# 2015–16 Bobsleigh World Cup

The 2015–16 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 27 November 2015 in Altenberg, Germany and ended on 28 February 2016 in Königssee, Germany. 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 2015/16 season.
| Venue | Date | Details |
| Altenberg | 27–29 November 2015 | |
| Winterberg | 5–6 December 2015 | |
| Königssee | 11–13 December 2015 | |
| Lake Placid | 8–9 January 2016 | |
| Park City | 15–16 January 2016 | No Two-man race. Double race for four-man. |
| Whistler | 22–23 January 2016 | No Four-man race. Double race for two-man. |
| St. Moritz | 6–7 February 2016 | |
| Königssee | 26–28 February 2016 | |

## Results
### Two-man

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Altenberg | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:52.56 (55.92 / 56.64) | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Latvia | 1:53.02 (55.80 / 57.22) | Won Yun-jong Seo Young-woo South Korea | 1:53.04 (55.96 / 57.08) |
| Winterberg | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:50.37 (55.02 / 55.35) | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Latvia | 1:50.50 (55.19 / 55.31) | Won Yun-jong Seo Young-woo South Korea | 1:50.71 (55.30 / 55.41) |
| Königssee | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:38.77 (49.29 / 49.48) | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Latvia | 1:39.05 (49.48 / 49.57) | Nico Walther Marko Hübenbecker Germany | 1:39.50 (49.57 / 49.93) |
| Lake Placid | Steven Holcomb Carlo Valdes United States | 1:51.00 (55.48 / 55.52) | Nico Walther Christian Poser Germany | 1:51.11 (55.37 / 55.74) | Won Yun-jong Seo Young-woo South Korea | 1:51.12 (55.42 / 55.70) |
| Whistler (1st race) | Rico Peter Thomas Amrhein Switzerland Won Yun-jong Seo Young-woo South Korea | 1:43.41 (51.70 / 51.71) 1:43.41 (51.63 / 51.78) | | | Alexander Kasjanov Aleksei Pushkarev Russia | 1:43.42 (51.61 / 51.81) |
| Whistler (2nd race) | Christopher Spring Lascelles Brown Canada | 1:42.76 (51.35 / 51.41) | Uģis Žaļims Intars Dambis Latvia | 1:42.96 (51.43 / 51.53) | Alexander Kasjanov Aleksei Pushkarev Russia | 1:43.00 (51.31 / 51.69) |
| St. Moritz | Beat Hefti Alex Baumann Switzerland | 2:12.60 (1:06.17 / 1:06.43) | Steven Holcomb Carlo Valdes United States | 2:12.78 (1:06.38 / 1:06.40) | Nico Walther Christian Poser Germany | 2:12.80 (1:06.49 / 1:06.31) |
| Königssee | Won Yun-jong Seo Young-woo South Korea | 1:39.50 (49.59 / 49.91) | Beat Hefti Alex Baumann Switzerland | 1:39.55 (49.61 / 49.94) | Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Germany | 1:39.65 (49.70 / 49.95) |

### Four-man

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Altenberg | Francesco Friedrich Martin Putze Jannis Bäcker Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:51.79 (55.81 / 55.98) | Nico Walther Marko Hübenbecker Christian Poser Eric Franke Germany | 1:51.88 (55.65 / 56.23) | Maximilian Arndt Kevin Kuske Ben Heber Kevin Korona Germany | 1:52.03 (55.75 / 56.28) |
| Winterberg | Francesco Friedrich Martin Putze Jannis Bäcker Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:50.58 (55.35 / 55.23) | Maximilian Arndt Kevin Kuske Alexander Rödiger Ben Heber Germany | 1:50.63 (55.28 / 55.35) | Nico Walther Marko Hübenbecker Christian Poser Philipp Wobeto Germany | 1:50.74 (55.36 / 55.38) |
| Königssee | Nico Walther Gregor Bermbach Marko Hübenbecker Eric Franke Germany | 1:37.57 (48.83 / 48.74) | Maximilian Arndt Kevin Kuske Martin Putze Kevin Korona Germany | 1:37.75 (48.89 / 48.86) | Rico Peter Thomas Amrhein Bror van der Zijde Simon Friedli Switzerland | 1:37.95 (48.95 / 49.00) |
| Lake Placid | Maximilian Arndt Martin Putze Ben Heber Kevin Korona Germany | 1:49.70 (54.49 / 55.21) | Alexander Kasjanov Aleksei Pushkarev Ilvir Huzin Aleksey Zaytsev Russia | 1:49.98 (54.68 / 55.30) | Justin Kripps Derek Plug Ben Coakwell Alexander Kopacz Canada | 1:50.07 (54.73 / 55.34) |
| Park City (1st race) | Alexander Kasjanov Ilvir Huzin Aleksei Pushkarev Aleksey Zaytsev Russia | 1:36.20 (47.90 / 48.30) | Maximilian Arndt Alexander Rödiger Ben Heber Kevin Korona Germany | 1:36.24 (47.97 / 48.27) | Rico Peter Fabio Badraun Thomas Amrhein Simon Friedli Switzerland | 1:36.42 (48.00 / 48.42) |
| Park City (2nd race) | Nico Walther Marko Hübenbecker Christian Poser Eric Franke Germany | 1:36.38 (48.08 / 48.30) | Maximilian Arndt Martin Putze Ben Heber Kevin Korona Germany | 1:36.40 (48.10 / 48.30) | Rico Peter Fabio Badraun Thomas Amrhein Bror van der Zijde Switzerland | 1:36.46 (48.23 / 48.23) |
| St. Moritz | Maximilian Arndt Kevin Korona Martin Putze Ben Heber Germany | 2:11.88 (1:05.63 / 1:06.25) | Benjamin Maier Marco Rangl Markus Sammer Dănuț Moldovan Austria | 2:12.06 (1:06.10 / 1:05.96) | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga Latvia | 2:12.15 (1:06.00 / 1:06.15) |
| Königssee | Maximilian Arndt Alexander Rödiger Kevin Kuske Martin Putze Germany | 1:38.15 (49.07 / 49.08) | Benjamin Maier Marco Rangl Markus Sammer Dănuț Moldovan Austria | 1:38.28 (49.11 / 49.17) | Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:38.39 (49.14 / 49.25) |

### Two-woman

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Altenberg | Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz Canada | 1:53.67 (56.77 / 56.90) | Elfje Willemsen Sophie Vercruyssen Belgium | 1:54.41 (57.31 / 57.10) | Jamie Greubel Poser Lauren Gibbs United States Christina Hengster Sanne Dekker Austria | 1:54.72 (57.44 / 57.28) 1:54.72 (57.26 / 57.46) |
| Winterberg | Jamie Greubel Poser Cherrelle Garrett United States | 1:53.74 (56.74 / 57.00) | Elana Meyers Taylor Kehri Jones United States | 1:53.89 (56.92 / 56.97) | Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz Canada | 1:54.09 (56.95 / 57.14) |
| Königssee | Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz Canada | 1:41.21 (50.55 / 50.66) | Elfje Willemsen Sophie Vercruyssen Belgium | 1:41.74 (50.82 / 50.92) | Jamie Greubel Poser Lauren Gibbs United States | 1:41.85 (50.88 / 50.97) |
| Lake Placid | Jamie Greubel Poser Cherrelle Garrett United States | 1:53.48 (56.55 / 56.93) | Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz Canada | 1:53.91 (56.74 / 57.17) | Christina Hengster Sanne Dekker Austria | 1:54.30 (56.97 / 57.33) |
| Park City | Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz Canada | 1:40.38 (50.29 / 50.09) | Christina Hengster Sanne Dekker Austria | 1:40.54 (50.27 / 50.27) | Jamie Greubel Poser Lauren Gibbs United States | 1:40.85 (50.36 / 50.49) |
| Whistler | Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz Canada | 1:45.37 (52.71 / 52.66) | Jamie Greubel Poser Cherrelle Garrett United States | 1:45.52 (52.77 / 52.75) | Christina Hengster Sanne Dekker Austria | 1:45.64 (52.81 / 52.83) |
| St. Moritz | Elana Meyers Taylor Lauren Gibbs United States | 2:16.53 (1:08.39 / 1:08.14) | Anja Schneiderheinze Annika Drazek Germany | 2:16.91 (1:08.74 / 1:08.17) | Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz Canada | 2:17.29 (1:09.10 / 1:08.19) |
| Königssee | Elana Meyers Taylor Kehri Jones United States | 1:41.80 (50.83 / 50.97) | Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz Canada | 1:41.83 (50.80 / 51.03) | Anja Schneiderheinze Annika Drazek Germany | 1:42.02 (50.98 / 51.04) |

## Standings
### Two-men

| Pos. | Racer | ALT | WIN | KON1 | LPL | WHI1 | WHI2 | STM | KON2 | Points |
| 1 | Won Yun-jong (KOR) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1562 |
| 2 | Nico Walther (GER) | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1450 |
| 3 | Uģis Žaļims (LAT) | 8 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1410 |
| 4 | Rico Peter (SUI) | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 1337 |
| 5 | Oskars Melbārdis (LAT) | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1334 |
| 6 | Francesco Friedrich (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | dnf | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1275 |
| 7 | Justin Kripps (CAN) | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 7 | 1256 |
| 8 | Steven Holcomb (USA) | 12 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 1243 |
| 9 | Alexander Kasjanov (RUS) | 10 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1232 |
| 10 | Maximilian Arndt (GER) | 4 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | – | 1144 |
| 11 | Alexey Stulnev (RUS) | 18 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 1016 |
| 12 | Nick Cunningham (USA) | 19 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 1012 |
| 13 | Chris Spring (CAN) | 21 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 985 |
| 14 | Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT) | 9 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 944 |
| 15 | Simone Bertazzo (ITA) | 14 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 820 |
| 16 | Kim Dong-hyun (KOR) | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 11 | dsq | 22 | 18 | 752 |
| 17 | Beat Hefti (SUI) | 11 | 17 | 18 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 739 |
| 18 | Nikita Zakharov (RUS) | - | 14 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 14 | – | – | 514 |
| 19 | Benjamin Maier (AUT) | 20 | 25 | 21 | – | – | – | 15 | 17 | 362 |
| 20 | Ivo de Bruin (NED) | – | – | – | – | 18 | 13 | 29 | 21 | 294 |
| 21 | Maxim Andrianov (RUS) | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | 272 |
| 22 | Bradley Hall (GBR) | – | – | 20 | – | – | – | 18 | 13 | 268 |
| 23 | Mateusz Luty (POL) | 17 | – | 15 | – | – | – | 19 | – | 266 |
| 24 | Rudy Rinaldi (MON) | - | 16 | 16 | – | – | – | 20 | – | 260 |
| 25 | Pius Meyerhans (SUI) | – | – | – | – | 16 | 15 | – | – | 200 |
| 26 | Jan Vrba (CZE) | 22 | 22 | 25 | – | – | – | 27 | – | 184 |
| 27 | Lamin Deen (GBR) | 14 | 21 | – | dsq | – | – | – | – | 174 |
| 28 | Bruce Tasker (GBR) | – | – | 22 | – | – | – | 22 | 23 | 162 |
| 29 | Heath Spence (AUS) | – | – | – | – | 20 | 17 | – | – | 156 |
| 30 | Johannes Lochner (GER) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 152 |
| 31 | Loïc Costerg (FRA) | - | 19 | 24 | – | – | – | 28 | – | 147 |
| 32 | Dakarai Kongela (USA) | – | – | – | – | 19 | 20 | – | – | 142 |
| 33 | Codie Bascue (USA) | – | – | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | 136 |
| 34 | Vuk Rađenović (SRB) | - | 23 | 28 | – | – | – | – | 24 | 123 |
| 35 | Dominik Dvořák (CZE) | - | – | – | – | – | – | 26 | 20 | 104 |
| 36 | Markus Sammer (AUT) | - | 23 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | 86 |
| 37 | Oliver Biddulph (GBR) | 23 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 78 |
| 38 | Radek Matoušek (CZE) | - | 27 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | 64 |
| 39 | Justin Olsen (USA) | - | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | – | 62 |
| 40 | Dorin Grigore (ROU) | - | 26 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | 60 |
| 41 | Lukas Kolb (AUT) | - | – | – | – | – | – | 31 | 22 | 56 |
| 42 | Nick Polionato (CAN) | - | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | – | 56 |
| 43 | Thomas Heibl (NOR) | – | – | 30 | – | – | – | 30 | – | 40 |

### Four-man

| Pos. | Racer | ALT | WIN | KON1 | LPL | PAC1 | PAC2 | STM | KON2 | Points |
| 1 | Maximilian Arndt (GER) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1715 |
| 2 | Francesco Friedrich (GER) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1570 |
| 3 | Rico Peter (SUI) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1512 |
| 4 | Nico Walther (GER) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1492 |
| 5 | Alexander Kasjanov (RUS) | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1459 |
| 6 | Justin Kripps (CAN) | 10 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1232 |
| 7 | Alexey Stulnev (RUS) | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 1208 |
| 8 | Simone Bertazzo (ITA) | 7 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 1040 |
| 9 | Lamin Deen (GBR) | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 19 | 1032 |
| 10 | Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT) | 5 | 9 | 19 | – | 10 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 1018 |
| 11 | Steven Holcomb (USA) | 17 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 920 |
| 12 | Oskars Melbārdis (LAT) | 8 | 5 | 6 | – | – | – | 3 | 5 | 904 |
| 13 | Uģis Žaļims (LAT) | 13 | 16 | 17 | – | 5 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 888 |
| 14 | Nikita Zakharov (RUS) | – | 11 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 864 |
| 15 | Benjamin Maier (AUT) | 11 | 15 | 9 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 812 |
| 16 | Nick Cunningham (USA) | 14 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 22 | – | 800 |
| 17 | Won Yun-jong (KOR) | 16 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 20 | – | 648 |
| 18 | John James Jackson (GBR) | – | – | 8 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 638 |
| 19 | Jan Vrba (CZE) | 15 | 14 | 11 | – | – | – | 9 | – | 504 |
| 20 | Chris Spring (CAN) | – | – | – | 12 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 18 | 484 |
| 21 | Loïc Costerg (FRA) | – | 19 | 18 | – | – | – | 14 | 8 | 426 |
| 22 | Codie Bascue (USA) | – | – | – | 15 | 13 | 19 | – | – | 298 |
| 23 | Ivo de Bruin (NED) | – | – | – | – | 19 | 18 | 27 | 20 | 254 |
| 24 | Pius Meyerhans (SUI) | – | – | – | – | 20 | 16 | 18 | – | 244 |
| 25 | Kaillie Humphries (CAN) | – | – | – | 17 | 21 | 21 | 28 | – | 240 |
| 26 | Lukas Kolb (AUT) | – | – | 24 | – | – | – | 17 | 17 | 221 |
| 27 | Oliver Biddulph (GBR) | 18 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 142 |
| 28 | Dominik Dvořák (CZE) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 21 | 112 |
| 29 | Vuk Rađenović (SRB) | – | dsq | 22 | – | – | – | – | 22 | 112 |
| 30 | Dorin Grigore (ROU) | – | 22 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | 106 |
| 31 | Thomas Heibl (NOR) | – | – | 21 | – | – | – | 25 | – | 102 |
| 32 | Radek Matoušek (CZE) | – | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 68 |
| 33 | Edson Bindilatti (BRA) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | – | 45 |
| 34 | Maxim Andrianov (RUS) | dnf | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| 34 | Mateusz Luty (POL) | – | – | – | – | – | – | dns | – | 0 |

### Two-woman

| Pos. | Racer | ALT | WIN | KON1 | LPL | PAC | WHI | STM | KON2 | Points |
| 1 | Kaillie Humphries (CAN) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1720 |
| 2 | Jamie Greubel Poser (USA) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1628 |
| 3 | Christina Hengster (AUT) | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1546 |
| 4 | Elfje Willemsen (BEL) | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1508 |
| 5 | Anja Schneiderheinze (GER) | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | – | 2 | 3 | 1338 |
| 6 | An Vannieuwenhuyse (BEL) | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 1288 |
| 7 | Mariama Jamanka (GER) | – | – | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 992 |
| 8 | Elana Meyers Taylor (USA) | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 820 |
| 9 | Maria Adela Constantin (ROU) | 9 | 8 | 10 | – | – | – | 13 | 11 | 712 |
| 10 | Sandra Kroll (GER) | 6 | 7 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 528 |
| 11 | Katrin Beierl (AUT) | – | 10 | 11 | – | – | – | 11 | 14 | 528 |
| 12 | Brittany Reinbolt (USA) | – | – | – | 9 | 9 | 6 | – | – | 480 |
| 13 | Nicole Vogt (USA) | – | – | – | 8 | 8 | 8 | – | – | 480 |
| 14 | Mica McNeill (GBR) | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | 11 | 7 | 456 |
| 15 | Stephanie Schneider (GER) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 13 | 296 |
| 16 | Aleksandra Rodionova (RUS) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 12 | 288 |
| 17 | Nadezhda Sergeeva (RUS) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 10 | 238 |
| 18 | Katie Eberling (USA) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | 152 |