# 2024–25 Bobsleigh World Cup

The 2024–25 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 7 December 2024 in Altenberg, Germany and concluded on 16 February 2025 in Lillehammer, Norway.
The highlight of the season were the World Championships in Lake Placid, United States, whose results were not included in the World Cup standings.

## Map of world cup hosts

| Altenberg | Sigulda | Winterberg |
| St. Moritz | Innsbruck-Igls | Lillehammer |
| Europe WinterbergAltenbergInnsbruckSiguldaSt. MoritzLillehammerclass=notpageimage| Location of all 6 World Cup hosts of the season || |

## Schedule

| No | Location | Date | Two-Man | Four-Man | Monobob | Two-Woman | Details |
| 1 | Altenberg | 7–8 December 2024 | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
| 2 | Sigulda | 14–15 December 2024 | ●● | | ● | ● | |
| 3 | Winterberg | 4–5 January 2025 | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
| 4 | St. Moritz | 11–12 January 2025 | ● | ● | | ● | |
| 5 | Innsbruck-Igls | 18–19 January 2025 | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
| 6 | St. Moritz | 24–26 January 2025 | | ● | ●● | | |
| 7 | Lillehammer | 8–9 February 2025 | ● | ● | ● | ● | also European Championships |
| 8 | Lillehammer | 15–16 February 2025 | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
| WCH | Lake Placid | 8–15 March 2025 | ● | ● | ● | ● | World Championships (not included in the World Cup) |

## Men's calendar & standings
### Two-man

| No. | Date | Place | Winner | Time | Second | Time | Third | Time |
| 1 | 7 Dec 2024 | Altenberg | Germany Francesco Friedrich Simon Wulff | 1:48.67 (54.28 / 54.39) | Germany Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer | 1:49.08 (54.63 / 54.45) | Germany Adam Ammour Issam Ammour | 1:49.48 (54.83 / 54.65) |
| 2 | 14 Dec 2024 | Sigulda | Germany Francesco Friedrich Simon Wulff | 1:38.68 (49.13 / 49.55) | Germany Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer | 1:39.03 (49.43 / 49.60) | Austria Markus Treichl Sascha Stepan | 1:39.59 (49.60 / 49.99) |
| 3 | 15 Dec 2024 | Sigulda | Germany Johannes Lochner Jörn Wenzel | 1:38.24 (49.67 / 49.57) | Great Britain Brad Hall Taylor Lawrence / Gregg Cackett | 1:38.45 (49.72 / 49.73) | Germany Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller | 1:38.54 (49.75 / 49.79) |
| 4 | 4 Jan 2025 | Winterberg | Germany Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller | 1:48.26 (54.05 / 54.21) | Germany Adam Ammour Benedikt Hertel | 1:48.26 (54.05 / 54.21) | Germany Johannes Lochner Joshua Tasche | 1:48.26 (54.05 / 54.21) |
| 5 | 11 Jan 2025 | St. Moritz | Germany Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer Germany Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller | 2:12.21 (1:06.36 / 1:05.85) 2:12.21 (1:06.41 / 1:05.80) | N/A | N/A | Germany Adam Ammour Benedikt Hertel | 2:12.28 (1:06.40 / 1:05.88) |
| 6 | 18 Jan 2025 | Innsbruck-Igls | Germany Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer | 1:41.47 (50.75 / 50.72) | Germany Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller | 1:41.63 (50.80 / 50.83) | Germany Adam Ammour Nick Stadelmann | 1:41.84 (50.94 / 50.90) |
| 7 | 8 Feb 2025 | Lillehammer | Germany Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller | 1:41.15 (50.50 / 50.65) | Germany Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer | 1:41.29 (50.57 / 50.72) | Great Britain Brad Hall Taylor Lawrence | 1:41.63 (50.76 / 50.87) |
| 8 | 15 Feb 2025 | Lillehammer | Germany Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer | 1:40.99 (50.45 / 50.54) | Germany Francesco Friedrich Felix Straub | 1:41.01 (50.46 / 50.55) | Germany Adam Ammour Nick Stadelmann | 1:41.19 (50.54 / 50.65) |
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Germany Francesco Friedrich | Germany Francesco Friedrich | Germany Johannes Lochner | Germany Johannes Lochner | Great Britain Brad Hall | Great Britain Brad Hall |

#### Overall leaders

| Holder | Date | Place(s) | Number of competitions |
| Francesco Friedrich | 7 December 2024 – 15 February 2025 | Altenberg – Lillehammer | 8 |

#### Standings

| Rank | Racer | Points | ALT | SIG1 | SIG2 | WIN | STM1 | IGL | LIL1 | LIL2 |
| 1 | Francesco Friedrich | 1745 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Johannes Lochner | 1730 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Brad Hall | 1530 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Adam Ammour | 1290 | 3 | 17 | – | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Patrick Baumgartner | 1280 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 6 | Timo Rohner | 1208 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 7 |
| 7 | Cédric Follador | 1152 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 6 |
| 8 | Jēkabs Kalenda | 1128 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 10 |
| 8 | Jinsu Kim | 1128 | 5 | – | 10 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 10 | Frank Del Duca | 1104 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 6 | – |

### Four-man

| No. | Date | Place | Winner | Time | Second | Time | Third | Time | R. |
| 1 | 8 Dec 2024 | Altenberg | Germany Francesco Friedrich Matthias Sommer Alexander Schüller Felix Straub | 54.17 | Austria Markus Treichl Markus Sammer Sascha Stepan Kristian Huber Germany Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer Erec Bruckert Joshua Tasche | 54.34 | N/A | N/A | |
| 2 | 5 Jan 2025 | Winterberg | Great Britain Brad Hall Taylor Lawrence Arran Gulliver Greg Cackett | 1:48.07 (53.82 / 54.25) | Germany Francesco Friedrich Simon Wulff Matthias Sommer Felix Straub | 1:48.26 (53.95 / 54.31) | Germany Adam Ammour Theo Hempel Benedikt Hertel Rupert Schenk | 1:48.55 (53.99 / 54.56) | |
| 3 | 12 Jan 2025 | St. Moritz | Germany Francesco Friedrich Matthias Sommer Alexander Schüller Felix Straub | 2:09.13 (1:04.82 / 1:04.31) | Germany Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer Erec Bruckert Florian Bauer | 2:09.36 (1:04.81 / 1:04.55) | Great Britain Brad Hall Taylor Lawrence Leon Greenwood Greg Cackett | 2:09.43 (1:04.81 / 1:04.62) | |
| 4 | 19 Jan 2025 | Innsbruck-Igls | Germany Francesco Friedrich Matthias Sommer Alexander Schüller Felix Straub | 1:40.45 (50.21 / 50.24) | Great Britain Brad Hall Taylor Lawrence Leon Greenwood Arran Gulliver | 1:40.73 (50.37 / 50.36) | Germany Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer Joshua Tasche Florian Bauer | 1:40.74 (50.23 / 50.51) | |
| 5 | 25 Jan 2025 | St. Moritz | Great Britain Brad Hall Taylor Lawrence Arran Gulliver Leon Greenwood | 2:11.59 (1:05.40 / 1:06.19) | Germany Francesco Friedrich Matthias Sommer Alexander Schüller Felix Straub | 2:11.80 (1:05.53 / 1:06.27) | Germany Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer Erec Bruckert Georg Fleischhauer | 2:11.87 (1:05.71 / 1:06.16) | |
| 6 | 26 Jan 2025 | St. Moritz | Cancelled due to weather conditions | Cancelled due to weather conditions | Cancelled due to weather conditions | Cancelled due to weather conditions | Cancelled due to weather conditions | Cancelled due to weather conditions | Cancelled due to weather conditions |
| 7 | 9 Feb 2025 | Lillehammer | Germany Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer Jörn Wenzel Georg Fleischhauer | 1:39.85 (50.05 / 49.80) | Germany Francesco Friedrich Matthias Sommer Alexander Schüller Felix Straub | 1:39.90 (49.95 / 49.95) | Switzerland Michael Vogt Gregory Jones Andreas Haas Amadou David Ndiaye Great Britain Brad Hall Taylor Lawrence Arran Gulliver Leon Greenwood | 1:40.05 | |
| 8 | 16 Feb 2025 | Lillehammer | Germany Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer Erec Bruckert Georg Fleischhauer | 1:39.03 (49.48 / 49.55) | Germany Francesco Friedrich Matthias Sommer Alexander Schüller Felix Straub | 1:39.35 (49.57 / 49.78) | Great Britain Brad Hall Arran Gulliver Taylor Lawrence Leon Greenwood | 1:39.39 (49.63 / 49.76) | |
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Germany Francesco Friedrich | Germany Francesco Friedrich | Germany Johannes Lochner | Germany Johannes Lochner | Great Britain Brad Hall | Great Britain Brad Hall | |

#### Overall leaders

| Holder | Date | Place(s) | Number of competitions |
| Francesco Friedrich | 8 December 2024 – 16 February 2025 | Altenberg – Lillehammer | 7 |

#### Standings

| Rank | Racer | Points | ALT | WIN | STM1 | IGL | STM2 | LIL1 | LIL2 |
| 1 | Francesco Friedrich | 1515 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Johannes Lochner | 1446 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Brad Hall | 1444 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Adam Ammour | 1312 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Patrick Baumgartner | 1184 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | Cédric Follador | 1112 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 9 |
| 7 | Timo Rohner | 1088 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| 7 | Michael Vogt | 1088 | – | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Jēkabs Kalenda | 1034 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 10 |
| 10 | Frank Del Duca | 768 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 10 | – |

### Men's combined standings

| Rank | after all of 15 events | Points |
| 1 | Francesco Friedrich | 3260 |
| 2 | Johannes Lochner | 3176 |
| 3 | Brad Hall | 2974 |
| 4 | Adam Ammour | 2602 |
| 5 | Patrick Baumgartner | 2464 |
| 6 | Timo Rohner | 2296 |
| 7 | Cédric Follador | 2264 |
| 8 | Jēkabs Kalenda | 2160 |
| 9 | Jinsu Kim | 1974 |
| 10 | Michael Vogt | 1960 |

## Women's calendar & standings
### Monobob

| No. | Date | Place | Winner | Time | Second | Time | Third | Time | R. |
| 1 | 7 Dec 2024 | Altenberg | Laura Nolte | 1:59.94 (59.56 / 1:00.38) | Lisa Buckwitz | 1:59.96 (59.59 / 1:00.37) | Romania Andreea Grecu | 2:00.42 (59.60 / 1:00.82) | |
| 2 | 14 Dec 2024 | Sigulda | Lisa Buckwitz | 1:46.89 (53.33 / 53.56) | Laura Nolte | 1:46.98 (53.31 / 53.67) | Breeana Walker | 1:47.15 (53.32 / 53.83) | |
| 3 | 4 Jan 2025 | Winterberg | Lisa Buckwitz | 1:56.83 (58.58 / 58.25) | Switzerland Melanie Hasler | 1:56.92 (58.61 / 58.31) | Breeana Walker | 1:57.11 (58.67 / 58.44) | |
| 4 | 11 Jan 2025 | St. Moritz | rescheduled for 24 January due to warm weather conditions | rescheduled for 24 January due to warm weather conditions | rescheduled for 24 January due to warm weather conditions | rescheduled for 24 January due to warm weather conditions | rescheduled for 24 January due to warm weather conditions | rescheduled for 24 January due to warm weather conditions | rescheduled for 24 January due to warm weather conditions |
| 5 | 18 Jan 2025 | Innsbruck-Igls | Lisa Buckwitz | 1:48.41 (54.14 / 54.27) | Kaysha Love | 1:48.45 (54.21 / 54.24) | Laura Nolte | 1:48.51 (54.28 / 54.23) | |
| 4 | 24 Jan 2025 | St. Moritz | Elana Meyers Taylor | 2:21.52 (1:11.20 / 1:10.32) | Breeana Walker | 2:21.76 (1:11.28 / 1:10.48) | Kaysha Love | 2:22.07 (1:11.47 / 1:10.60) | |
| 6 | 25 Jan 2025 | St. Moritz | Elana Meyers Taylor | 2:22.15 (1:11.08 / 1:11.07) | Kaysha Love | 2:22.29 (1:11.22 / 1:11.07) | Laura Nolte | 2:22.45 (1:11.21 / 1:11.24) | |
| 7 | 8 Feb 2025 | Lillehammer | Breeana Walker Kaysha Love | 1:49.14 (54.56 / 54.58)1:49.14 (54.62 / 54.52) | N/A | N/A | Laura Nolte | 1:49.21 (54.55 / 54.66) | |
| 8 | 15 Feb 2025 | Lillehammer | Breeana Walker | 1:48.51 (54.01 / 54.50) | Cynthia Appiah | 1:48.66 (54.10 / 54.56) | Lisa Buckwitz | 1:48.67 (54.16 / 54.51) | |
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Lisa Buckwitz | Lisa Buckwitz | Breeana Walker | Breeana Walker | Laura Nolte | Laura Nolte | |

#### Overall leaders

| Holder | Date | Place(s) | Number of competitions |
| Laura Nolte | 7 December 2024 | Altenberg | 1 |
| Lisa Buckwitz | 14 December 2024 – 15 February 2025 | Sigulda – Lillehammer | 7 |

#### Standings

| Rank | Racer | Points | ALT | SIG | WIN | IGL | STM1 | STM2 | LIL1 | LIL2 |
| 1 | Lisa Buckwitz | 1637 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Breeana Walker | 1596 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Laura Nolte | 1555 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Kim Kalicki | 1336 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 12 |
| 5 | Kaysha Love | 1317 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 6 | Melanie Hasler | 1218 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 8 | DNF | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | Cynthia Appiah | 1202 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | Elana Meyers Taylor | 1190 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | – |
| 9 | Andreea Grecu | 1168 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 8 |
| 10 | Katrin Beierl | 1120 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 6 |

### Two-woman

| No. | Date | Place | Winner | Time | Second | Time | Third | Time | R. |
| 1 | 8 Dec 2024 | Altenberg | Germany Laura Nolte Deborah Levi | 1:52.14 (55.99 / 56.15) | Germany Lisa Buckwitz Neele Schuten | 1:52.79 (56.18 / 56.61) | Germany Kim Kalicki Lauryn Siebert | 1:52.83 (56.40 / 56.43) | |
| 2 | 15 Dec 2024 | Sigulda | Germany Laura Nolte Leonie Kluwig | 1:48.59 (55.03 / 53.56) | Germany Kim Kalicki Neele Schuten | 1:48.70 (55.44 / 53.26) | United States Kaysha Love Jasmine Jones | 1:49.22 (55.26 / 53.96) | |
| 3 | 5 Jan 2025 | Winterberg | Germany Lisa Buckwitz Kira Lipperheide | 1:54.01 (57.25 / 56.76) | Germany Laura Nolte Deborah Levi | 1:54.02 (56.94 / 57.08) | Germany Kim Kalicki Leonie Fiebig | 1:54.21 (57.42 / 56.79) | |
| 4 | 12 Jan 2025 | St. Moritz | Germany Kim Kalicki Leonie Fiebig | 2:16.85 (1:08.98 / 1:07.87) | Germany Laura Nolte Deborah Levi | 2:16.90 (1:09.18 / 1:07.72) | Germany Lisa Buckwitz Neele Schuten | 2:17.27 (1:09.19 / 1:08.08) | |
| 5 | 19 Jan 2025 | Innsbruck-Igls | Germany Laura Nolte Deborah Levi | 1:44.09 (52.05 / 52.04) | Germany Kim Kalicki Leonie Fiebig | 1:44.24 (52.09 / 52.15) | Germany Lisa Buckwitz Neele Schuten | 1:44.44 (52.24 / 52.20) | |
| 6 | 26 Jan 2025 | St. Moritz | Cancelled due to weather conditions | Cancelled due to weather conditions | Cancelled due to weather conditions | Cancelled due to weather conditions | Cancelled due to weather conditions | Cancelled due to weather conditions | Cancelled due to weather conditions |
| 7 | 9 Feb 2025 | Lillehammer | Germany Laura Nolte Leonie Kluwig | 1:44.40 (52.11 / 52.29) | Germany Kim Kalicki Leonie Fiebig | 1:44.42 (52.19 / 52.23) | Germany Lisa Buckwitz Kira Lipperheide | 1:44.70 (52.34 / 52.36) | |
| 8 | 16 Feb 2025 | Lillehammer | Germany Laura Nolte Leonie Kluwig | 1:43.74 (51.73 / 52.01) | Germany Lisa Buckwitz Neele Schuten | 1:43.94 (51.75 / 52.19) | Canada Melissa Lotholz Skylar Sieben | 1:44.70 (52.08 / 52.62) | |
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Germany Laura Nolte | Germany Laura Nolte | Germany Kim Kalicki | Germany Kim Kalicki | Germany Lisa Buckwitz | Germany Lisa Buckwitz | |

#### Overall leaders

| Holder | Date | Place(s) | Number of competitions |
| Laura Nolte | 8 December 2024 – 16 February 2025 | Altenberg – Lillehammer | 7 |

#### Standings

| Rank | Racer | Points | ALT | SIG | WIN | STM1 | IGL | LIL1 | LIL2 |
| 1 | Laura Nolte | 1545 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Kim Kalicki | 1447 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Lisa Buckwitz | 1437 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Melanie Hasler | 1248 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Katrin Beierl | 1160 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Elana Meyers Taylor | 992 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 7 | – |
| 6 | Kaillie Humphries | 992 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | – |
| 8 | Melissa Lotholz | 924 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | Kaysha Love | 920 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 9 | – |
| 10 | Andreea Grecu | 898 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 9 |

### Women's combined standings

| Rank | after all of 15 events | Points |
| 1 | Laura Nolte | 3100 |
| 2 | Lisa Buckwitz | 3074 |
| 3 | Kim Kalicki | 2783 |
| 4 | Melanie Hasler | 2466 |
| 5 | Katrin Beierl | 2280 |
| 6 | Kaysha Love | 2237 |
| 7 | Elana Meyers Taylor | 2182 |
| 8 | Breeana Walker | 2138 |
| 9 | Andreea Grecu | 2066 |
| 10 | Kaillie Humphries | 2032 |

## 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 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 64 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 32 | 29 | 30 | 91 |

## Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2024–25 Bobsleigh World Cup for men and women.
| 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 |