67
23	Olga Korobkina	Russia	57.72 58.67 59.55	(23) (22) (22)	2: 55.94
24	Michaela Glässer	Czech Republic	57.88 58.92 59.68	(24) (24) (23)	2: 56.48
25th	Joska Le Conté	Netherlands	58.63 59.08 1: 00.52	(26) (25) (25)	2: 58.23
26th	Rindy Anne Loucks	Jamaica	58.53 59.08 1: 00.99	(25) (25) (26)	2: 58.60

Date: 26./27. February 2009

Marion Trott set a new track record in the first run with 55.45 seconds.

Men

space	athlete	nation	Terms	rank	End time
1	Gregor Stähli	Switzerland	56.16 55.33 55.09	(1) (5) (3)	2: 46.58
2	Adam Pengilly	United Kingdom	56.92 55.23 54.78	(15) (2) (1)	2: 46.93   +0.35
3	Alexander Tretyakov	Russia	56.25 55.23 55.61	(3) (2) (13)	2: 47.09   +0.51
4th	Jon Montgomery	Canada	56.19 55.33 55.61	(2) (5) (13)	2: 47.13   +0.55
5	Mirsad Halilovic	Germany	56.81 55.28 55.08	(13) (4) (2)	2: 47.17   +0.59
6th	Sandro Stielicke	Germany	56.80 55.12 55.34	(12) (1) (6)	2: 47.26   +0.68
7th	Eric Bernotas	United States	56.60 55.54 55.20	(8) (9) (4)	2: 47.34   +0.76
8th	Jeff Pain	Canada	56.44 55.54 55.45	(5) (9) (9)	2: 47.43   +0.85
9	Matthew Antoine	United States	56.45 55.43 55.57	(6) (8) (12)	2: 47.45   +0.87
10	Zach Lund	United States	56.78 55.40 55.44	(11) (7) (8)	2: 47.62   +1.04
11	Martin's course	Latvia	56.69 55.70 55.29	(9) (11) (5)	2: 47.68   +1.10
12	Sergei Chudinov	Russia	56.49 55.74 55.54	(7) (13) (11)	2: 47.77   +1.19
13	Frank Rommel	Germany	56.85 55.99 55.35	(14) (17) (7)	2: 48.19   +1.61
14th	Kristan Bromley	United Kingdom	57.03 55.78 55.49	(16) (14) (10)	2: 48.30   +1.72
15th	Kazuhiro Koshi	Japan	57.23 55.73 55.64	(17) (12) (15)	2: 48.60   +2.02
16	Keith Loach	Canada	56.76 55.92 56.02	(10) (15) (17)	2: 48.70   +2.12
17th	Florian Grassl	Germany	56.41 56.58 55.83	(4) (25) (16)	2: 48.82   +2.24
18th	Anthony Sawyer	United Kingdom	57.81 55.95 56.24	(21) (16) (18)	2: 50.00   +3.42
19th	Grégory Saint-Géniès	France	57.67 56.02 56.36	(19) (18) (19)	2: 50.05   +3.47
20th	Iain Roberts	New Zealand	57.80 56.15 56.51	(20) (22) (20)	2: 50.46   +3.88
21st	Peter van Wees	Netherlands	57.47 56.51	(18) (24)	1: 53.98
22nd	Tomass Dukurs	Latvia	57.97 56.02	(22) (18)	1: 53.99
23	Markus Penz	Austria	58.06 56.03	(23) (20)	1: 54.09
24	Matthias Guggenberger	Austria	58.31 56.39	(24) (23)	1: 54.70
25th	Pascal Oswald	Switzerland	58.95 56.07	(25) (21)	1: 55.02
26th	Michael Coutts	New Zealand	59.18 57.12	(28) (26)	1: 56.30
27	Other Mirambell	Spain	59.00 57.48	(27) (27)	1: 56.48
28	Faisal Faisal	Iraq	1: 00.65 57.69	(30) (28)	1: 58.34
29	Matt Skolnik	Slovakia	1: 00.54 57.85	(29) (29)	1: 58.39
30th	In-ho cho	South Korea	58.97 DNS	(26)
31	Shinsuke Tayama	Japan	DSQ

Date: 27./28. February 2009

The second run was not counted because it had to be canceled after 20 starters due to the irregular condition of the track. Therefore only runs 1, 3 and 4 count.

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Germany	2	-	1	3
2	Switzerland	1	1	-	2
3	United Kingdom	-	2	-	2
4th	United States	-	-	1	1
	Russia	-	-	1	1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=63&event=22469&L=0

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Official final result (PDF)