# 2016–17 Skeleton World Cup

The 2016–17 Skeleton World Cup was a multi-race series over a season for skeleton. The season started on 2 December 2016 in Whistler, Canada and ended on 17 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

| Venue | Date |
| Whistler | 2–3 December |
| Lake Placid | 16–17 December |
| Altenberg | 6–7 January |
| Winterberg | 14–15 January |
| St. Moritz | 20 January |
| Königssee | 27–28 January |
| Igls | 3 February |
| Pyeongchang | 17 March |

## Results
### Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Whistler | Yun Sung-bin South Korea | 1:45.86 (52.84 / 53.02) | Alexander Tretiakov Russia | 1:45.98 (52.99 / 52.99) | Matthew Antoine United States | 1:46.22 (53.24 / 52.98) |
| Lake Placid | Alexander Tretiakov Russia | 1:46.49 (53.27 / 53.22) | Matthew Antoine United States | 1:46.92 (53.45 / 53.47) | Yun Sung-bin South Korea | 1:46.94 (53.24 / 53.70) |
| Altenberg | Christopher Grotheer Germany | 1:52.30 (56.20 / 56.10) | Martins Dukurs Latvia | 1:52.60 (56.42 / 56.18) | Axel Jungk Germany | 1:52.77 (56.44 / 56.33) |
| Winterberg | Martins Dukurs Latvia | 1:52.04 (56.14 / 55.90) | Tomass Dukurs Latvia | 1:52.66 (56.16 / 56.50) | Alexander Tretiakov Russia | 1:52.71 (56.51 / 56.20) |
| St. Moritz | Martins Dukurs Latvia | 2:15.10 (1:07.85 / 1:07.25) | Yun Sung-bin South Korea | 2:15.13 (1:07.63 / 1:07.50) | Nikita Tregubov Russia | 2:15.65 (1:07.95/ 1:07.70) |
| Königssee | Alexander Tretiakov Russia | 1:40.41 (50.27 / 50.14) | Yun Sung-bin South Korea | 1:40.46 (50.07 / 50.39) | Alexander Gassner Germany | 1:40.60 (50.36 / 50.24) |
| Igls | Martins Dukurs Latvia | 1:43.89 (52.01 / 51.88) | Alexander Tretiakov Russia | 1:44.47 (52.31 / 52.16) | Yun Sung-bin South Korea | 1:44.57 (52.27 / 52.30) |
| Pyeongchang | Martins Dukurs Latvia | 1:41.51 (50.87 / 50.64) | Yun Sung-bin South Korea | 1:41.52 (50.69 / 50.83) | Tomass Dukurs Latvia | 1:42.16 (51.20 / 50.96) |

### Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Whistler | Elisabeth Vathje Canada | 1:49.25 (54.52 / 54.73) | Jacqueline Lölling Germany | 1:50.09 (54.76 / 55.33) | Tina Hermann Germany | 1:50.11 (54.99 / 55.12) |
| Lake Placid | Janine Flock Austria | 1:49.77 (54.84 / 54.93) | Lizzy Yarnold United Kingdom | 1:50.58 (54.94 / 55.64) | Mirela Rahneva Canada | 1:50.92 (55.39 / 55.53) |
| Altenberg | Jacqueline Lölling Germany | 1:57.17 (58.58 / 58.59) | Tina Hermann Germany | 1:57.61 (58.90 / 58.71) | Janine Flock Austria | 1:57.71 (58.94 / 58.77) |
| Winterberg | Elisabeth Vathje Canada | 58.02 | Jacqueline Lölling Germany | 58.12 | Mirela Rahneva Canada | 58.14 |
| St. Moritz | Mirela Rahneva Canada | 2:16.53 (1:08.49 / 1:08.04) | Kendall Wesenberg United States | 2:18.36 (1:09.28 / 1:09.08) | Janine Flock Austria | 2:18.51 (1:09.29 / 1:09.22) |
| Königssee | Jacqueline Lölling Germany | 1:43.21 (51.70 / 51.51) | Tina Hermann Germany | 1:43.66 (52.09 / 51.57) | Anna Fernstädt Germany | 1:43.67 (51.93 / 51.74) |
| Igls | Tina Hermann Germany | 1:48.15 (54.17 / 53.98) | Mirela Rahneva Canada | 1:48.31 (54.03 / 54.28) | Janine Flock Austria | 1:48.39 (54.12 / 54.27) |
| Pyeongchang | Jacqueline Lölling Germany | 1:45.68 (52.93 / 52.75) | Elena Nikitina Russia | 1:45.98 (53.18 / 52.80) | Kimberley Bos Netherlands | 1:46.03 (53.15 / 52.88) |

## Standings
### Men

| Pos. | Racer | WHI | LPL | ALT | WIN | STM | KON | IGL | PYE | Points |
| 1 | Martins Dukurs (LAT)* | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1662 |
| 2 | Yun Sung-bin (KOR) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1623 |
| 3 | Alexander Tretiakov (RUS) | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1454 |
| 4 | Axel Jungk (GER) | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1448 |
| 5 | Christopher Grotheer (GER) | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1425 |
| 6 | Alexander Gassner (GER) | 7 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1392 |
| 7 | Matthew Antoine (USA) | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 1322 |
| 8 | Nikita Tregubov (RUS) | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | – | 6 | 5 | 1256 |
| 9 | Tomass Dukurs (LAT) | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 9 | dsq | 3 | 1218 |
| 10 | Dominic Edward Parsons (GBR) | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 1144 |
| 11 | Nathan Crumpton (USA) | 14 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 1008 |
| 12 | Rhys Thornbury (NZL) | 16 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1006 |
| 13 | Barrett Martineau (CAN) | 10 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 970 |
| 14 | Ander Mirambell (ESP) | 15 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 25 | 744 |
| 15 | Dave Greszczyszyn (CAN) | 11 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 24 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 654 |
| 16 | Mattia Gaspari (ITA) | – | – | 14 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 646 |
| 17 | Marco Rohrer (SUI) | 24 | 26 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 627 |
| 18 | Jack Thomas (GBR) | 25 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 604 |
| 19 | Matthias Guggenberger (AUT) | 26 | 21 | 13 | 19 | – | 14 | 14 | 22 | 572 |
| 20 | Hiroatsu Takahashi (JPN) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 26 | 19 | 14 | 26 | 27 | 530 |
| 21 | Kyle Tress (USA) | 20 | 19 | 25 | 14 | 20 | 24 | 19 | – | 481 |
| 22 | Kevin Boyer (CAN) | 17 | 24 | 19 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 21 | – | 447 |
| 23 | Egor Veselov (RUS) | 12 | 22 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 18 | 368 |
| 24 | Florian Auer (AUT) | – | – | 20 | 22 | 27 | – | 20 | 16 | 320 |
| 25 | Katsuyuki Miyajima (JPN) | – | – | 27 | 23 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 30 | 310 |
| 26 | Lee Han-sin (KOR) | 22 | 15 | – | – | 22 | 23 | – | – | 266 |
| 27 | Riet Graf (SUI) | – | – | 26 | 27 | 15 | – | 29 | 26 | 232 |
| 28 | Evgeny Rukosuev (RUS) | – | – | 22 | 20 | 17 | – | – | – | 212 |
| 29 | Alexander Auer (AUT) | 23 | 23 | 21 | – | – | – | – | 24 | 207 |
| 30 | John Farrow (AUS) | 19 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 170 |
| 31 | Kim Ji-soo (KOR) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 16 | 141 |
| 32 | Stefan Geisler (AUT) | – | – | – | 24 | 26 | – | 26 | – | 117 |
| 33 | Rasmus Ottosson (SWE) | 21 | – | – | – | – | 28 | – | 29 | 114 |
| 34 | John Daly (USA) | – | – | – | – | – | - | – | 14 | 112 |
| 35 | Manuel Schwärzer (ITA) | – | – | – | – | – | 26 | 28 | 28 | 92 |
| 36 | Philipp Mölter (CZE) | – | – | 24 | – | – | 27 | – | – | 77 |
| 37 | Joseph Luke Cecchini (ITA) | dsq | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 68 |
| 38 | Ronald Auderset (SUI) | 27 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 64 |
| 39 | Konstantin Khoroshko (RUS) | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | – | – | 62 |
| 40 | Evan Neufeldt (AUT) | – | – | – | – | – | - | – | 23 | 50 |
| 41 | Nicholas Timmings (AUS) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | – | 50 |
| 42 | Artem Drozdov (RUS) | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | – | – | 40 |
* (*Champion 2016)

### Women

| Pos. | Racer | WHI | LPL | ALT | WIN | STM | KON | IGL | PYE | Points |
| 1 | Jacqueline Lölling (GER) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1591 |
| 2 | Tina Hermann (GER)* | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1493 |
| 3 | Mirela Rahneva (CAN) | 5 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1475 |
| 4 | Janine Flock (AUT) | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 1449 |
| 5 | Elisabeth Vathje (CAN) | 1 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1386 |
| 6 | Laura Deas (GBR) | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1240 |
| 7 | Lelde Priedulēna (LAT) | 9 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 1224 |
| 8 | Anna Fernstädt (GER) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | – | 7 | 1192 |
| 9 | Lizzy Yarnold (GBR) | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 11 | – | 4 | 1162 |
| 10 | Anne O'Shea (USA) | 6 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 1058 |
| 11 | Jane Channell (CAN) | 16 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 1040 |
| 12 | Kimberley Bos (NED) | 20 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 5 | – | 13 | 3 | 988 |
| 13 | Kendall Wesenberg (USA) | 19 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 950 |
| 14 | Elena Nikitina (RUS) | 17 | 18 | – | 18 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 814 |
| 15 | Kim Meylemans (BEL) | dnf | 21 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 766 |
| 16 | Katie Uhlaender (USA) | – | – | 12 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 756 |
| 17 | Maria Orlova (RUS) | 13 | 9 | – | 19 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 732 |
| 18 | Jaclyn Narracott (AUS) | 21 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 708 |
| 19 | Joska le Conte (NED) | 18 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 680 |
| 20 | Marina Gilardoni (SUI) | 14 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 13 | – | – | 20 | 660 |
| 21 | Yulia Kanakina (RUS) | 12 | 20 | 7 | 16 | 21 | – | – | 17 | 610 |
| 22 | Nozomi Komuro (JPN) | – | – | 21 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 21 | 22 | 432 |
| 23 | Maria Montejano (ESP) | 24 | 25 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 429 |
| 24 | Katie Tannenbaum (ISV) | 22 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 404 |
| 25 | Savannah Graybill (USA) | 10 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 248 |
| 26 | Takako Oguchi (JPN) | 15 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 178 |
| 27 | Mun Ra-young (KOR) | 23 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 156 |
| 28 | Renata Khuzina (RUS) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | – | 104 |
| 29 | Donna Creighton (GBR) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | – | 96 |
| 30 | Alina Tararychenkova (RUS) | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | – | – | 68 |
| 31 | Johanna Balassa (AUT) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | – | 56 |
* (*Champion 2016)