2015–16 Bobsleigh World Cup

2015–16 Bobsleigh World CupWinners

Two-man|  Won Yun-jong (KOR)
Four-man|  Maximilian Arndt (GER)
Two-woman|  Kaillie Humphries (CAN)
Competitions
Venues| 7 (8 events)

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The 2015–16 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 27 November 2015 in Altenberg, Germany and ended on 28 February 2016 in Königssee, Germany. 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

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Below is the schedule of the 2015/16 season.[1]

Venue  | Date  | Details

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Altenberg | 27–29 November 2015  |
Winterberg | 5–6 December 2015  |
Königssee | 11–13 December 2015  |
Lake Placid | 8–9 January 2016  |
Park City | 15–16 January 2016  | No Two-man race. Double race for four-man.
Whistler | 22–23 January 2016  | No Four-man race. Double race for two-man.
St. Moritz | 6–7 February 2016  |
Königssee | 26–28 February 2016  |

## Results

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### Two-man

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Event: | Gold: | Time  | Silver: | Time  | Bronze: | Time

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Altenberg | Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
Germany | 1:52.56
(55.92 / 56.64) | Oskars Melbārdis
Daumants Dreiškens
Latvia | 1:53.02
(55.80 / 57.22) | Won Yun-jong
Seo Young-woo
South Korea | 1:53.04
(55.96 / 57.08)
Winterberg | Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
Germany | 1:50.37
(55.02 / 55.35) | Oskars Melbārdis
Daumants Dreiškens
Latvia | 1:50.50
(55.19 / 55.31) | Won Yun-jong
Seo Young-woo
South Korea | 1:50.71
(55.30 / 55.41)
Königssee | Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
Germany | 1:38.77
(49.29 / 49.48) | Oskars Melbārdis
Daumants Dreiškens
Latvia | 1:39.05
(49.48 / 49.57) | Nico Walther
Marko Hübenbecker
Germany | 1:39.50
(49.57 / 49.93)
Lake Placid | Steven Holcomb
Carlo Valdes
United States | 1:51.00
(55.48 / 55.52) | Nico Walther
Christian Poser
Germany | 1:51.11
(55.37 / 55.74) | Won Yun-jong
Seo Young-woo
South Korea | 1:51.12
(55.42 / 55.70)
Whistler
(1st race)  | Rico Peter
Thomas Amrhein
Switzerland
Won Yun-jong
Seo Young-woo
South Korea | 1:43.41
(51.70 / 51.71)
1:43.41
(51.63 / 51.78) |  |  | Alexander Kasjanov
Aleksei Pushkarev
Russia | 1:43.42
(51.61 / 51.81)
Whistler
(2nd race)  | Christopher Spring
Lascelles Brown
Canada | 1:42.76
(51.35 / 51.41) | Uģis Žaļims
Intars Dambis
Latvia | 1:42.96
(51.43 / 51.53) | Alexander Kasjanov
Aleksei Pushkarev
Russia | 1:43.00
(51.31 / 51.69)
St. Moritz | Beat Hefti
Alex Baumann
Switzerland | 2:12.60
(1:06.17 / 1:06.43) | Steven Holcomb
Carlo Valdes
United States | 2:12.78
(1:06.38 / 1:06.40) | Nico Walther
Christian Poser
Germany | 2:12.80
(1:06.49 / 1:06.31)
Königssee | Won Yun-jong
Seo Young-woo
South Korea | 1:39.50
(49.59 / 49.91) | Beat Hefti
Alex Baumann
Switzerland | 1:39.55
(49.61 / 49.94) | Francesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
Germany | 1:39.65
(49.70 / 49.95)

### Four-man

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Event: | Gold: | Time  | Silver: | Time  | Bronze: | Time

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Altenberg | Francesco Friedrich
Martin Putze
Jannis Bäcker
Thorsten Margis
Germany | 1:51.79
(55.81 / 55.98) | Nico Walther
Marko Hübenbecker
Christian Poser
Eric Franke
Germany | 1:51.88
(55.65 / 56.23) | Maximilian Arndt
Kevin Kuske
Ben Heber
Kevin Korona
Germany | 1:52.03
(55.75 / 56.28)
Winterberg | Francesco Friedrich
Martin Putze
Jannis Bäcker
Thorsten Margis
Germany | 1:50.58
(55.35 / 55.23) | Maximilian Arndt
Kevin Kuske
Alexander Rödiger
Ben Heber
Germany | 1:50.63
(55.28 / 55.35) | Nico Walther
Marko Hübenbecker
Christian Poser
Philipp Wobeto
Germany | 1:50.74
(55.36 / 55.38)
Königssee | Nico Walther
Gregor Bermbach
Marko Hübenbecker
Eric Franke
Germany | 1:37.57
(48.83 / 48.74) | Maximilian Arndt
Kevin Kuske
Martin Putze
Kevin Korona
Germany | 1:37.75
(48.89 / 48.86) | Rico Peter
Thomas Amrhein
Bror van der Zijde
Simon Friedli
Switzerland | 1:37.95
(48.95 / 49.00)
Lake Placid | Maximilian Arndt
Martin Putze
Ben Heber
Kevin Korona
Germany | 1:49.70
(54.49 / 55.21) | Alexander Kasjanov
Aleksei Pushkarev
Ilvir Huzin
Aleksey Zaytsev
Russia | 1:49.98
(54.68 / 55.30) | Justin Kripps
Derek Plug
Ben Coakwell
Alexander Kopacz
Canada | 1:50.07
(54.73 / 55.34)
Park City
(1st race)  | Alexander Kasjanov
Ilvir Huzin
Aleksei Pushkarev
Aleksey Zaytsev
Russia | 1:36.20
(47.90 / 48.30) | Maximilian Arndt
Alexander Rödiger
Ben Heber
Kevin Korona
Germany | 1:36.24
(47.97 / 48.27) | Rico Peter
Fabio Badraun
Thomas Amrhein
Simon Friedli
Switzerland | 1:36.42
(48.00 / 48.42)
Park City
(2nd race)  | Nico Walther
Marko Hübenbecker
Christian Poser
Eric Franke
Germany | 1:36.38
(48.08 / 48.30) | Maximilian Arndt
Martin Putze
Ben Heber
Kevin Korona
Germany | 1:36.40
(48.10 / 48.30) | Rico Peter
Fabio Badraun
Thomas Amrhein
Bror van der Zijde
Switzerland | 1:36.46
(48.23 / 48.23)
St. Moritz | Maximilian Arndt
Kevin Korona
Martin Putze
Ben Heber
Germany | 2:11.88
(1:05.63 / 1:06.25) | Benjamin Maier
Marco Rangl
Markus Sammer
Dănuț Moldovan
Austria | 2:12.06
(1:06.10 / 1:05.96) | Oskars Melbārdis
Daumants Dreiškens
Arvis Vilkaste
Jānis Strenga
Latvia | 2:12.15
(1:06.00 / 1:06.15)
Königssee | Maximilian Arndt
Alexander Rödiger
Kevin Kuske
Martin Putze
Germany | 1:38.15
(49.07 / 49.08) | Benjamin Maier
Marco Rangl
Markus Sammer
Dănuț Moldovan
Austria | 1:38.28
(49.11 / 49.17) | Francesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
Martin Grothkopp
Thorsten Margis
Germany | 1:38.39
(49.14 / 49.25)

### Two-woman

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Event: | Gold: | Time  | Silver: | Time  | Bronze: | Time

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Altenberg | Kaillie Humphries
Melissa Lotholz
Canada | 1:53.67
(56.77 / 56.90) | Elfje Willemsen
Sophie Vercruyssen
Belgium | 1:54.41
(57.31 / 57.10) | Jamie Greubel Poser
Lauren Gibbs
United States
Christina Hengster
Sanne Dekker
Austria | 1:54.72
(57.44 / 57.28)

1:54.72
(57.26 / 57.46)
Winterberg | Jamie Greubel Poser
Cherrelle Garrett
United States | 1:53.74
(56.74 / 57.00) | Elana Meyers Taylor
Kehri Jones
United States | 1:53.89
(56.92 / 56.97) | Kaillie Humphries
Melissa Lotholz
Canada | 1:54.09
(56.95 / 57.14)
Königssee | Kaillie Humphries
Melissa Lotholz
Canada | 1:41.21
(50.55 / 50.66) | Elfje Willemsen
Sophie Vercruyssen
Belgium | 1:41.74
(50.82 / 50.92) | Jamie Greubel Poser
Lauren Gibbs
United States | 1:41.85
(50.88 / 50.97)
Lake Placid | Jamie Greubel Poser
Cherrelle Garrett
United States | 1:53.48
(56.55 / 56.93) | Kaillie Humphries
Melissa Lotholz
Canada | 1:53.91
(56.74 / 57.17) | Christina Hengster
Sanne Dekker
Austria | 1:54.30
(56.97 / 57.33)
Park City | Kaillie Humphries
Melissa Lotholz
Canada | 1:40.38
(50.29 / 50.09) | Christina Hengster
Sanne Dekker
Austria | 1:40.54
(50.27 / 50.27) | Jamie Greubel Poser
Lauren Gibbs
United States | 1:40.85
(50.36 / 50.49)
Whistler | Kaillie Humphries
Melissa Lotholz
Canada | 1:45.37
(52.71 / 52.66) | Jamie Greubel Poser
Cherrelle Garrett
United States | 1:45.52
(52.77 / 52.75) | Christina Hengster
Sanne Dekker
Austria | 1:45.64
(52.81 / 52.83)
St. Moritz | Elana Meyers Taylor
Lauren Gibbs
United States | 2:16.53
(1:08.39 / 1:08.14) | Anja Schneiderheinze
Annika Drazek
Germany | 2:16.91
(1:08.74 / 1:08.17) | Kaillie Humphries
Melissa Lotholz
Canada | 2:17.29
(1:09.10 / 1:08.19)
Königssee | Elana Meyers Taylor
Kehri Jones
United States | 1:41.80
(50.83 / 50.97) | Kaillie Humphries
Melissa Lotholz
Canada | 1:41.83
(50.80 / 51.03) | Anja Schneiderheinze
Annika Drazek
Germany | 1:42.02
(50.98 / 51.04)

## Standings

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### Two-men

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Pos.  | Racer  |  ALT |  WIN |  KON1 |  LPL |  WHI1 |  WHI2 |  STM |  KON2 | Points

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1  |  Won Yun-jong (KOR) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1562
2  |  Nico Walther (GER) | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1450
3  |  Uģis Žaļims (LAT) | 8 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1410
4  |  Rico Peter (SUI) | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 1337
5  |  Oskars Melbārdis (LAT) | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1334
6  |  Francesco Friedrich (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | dnf | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1275
7  |  Justin Kripps (CAN) | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 7 | 1256
8  |  Steven Holcomb (USA) | 12 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 1243
9  |  Alexander Kasjanov (RUS) | 10 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1232
10  |  Maximilian Arndt (GER) | 4 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | – | 1144
11  |  Alexey Stulnev (RUS) | 18 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 1016
12  |  Nick Cunningham (USA) | 19 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 1012
13  |  Chris Spring (CAN) | 21 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 985
14  |  Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT) | 9 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 944
15  |  Simone Bertazzo (ITA) | 14 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 820
16  |  Kim Dong-hyun (KOR) | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 11 | dsq | 22 | 18 | 752
17  |  Beat Hefti (SUI) | 11 | 17 | 18 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 739
18  |  Nikita Zakharov (RUS) | - | 14 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 14 | – | – | 514
19  |  Benjamin Maier (AUT) | 20 | 25 | 21 | – | – | – | 15 | 17 | 362
20  |  Ivo de Bruin (NED) | – | – | – | – | 18 | 13 | 29 | 21 | 294
21  |  Maxim Andrianov (RUS) | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | 272
22  |  Bradley Hall (GBR) | – | – | 20 | – | – | – | 18 | 13 | 268
23  |  Mateusz Luty (POL) | 17 | – | 15 | – | – | – | 19 | – | 266
24  |  Rudy Rinaldi (MON) | - | 16 | 16 | – | – | – | 20 | – | 260
25  |  Pius Meyerhans (SUI) | – | – | – | – | 16 | 15 | – | – | 200
26  |  Jan Vrba (CZE) | 22 | 22 | 25 | – | – | – | 27 | – | 184
27  |  Lamin Deen (GBR) | 14 | 21 | – | dsq | – | – | – | – | 174
28  |  Bruce Tasker (GBR) | – | – | 22 | – | – | – | 22 | 23 | 162
29  |  Heath Spence (AUS) | – | – | – | – | 20 | 17 | – | – | 156
30  |  Johannes Lochner (GER) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 152
31  |  Loïc Costerg (FRA) | - | 19 | 24 | – | – | – | 28 | – | 147
32  |  Dakarai Kongela (USA) | – | – | – | – | 19 | 20 | – | – | 142
33  |  Codie Bascue (USA) | – | – | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | 136
34  |  Vuk Rađenović (SRB) | - | 23 | 28 | – | – | – | – | 24 | 123
35  |  Dominik Dvořák (CZE) | - | – | – | – | – | – | 26 | 20 | 104
36  |  Markus Sammer (AUT) | - | 23 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | 86
37  |  Oliver Biddulph (GBR) | 23 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 78
38  |  Radek Matoušek (CZE) | - | 27 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | 64
39  |  Justin Olsen (USA) | - | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | – | 62
40  |  Dorin Grigore (ROU) | - | 26 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | 60
41  |  Lukas Kolb (AUT) | - | – | – | – | – | – | 31 | 22 | 56
42  |  Nick Polionato (CAN) | - | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | – | 56
43  |  Thomas Heibl (NOR) | – | – | 30 | – | – | – | 30 | – | 40

### Four-man

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Pos.  | Racer  |  ALT |  WIN |  KON1 |  LPL |  PAC1 |  PAC2 |  STM |  KON2 | Points

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1  |  Maximilian Arndt (GER) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1715
2  |  Francesco Friedrich (GER) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1570
3  |  Rico Peter (SUI) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1512
4  |  Nico Walther (GER) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1492
5  |  Alexander Kasjanov (RUS) | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1459
6  |  Justin Kripps (CAN) | 10 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1232
7  |  Alexey Stulnev (RUS) | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 1208
8  |  Simone Bertazzo (ITA) | 7 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 1040
9  |  Lamin Deen (GBR) | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 19 | 1032
10  |  Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT) | 5 | 9 | 19 | – | 10 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 1018
11  |  Steven Holcomb (USA) | 17 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 920
12  |  Oskars Melbārdis (LAT) | 8 | 5 | 6 | – | – | – | 3 | 5 | 904
13  |  Uģis Žaļims (LAT) | 13 | 16 | 17 | – | 5 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 888
14  |  Nikita Zakharov (RUS) | – | 11 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 864
15  |  Benjamin Maier (AUT) | 11 | 15 | 9 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 812
16  |  Nick Cunningham (USA) | 14 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 22 | – | 800
17  |  Won Yun-jong (KOR) | 16 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 20 | – | 648
18  |  John James Jackson (GBR) | – | – | 8 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 638
19  |  Jan Vrba (CZE) | 15 | 14 | 11 | – | – | – | 9 | – | 504
20  |  Chris Spring (CAN) | – | – | – | 12 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 18 | 484
21  |  Loïc Costerg (FRA) | – | 19 | 18 | – | – | – | 14 | 8 | 426
22  |  Codie Bascue (USA) | – | – | – | 15 | 13 | 19 | – | – | 298
23  |  Ivo de Bruin (NED) | – | – | – | – | 19 | 18 | 27 | 20 | 254
24  |  Pius Meyerhans (SUI) | – | – | – | – | 20 | 16 | 18 | – | 244
25  |  Kaillie Humphries (CAN) | – | – | – | 17 | 21 | 21 | 28 | – | 240
26  |  Lukas Kolb (AUT) | – | – | 24 | – | – | – | 17 | 17 | 221
27  |  Oliver Biddulph (GBR) | 18 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 142
28  |  Dominik Dvořák (CZE) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 21 | 112
29  |  Vuk Rađenović (SRB) | – | dsq | 22 | – | – | – | – | 22 | 112
30  |  Dorin Grigore (ROU) | – | 22 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | 106
31  |  Thomas Heibl (NOR) | – | – | 21 | – | – | – | 25 | – | 102
32  |  Radek Matoušek (CZE) | – | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 68
33  |  Edson Bindilatti (BRA) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | – | 45
34  |  Maxim Andrianov (RUS) | dnf | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0
34  |  Mateusz Luty (POL) | – | – | – | – | – | – | dns | – | 0

### Two-woman

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Pos.  | Racer  |  ALT |  WIN |  KON1 |  LPL |  PAC |  WHI |  STM |  KON2 | Points

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1  |  Kaillie Humphries (CAN) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1720
2  |  Jamie Greubel Poser (USA) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1628
3  |  Christina Hengster (AUT) | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1546
4  |  Elfje Willemsen (BEL) | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1508
5  |  Anja Schneiderheinze (GER) | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | – | 2 | 3 | 1338
6  |  An Vannieuwenhuyse (BEL) | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 1288
7  |  Mariama Jamanka (GER) | – | – | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 992
8  |  Elana Meyers Taylor (USA) | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 820
9  |  Maria Adela Constantin (ROU) | 9 | 8 | 10 | – | – | – | 13 | 11 | 712
10  |  Sandra Kroll (GER) | 6 | 7 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 528
11  |  Katrin Beierl (AUT) | – | 10 | 11 | – | – | – | 11 | 14 | 528
12  |  Brittany Reinbolt (USA) | – | – | – | 9 | 9 | 6 | – | – | 480
13  |  Nicole Vogt (USA) | – | – | – | 8 | 8 | 8 | – | – | 480
14  |  Mica McNeill (GBR) | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | 11 | 7 | 456
15  |  Stephanie Schneider (GER) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 13 | 296
16  |  Aleksandra Rodionova (RUS) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 12 | 288
17  |  Nadezhda Sergeeva (RUS) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 10 | 238
18  |  Katie Eberling (USA) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | 152

## References

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1. ^ "FIBT Viessmann World Cup Tour 2015/2016" (PDF). FIBT. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
2. ^ "Rankings List". Fibt.com. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
3. ^ "Rankings List". Fibt.com. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
4. ^ "Rankings List". Fibt.com. Retrieved 2015-05-31.

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