Bobsleigh World Cup

IBSF Bobsleigh World Cup
Genre	Bobsleigh
Frequency	annual
Inaugurated	1985
Previous event	2020–21 Bobsleigh World Cup
Next event	2021–22 Bobsleigh World Cup
Website	IBSF

The Bobsleigh World Cup is an annual bobsleigh competitions. It has taken place since the 1984 Winter Olympics. Below is a lists of season champions. Each table shows the country and driver only.

Combined men's[]

Debuted: 1985.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
	West Germany – Anton Fischer
	Switzerland – Ekkehard Fasser	United States – Matt Roy	Great Britain – Nick Phipps
	United States – Matt Roy	East Germany – Wolfgang Hoppe	West Germany – Anton Fischer
	Austria – Ingo Appelt	Soviet Union – Jānis Ķipurs	East Germany – Volker Dietrich
	Switzerland – Gustav Weder	East Germany – Detlef Richter	Switzerland – Nico Baracchi
	Soviet Union – Maris Poikans	Canada – Chris Lori	East Germany – Wolfgang Hoppe
			West Germany – Christian Schebitz
	Switzerland – Gustav Weder (2)	Austria – Ingo Appelt	Canada – Chris Lori
			Germany – Wolfgang Hoppe
	Germany – Wolfgang Hoppe	Switzerland – Gustav Weder	Canada – Chris Lori
	United States – Brian Shimer	Switzerland – Gustav Weder	Italy – Gunther Huber
	Canada – Pierre Lueders	Austria – Hubert Schösser	Great Britain – Mark Tout
	Canada – Pierre Lueders (2)	Switzerland – Reto Götschi	Italy – Gunther Huber
	Germany – Christoph Langen	Canada – Pierre Lueders	Canada – Chris Lori
	Italy – Gunther Huber	United States – Brian Shimer	Canada – Pierre Lueders
	Canada – Pierre Lueders (3)	Italy – Gunther Huber	Latvia – Sandis Prusis
	Germany – Christoph Langen (2)	Switzerland – Reto Götschi	Canada – Pierre Lueders
	Switzerland – Marcel Rohner	Switzerland – Christian Reich	Canada – Pierre Lueders
	Germany – André Lange	Switzerland – Martin Annen	Latvia – Sandis Prusis
	Switzerland – Martin Annen	Switzerland – Christian Reich	Germany – André Lange
	Germany – André Lange (2)	Germany – René Spies	Switzerland – Martin Annen
	Germany – André Lange (3)	Canada – Pierre Lueders	United States – Todd Hays
	Switzerland – Martin Annen (2)	Russia – Alexandre Zoubkov	Canada – Pierre Lueders
	Canada – Pierre Lueders (4)	Russia – Alexandre Zoubkov	United States – Todd Hays
2006–07	United States – Steven Holcomb	Canada – Pierre Lueders	Germany – André Lange
2007–08	Germany – André Lange (4)	Russia – Alexandre Zoubkov	United States – Steven Holcomb
2008–09	Russia – Alexandre Zoubkov	Switzerland – Beat Hefti	Germany – André Lange
2009–10	United States – Steven Holcomb (2)	Switzerland – Ivo Rüegg	Germany – Thomas Florschütz
2010–11	Germany – Manuel Machata	Russia – Alexandr Zubkov	United States – Steven Holcomb
2011–12	Germany – Maximilian Arndt	Russia – Alexandr Zubkov	Germany – Manuel Machata
2012–13	Latvia – Oskars Melbārdis	Russia – Alexandr Zubkov	Germany – Manuel Machata
2013–14	United States – Steven Holcomb (3)	Russia – Alexandr Zubkov	Switzerland – Beat Hefti
2014–15	Latvia – Oskars Melbārdis (2)	Germany – Nico Walther	Russia – Alexander Kasjanov
2015–16	Germany – Nico Walther	Germany – Maximilian Arndt	Switzerland – Rico Peter
2016–17	Germany – Francesco Friedrich	Russia – Alexander Kasjanov	United States – Steven Holcomb
2017–18	Canada – Justin Kripps	Germany – Francesco Friedrich	Germany – Johannes Lochner
2018–19	Germany – Francesco Friedrich (2)	Latvia – Oskars Kibermanis	Germany – Nico Walther
2019–20	Germany – Francesco Friedrich (3)	Canada – Justin Kripps	Latvia – Oskars Kibermanis
2020–21	Germany – Francesco Friedrich (4)	Germany – Johannes Lochner	Czech Republic – Dominik Dvořák

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	15	7	13	35
2	Switzerland (SUI)	6	9	4	19
3	Canada (CAN)	5	5	7	17
4	United States (USA)	5	2	5	12
5	Latvia (LAT)	2	1	3	6
6	Russia (RUS)	1	7	1	9
7	Austria (AUT)	1	2	0	3
8	Italy (ITA)	1	1	2	4
9	Soviet Union (URS)	1	1	0	2
10	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	2	2
11	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 nations)		37	35	38	110

Two-man[]

Unofficial event: 1985–1990. Debuted: 1991.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
	East Germany – Wolfgang Hoppe
	West Germany – Anton Fischer
	Soviet Union – Maris Poikans	Soviet Union – Vyacheslav Savlev	Switzerland – Ekkehard Fasser
	West Germany – Anton Fischer (2)	United States – Matt Roy	East Germany – Wolfgang Hoppe
	Soviet Union – Jānis Ķipurs	East Germany – Volker Dietrich	Soviet Union – Zintis Ekmanis
	Switzerland – Gustav Weder	East Germany – Detlef Richter	Switzerland – Nico Baracchi
	West Germany – Christian Schebitz	Canada – Greg Haydenluck	Soviet Union – Maris Poikans
	Germany – Wolfgang Hoppe (2)	Switzerland – Gustav Weder	Canada – Chris Lori
	Italy – Gunther Huber	Switzerland – Gustav Weder	Germany – Rudi Lochner
	Italy – Gunther Huber (2)	Switzerland – Gustav Weder	United States – Brian Shimer
	Canada – Pierre Lueders	Germany – Christoph Langen	Italy – Gunther Huber
	Canada – Pierre Lueders (2)	Switzerland – Reto Götschi	Italy – Gunther Huber
	Germany – Christoph Langen	Canada – Pierre Lueders	Germany – Sepp Dostthaler
	Canada – Pierre Lueders (3)	Italy – Gunther Huber	United States – Brian Shimer
	Canada – Pierre Lueders (4)	Italy – Gunther Huber	Latvia – Sandis Prusis
	Germany – Christoph Langen (2)	Switzerland – Reto Götschi	Canada – Pierre Lueders
	Switzerland – Christian Reich	Switzerland – Reto Götschi	Switzerland – Marcel Rohner
	Switzerland – Martin Annen	Germany – René Spies	Germany – André Lange
	Switzerland – Martin Annen (2)	Canada – Pierre Lueders	Switzerland – Christian Reich
	Canada – Pierre Lueders (5)	Germany – René Spies	Germany – André Lange
	Germany – Christoph Langen (3)	Canada – Pierre Lueders	Germany – André Lange
	Switzerland – Martin Annen (3)	Canada – Pierre Lueders	Russia – Alexandr Zubkov
	Canada – Pierre Lueders (6)	Russia – Alexandr Zubkov	United States – Todd Hays
2006–07	United States – Steven Holcomb	Canada – Pierre Lueders	Germany – André Lange
2007–08	Germany – André Lange	Switzerland – Ivo Rüegg	Russia – Alexandr Zubkov
2008–09	Switzerland – Beat Hefti	Germany – André Lange	Germany – Thomas Florschuetz
2009–10	Switzerland – Ivo Rüegg	Germany – Thomas Florschütz	Germany – Karl Angerer
2010–11	Russia – Alexandr Zubkov	Germany – Manuel Machata	Italy – Simone Bertazzo
2011–12	Switzerland – Beat Hefti (2)	Germany – Maximilian Arndt	Russia – Alexandr Zubkov
2012–13	Canada – Lyndon Rush	Latvia – Oskars Melbārdis	Germany – Manuel Machata
2013–14	United States – Steven Holcomb (2)	Switzerland – Beat Hefti	Germany – Francesco Friedrich
2014–15	Latvia – Oskars Melbārdis	Switzerland – Beat Hefti	Switzerland – Rico Peter
2015–16	South Korea – Won Yun-jong	Germany – Nico Walther	Latvia – Uģis Žaļims
2016–17	Germany – Francesco Friedrich	United States – Steven Holcomb	South Korea – Won Yun-jong
2017–18	Canada – Justin Kripps	Germany – Francesco Friedrich	Canada – Christopher Spring
2018–19	Germany – Francesco Friedrich (2)	Latvia – Oskars Kibermanis	Germany – Nico Walther
2019–20	Germany – Francesco Friedrich (3)	Latvia – Oskars Kibermanis	Canada – Justin Kripps
2020–21	Germany – Francesco Friedrich (4)	Germany – Johannes Lochner	Czech Republic – Dominik Dvořák

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	13	12	12	37
2	Switzerland (SUI)	8	9	5	22
3	Canada (CAN)	8	6	4	18
4	Italy (ITA)	2	2	3	7
	United States (USA)	2	2	3	7
6	Soviet Union (URS)	2	1	2	5
7	Latvia (LAT)	1	3	2	6
8	Russia (RUS)	1	1	3	5
9	South Korea (KOR)	1	0	1	2
10	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		38	36	36	110

Four-man[]

Unofficial event: 1985��1990. Debuted: 1991.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
	East Germany – Wolfgang Hoppe
	United States – Jeffrey Jost
	Switzerland – Ekkehard Fasser	Austria – Walter Delle Karth	United States – Matt Roy
	United States – Matt Roy	East Germany – Wolfgang Hoppe	Austria – Peter Kienast
	Austria – Ingo Appelt	none awarded	East Germany – Volker Dietrich
	Austria – Peter Kienast
	Austria – Ingo Appelt (2)	Switzerland – Gustav Weder	Austria – Peter Kienast (2)
	Canada – Chris Lori	Soviet Union – Maris Poikans	East Germany – Dietmar Falkenberg
	Switzerland – Gustav Weder	Austria – Ingo Appelt	Canada – Chris Lori
	Germany – Wolfgang Hoppe (2)	Switzerland – Gustav Weder (2)	Great Britain – Mark Tout
	United States – Brian Shimer	Canada – Chris Lori	Germany – Wolfgang Hoppe
	Austria – Hubert Schösser	Germany – Dirk Wiese	Great Britain – Mark Tout (2)
	Canada – Pierre Lueders	Great Britain – Mark Tout	Germany – Dirk Wiese
	Germany – Wolfgang Hoppe (3)	Germany – Christoph Langen	Canada – Chris Lori (2)
	Switzerland – Marcel Rohner	Germany – Wolfgang Hoppe (2)	Italy – Gunther Huber
	Germany – Harald Czudaj	Switzerland – Marcel Rohner	Austria – Hubert Schösser
	Germany – Christoph Langen	Switzerland – Marcel Rohner (2)	Germany – André Lange
	Switzerland – Marcel Rohner (2)	Latvia – Sandis Prusis	Canada – Pierre Lueders
	Germany – André Lange	Latvia – Sandis Prusis	Germany – Matthias Benesch
	Switzerland – Martin Annen	Germany – André Lange	Switzerland – Christian Reich
	Germany – André Lange (2)	Latvia – Sandis Prusis (3)	Switzerland – Ralph Rüegg
	Germany – André Lange (3)	Russia – Alexandr Zubkov	United States – Todd Hays
	Russia – Alexandr Zubkov	Switzerland – Martin Annen	Canada – Pierre Lueders
	Russia – Alexandr Zubkov (2)	Canada – Pierre Lueders	Switzerland – Martin Annen
2006–07	Russia – Yevgeni Popov	United States – Steven Holcomb	Switzerland – Martin Annen (2)
2007–08	Germany – André Lange (4)	Russia – Alexandr Zubkov (2)	Latvia – Janis Minins
2008–09	Russia – Alexandr Zubkov (3)	Latvia – Janis Minins	Germany – André Lange
2009–10	United States – Steve Holcomb	Latvia – Janis Minins (2)	Germany – André Lange (3)
2010–11	Germany – Manuel Machata	United States – Steven Holcomb	Russia – Alexandr Zubkov
2011–12	Russia – Alexandr Zubkov (4)	Germany – Maximilian Arndt	Germany – Manuel Machata
2012–13	Russia – Alexandr Zubkov (5)	Latvia – Oskars Melbārdis	Germany – Manuel Machata (2)
2013–14	Germany – Maximilian Arndt	United States – Steven Holcomb (3)	Germany – Thomas Florschuetz
2014–15	Latvia – Oskars Melbārdis	Russia – Alexander Kasjanov	Germany – Maximilian Arndt
2015–16	Germany – Maximilian Arndt (2)	Germany – Francesco Friedrich	Switzerland – Rico Peter
2016–17	Russia – Alexander Kasjanov	Switzerland – Rico Peter	United States – Steven Holcomb
2017–18	Germany – Johannes Lochner	Germany – Francesco Friedrich	Germany – Nico Walther
2018–19	Germany – Francesco Friedrich	Latvia – Oskars Kibermanis	Germany – Johannes Lochner
2019–20	Germany – Francesco Friedrich (2)	Germany – Johannes Lochner	Canada – Justin Kripps
2020–21	Germany – Francesco Friedrich (3)	Austria – Benjamin Maier	Canada – Justin Kripps

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	16	9	14	39
2	Russia (RUS)	7	3	1	11
3	Switzerland (SUI)	5	6	5	16
4	Austria (AUT)	4	3	3	10
	United States (USA)	4	3	3	10
6	Canada (CAN)	2	2	6	10
7	Latvia (LAT)	1	7	1	9
8	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	2	3
9	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	0	1
10	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		39	35	36	110

Two-woman[]

Debuted: 1994.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
	Switzerland –
	Switzerland – Claudia Bühlmann
	Switzerland – Françoise Burdet
	Switzerland – Françoise Burdet (2)
	Switzerland – Françoise Burdet (3)
	Switzerland – Françoise Burdet (4)	United States – Jean Racine	Great Britain – Michelle Coy
	United States – Jean Racine	United States – Jill Bakken	Switzerland – Françoise Burdet
	United States – Jean Racine (2)	Germany – Sandra Prokoff	United States – Bonny Warner
	Germany – Susi Erdmann	Germany – Sandra Prokoff	United States – Jean Racine
	Germany – Susi Erdmann (2)	Germany – Sandra Prokoff (3)	Italy – Gerda Weissensteiner
	Germany – Sandra Prokoff	United States – Jean Racine (2)	Germany – Susi Erdmann
			Italy – Gerda Weissensteiner (2)
	Germany – Sandra Prokoff-Kiriasis (2)	Germany – Cathleen Martini	Germany – Susi Erdmann (2)
	Germany – Sandra Kiriasis (3)	Canada – Helen Upperton	United States – Shauna Rohbock
2006–07	Germany – Sandra Kiriasis (4)	United States – Shauna Rohbock	Germany – Cathleen Martini
2007–08	Germany – Sandra Kiriasis (5)	Germany – Cathleen Martini	Canada – Helen Upperton
2008–09	Germany – Sandra Kiriasis (6)	Germany – Cathleen Martini	United Kingdom – Nicole Minichiello
2009–10	Germany – Sandra Kiriasis (7)	Canada – Kaillie Humphries	Germany – Cathleen Martini
2010–11	Germany – Sandra Kiriasis (8)	Germany – Cathleen Martini (4)	Canada – Kaillie Humphries
2011–12	Germany – Cathleen Martini	Germany – Anja Schneiderheinze	Germany – Sandra Kiriasis
2012–13	Canada – Kaillie Humphries	Germany – Sandra Kiriasis	Germany – Cathleen Martini
2013–14	Canada – Kaillie Humphries (2)	United States – Elana Meyers	United States – Jamie Greubel
2014–15	United States – Elana Meyers	Canada – Kaillie Humphries	United States – Jazmine Fenlator
2015–16	Canada – Kaillie Humphries (3)	United States – Jamie Greubel Poser	Austria – Christina Hengster
2016–17	United States – Jamie Greubel Poser	Canada – Kaillie Humphries (3)	United States – Elana Meyers Taylor
2017–18	Canada – Kaillie Humphries (4)	United States – Elana Meyers Taylor	Germany – Mariama Jamanka
2018–19	Germany – Mariama Jamanka	Germany – Stephanie Schneider	United States – Elana Meyers Taylor
2019–20	Germany – Stephanie Schneider	Germany – Mariama Jamanka	Canada – Christine de Bruin
2020–21	Austria – Katrin Beierl	Germany – Kim Kalicki	Germany – Mariama Jamanka

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	13	12	8	33
2	Switzerland (SUI)	6	0	1	7
3	United States (USA)	4	7	7	18
4	Canada (CAN)	4	4	3	11
5	Austria (AUT)	1	0	1	2
6	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	2	2
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	2	2
Totals (7 nations)		28	23	24	75

All-time medal count[]

References[]

External links[]

• IBSF.com rank listings
• List of combined men's bobsleigh World Cup champions: 1985–2007
• List of four-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985
• List of two-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985
• List of two-woman bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1995