# 2019–20 Bobsleigh World Cup

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.
| 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) | Michael Vogt Sandro Michel 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) | Richard Ölsner 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 Malte Schwenzfeier 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 Gregory Jones 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 Lauris Kaufmanis 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 Lauris Kaufmanis 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 Kevin Korona 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 Lauris Kaufmanis 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) | Hunter Church Joshua Williamson James Reed 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 Benedikt Hertel 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 Lauris Kaufmanis 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 Lisette Thöne Germany | 1:53.79 (56.83 / 56.96) | Kim Kalicki Vanessa Mark 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 Leonie Fiebig 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 Sylvia Hoffmann United States | 1:47.56 (53.69 / 53.87) |
| Königssee | Kaillie Humphries Sylvia Hoffmann 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 Leonie Fiebig Germany | 2:17.35 (1:08.52 / 1:08.83) |
| Sigulda | Nadezhda Sergeeva Elena Mamedova Russia | 1:41.96 (50.99 / 50.97) | Andreea Grecu Ioana Gheorghe Romania | 1:41.98 (51.02 / 50.96) | Stephanie Schneider Lisette Thöne Germany | 1:42.03 (51.06 / 50.97) |

## Standings
### Two-man

| 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 | Hunter Church (USA) | 5 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 12 | – | – | 856 |

### Four-man

| 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 | Hunter Church (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

| 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 | Martine Fontanive (SUI) | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 1248 |
| 8 | Laura Nolte (GER) | – | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | – | 1021 |
| 9 | Lyubov Chernykh (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 |
| 7 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 |