# 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup

The 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi-race series over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 9 November 2017 in Lake Placid, USA and ended on 21 January 2018 in Königssee, Germany. The World Cup is 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 2017/18 season.
| Venue | Date | Details |
| Lake Placid | 9–10 November 2017 | No Four-man race. Double race for two-man. |
| Park City | 17–18 November 2017 | No Two-man race. Double race for four-man. |
| Whistler | 24–25 November 2017 | |
| Winterberg | 8–10 December 2017 | |
| Igls | 15–17 December 2017 | also European Championship |
| Altenberg | 5–7 January 2018 | |
| St. Moritz | 12-14 January 2018 | |
| Königssee | 19–21 January 2018 | |

## Results
### Two-man

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Lake Placid 1 | Nico Walther Christian Poser Germany | 1:51.92 (55.71 / 56.21) | Nick Cunningham Ryan Bailey United States | 1:52.03 (55.80 / 56.23) | Codie Bascue Carlo Valdes United States | 1:52.07 (55.88 / 56.19) |
| Lake Placid 2 | Codie Bascue Samuel McGuffie United States | 1:51.73 (55.74 / 55.99) | Justin Kripps Alexander Kopacz Canada | 1:51.84 (55.79 / 56.05) | Justin Olsen Evan Weinstock United States | 1:52.13 (55.96 / 56.17) |
| Whistler | Chris Spring Neville Wright Canada | 1:44.17 (51.84 / 52.33) | Justin Kripps Alexander Kopacz Canada | 1:44.19 (52.02 / 52.17) | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Latvia | 1:44.26 (52.00 / 52.26) |
| Winterberg | Clemens Bracher Michael Kuonen Switzerland | 1:51.64 (55.87 / 55.77) | Chris Spring Neville Wright Canada | 1:51.76 (55.92 / 55.84) | | |
| Winterberg | Clemens Bracher Michael Kuonen Switzerland | 1:51.64 (55.87 / 55.77) | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:51.76 (55.96 / 55.80) | | |
| Igls | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:43.71 (51.89 / 51.82) | Justin Kripps Jesse Lumsden Canada | 1:43.98 (52.00 / 51.98) | Clemens Bracher Michael Kuonen Switzerland | 1:44.11 (52.09 / 52.02) |
| Altenberg | Justin Kripps Alexander Kopacz Canada | 1:49.21 (54.49 / 54.72) | Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp Germany | 1:49.30 (54.55 / 54.75) | Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis Latvia | 1:49.72 (54.79 / 54.93) |
| St. Moritz | Nico Walther Christian Poser Germany | 2:10.72 (1:05.62 / 1:05.10) | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Germany | 2:10.77 (1:05.58 / 1:05.19) | Johannes Lochner Christopher Weber Germany | 2:10.93 (1:05.66 / 1:05.27) |
| Königssee | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:38.97 (49.57 / 49.40) | Johannes Lochner Christopher Weber Germany | 1:39.37 (49.69 / 49.68) | Justin Kripps Alexander Kopacz Canada | 1:39.41 (49.85 / 49.56) |

### Four-man

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Park City 1 | Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Christian Poser Eric Franke Germany | 1:36.80 (48.37 / 48.43) | Justin Kripps Lascelles Brown Ben Coakwell Neville Wright Canada | 1:36.83 (48.54 / 48.29) | Chris Spring Jesse Lumsden Alexander Kopacz Oluseyi Smith Canada | 1:36.86 (48.43 / 48.43) |
| Park City 2 | Johannes Lochner Marc Rademacher Christopher Weber Christian Rasp Germany | 1:35.44 (47.60 / 47.84) | Codie Bascue Nathan Weber Carlo Valdes Sam McGuffie United States | 1:35.49 (47.54 / 47.95) | Bradley Hall Bruce Tasker Joel Fearon Greg Cackett Great Britain | 1:35.56 (47.37 / 48.19) |
| Whistler | Alexander Kasjanov Ilvir Huzin Vasiliy Kondratenko Aleksei Pushkarev Russia | 1:41.89 (50.68 / 51.21) | Lamin Deen Ben Simons Toby Olubi Andrew Matthews Great Britain | 1:42.17 (50.66 / 51.51) | Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Kevin Korona Eric Franke Germany | 1:42.37 (50.81 / 51.56) |
| Winterberg | Johannes Lochner Joshua Bluhm Christopher Weber Christian Rasp Germany | 1:49.03 (54.36 / 54.67) | Nico Walther Marko Hübenbecker Kevin Korona Eric Franke Germany | 1:49.26 (54.48 / 54.78) | Francesco Friedrich Jannis Bäcker Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:49.36 (54.51 / 54.85) |
| Igls | Johannes Lochner Marc Rademacher Joshua Bluhm Christian Rasp Germany | 1:42.45 (51.34 / 51.11) | Justin Kripps Alexander Kopacz Jesse Lumsden Oluseyi Smith Canada | 1:42.60 (51.35 / 51.25) | Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:42.65 (51.26 / 51.39) |
| Altenberg | Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Christian Poser Eric Franke Germany | 1:48.79 (54.17 / 54.62) | Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:48.84 (54.33 / 54.51) | Oskars Ķibermanis Jānis Jansons Matīss Miknis Intars Dambis Latvia | 1:49.03 (54.30 / 54.73) |
| St. Moritz | Johannes Lochner Sebastian Mrowka Joshua Bluhm Christian Rasp Germany | 2:08.42 (1:04.26 / 1:04.16) | Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis Germany | 2:08.56 (1:04.41 / 1:04.15) | Chris Spring Bryan Barnett Lascelles Brown Neville Wright Canada | 2:08.95 (1:04.54 / 1:04.41) |
| Königssee | Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Alexander Rödiger Eric Franke Germany | 1:37.21 (48.51 / 48.70) | Benjamin Maier Kilian Walch Markus Sammer Dănuț Moldovan Austria | 1:37.57 (48.83 / 48.74) | | |
| Königssee | Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Alexander Rödiger Eric Franke Germany | 1:37.21 (48.51 / 48.70) | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga Latvia | 1:37.57 (48.84 / 48.73) | | |

### Two-woman

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Lake Placid | Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz Canada | 1:54.40 (56.96 / 57.44) | Elana Meyers Taylor Lauren Gibbs United States | 1:54.43 (57.07 / 57.36) | Stephanie Schneider Lisa Marie Buckwitz Germany | 1:54.60 (57.10 / 57.50) |
| Park City | Jamie Greubel Poser Lauren Gibbs United States | 1:40.72 (50.32 / 50.40) | Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz Canada | 1:40.82 (50.42 / 50.40) | Elana Meyers Taylor Lolo Jones United States | 1:40.99 (50.49 / 50.50) |
| Whistler | Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz Canada | 1:46.67 (53.15 / 53.52) | Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans United States | 1:47.15 (53.30 / 53.85) | Elana Meyers Taylor Kehri Jones United States | 1:47.50 (53.52 / 53.98) |
| Winterberg | Stephanie Schneider Lisa Marie Buckwitz Germany | 1:54.90 (57.61 / 57.29) | Elana Meyers Taylor Lauren Gibbs United States | 1:55.16 (57.88 / 57.28) | Mariama Jamanka Annika Drazek Germany | 1:55.18 (57.72 / 57.46) |
| Igls | Stephanie Schneider Annika Drazek Germany | 1:46.28 (53.18 / 53.10) | Elana Meyers Taylor Kehri Jones United States | 1:46.64 (53.42 / 53.22) | Mariama Jamanka Lisa Marie Buckwitz Germany | 1:46.65 (53.47 / 53.18) |
| Altenberg | Kaillie Humphries Phylicia George Canada | 1:52.62 (56.22 / 56.40) | Jamie Greubel Poser Aja Evans United States | 1:53.31 (56.66 / 56.65) | Anna Köhler Annika Drazek Germany | 1:53.52 (56.75 / 56.77) |
| St. Moritz | Elana Meyers Taylor Lolo Jones United States | 2:15.27 (1:07.87 / 1:07.40) | Mariama Jamanka Annika Drazek Germany | 2:15.48 (1:07.98 / 1:07.50) | Stephanie Schneider Lisa Marie Buckwitz Germany | 2:15.76 (1:08.20 / 1:07.56) |
| Königssee | Stephanie Schneider Annika Drazek Germany | 1:41.35 (50.78 / 50.57) | Kaillie Humphries Phylicia George Canada | 1:41.64 (50.91 / 50.73) | Elana Meyers Taylor Lauren Gibbs United States | 1:41.67 (50.83 / 50.84) |

## Standings
### Two-man

| Pos. | Racer | LPL1 | LPL2 | WHI | WIN | IGL | ALT | STM | KON | Points |
| 1 | Justin Kripps (CAN) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1631 |
| 2 | Francesco Friedrich (GER) | 9 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1504 |
| 3 | Chris Spring (CAN) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 1347 |
| 4 | Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT) | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1336 |
| 5 | Nico Walther (GER) | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 | DSQ | 1 | 4 | 1250 |
| 6 | Johannes Lochner (GER) | 12 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1240 |
| 7 | Rico Peter (SUI) | 5 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 1176 |
| 8 | Oskars Melbārdis (LAT) | 14 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 1130 |
| 9 | Nick Poloniato (CAN) | 13 | 12 | 7 | 5 | DSQ | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1096 |
| 10 | Alexander Kasjanov (RUS) | 11 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 1014 |
| 11 | Benjamin Maier (AUT) | 16 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1014 |
| 12 | Alexey Stulnev (RUS) | 18 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 980 |
| 13 | Codie Bascue (USA) | 3 | 1 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 961 |
| 14 | Uģis Žaļims (LAT) | 17 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 871 |
| 15 | Nick Cunningham (USA) | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 5 | – | – | – | 802 |
| 16 | Justin Olsen (USA) | 6 | 3 | – | 22 | 13 | – | 14 | 19 | 738 |
| 17 | Clemens Bracher (SUI) | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | 16 | 9 | 673 |
| 18 | Maxim Andrianov (RUS) | 21 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 24 | 21 | 647 |
| 19 | Brad Hall (GBR) | 19 | DNF | 13 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 617 |
| 20 | Romain Heinrich (FRA) | – | – | – | 23 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 482 |
| 21 | Won Yun-jong (KOR) | 10 | 13 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 440 |
| 22 | Mateusz Luty (POL) | – | – | – | 15 | 22 | 9 | 12 | – | 440 |
| 23 | Markus Treichl (AUT) | – | – | – | 21 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 440 |
| 24 | Dominik Dvořák (CZE) | – | – | – | 13 | 12 | 15 | – | 18 | 432 |
| 25 | Ivo de Bruin (NED) | 20 | 23 | 20 | 26 | DSQ | – | 22 | 11 | 414 |
| 26 | Rudy Rinaldi (MON) | 15 | 14 | 22 | – | 23 | – | – | – | 322 |
| 27 | Simone Bertazzo (ITA) | 22 | 24 | 25 | 27 | – | 20 | 23 | – | 291 |
| 28 | Jan Vrba (CZE) | – | – | – | 20 | – | 19 | 25 | 20 | 250 |
| 29 | Loic Costerg (FRA) | 25 | 22 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | 224 |
| 30 | Bruce Tasker (GBR) | 26 | 25 | 27 | 25 | 20 | – | – | – | 216 |
| 31 | Kim Dong-hyun (KOR) | 24 | 19 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | 199 |
| 32 | Beat Hefti (SUI) | 23 | 16 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | 196 |
| 33 | Patrick Baumgartner (ITA) | 27 | 26 | 26 | 30 | – | DNS | – | – | 124 |
| 34 | Lucas Mata (AUS) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | – | 62 |
| 35 | Hunter Church (USA) | – | – | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | 45 |
| 36 | Vuk Rađenović (SRB) | – | – | – | 28 | – | – | – | – | 28 |
| 37 | Dorin Alexandru Grigore (ROU) | – | – | – | 29 | – | – | – | – | 24 |
| 38 | Lamin Deen (GBR) | – | – | – | – | – | DSQ | – | – | 0 |

### Four-man

| Pos. | Racer | PAC1 | PAC2 | WHI | WIN | IGL | ALT | STM | KON | Points |
| 1 | Johannes Lochner (GER) | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1652 |
| 2 | Francesco Friedrich (GER) | 9 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1468 |
| 3 | Nico Walther (GER) | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | DSQ | 1 | 1421 |
| 4 | Justin Kripps (CAN) | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 1420 |
| 5 | Oskars Melbārdis (LAT) | 4 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1322 |
| 6 | Chris Spring (CAN) | 3 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 1288 |
| 7 | Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT) | 16 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1280 |
| 8 | Codie Bascue (USA) | 7 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 1266 |
| 9 | Alexander Kasjanov (RUS) | 10 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 1217 |
| 10 | Benjamin Maier (AUT) | 15 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1186 |
| 11 | Lamin Deen (GBR) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 1086 |
| 12 | Brad Hall (GBR) | 22 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 22 | 952 |
| 13 | Rico Peter (SUI) | 14 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 916 |
| 14 | Alexey Stulnev (RUS) | 12 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 882 |
| 15 | Loic Costerg (FRA) | 17 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 860 |
| 16 | Nick Poloniato (CAN) | 6 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 844 |
| 17 | Maxim Andrianov (RUS) | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 776 |
| 18 | Ivo de Bruin (NED) | 19 | 18 | 17 | 25 | 21 | – | 17 | 16 | 528 |
| 19 | Simone Bertazzo (ITA) | 20 | 20 | 19 | 15 | – | 10 | 20 | – | 526 |
| 20 | Justin Olsen (USA) | DSQ | 15 | – | 23 | 19 | – | 11 | 9 | 516 |
| 21 | Markus Treichl (AUT) | – | – | – | 24 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 435 |
| 22 | Nick Cunningham (USA) | 12 | 16 | – | 20 | 23 | – | – | – | 342 |
| 23 | Clemens Bracher (SUI) | – | – | – | 17 | 22 | – | 18 | 17 | 312 |
| 24 | Dominik Dvořák (CZE) | – | – | – | 21 | 20 | 17 | – | 20 | 286 |
| 25 | Won Yun-jong (KOR) | 11 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 280 |
| 26 | Patrick Baumgartner (ITA) | 23 | 24 | 18 | 27 | – | 22 | – | – | 263 |
| 27 | Mateusz Luty (POL) | – | – | – | 19 | 24 | 18 | 23 | – | 249 |
| 28 | Beat Hefti (SUI) | 18 | 22 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | 198 |
| 29 | Jan Vrba (CZE) | – | – | – | 26 | – | 16 | 24 | DSQ | 177 |
| 30 | Rudy Rinaldi (MON) | – | – | – | – | DNS | – | 8 | – | 160 |
| 31 | Dorin Alexandru Grigore (ROU) | – | – | – | 28 | – | – | – | 23 | 78 |
| 32 | Hunter Church (USA) | – | – | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | 56 |
| 33 | Maria Constantin (ROU) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 45 |
| 34 | Lucas Mata (AUS) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | – | 40 |
| 35 | Elana Meyers (USA) | – | – | – | – | 25 | – | – | – | 40 |
| 36 | Vuk Rađenović (SRB) | – | – | – | 29 | – | – | – | – | 24 |

### Two-woman

| Pos. | Racer | LPL | PAC | WHI | WIN | IGL | ALT | STM | KON | Points |
| 1 | Kaillie Humphries (CAN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1631 |
| 2 | Elana Meyers Taylor (USA) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1591 |
| 3 | Mariama Jamanka (GER) | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1538 |
| 4 | Jamie Poser Greubel (USA) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1493 |
| 5 | Stephanie Schneider (GER) | 3 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 1 | DNF | 3 | 1 | 1335 |
| 6 | Alysia Rissling (CAN) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1288 |
| 7 | Anna Köhler (GER) | 12 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 1160 |
| 8 | Nadezhda Sergeeva (RUS) | 11 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1112 |
| 9 | Sabina Hafner (SUI) | 15 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1064 |
| 10 | Christine de Bruin (CAN) | 6 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 1022 |
| 11 | Elfje Willemsen (BEL) | 13 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 1020 |
| 12 | Mica McNeill (GBR) | 8 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 17 | 1000 |
| 13 | Christina Hengster (AUT) | DNF | 10 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 960 |
| 14 | Aleksandra Rodionova (RUS) | 10 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 21 | 922 |
| 15 | Brittany Reinbolt (USA) | 9 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 8 | – | 15 | – | 802 |
| 16 | An Vannieuwenhuyse (BEL) | 16 | 12 | 23 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 780 |
| 17 | Maria Adela Constantin (ROU) | 14 | 18 | 13 | 15 | – | 15 | 12 | 16 | 744 |
| 18 | Jazmine Fenlator (JAM) | – | – | – | 7 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 640 |
| 19 | Katrin Beierl (AUT) | – | – | – | 5 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 624 |
| 20 | Andreea Grecu (ROU) | 17 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 17 | – | 22 | 20 | 620 |
| 21 | Maria Oshigiri (JPN) | 19 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 592 |
| 22 | Konomi Asazu (JPN) | 18 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 23 | 22 | 524 |
| 23 | Martina Fontanive (SUI) | – | – | – | 18 | – | 19 | 5 | 10 | 482 |
| 24 | Lee Seon-hye (KOR) | – | – | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | 104 |
| 25 | Heather Susanne Paes (BRA) | – | – | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | 80 |
| 26 | Kim Yoo-ran (KOR) | – | – | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | 56 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 14 | 8 | 9 | 31 |
| 2 | Canada | 5 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 24 | 26 | 22 | 72 |