# 2016–17 Bobsleigh World Cup

The 2016–17 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi-race series over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 28 November 2016 in Whistler, Canada and ended on 19 March 2017 in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The World Cup was organised by the IBSF (formerly the FIBT) who also run World Cups and Championships in skeleton. The season was sponsored by BMW.

## Calendar

Below is the schedule of the 2016/17 season.
| Venue | Date |
| Whistler | 2–3 December 2016 |
| Lake Placid | 16–17 December 2016 |
| Altenberg | 6–8 January 2017 |
| Winterberg | 13–15 January 2017 |
| St. Moritz | 20–22 January 2017 |
| Königssee | 27–29 January 2017 |
| Igls | 3–5 February 2017 |
| Pyeongchang | 17–19 March 2017 |

## Results
### Two-man

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Whistler | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:44.21 (51.92 / 52.29) | Rico Peter Thomas Amrhein Switzerland | 1:44.67 (52.21 / 52.46) | Won Yun-jong Seo Young-woo South Korea | 1:44.69 (51.96 / 52.73) |
| Lake Placid | Steven Holcomb Samuel McGuffie United States | 1:49.47 (54.66 / 54.81) | Justin Kripps Jesse Lumsden Canada | 1:49.74 (54.87 / 54.87) | Chris Spring Lascelles Brown Canada | 1:49.75 (54.80 / 54.95) |
| Altenberg | Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp Germany | 1:49.20 (54.48 / 54.72) | Alexander Kasjanov Aleksei Pushkarev Russia | 1:49.84 (54.77 / 55.07) | Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis Latvia | 1:49.90 (54.93 / 54.97) |
| Winterberg | Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp Germany | 1:51.67 (55.86 / 55.81) | Johannes Lochner Joshua Bluhm Germany | 1:52.38 (56.22 / 56.16) | Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis Latvia | 1:52.44 (56.29 / 56.15) |
| St. Moritz | Johannes Lochner Christian Rasp Germany | 2:10.63 (1:05.40 / 1:05.23) | Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp Germany | 2:10.91 (1:05.69 / 1:05.22) | Steven Holcomb Carlo Valdes United States | 2:11.30 (1:05.85 / 1:05.45) |
| Königssee | Johannes Lochner Joshua Bluhm Germany | 1:38.54 (49.12 / 49.42) | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Germany Steven Holcomb Carlo Valdes United States | 1:38.77 (49.26 / 49.51) 1:38.77 (49.21 / 49.56) | | |
| Igls | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:42.92 (51.25 / 51.67) | Oskars Melbārdis Jānis Strenga Latvia | 1:43.65 (51.58 / 52.07) | Benjamin Maier Thomas Sammer Austria | 1:43.72 (51.64 / 52.08) |
| Pyeongchang | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:40.82 (50.24 / 50.58) | Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis Latvia | 1:41.12 (50.46 / 50.66) | Johannes Lochner Joshua Bluhm Germany | 1:41.16 (50.66 / 50.50) |

### Four-man

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Whistler | Alexander Kasjanov Alexey Zaitsev Aleksei Pushkarev Maxim Belugin Russia | 1:42.51 (51.17 / 51.34) | Rico Peter Bror van der Zijde Simon Friedli Thomas Amrhein Switzerland | 1:42.71 (51.28 / 51.43) | Johannes Lochner Matthias Kagerhuber Sebastian Mrowka Christian Rasp Germany | 1:42.94 (51.52 / 51.42) |
| Lake Placid | Rico Peter Bror van der Zijde Simon Friedli Thomas Amrhein Switzerland | 1:48.31 (54.11 / 54.20) | Steven Holcomb Carlo Valdes James Reed Samuel McGuffie United States | 1:48.70 (54.22 / 54.48) | Chris Spring Cameron Stones Lascelles Brown Samuel Giguère Canada | 1:48.71 (54.25 / 54.46) |
| Altenberg | Johannes Lochner Sebastian Mrowka Joshua Bluhm Christian Rasp Germany | 1:48.73 (54.28 / 54.45) | Alexander Kasjanov Alexey Zaitsev Aleksei Pushkarev Maxim Belugin Russia | 1:49.14 (54.55 / 54.59) | Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:49.40 (54.52 / 54.88) |
| Winterberg | Johannes Lochner Sebastian Mrowka Joshua Bluhm Christian Rasp Germany | 1:48.95 (54.50 / 54.45) | Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Kevin Korona Eric Franke Germany | 1:49.40 (54.63 / 54.77) | Benjamin Maier Stefan Laussegger Markus Sammer Daniel Moldovan Austria | 1:49.42 (54.72 / 54.70) |
| St. Moritz | Oskars Ķibermanis Jānis Jansons Matīss Miknis Raivis Zīrups Latvia | 2:08.60 (1:04.55 / 1:04.05) | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga Latvia | 2:08.73 (1:04.56 / 1:04.17) | Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis Germany | 2:08.90 (1:04.73 / 1:04.17) |
| Königssee | Johannes Lochner Matthias Kagerhuber Joshua Bluhm Christian Rasp Germany | 1:37.17 (48.45 / 48.72) | Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Kevin Korona Eric Franke Germany | 1:37.42 (48.59 / 48.83) | Alexey Stulnev Ilvir Huzin Maxim Belugin Roman Koshelev Russia | 1:37.49 (48.63 / 48.86) |
| Igls | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga Latvia | 1:42.01 (50.88 / 51.13) | Rico Peter Simon Friedli Alex Baumann Thomas Amrhein Switzerland | 1:42.06 (50.98 / 51.08) | Steven Holcomb Carlo Valdes James Reed Samuel McGuffie United States | 1:42.07 (50.95 / 51.12) |
| Pyeongchang | Alexander Kasjanov Aleksei Pushkarev Vasiliy Kondratenko Alexey Zaitsev Russia | 1:39.96 (49.99 / 49.97) | Rico Peter Bror van der Zijde Alex Baumann Thomas Amrhein Switzerland | 1:40.19 (50.15 / 50.04) | Oskars Ķibermanis Jānis Jansons Matīss Miknis Raivis Zīrups Latvia | 1:40.22 (50.07 / 50.15) |

### Two-woman

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Whistler | Kaillie Humphries Cynthia Appiah Canada | 1:46.53 (53.19 / 53.34) | Christina Hengster Sanne Dekker Austria | 1:46.77 (53.37 / 53.40) | Jamie Greubel Poser Lauren Gibbs United States | 1:46.86 (53.31 / 53.55) |
| Lake Placid | Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans United States | 1:52.02 (55.81 / 56.21) | Elana Meyers Taylor Lolo Jones United States | 1:52.16 (55.95 / 56.21) | Kaillie Humphries Cynthia Appiah Canada | 1:53.05 (56.40 / 56.65) |
| Altenberg | Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz Canada | 1:54.15 (57.10 / 57.05) | Elana Meyers Taylor Kehri Jones United States | 1:54.85 (57.24 / 57.61) | Christina Hengster Sanne Dekker Austria | 1:54.93 (57.38 / 57.55) |
| Winterberg | Elana Meyers Taylor Kehri Jones United States | 1:54.43 (57.30 / 57.13) | Mariama Jamanka Annika Drazek Germany | 1:54.50 (57.24 / 57.26) | Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans United States | 1:54.67 (57.29 / 57.38) |
| St. Moritz | Elana Meyers Taylor Briauna Jones United States | 2:16.14 (1:08.41 / 1:07.73) | Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz Canada | 2:16.15 (1:08.35 / 1:07.80) | Jamie Greubel Poser Lauren Gibbs United States | 2:16.29 (1:08.38 / 1:07.91) |
| Königssee | Elana Meyers Taylor Kehri Jones United States | 1:41.01 (50.36 / 50.65) | Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans United States | 1:41.27 (50.49 / 50.78) | Mariama Jamanka Annika Drazek Germany | 1:41.67 (50.61 / 51.06) |
| Igls | Elana Meyers Taylor Lolo Jones United States | 1:46.14 (53.01 / 53.13) | Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz Canada | 1:46.39 (53.19 / 53.20) | Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans United States | 1:46.53 (53.20 / 53.33) |
| Pyeongchang | Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans United States | 1:43.65 (51.79 / 51.86) | Elana Meyers Taylor Lolo Jones United States | 1:43.80 (51.71 / 52.09) | Alysia Rissling Cynthia Appiah Canada | 1:44.06 (52.10 / 51.96) |

## Standings
### Two-man

| Pos. | Racer | WHI | LPL | ALT | WIN | STM | KON | IGL | PYE | Points |
| 1 | Francesco Friedrich (GER) | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1545 |
| 2 | Steven Holcomb (USA) | 11 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 1331 |
| 3 | Won Yun-jong (KOR) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1312 |
| 4 | Johannes Lochner (GER) | 4 | – | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1284 |
| 5 | Alexander Kasjanov (RUS) | 9 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 1266 |
| 6 | Alexey Stulnev (RUS) | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 1208 |
| 7 | Benjamin Maier (AUT) | 17 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 1152 |
| 8 | Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT) | – | – | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1138 |
| 9 | Justin Kripps (CAN) | 4 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 1136 |
| 10 | Rico Peter (SUI) | 2 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 23 | 1070 |
| 11 | Nico Walther (GER) | 15 | – | 6 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 952 |
| 12 | Uģis Žaļims (LAT) | – | – | 9 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 936 |
| 13 | Chris Spring (CAN) | 10 | 3 | – | 23 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 898 |
| 14 | Kim Dong-hyun (KOR) | 6 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 868 |
| 15 | Justin Olsen (USA) | 7 | 8 | – | 17 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 858 |
| 16 | Oskars Melbārdis (LAT) | – | – | 13 | – | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 810 |
| 17 | Codie Bascue (USA) | 12 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 28 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 736 |
| 18 | Nick Poloniato (CAN) | 14 | 13 | – | 22 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 679 |
| 19 | Bruce Tasker (GBR) | 19 | – | dsq | 12 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 678 |
| 20 | Maxim Andrianov (RUS) | 13 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 24 | 18 | 26 | 24 | 670 |
| 21 | Rudy Rinaldi (MON) | 15 | 14 | – | – | 16 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 600 |
| 22 | Dominik Dvorak (CZE) | – | – | 18 | 21 | 18 | – | 6 | 15 | 502 |
| 23 | Beat Hefti (SUI) | – | – | 16 | 11 | 20 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 472 |
| 24 | Mateusz Luty (POL) | – | – | – | 14 | 11 | 16 | – | 16 | 440 |
| 25 | Ivo de Bruin (NED) | 20 | 17 | – | 25 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 28 | 370 |
| 26 | Lamin Deen (GBR) | 18 | 15 | 21 | 24 | 27 | – | – | – | 323 |
| 27 | Simone Bertazzo (ITA) | – | – | 20 | 20 | 22 | 24 | – | dns | 237 |
| 28 | Loic Costerg (FRA) | 21 | 16 | – | – | – | 21 | – | – | 220 |
| 29 | Jan Vrba (CZE) | – | – | 19 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 29 | 31 | 220 |
| 30 | Edson Bindilatti (BRA) | 23 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 164 |
| 31 | Lucas Mata (AUS) | 22 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | 29 | 160 |
| 32 | Bradley Hall (GBR) | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | 24 | 19 | 151 |
| 33 | Markus Treichl (AUT) | – | – | 22 | – | 29 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 128 |
| 34 | Dorin Grigore (ROU) | – | – | 23 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 32 | – | 122 |
| 35 | Patrick Baumgartner (ITA) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 27 | 60 |
| 36 | Romain Heinrich (FRA) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | – | 40 |
| 37 | Simone Fontana (ITA) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | – | 32 |
| 38 | Vuk Rađenović (SRB) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 29 | – | 24 |

### Four-man

| Pos. | Racer | WHI | LPL | ALT | WIN | STM | KON | IGL | PYE | Points |
| 1 | Alexander Kasjanov (RUS) | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1500 |
| 2 | Rico Peter (SUI) | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1471 |
| 3 | Steven Holcomb (USA) | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1362 |
| 4 | Alexey Stulnev (RUS) | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 1282 |
| 5 | Nico Walther (GER) | 10 | – | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1268 |
| 6 | Johannes Lochner (GER) | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | dsq | 6 | 1243 |
| 7 | Francesco Friedrich (GER) | 12 | – | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 1224 |
| 8 | Benjamin Maier (AUT) | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 1152 |
| 9 | Maxim Andrianov (RUS) | 7 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 1136 |
| 10 | Justin Kripps (CAN) | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1112 |
| 11 | Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT) | – | – | 7 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1009 |
| 12 | Lamin Deen (GBR) | 9 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 932 |
| 13 | Oskars Melbārdis (LAT) | – | – | 11 | – | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 931 |
| 14 | Chris Spring (CAN) | 6 | 3 | – | 21 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 904 |
| 15 | Won Yun-jong (KOR) | – | 5 | – | 11 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 752 |
| 16 | Codie Bascue (USA) | 15 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 30 | 21 | 25 | 20 | 710 |
| 17 | Loic Costerg (FRA) | 14 | 11 | – | – | 12 | 13 | – | 14 | 608 |
| 18 | Jan Vrba (CZE) | – | – | 17 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 570 |
| 19 | Justin Olsen (USA) | – | 12 | – | 18 | 19 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 484 |
| 20 | Nick Poloniato (CAN) | 11 | dnf | – | 19 | 17 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 444 |
| 21 | Bradley Hall (GRB) | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 18 | 8 | 368 |
| 22 | Rudy Rinaldi (MON) | – | – | – | – | 13 | 15 | 10 | – | 368 |
| 23 | Uģis Žaļims (LAT) | – | – | 18 | 15 | 18 | – | 17 | – | 352 |
| 24 | Ivo de Bruin (NED) | 19 | 15 | – | 24 | 23 | 27 | 27 | – | 337 |
| 25 | Simone Bertazzo (ITA) | – | – | 13 | 16 | 26 | 25 | – | dns | 292 |
| 26 | Markus Treichl (AUT) | – | – | – | – | 20 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 242 |
| 27 | Dominik Dvorak (CZE) | – | – | 19 | 22 | 27 | – | 19 | – | 236 |
| 28 | Edson Bindilatti (BRA) | 16 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 208 |
| 29 | Oliver Biddulph (GBR) | – | – | 16 | 20 | 29 | – | – | – | 188 |
| 30 | Dorin Alexandru Grigore (ROU) | – | – | 20 | 25 | 28 | dsq | 26 | – | 172 |
| 31 | Mateusz Luty (POL) | – | – | – | 26 | 23 | 22 | – | – | 142 |
| 32 | Clemens Bracher (SUI) | – | – | – | – | – | - | 12 | – | 128 |
| 33 | Elana Meyers Taylor (USA) | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 120 |
| 34 | Beat Hefti (SUI) | – | – | – | 23 | 21 | – | – | – | 112 |
| 35 | Pius Meyerhans (SUI) | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | – | 21 | 107 |
| 36 | Nick Cunningham (USA) | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 88 |
| 37 | Suk Young-jin (KOR) | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 80 |
| 38 | Patrick Baumgartner (ITA) | – | – | – | – | - | - | 28 | 23 | 78 |
| 39 | Kaillie Humphries (CAN) | – | dns | – | 27 | 32 | – | 29 | – | 56 |
| 40 | Lucas Mata (AUS) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 45 |
| 41 | Vuk Rađenović (SRB) | – | - | – | - | - | – | 24 | – | 45 |
| 42 | Thomas Heibl (NOR) | – | – | – | – | 31 | 28 | – | – | 28 |
| 43 | Alysia Rissling (CAN) | – | – | – | – | - | - | 30 | – | 20 |
| 44 | Maria Adela Constantin (ROM) | – | – | – | – | - | - | 31 | – | 0 |

### Two-woman

| Pos. | Racer | WHI | LPL | ALT | WIN | STM | KON | IGL | PYE | Points |
| 1 | Jamie Greubel Poser (USA) | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1644 |
| 2 | Kaillie Humphries (CAN) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1630 |
| 3 | Elana Meyers Taylor (USA) | dsq | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1530 |
| 4 | Christina Hengster (AUT) | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 1394 |
| 5 | Nadezhda Sergeeva (RUS) | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1360 |
| 6 | Aleksandra Rodionova (RUS) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 1280 |
| 7 | Mariama Jamanka (GER) | 11 | – | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1258 |
| 8 | Alysia Rissling (CAN) | 4 | 5 | – | 11 | – | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1016 |
| 9 | Brittany Reinbolt (USA) | 7 | 4 | – | 13 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 1008 |
| 10 | Elfje Willemsen (BEL) | – | – | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 888 |
| 11 | An Vannieuwenhuyse (BEL) | – | – | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 840 |
| 12 | Maria Adela Constantin (ROU) | 13 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 15 | – | 20 | 22 | 740 |
| 13 | Mica McNeill (GBR) | 8 | 14 | dsq | 10 | 7 | – | 12 | – | 712 |
| 14 | Maria Oshigiri (JPN) | – | – | 12 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 704 |
| 15 | Christin Senkel (GER) | – | – | 11 | 8 | 7 | 12 | – | 15 | 696 |
| 16 | Christine de Bruin (CAN) | 12 | 8 | – | 18 | – | 16 | 11 | 17 | 688 |
| 17 | Andreea Grecu (ROU) | – | 11 | – | 16 | 16 | – | 13 | 9 | 600 |
| 18 | Stephanie Schneider (GER) | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 4 | 7 | 480 |
| 19 | Sabina Hafner (SUI) | – | – | – | – | 13 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 480 |
| 20 | Kim Yoo-ran (KOR) | 9 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 376 |
| 21 | Minami Homma (JPN) | – | – | 13 | 19 | 19 | 18 | – | – | 348 |
| 22 | Lee Seon-hye (KOR) | 10 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 340 |
| 23 | Konomi Asazu (JPN) | – | – | – | – | 17 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 298 |
| 24 | Katrin Beierl (AUT) | – | – | – | – | 20 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 292 |
| 25 | Lien de Decker (BEL) | – | – | – | 17 | 18 | dsq | 22 | – | 224 |
| 26 | Martina Fontanive (SUI) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | – | 80 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 10 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 2 | United States | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | Canada | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Latvia | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Russia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 24 | 25 | 23 | 72 |