# 2023–24 Bobsleigh World Cup

The 2023–24 Bobsleigh World Cup (official: BMW IBSF Bobsleigh World Cup) was a multi-race series over a season of bobsleigh, organised by International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).
The season started on 17 November 2023 in Yanqing, China and ended on 23 March 2024 in Lake Placid, United States.
The highlight of the season was the World Championships in Winterberg, Germany, whose results were not included in the World Cup standings.

## Map of world cup hosts

All 8 locations hosting world cup events in this season (including Winterberg – venue of the World Championships).
Europe
WinterbergAltenbergInnsbruckSiguldaSt. MoritzLa PlagneLillehammer :
| North America Lake Placid | North America Lake Placid | Asia Yanqing | Asia Yanqing |

## Schedule

| # | Location | Date | Two-Man | Four-Man | Monobob | Two-Woman | Details |
| 1 | Yanqing | 17–19 November 2023 | ● | ●● | | |
| 2 | La Plagne | 9–10 December 2023 | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
| 3 | Innsbruck-Igls | 16–17 December 2023 | ● | ● | ●● | ● | also European Championships for four-man |
| 4 | St. Moritz | 13–14 January 2024 | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| 5 | Lillehammer | 27–28 January 2024 | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| 6 | Sigulda | 2–4 February 2024 | ● | | ● | ●● | also European Championships for Monobob, two-woman and two-man (extra run) |
| 7 | Altenberg | 17–18 February 2024 | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| WCH | Winterberg | 24 February–3 March 2024 | ● | ● | ● | ● | World Championships (not included in the World Cup) |
| 8 | Lake Placid | 22–23 March 2024 | ● | ● | ● | ● |

## Calendar & Standings
### Two-man

| # | Date | Place | Winner | Time | Second | Time | Third | Time |
| 1 | 17 November 2023 | Yanqing | Germany Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer | 1:58.64 (59.18 / 59.46) | Germany Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller | 1:59.26 (59.50 / 59.76) | Switzerland Michael Vogt Sandro Michel | 1:59.54 (59.63 / 59.91) |
| 2 | 9 December 2023 | La Plagne | Switzerland Michael Vogt Sandro Michel | 1:58.51 (59.26 / 59.25) | Germany Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer | 1:58.58 (59.23 / 59.35) | Germany Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis | 1:58.94 (59.49 / 59.45) |
| 3 | 16 December 2023 | Innsbruck-Igls | Germany Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer | 1:41.94 (50.88 / 51.06) | Germany Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller | 1:42.02 (51.02 / 51.00) | Germany Adam Ammour Issam Ammour | 1:42.68 (51.31 / 51.37) |
| 4 | 13 January 2024 | St. Moritz | Germany Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer | 2:10.74 (1:05.53 / 1:05.21) | Germany Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller | 2:10.99 (1:05.65 / 1:05.34) | Switzerland Michael Vogt Sandro Michel | 2:11.29 (1:05.86 / 1:05.43) |
| 5 | 27 January 2024 | Lillehammer | Germany Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer | 1:40.63 (50.34 / 50.29) | Germany Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller | 1:41.01 (50.62 / 50.39) | Germany Adam Ammour Benedikt Hertel | 1:41.08 (50.58 / 50.50) |
| 6 | 3 February 2024 | Sigulda | Germany Adam Ammour Benedikt Hertel | 1:39.33 (49.72 / 49.61) | Switzerland Michael Vogt Sandro Michel | 1:39.45 (49.80 / 49.65) | Germany Francesco Friedrich Matthias Sommer | 1:39.48 (49.87 / 49.61) |
| 7 | 17 February 2024 | Altenberg | Germany Adam Ammour Costa Laurenz | 1:51.41 (55.71 / 55.70) | Germany Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis | 1:51.59 (55.65 / 55.94) | South Korea Kim Jin-su Kim Hyeong-geun | 1:52.02 (55.93 / 56.09) |
| 8 | 22 March 2024 | Lake Placid | Germany Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller | 1:49.70 (54.69 / 55.01) | Germany Johannes Lochner Joshua Tasche | 1:49.95 (54.83 / 55.12) | Germany Adam Ammour Benedikt Hertel | 1:50.60 (55.19 / 55.41) |

#### Overall leaders

| No. | Holder | Date gained | Place | Date forfeited | Place | Number of competitions |
| 1. | Johannes Lochner | 17 November 2023 | Yanqing | 17 February 2024 | Altenberg | 6 |
| 2. | Francesco Friedrich | 17 February 2024 | Altenberg | | | 2 |
| Rank | Racer | Points | YAN | LAP | IGL | STM | LIL | SIG | ALT | LAK |
| 1 | Francesco Friedrich | 1675 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Johannes Lochner | 1512 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Adam Ammour | 1410 | – | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Michael Vogt | 1403 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | – | 4 |
| 5 | Emīls Cipulis | 1304 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | Simon Friedli | 1296 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 12 |
| 7 | Patrick Baumgartner | 1280 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 11 |
| 8 | Frank Del Duca | 1192 | – | 4 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| 9 | Markus Treichl | 1184 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 9 |
| 10 | Cédric Follador | 1152 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 14 |

### Four-man

| # | Date | Place | Winner | Time | Second | Time | Third | Time |
| 1 | 18 November 2023 | Yanqing | Germany Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer Erec Bruckert Florian Bauer | 1:57.04 (58.60 / 58.44) | Germany Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Alexander Schüller Candy Bauer | 1:57.31 (58.63 / 58.68) | China Sun Kaizhi Ding Song Ye Jielong Zhen Heng | 1:57.44 (58.58 / 58.86) |
| 2 | 19 November 2023 | Yanqing | Germany Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer Joshua Tasche Florian Bauer | 1:56.61 (58.22 / 58.39) | Italy Patrick Baumgartner Eric Fantazzini Robert Mircea Lorenzo Bilotti | 1:56.92 (58.35 / 58.57) | Germany Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Felix Straub Candy Bauer | 1:56.93 (58.25 / 58.68) |
| 3 | 10 December 2023 | La Plagne | Germany Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Alexander Schüller Felix Straub | 1:56.14 (58.12 / 58.02) | Germany Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer Erec Bruckert Georg Fleischhauer | 1:56.58 (58.42 / 58.16) | Germany Adam Ammour Benedikt Hertel Nick Stadelmann Rupert Schenk | 1:56.69 (58.38 / 58.31) |
| 4 | 17 December 2023 | Innsbruck-Igls | Germany Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Alexander Schüller Felix Straub | 1:40.89 (50.43 / 50.46) | Germany Johannes Lochner Erec Bruckert Joshua Tasche Georg Fleischhauer | 1:41.03 (50.52 / 50.51) | Latvia Emīls Cipulis Dāvis Spriņģis Matīss Miknis Krists Lindenblats | 1:41.35 (50.60 / 50.75) |
| 5 | 14 January 2024 | St. Moritz | Germany Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer Erec Bruckert Georg Fleischhauer | 2:08.89 (1:04.61 / 1:04.28) | Germany Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Candy Bauer Alexander Schüller | 2:08.99 (1:04.65 / 1:04.34) | Latvia Emīls Cipulis Dāvis Spriņģis Lauris Kaufmanis Krists Lindenblats | 2:09.29 (1:04.74 / 1:04.55) |
| 6 | 28 January 2024 | Lillehammer | Germany Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Alexander Schüller Felix Straub | 1:39.50 (49.74 / 49.76) | Germany Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer Erec Bruckert Georg Fleischhauer | 1:39.72 (49.84 / 49.88) | Great Britain Brad Hall Leon Greenwood Taylor Lawrence Greg Cackett | 1:40.15 (50.04 / 50.11) |
| 7 | 18 February 2024 | Altenberg | Germany Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Alexander Schüller Felix Straub Latvia Emīls Cipulis Dāvis Spriņģis Matīss Miknis Krists Lindenblats | 1:48.55 (54.20 / 54.35) 1:48.55 (54.24 / 54.31) | – | – | Switzerland Simon Friedli Pascal Moser Luca Rolli Dominik Schläpfer | 1:49.08 (54.42 / 54.66) |
| 8 | 23 March 2024 | Lake Placid | Germany Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Matthias Sommer Felix Straub | 54.75 | Germany Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer Joshua Tasche Georg Fleischhauer | 54.92 | Germany Adam Ammour Nick Stadelmann Erik Leypold Rupert Schenk | 55.03 |

#### Overall leaders

| No. | Holder | Date gained | Place | Date forfeited | Place | Number of competitions |
| 1. | Johannes Lochner | 18 November 2023 | Yanqing | 18 February 2024 | Altenberg | 6 |
| 2. | Francesco Friedrich | 18 February 2024 | Altenberg | | | 2 |
| Rank | Racer | Points | YAN1 | YAN2 | LAP | IGL | STM | LIL | ALT | LAK |
| 1 | Francesco Friedrich | 1745 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Emīls Cipulis | 1529 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Johannes Lochner | 1515 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 |
| 4 | Simon Friedli | 1392 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Patrick Baumgartner | 1290 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | Cédric Follador | 1288 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 11 |
| 7 | Markus Treichl | 1256 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 4 |
| 8 | Jēkabs Kalenda | 1112 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 13 |
| 9 | Adam Ammour | 1096 | – | – | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| 10 | Kaizhi Sun | 1056 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 13 | – |

### Men's Combined Standings

| Rank | after all 16 events | Points |
| 1 | Francesco Friedrich | 3420 |
| 2 | Johannes Lochner | 3027 |
| 3 | Emīls Cipulis | 2873 |
| 4 | Simon Friedli | 2688 |
| 5 | Patrick Baumgartner | 2570 |
| 6 | Adam Ammour | 2506 |
| 7 | Markus Treichl | 2440 |
| 8 | Cédric Follador | 2440 |
| 9 | Michael Vogt | 2435 |
| 10 | Jēkabs Kalenda | 1976 |

### Monobob

| # | Date | Place | Winner | Time | Second | Time | Third | Time |
| 1 | 9 December 2023 | La Plagne | United States Kaysha Love | 2:07.92 (1:04.13 / 1:03.79) | Switzerland Melanie Hasler | 2:08.13 (1:04.18 / 1:03.95) | Romania Andreea Grecu | 2:08.21 (1:04.17 / 1:04.04) |
| 2 | 15 December 2023 | Innsbruck-Igls | Germany Lisa Buckwitz | 1:51.17 (55.83 / 55.34) | Australia Breeana Walker | 1:51.42 (55.99 / 55.43) | Germany Laura Nolte | 1:51.47 (55.98 / 55.49) |
| 3 | 16 December 2023 | Innsbruck-Igls | Germany Lisa Buckwitz | 1:49.42 (54.67 / 54.75) | United States Kaysha Love | 1:49.53 (54.85 / 54.68) | Australia Breeana Walker | 1:49.55 (54.77 / 54.78) |
| 4 | 13 January 2024 | St. Moritz | Germany Lisa Buckwitz | 2:22.78 (1:11.89 / 1:10.89) | Germany Laura Nolte | 2:22.91 (1:11.77 / 1:11.14) | Australia Breeana Walker | 2:22.93 (1:11.79 / 1:11.14) |
| 5 | 27 January 2024 | Lillehammer | United States Kaysha Love | 1:48.52 (54.12 / 54.40) | Australia Breeana Walker | 1:48.94 (54.41 / 54.53) | Germany Lisa Buckwitz | 1:48.95 (54.44 / 54.51) |
| 6 | 3 February 2024 | Sigulda | Germany Lisa Buckwitz | 1:47.46 (53.57 / 53.89) | Romania Andreea Grecu | 1:47.73 (53.46 / 54.27) | Germany Laura Nolte United States Elana Meyers Taylor | 1:47.87 (53.59 / 54.28) 1:47.87 (53.71 / 54.16) |
| 7 | 17 February 2024 | Altenberg | Germany Laura Nolte | 2:01.29 (1:00.71 / 1:00.58) | United States Elana Meyers Taylor | 2:01.52 (1:00.45 / 1:01.07) | Germany Lisa Buckwitz | 2:01.55 (1:00.79 / 1:00.76) |
| 8 | 22 March 2024 | Lake Placid | Australia Breeana Walker | 1:58.67 (59.22 / 59.45) | United States Elana Meyers Taylor | 1:58.91 (59.25 / 59.66) | Canada Cynthia Appiah | 1:59.13 (59.26 / 59.87) |

#### Overall leaders

| No. | Holder | Date gained | Place | Date forfeited | Place | Number of competitions |
| 1. | Kaysha Love | 9 December 2023 | La Plagne | 13 January 2024 | St. Moritz | 3 |
| 2. | Lisa Buckwitz | 13 January 2024 | St. Moritz | | | 5 |
| Rank | Racer | Points | LAP | IGL1 | IGL2 | STM | LIL | SIG | ALT | LAK |
| 1 | Lisa Buckwitz | 1644 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Breeana Walker | 1549 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | Laura Nolte | 1547 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Kaysha Love | 1516 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| 5 | Elana Meyers Taylor | 1508 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Andreea Grecu | 1466 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Melanie Hasler | 1362 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 7 |
| 8 | Cynthia Appiah | 1200 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 5 | DSQ | 5 | 3 |
| 9 | Qing Ying | 1040 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | – |
| 10 | Bianca Ribi | 1016 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 |

### Two-woman

| # | Date | Place | Winner | Time | Second | Time | Third | Time |
| 1 | 10 December 2023 | La Plagne | Germany Laura Nolte Neele Schuten | 2:02.24 (1:01.29 / 1:00.95) | Germany Kim Kalicki Leonie Fiebig | 2:02.36 (1:01.34 / 1:01.02) | United States Elana Meyers Taylor Emily Renna | 2:02.46 (1:01.47 / 1:00.99) |
| 2 | 17 December 2023 | Innsbruck-Igls | Germany Lisa Buckwitz Vanessa Mark | 1:45.20 (52.60 / 52.60) | Germany Kim Kalicki Leonie Fiebig | 1:45.29 (52.68 / 52.61) | Germany Laura Nolte Neele Schuten | 1:45.64 (52.91 / 52.73) |
| 3 | 14 January 2024 | St. Moritz | Germany Laura Nolte Neele Schuten | 2:16.59 (1:08.59 / 1:08.00) | Germany Lisa Buckwitz Laurynn Siebert | 2:16.67 (1:08.53 / 1:08.14) | Switzerland Melanie Hasler Mara Morell | 2:16.97 (1:08.80 / 1:08.17) |
| 4 | 28 January 2024 | Lillehammer | Germany Kim Kalicki Leonie Fiebig | 1:43.62 (51.68 / 51.94) | Germany Laura Nolte Neele Schuten | 1:43.81 (51.83 / 51.98) | United States Kaysha Love Azaria Hill | 1:43.85 (51.72 / 52.13) |
| 5 | 2 February 2024 | Sigulda | Germany Kim Kalicki Leonie Fiebig | 1:41.53 (50.87 / 50.66) | Germany Laura Nolte Claudia Schüßler | 1:41.57 (50.75 / 50.82) | Germany Lisa Buckwitz Vanessa Mark | 1:41.65 (50.94 / 50.71) |
| 6 | 4 February 2024 | Sigulda | Germany Laura Nolte Neele Schuten | 1:41.53 (50.77 / 50.76) | Germany Kim Kalicki Anabel Galander | 1:41.82 (50.93 / 50.89) | Switzerland Melanie Hasler Mara Morell | 1:42.06 (51.11 / 50.95) |
| 7 | 18 February 2024 | Altenberg | Germany Laura Nolte Deborah Levi | 1:52.53 (56.08 / 56.45) | Germany Kim Kalicki Anabel Galander | 1:53.17 (56.51 / 56.66) | Romania Andreea Grecu Teodora Andreea Vlad | 1:54.16 (57.12 / 57.04) |
| 8 | 23 March 2024 | Lake Placid | Germany Kim Kalicki Leonie Fiebig | 1:53.39 (56.51 / 56.88) | Great Britain Adele Nicoll Kya Placide | 1:54.20 (56.98 / 57.22) | Germany Laura Nolte Claudia Schüßler | 1:54.24 (57.00 / 57.24) |

#### Overall leaders

| No. | Holder | Date gained | Place | Date forfeited | Place | Number of competitions |
| 1. | Laura Nolte | 10 December 2023 | La Plagne | | | 8 |
| Rank | Racer | Points | LAP | IGL | STM | LIL | SIG1 | SIG2 | ALT | LAK |
| 1 | Laura Nolte | 1720 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Kim Kalicki | 1683 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Lisa Buckwitz | 1539 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| 4 | Melanie Hasler | 1488 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| 5 | Elana Meyers Taylor | 1240 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | DNF | 6 |
| 6 | Breeana Walker | 1192 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | – | 8 |
| 7 | Andreea Grecu | 1184 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | Cynthia Appiah | 1120 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| 9 | Katrin Beierl | 1104 | – | 14 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | Qing Ying | 1072 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | – |

### Women's Combined Standings

| Rank | after all 16 events | Points |
| 1 | Laura Nolte | 3267 |
| 2 | Lisa Buckwitz | 3183 |
| 3 | Melanie Hasler | 2850 |
| 4 | Elana Meyers Taylor | 2748 |
| 5 | Breeana Walker | 2741 |
| 6 | Andreea Grecu | 2650 |
| 7 | Kaysha Love | 2412 |
| 8 | Cynthia Appiah | 2320 |
| 9 | Qing Ying | 2112 |
| 10 | Kim Kalicki | 1987 |

## Podium table by nation

Table showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 28 | 21 | 15 | 64 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | Australia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Latvia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 33 | 31 | 33 | 97 |

## Points distribution

| Place | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 2-Man, 4-Man Monobob, 2-Woman | 225 | 210 | 200 | 192 | 184 | 176 | 168 | 160 | 152 | 144 | 136 | 128 | 120 | 112 | 104 | 96 | 88 | 80 | 74 | 68 |