2019–20 Bobsleigh World Cup

2019–20 Bobsleigh World Cup

Winners
Two-man	Francesco Friedrich
Four-man	Francesco Friedrich
Combined men's	Francesco Friedrich
Two-woman	Stephanie Schneider
Competitions
Venues	7 (8 events)
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The 2019–20 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi-race series over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 7 December 2019 in Lake Placid, USA and finished on 16 February 2020 in Sigulda, Latvia.

Calendar[]

Below is the schedule of the 2019/20 season.^[1]

Venue	Date	Details
Lake Placid	7–8 December 2019	No Four-man race. Double race for Two-man.
Lake Placid	14–15 December 2019	No Two-man race. Double race for Four-man.
Winterberg	3–4 January 2020	No Two-man race. Double race for Four-man. Also European Championships for Four-man (second race only).
La Plagne	11–12 January 2020
Igls	18–19 January 2020
Königssee	25–26 January 2020
St. Moritz	1–2 February 2020
Sigulda	14–16 February 2020	No Four-man race. Double race for Two-man. Also European Championships for Two-man (second race only) and Two-woman.
Altenberg	21 February – 1 March 2020	World Championships

Results[]

Two-man[]

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Lake Placid 1	Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer  Germany	1:50.17 (54.94 / 55.23)	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis  Germany	1:50.25 (55.12 / 55.13)	Justin Kripps Ben Coakwell  Canada	1:50.43 (55.24 / 55.19)
Lake Placid 2	Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller  Germany	1:49.77 (54.96 / 54.81)	Johannes Lochner Christian Rasp  Germany	1:50.00 (54.92 / 55.08)	Justin Kripps Cameron Stones  Canada	1:50.34 (55.24 / 55.10)
La Plagne	Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller  Germany	1:58.52 (59.00 / 59.52)	Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis  Latvia	1:58.78 (59.31 / 59.47)	Switzerland	1:58.86 (59.29 / 59.57)
Igls	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis  Germany	1:43.87 (51.99 / 51.88)	Brad Hall Greg Cackett  Great Britain	1:44.61 (52.22 / 52.39)	Tobias Schneider  Germany	1:44.62 (52.15 / 52.47)
Königssee	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis  Germany	1:38.66 (49.27 / 49.39)	Justin Kripps Cameron Stones  Canada	1:39.17 (49.56 / 49.61)	Nico Walther  Germany	1:39.19 (49.54 / 49.65)
St. Moritz	Johannes Lochner Christopher Weber  Germany	2:14.19 (1:06.81 / 1:07.38)	Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller  Germany	2:14.40 (1:07.14 / 1:07.26)	Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis  Latvia	2:14.47 (1:07.18 / 1:07.29)
Sigulda 1	Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis  Latvia	1:39.20 (49.53 / 49.67)	Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp  Germany	1:39.27 (49.52 / 49.75)	Justin Kripps Ben Coakwell  Canada	1:39.53 (49.76 / 49.77)
Sigulda 2	Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis  Latvia	1:39.18 (49.53 / 49.65)	Simon Friedli   Switzerland	1:39.54 (49.66 / 49.88)	Justin Kripps Samuel Giguère  Canada	1:39.59 (49.78 / 49.81)

Four-man[]

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Lake Placid 1	Justin Kripps Ryan Sommer Cameron Stones Ben Coakwell  Canada	1:49.50 (54.55 / 54.95)	Oskars Ķibermanis Arvis Vilkaste Matīss Miknis  Latvia	1:49.89 (54.72 / 55.17)	Benjamin Maier Marco Rangl Markus Sammer Dănuț Moldovan  Austria	1:49.97 (54.84 / 55.13)
Lake Placid 2	Justin Kripps Ryan Sommer Cameron Stones Ben Coakwell  Canada	1:49.45 (54.82 / 54.63)	Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer Christopher Weber Christian Rasp  Germany	1:49.75 (54.98 / 54.77)	Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis  Germany	1:49.78 (54.92 / 54.86)
Winterberg 1	Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Alexander Schüller Thorsten Margis  Germany	1:50.53 (55.64 / 54.89)	Nico Walther Paul Krenz Joshua Bluhm Eric Franke  Germany	1:50.73 (55.50 / 55.23)	Oskars Ķibermanis Arvis Vilkaste Matīss Miknis  Latvia	1:50.93 (55.82 / 55.11)
Winterberg 2	Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer Christopher Weber Christian Rasp  Germany	1:50.54 (55.53 / 55.01)	Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Alexander Schüller Thorsten Margis  Germany	1:50.56 (55.38 / 55.18)	Nico Walther Paul Krenz Eric Franke  Germany	1:50.76 (55.58 / 55.18)
La Plagne	Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Alexander Schüller Thorsten Margis  Germany	1:55.85 (57.85 / 58.00)	Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer Christopher Weber Christian Rasp  Germany	1:56.06 (57.99 / 58.07)	Oskars Ķibermanis Arvis Vilkaste Matīss Miknis  Latvia	1:56.18 (58.01 / 58.17)
Igls	Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Alexander Schüller  Germany	1:41.88 (50.92 / 50.96)	Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer Christopher Weber Christian Rasp  Germany	1:42.21 (50.98 / 51.23)	Kristopher Horn  United States	1:42.30 (51.11 / 51.19)
Königssee	Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Alexander Schüller  Germany	1:37.03 (48.59 / 48.44)	Johannes Lochner Christopher Weber Florian Bauer  Germany	1:37.13 (48.55 / 48.58)	Justin Kripps Ryan Sommer Ben Coakwell Cameron Stones  Canada	1:37.29 (48.63 / 48.66)
St. Moritz	Justin Kripps Ryan Sommer Cameron Stones Ben Coakwell  Canada	2:11.12 (1:05.56 / 1:05.56)	Oskars Ķibermanis Arvis Vilkaste Matīss Miknis  Latvia	2:11.25 (1:05.61 / 1:05.64)	Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer Christopher Weber Tobias Schneider  Germany	2:11.46 (1:05.41 / 1:06.05)

Two-woman[]

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Lake Placid	Kaillie Humphries Lauren Gibbs  United States	1:53.48 (56.70 / 56.78)	Stephanie Schneider  Germany	1:53.79 (56.83 / 56.96)	Kim Kalicki  Germany	1:53.92 (56.82 / 57.10)
Lake Placid	Kaillie Humphries Lauren Gibbs  United States	1:54.03 (56.50 / 57.53)	Kim Kalicki Erline Nolte  Germany	1:54.18 (56.63 / 57.55)	Christine de Bruin Kristen Bujnowski  Canada	1:54.25 (56.73 / 57.52)
Winterberg	Stephanie Schneider Kira Lipperheide  Germany	1:55.46 (57.45 / 58.01)	Mariama Jamanka Annika Drazek  Germany	1:55.50 (57.53 / 57.97)	Laura Nolte Deborah Levi  Germany	1:55.59 (57.50 / 58.09)
La Plagne	Laura Nolte Deborah Levi  Germany	2:01.43 (1:00.67 / 1:00.76)	Christine de Bruin Kristen Bujnowski  Canada	2:01.64 (1:00.72 / 1:00.92)	Stephanie Schneider  Germany	2:01.65 (1:00.91 / 1:00.74)
Igls	Mariama Jamanka Annika Drazek  Germany	1:47.34 (53.68 / 53.66)	Laura Nolte Erline Nolte  Germany	1:47.53 (53.82 / 53.71)	Kaillie Humphries  United States	1:47.56 (53.69 / 53.87)
Königssee	Kaillie Humphries  United States	1:41.57 (50.95 / 50.62)	Laura Nolte Erline Nolte  Germany	1:42.60 (50.85 / 50.75)	Stephanie Schneider Ann-Christin Strack  Germany	1:42.66 (50.97 / 50.69)
St. Moritz	Kaillie Humphries Lauren Gibbs  United States	2:17.18 (1:08.24 / 1:08.94)	Mariama Jamanka Kira Lipperheide  Germany	2:17.34 (1:08.43 / 1:08.91)	Stephanie Schneider  Germany	2:17.35 (1:08.52 / 1:08.83)
Sigulda	Nadezhda Sergeeva  Russia	1:41.96 (50.99 / 50.97)	Andreea Grecu  Romania	1:41.98 (51.02 / 50.96)	Stephanie Schneider  Germany	1:42.03 (51.06 / 50.97)

Standings[]

Two-man[]

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Pos.	Racer	LPL 1	LPL 2	LPG	IGL	KON	STM	SIG 1	SIG 2	Points
1	Francesco Friedrich (GER)	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	–	1530
2	Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT)	4	4	2	23	5	3	1	1	1478
3	Justin Kripps (CAN)	3	3	10	12	2	5	3	3	1466
4	Michael Vogt (SUI)	7	11	3	5	6	18	9	13	1216
5	Romain Heinrich (FRA)	9	12	9	6	12	9	15	6	1168
6	Won Yun-jong (KOR)	8	6	13	7	10	17	17	9	1096
7	Alexey Stulnev (RUS)	16	15	14	8	14	4	8	9	1088
8	Brad Hall (GBR)	–	–	4	2	6	8	5	12	1050
9	Dominik Dvořák (CZE)	13	16	6	9	10	15	7	DSQ	960
10	(USA)	5	5	12	10	17	12	–	–	856

Four-man[]

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Pos.	Racer	LPL 1	LPL 2	WIN 1	WIN 2	LPG	IGL	KON	STM	Points
1	Francesco Friedrich (GER)	4	3	1	2	1	1	1	5	1686
2	Johannes Lochner (GER)	4	2	4	1	2	2	2	3	1649
3	Justin Kripps (CAN)	1	1	5	6	5	5	3	1	1603
4	Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT)	2	4	3	5	3	11	4	2	1524
5	(USA)	11	5	8	8	6	3	6	8	1352
6	Alexey Stulnev (RUS)	10	6	6	4	7	6	5	12	1344
7	Dominik Dvořák (CZE)	12	10	7	7	10	7	9	10	1216
8	Nico Walther (GER)	–	–	2	3	4	4	8	4	1146
9	Michael Vogt (SUI)	7	9	20	11	9	9	11	10	1108
10	Won Yun-jong (KOR)	15	12	14	12	12	7	18	13	968

Two-woman[]

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Pos.	Racer	LPL 1	LPL 2	WIN	LPG	IGL	KON	STM	SIG	Points
1	Stephanie Schneider (GER)	2	4	1	3	5	3	3	3	1611
2	Mariama Jamanka (GER)	4	5	2	5	1	6	2	4	1573
3	Christine de Bruin (CAN)	5	3	7	2	4	4	5	5	1514
4	Kaillie Humphries (USA)	1	1	4	4	3	1	1	–	1484
5	Nadezhda Sergeeva (RUS)	8	7	5	11	6	8	10	1	1353
6	Katrin Beierl (AUT)	12	12	8	9	7	5	7	6	1264
7	(SUI)	6	6	10	10	14	9	4	9	1248
8	Laura Nolte (GER)	–	–	3	1	2	2	6	–	1021
9	(RUS)	9	10	11	12	12	14	–	8	960
10	An Vannieuwenhuyse (BEL)	–	–	9	7	DNS	7	11	10	768

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	14	16	11	41
2	United States	4	0	2	6
3	Canada	3	2	6	11
4	Latvia	2	3	3	8
5	Russia	1	0	0	1
6	Switzerland	0	1	1	2
7	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
	Romania	0	1	0	1
9	Austria	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		24	24	24	72

References[]