# 2018–19 Bobsleigh World Cup

The 2018–19 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi-race series over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 8 December 2018 in Sigulda, Latvia and finished on 24 February 2019 in Calgary, Canada. 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 2018–19 season.
| Venue | Date | Details |
| Sigulda | 7–9 December 2018 | No Four-man race. Double race for two-man. |
| Winterberg | 15–16 December 2018 | No Two-man race. Double race for four-man. |
| Altenberg | 5–6 January 2019 | |
| Königssee | 12–13 January 2019 | also European Championships |
| Innsbruck | 19–20 January 2019 | |
| St. Moritz | 26–27 January 2019 | |
| Lake Placid | 15–16 February 2019 | |
| Calgary | 23–24 February 2019 | |
| Whistler | 3–9 March 2019 | World Championships |

## Results
### Two-man

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Sigulda 1 | Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller Germany | 1:39.97 (49.86/50.11) | Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis Latvia | 1:40.39 (50.14/50.25) | Benjamin Maier Markus Sammer Austria | 1:40.63 (50.11/50.54) |
| Sigulda 2 | Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp Germany | 1:40.25 (50.00/50.25) | Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis Latvia | 1:40.31 (50.02/50.29) | Christoph Hafer Tobias Schneider Germany | 1:40.50 (50.07/50.43) |
| Altenberg | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:52.19 (56.38 / 55.81) | Justin Kripps Cameron Stones Canada | 1:52.56 (56.30 / 56.26) | Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis Latvia | 1:52.67 (56.37 / 56.30) |
| Königssee | Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp Germany | 1:39.01 (49.54 / 49.47) | Justin Kripps Cameron Stones Canada | 1:39.12 (49.51 / 49.61) | Johannes Lochner Christian Rasp Germany | 1:39.44 (49.67 / 49.77) |
| Innsbruck | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:42.85 (51.39 / 51.46) | Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer Germany | 1:43.00 (51.47 / 51.53) | Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis Latvia | 1:43.19 (51.49 / 51.70) |
| St. Moritz | Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller Germany | 2:12.29 (1:06.24 / 1:06.05) | Johannes Lochner Christian Rasp Germany | 2:12.69 (1:06.55 / 1:06.14) | Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis Latvia | 2:12.80 (1:06.46 / 1:06.34) |
| Lake Placid | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:52.35 (55.97 / 56.38) | Romain Heinrich Dorian Hauterville France | 1:52.63 (56.12 / 56.51) | Justin Kripps Cameron Stones Canada | 1:52.65 (56.17 / 56.48) |
| Calgary | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:50.84 (55.47 / 55.37) | Justin Kripps Ryan Sommer Canada | 1:50.93 (55.51 / 55.42) | Johannes Lochner Christopher Weber Germany | 1:51.07 (55.63 / 55.44) |

### Four-man

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Winterberg 1 | Nico Walther Paul Krenz Alexander Rödiger Eric Franke Germany | 1:48.61 (54.24 / 54.37) | Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller Jannis Bäcker Martin Grothkopp Germany | 1:48.68 (54.26 / 54.42) | Johannes Lochner Christopher Weber Florian Bauer Christian Rasp Germany | 1:48.83 (54.48 / 54.35) |
| Winterberg 2 | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Germany | 1:48.57 (54.37 / 54.20) | Johannes Lochner Christian Rasp Marc Rademacher Christopher Weber Germany | 1:48.93 (54.39 / 54.54) | Nico Walther Marko Hübenbecker Alexander Rödiger Eric Franke Germany | 1:49.03 (54.52 / 54.51) |
| Altenberg | Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis Candy Bauer Germany | 1:48.47 (54.15 / 54.32) | Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis Jānis Strenga Arvis Vilkaste Latvia | 1:48.78 (54.40 / 54.38) | Nico Walther Paul Krenz Alexander Rödiger Eric Franke Germany | 1:48.98 (54.55 / 54.43) |
| Königssee | Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer Marc Rademacher Christian Rasp Germany | 1:37.74 (48.97 / 48.77) | Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga Latvia | 1:37.92 (49.01 / 48.91) | Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Alexander Schüller Germany | 1:37.96 (49.03 / 48.93) |
| Innsbruck | Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis Alexander Schüller Germany | 1:41.17 (50.42 / 50.75) | Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga Latvia | 1:41.36 (50.55 / 50.81) | Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer Marc Rademacher Christian Rasp Germany | 1:41.61 (50.81 / 50.80) |
| St. Moritz | Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Germany | 2:10.48 (1:05.46 / 1:05.02) | Johannes Lochner Gregor Bermbach Christian Rasp Florian Bauer Germany | 2:10.99 (1:05.59 / 1:05.40) | Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis Jānis Strenga Helvijs Lūsis Latvia | 2:11.01 (1:05.82 / 1:05.19) |
| Lake Placid | Justin Kripps Benjamin Coakwell Ryan Sommer Cameron Stones Canada | 1:49.54 (54.79 / 54.75) | Oskars Ķibermanis Jānis Strenga Arvis Vilkaste Matīss Miknis Latvia | 1:49.61 (54.78 / 54.83) | Maksim Andrianov Vasiliy Kondratenko Alexey Zaitsev Ruslan Samitov Russia | 1:49.67 (54.77 / 54.90) |
| Calgary | Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:47.63 (53.60 / 54.03) | Nico Walther Paul Krenz Alexander Rödiger Eric Franke Germany | 1:47.82 (53.69 / 54.13) | Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer Christopher Weber Christian Rasp Germany | 1:47.84 (53.83 / 54.01) |

### Two-woman

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Sigulda | Mariama Jamanka Annika Drazek Germany | 1:42.68 (51.28 / 51.40) | Nadezhda Sergeeva Yulia Belomestnykh Russia | 1:43.29 (51.26 / 51.73) | Anna Köhler Lisa Sophie Gericke Germany | 1:43.50 (51.80 / 51.70) |
| Winterberg | Stephanie Schneider Ann-Christin Strack Germany | 1:53.57 (56.87 / 56.70) | Mariama Jamanka Annika Drazek Germany | 1:53.64 (56.79 / 56.85) | Elana Meyers Taylor Lake Kwaza United States | 1:53.65 (56.96 / 56.69) |
| Altenberg | Mariama Jamanka Annika Drazek Germany | 1:57.25 (59.07 / 58.18) | Christine de Bruin Kristen Bujnowski Canada | 1:57.56 (59.18 / 58.38) | Elana Meyers Taylor Lake Kwaza United States | 1:57.64 (59.13 / 58.51) |
| Königssee | Mariama Jamanka Annika Drazek Germany | 1:41.70 (50.85 / 50.85) | Elana Meyers Taylor Lake Kwaza United States | 1:42.06 (51.18 / 50.88) | Stephanie Schneider Ann-Christin Strack Germany | 1:42.19 (51.17 / 51.02) |
| Innsbruck | Stephanie Schneider Ann-Christin Strack Germany | 1:46.06 (53.10 / 52.96) | Mariama Jamanka Kira Lipperheide Germany | 1:46.17 (53.09 / 53.08) | Elana Meyers Taylor Sylvia Hoffmann United States | 1:46.23 (53.04 / 53.19) |
| St. Moritz | Elana Meyers Taylor Lauren Gibbs United States | 2:16.11 (1:08.09 / 1:08.02) | Stephanie Schneider Lisa Sophie Gericke Germany | 2:16.71 (1:08.21 / 1:08.50) | Mariama Jamanka Franziska Bertels Germany | 2:16.87 (1:08.31 / 1:08.56) |
| Lake Placid | Elana Meyers Taylor Lake Kwaza United States | 1:54.79 (57.31 / 57.48) | Christine de Bruin Kristen Bujnowski Canada | 1:55.17 (57.34 / 57.83) | Stephanie Schneider Deborah Levi Germany | 1:55.27 (57.20 / 58.07) |
| Calgary | Mariama Jamanka Annika Drazek Germany | 1:53.63 (56.65 / 56.98) | Elana Meyers Taylor Lauren Gibbs United States | 1:53.94 (56.84 / 57.10) | Stephanie Schneider Ann-Christin Strack Germany | 1:54.05 (56.96 / 57.09) |

## Standings
### Two-man

| Pos. | Racer | SIG 1 | SIG 2 | ALT | KON | IGL | STM | LPL | CGR | Points |
| 1 | Francesco Friedrich (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1800 |
| 2 | Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1564 |
| 3 | Nico Walther (GER) | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | – | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1232 |
| 4 | Dominik Dvořák (CZE) | 4 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 1152 |
| 5 | Won Yun-jong (KOR) | 14 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1140 |
| 6 | Romain Heinrich (FRA) | – | – | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 1058 |
| 7 | Maxim Andrianov (RUS) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 1036 |
| 8 | Justin Kripps (CAN) | – | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | – | 3 | 2 | 1022 |
| 9 | Mateusz Luty (POL) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 7 | – | 10 | 1000 |
| 10 | Johannes Lochner (GER) | – | – | DNF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 988 |
| 11 | Markus Treichl (AUT) | 10 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 15 | – | 16 | 920 |
| 12 | Ivo De Bruin (NED) | 16 | DNS | 7 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 888 |
| 13 | Michael Vogt (SUI) | 18 | 17 | – | 15 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 872 |
| 14 | Codie Bascue (USA) | 9 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 9 | – | 808 |
| 15 | Justin Olsen (USA) | 17 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 762 |
| 16 | Nicholas Poloniato (CAN) | – | – | 14 | 9 | 7 | – | 9 | 7 | 752 |
| 17 | Aleksandr Bredikhin (RUS) | 12 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 21 | – | 16 | 26 | 730 |
| 18 | Ralfs Berzins (LAT) | 7 | 7 | 10 | – | 16 | – | 19 | 25 | 690 |
| 19 | Brad Hall (GBR) | – | – | 15 | 9 | 8 | 6 | – | – | 592 |
| 20 | Benjamin Maier (AUT) | 3 | 9 | 18 | 21 | – | – | – | 20 | 562 |
| 21 | Christoph Hafer (GER) | 7 | 3 | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | 544 |
| 22 | Rudy Rinaldi (MON) | – | – | – | 19 | 13 | 8 | 13 | – | 474 |
| 23 | Timo Rohner (SUI) | – | – | – | 17 | 22 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 319 |
| 24 | Suk Young-jin (KOR) | – | – | – | – | 20 | 20 | 15 | 21 | 302 |
| 25 | Dmitriy Popov (RUS) | – | – | – | 21 | 24 | 12 | 22 | – | 291 |
| 26 | Alexander Kasjanov (RUS) | 13 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 240 |
| 27 | Pius Meyerhans (SUI) | 15 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 208 |
| 28 | Dražen Silić (CRO) | – | – | – | 23 | 25 | 22 | – | 27 | 178 |
| 29 | Chris Spring (CAN) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | 176 |
| 30 | Geoffrey Gadbois (USA) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 17 | 176 |

### Four-man

| Pos. | Racer | WIN 1 | WIN 2 | ALT | KON | IGL | STM | LPL | CGR | Points |
| 1 | Francesco Friedrich (GER) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1727 |
| 2 | Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1616 |
| 3 | Johannes Lochner (GER) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1605 |
| 4 | Nico Walther (GER) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1531 |
| 5 | Maxim Andrianov (RUS) | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1496 |
| 6 | Won Yun-jong (KOR) | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 1240 |
| 7 | Dominik Dvořák (CZE) | 7 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 5 | DSQ | 15 | 7 | 1088 |
| 8 | Aleksandr Bredikhin (RUS) | 8 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | – | 9 | 15 | 1016 |
| 9 | Markus Treichl (AUT) | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 12 | – | 13 | 1000 |
| 10 | Ivo de Bruin (NED) | 14 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 976 |

### Two-woman

| Pos. | Racer | SIG | WIN | ALT | KON | IGL | STM | LPL | CGR | Points |
| 1 | Mariama Jamanka (GER) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1712 |
| 2 | Stephanie Schneider (GER) | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1596 |
| 3 | Elana Meyers Taylor (USA) | DSQ | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1470 |
| 4 | Nadezhda Sergeeva (RUS) | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1386 |
| 5 | Anna Köhler (GER) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | – | 1304 |
| 6 | Brittany Reinbolt (USA) | 5 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1240 |
| 7 | An Vannieuwenhuyse (BEL) | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 1208 |
| 8 | Katrin Beierl (AUT) | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 | DSQ | – | 4 | 1056 |
| 9 | Mica McNeill (GBR) | – | 7 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 9 | – | 1008 |
| 10 | Martine Fontanive (SUI) | DNS | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 984 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 21 | 9 | 14 | 44 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Canada | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Latvia | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Russia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 |