# 2008–09 Skeleton World Cup

The 2008–09 Skeleton World Cup is a multi-race tournament over a season for skeleton. The season started on November 28, 2008, in Winterberg and ended on February 12, 2009, in Park City, Utah. The World Cup is organised by the FIBT who also run world cups and championships in bobsleigh.

## Calendar

| Venue | Dates | Dates | Details |
| Venue | Men | Women | Details |
| Winterberg | November 28, 2008 | November 28, 2008 | |
| Altenberg | December 5, 2008 | December 5, 2008 | |
| Igls | December 13, 2008 | December 12, 2008 | |
| Cesana Pariol | December 19, 2008 | December 19, 2008 | Cancelled to excessive snowfall (2,5 meters) |
| Königssee | January 9, 2009 | January 9, 2009 | |
| Sankt Moritz | January 17, 2009 | January 16, 2009 | FIBT European Championship 2009 |
| Whistler | February 5, 2009 | February 5, 2009 | |
| Park City | February 12, 2009 | February 12, 2009 | |
| Lake Placid | February 27–28, 2009 | February 26–27, 2009 | FIBT World Championships 2009 |

## Results
### Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Winterberg | Florian Grassl Germany | 1:54.13 (56.97/57.16) | Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia | 1:54.16 (56.88/57.28) | Martins Dukurs Latvia | 1:54.42 (57.06/57.36) |
| Altenberg | Frank Rommel Germany | 1:57.41 (57.72/59.69) | Martins Dukurs Latvia | 1:57.53 (57.57/59.96) | Sandro Stielicke Germany | 1:57.77 (57.89/59.88) |
| Igls | Frank Rommel Germany | 1:46.01 (52.98/53.03) | Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia | 1:46.26 (52.93/53.33) | Martins Dukurs Latvia | 1:46.38 (53.07/53.31) |
| Königssee | Frank Rommel Germany | 1:34.91 (47.44/47.47) | Florian Grassl Germany | 1:35.91 (47.85/48.06) | Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia | 1:36.03 (48.20/47.83) |
| St. Moritz | Frank Rommel Germany | 2:15.77 (1:08.08/1:07.69) | Kristan Bromley United Kingdom | 2:16.74 (1:08.37/1:08.37) | Gregor Stähli Switzerland | 2:16.79 (1:08.36/1:08.43) |
| Whistler | Jon Montgomery Canada | 1:47.67 (53.68/53.99) | Gregor Stähli Switzerland | 1:48.06 (53.69/54.37) | Jeff Pain Canada Matthew Antoine United States | 1:48.19 (53.67/54.52) 1:48.19 (53.83/54.36) |
| Park City | Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia | 1:38.82 (49.49/49.33) | Eric Bernotas United States | 1:38.85 (49.26/49.59) | Frank Rommel Germany | 1:38.88 (49.35/49.53) |
| Park City | Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia | 1:39.33 (49.66/49.67) | Florian Grassl Germany | 1:39.40 (49.83/49.57) | Frank Rommel Germany | 1:39.56 (49.73/49.83) |
| Lake Placid | FIBT World Championships 2009 | FIBT World Championships 2009 | FIBT World Championships 2009 | FIBT World Championships 2009 | FIBT World Championships 2009 | FIBT World Championships 2009 |

### Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Winterberg | Anja Huber Germany | 1:57.72 (58.80/58.92) | Kerstin Szymkowiak Germany | 1:57.74 (58.75/58.99) | Mellisa Hollingsworth Canada | 1:58.38 (59.03/59.35) |
| Altenberg | Anja Huber Germany | 1:59.82 (59.26/1:00.56) | Kerstin Szymkowiak Germany | 1:59.95 (59.26/1:00.69) | Maya Pedersen Switzerland | 2:00.81 (59.67/1:01.14) |
| Igls | Shelley Rudman United Kingdom | 1:49.75 (55.10/54.65) | Kerstin Szymkowiak Germany | 1:49.83 (55.16/54.67) | Svetlana Trunova Russia | 1:50.00 (55.11/54.89) |
| Königssee | Anja Huber Germany | 1:38.85 (49.55/49.30) | Shelley Rudman United Kingdom | 1:39.09 (49.84/49.25) | Marion Trott Germany | 1:39.20 (49.65/49.55) |
| St. Moritz | Shelley Rudman United Kingdom | 2:20.50 (1:10.53/1:09.97) | Mellisa Hollingsworth Canada | 2:20.59 (1:10.43/1:10.16) | Michelle Kelly Canada | 2:21.68 (1:10.95/1:10.73) |
| Whistler | Marion Trott Germany | 1:49.86 (54.90/54.96) | Amy Williams United Kingdom | 1:50.39 (54.95/55.44) | Anja Huber Germany | 1:50.71 (55.26/55.45) |
| Park City | Mellisa Hollingsworth Canada | 1:41.62 (50.89/50.89) | Marion Trott Germany | 1:41.83 (50.94/50.89) | Noelle Pikus-Pace United States | 1:41.89 (51.02/50.87) |
| Park City | Marion Trott Germany | 1:41.28 (50.51/50.77) | Katie Uhlaender United States | 1:41.59 (50.69/50.90) | Mellisa Hollingsworth Canada | 1:41.62 (50.89/50.73) |
| Lake Placid | FIBT World Championships 2009 | FIBT World Championships 2009 | FIBT World Championships 2009 | FIBT World Championships 2009 | FIBT World Championships 2009 | FIBT World Championships 2009 |

## Standings
### Men's

| Pos. | Skeletoner | WIN | ALT | IGL | KÖN | SMO | WHI | PAR | PAR | Points |
| 1 | Aleksandr Tretyakov | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1526 |
| 2. | Florian Grassl | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1453 |
| 3. | Frank Rommel | dsq | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1436 |
| 4. | Jeff Pain | 5 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1384 |
| 5. | Gregor Stähli | 4 | 5 | 5 | | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1314 |
| 6. | Martins Dukurs | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1282 |
| 7. | Sergey Chudinov | 11 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1256 |
| 8. | Jon Montgomery | 7 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 1209 |
| 9. | Kristan Bromley | 7 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 1178 |
| 10. | Eric Bernotas | 7 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 1160 |
| 11. | Zach Lund | 10 | 8 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1132 |
| 12. | Sandro Stielicke | 6 | 3 | 14 | 5 | | 5 | 15 | 21 | 1022 |
| 13. | Anthony Sawyer | 17 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 902 |
| 14. | Matthew Antoine | | | | 8 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 832 |
| 15. | Pascal Oswald | 12 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 794 |
| 16. | Tomass Dukurs | 14 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 761 |
| 17. | Kazuhiro Koshi | 22 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 744 |
| 18. | Matthias Guggenberger | 18 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 714 |
| 19. | Keith Loach | | | | 10 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 648 |
| 20. | Andy Wood | | | | 24 | 11 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 388 |
| 21. | Ben Sandford | 14 | 15 | | | 26 | 18 | 22 | | 388 |

### Women's

| Pos. | Skeletoner | WIN | ALT | IGL | KÖN | SMO | WHI | PAR | PAR | Points |
| 1. | Marion Trott | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1572 |
| 2. | Shelley Rudman | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1468 |
| 3. | Katie Uhlaender | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1466 |
| 4. | Anja Huber | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1459 |
| 5. | Amy Williams | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1402 |
| 6. | Maya Pedersen | 8 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1328 |
| 7. | Mellisa Hollingsworth | 3 | dns | 9 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1315 |
| 8. | Noelle Pikus-Pace | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1256 |
| 9. | Michelle Kelly | 8 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 1176 |
| 10. | Kerstin Szymkowiak | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1158 |
| 11. | Emma Lincoln-Smith | 14 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 1072 |
| 12. | Svetlana Trunova | 13 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 1066 |
| 13. | Tionette Stoddard | 16 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 928 |
| 14. | Michelle Steele | 19 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 850 |
| 15. | Sarah Reid | 12 | 8 | 20 | 14 | | 14 | 12 | 14 | 820 |
| 16. | Courtney Yamada | 11 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 14 | | 11 | | 736 |
| 17. | Jessica Kilian | 17 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 722 |
| 18. | Louise Corcoran | 20 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 560 |
| 19. | Joska Le Conté | 22 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 506 |
| 20. | Olga Korobkina | | | | 17 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 480 |