2016–17 Bobsleigh World Cup

The 2016–17 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi-race series over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 28 November 2016 in Whistler, Canada and ended on 19 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.

2016–17 Bobsleigh World Cup
Winners
Two-man Francesco Friedrich (GER)
Four-man Alexander Kasjanov (RUS)
Combined men's Francesco Friedrich (GER)
Two-woman Jamie Greubel Poser (USA)
Competitions
Venues8 (8 events)
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Calendar

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Below is the schedule of the 2016/17 season.[1]

Venue Date Details
  Whistler 2–3 December 2016
  Lake Placid 16–17 December 2016
  Altenberg 6–8 January 2017
  Winterberg 13–15 January 2017
  St. Moritz 20–22 January 2017
  Königssee 27–29 January 2017
  Igls 3–5 February 2017
  Pyeongchang 17–19 March 2017

Results

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Two-man

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Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time
  Whistler Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
  Germany
1:44.21
(51.92 / 52.29)
Rico Peter
Thomas Amrhein
  Switzerland
1:44.67
(52.21 / 52.46)
Won Yun-jong
Seo Young-woo
  South Korea
1:44.69
(51.96 / 52.73)
  Lake Placid Steven Holcomb
Samuel McGuffie
  United States
1:49.47
(54.66 / 54.81)
Justin Kripps
Jesse Lumsden
  Canada
1:49.74
(54.87 / 54.87)
Chris Spring
Lascelles Brown
  Canada
1:49.75
(54.80 / 54.95)
  Altenberg Francesco Friedrich
Martin Grothkopp
  Germany
1:49.20
(54.48 / 54.72)
Alexander Kasjanov
Aleksei Pushkarev
  Russia
1:49.84
(54.77 / 55.07)
Oskars Ķibermanis
Matīss Miknis
  Latvia
1:49.90
(54.93 / 54.97)
  Winterberg Francesco Friedrich
Martin Grothkopp
  Germany
1:51.67
(55.86 / 55.81)
Johannes Lochner
Joshua Bluhm
  Germany
1:52.38
(56.22 / 56.16)
Oskars Ķibermanis
Matīss Miknis
  Latvia
1:52.44
(56.29 / 56.15)
  St. Moritz Johannes Lochner
Christian Rasp
  Germany
2:10.63
(1:05.40 / 1:05.23)
Francesco Friedrich
Martin Grothkopp
  Germany
2:10.91
(1:05.69 / 1:05.22)
Steven Holcomb
Carlo Valdes
  United States
2:11.30
(1:05.85 / 1:05.45)
  Königssee Johannes Lochner
Joshua Bluhm
  Germany
1:38.54
(49.12 / 49.42)
Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
  Germany
Steven Holcomb
Carlo Valdes
  United States
1:38.77
(49.26 / 49.51)
1:38.77
(49.21 / 49.56)
  Igls Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
  Germany
1:42.92
(51.25 / 51.67)
Oskars Melbārdis
Jānis Strenga
  Latvia
1:43.65
(51.58 / 52.07)
Benjamin Maier
Thomas Sammer
  Austria
1:43.72
(51.64 / 52.08)
  Pyeongchang Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
  Germany
1:40.82
(50.24 / 50.58)
Oskars Ķibermanis
Matīss Miknis
  Latvia
1:41.12
(50.46 / 50.66)
Johannes Lochner
Joshua Bluhm
  Germany
1:41.16
(50.66 / 50.50)

Four-man

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Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time
  Whistler Alexander Kasjanov
Alexey Zaitsev
Aleksei Pushkarev
Maxim Belugin
  Russia
1:42.51
(51.17 / 51.34)
Rico Peter
Bror van der Zijde
Simon Friedli
Thomas Amrhein
  Switzerland
1:42.71
(51.28 / 51.43)
Johannes Lochner
Matthias Kagerhuber
Sebastian Mrowka
Christian Rasp
  Germany
1:42.94
(51.52 / 51.42)
  Lake Placid Rico Peter
Bror van der Zijde
Simon Friedli
Thomas Amrhein

  Switzerland
1:48.31
(54.11 / 54.20)
Steven Holcomb
Carlo Valdes
James Reed
Samuel McGuffie
  United States
1:48.70
(54.22 / 54.48)
Chris Spring
Cameron Stones
Lascelles Brown
Samuel Giguère
  Canada
1:48.71
(54.25 / 54.46)
  Altenberg Johannes Lochner
Sebastian Mrowka
Joshua Bluhm
Christian Rasp

  Germany
1:48.73
(54.28 / 54.45)
Alexander Kasjanov
Alexey Zaitsev
Aleksei Pushkarev
Maxim Belugin
  Russia
1:49.14
(54.55 / 54.59)
Francesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
Martin Grothkopp
Thorsten Margis
  Germany
1:49.40
(54.52 / 54.88)
  Winterberg Johannes Lochner
Sebastian Mrowka
Joshua Bluhm
Christian Rasp

  Germany
1:48.95
(54.50 / 54.45)
Nico Walther
Kevin Kuske
Kevin Korona
Eric Franke
  Germany
1:49.40
(54.63 / 54.77)
Benjamin Maier
Stefan Laussegger
Markus Sammer
Daniel Moldovan
  Austria
1:49.42
(54.72 / 54.70)
  St. Moritz Oskars Ķibermanis
Jānis Jansons
Matīss Miknis
Raivis Zīrups

  Latvia
2:08.60
(1:04.55 / 1:04.05)
Oskars Melbārdis
Daumants Dreiškens
Arvis Vilkaste
Jānis Strenga
  Latvia
2:08.73
(1:04.56 / 1:04.17)
Francesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
Martin Grothkopp
Thorsten Margis
  Germany
2:08.90
(1:04.73 / 1:04.17)
  Königssee Johannes Lochner
Matthias Kagerhuber
Joshua Bluhm
Christian Rasp

  Germany
1:37.17
(48.45 / 48.72)
Nico Walther
Kevin Kuske
Kevin Korona
Eric Franke
  Germany
1:37.42
(48.59 / 48.83)
Alexey Stulnev
Ilvir Huzin
Maxim Belugin
Roman Koshelev
  Russia
1:37.49
(48.63 / 48.86)
  Igls Oskars Melbārdis
Daumants Dreiškens
Arvis Vilkaste
Jānis Strenga

  Latvia
1:42.01
(50.88 / 51.13)
Rico Peter
Simon Friedli
Alex Baumann
Thomas Amrhein
  Switzerland
1:42.06
(50.98 / 51.08)
Steven Holcomb
Carlo Valdes
James Reed
Samuel McGuffie
  United States
1:42.07
(50.95 / 51.12)
  Pyeongchang Alexander Kasjanov
Aleksei Pushkarev
Vasiliy Kondratenko
Alexey Zaitsev
  Russia
1:39.96
(49.99 / 49.97)
Rico Peter
Bror van der Zijde
Alex Baumann
Thomas Amrhein
  Switzerland
1:40.19
(50.15 / 50.04)
Oskars Ķibermanis
Jānis Jansons
Matīss Miknis
Raivis Zīrups
  Latvia
1:40.22
(50.07 / 50.15)

Two-woman

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Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time
  Whistler Kaillie Humphries
Cynthia Appiah
  Canada
1:46.53
(53.19 / 53.34)
Christina Hengster
Sanne Dekker
  Austria
1:46.77
(53.37 / 53.40)
Jamie Greubel Poser
Lauren Gibbs
  United States
1:46.86
(53.31 / 53.55)
  Lake Placid Jamie Greubel Poser
Aja Evans
  United States
1:52.02
(55.81 / 56.21)
Elana Meyers Taylor
Lolo Jones
  United States
1:52.16
(55.95 / 56.21)
Kaillie Humphries
Cynthia Appiah
  Canada
1:53.05
(56.40 / 56.65)
  Altenberg Kaillie Humphries
Melissa Lotholz
  Canada
1:54.15
(57.10 / 57.05)
Elana Meyers Taylor
Kehri Jones
  United States
1:54.85
(57.24 / 57.61)
Christina Hengster
Sanne Dekker
  Austria
1:54.93
(57.38 / 57.55)
  Winterberg Elana Meyers Taylor
Kehri Jones
  United States
1:54.43
(57.30 / 57.13)
Mariama Jamanka
Annika Drazek
  Germany
1:54.50
(57.24 / 57.26)
Jamie Greubel Poser
Aja Evans
  United States
1:54.67
(57.29 / 57.38)
  St. Moritz Elana Meyers Taylor
Briauna Jones
  United States
2:16.14
(1:08.41 / 1:07.73)
Kaillie Humphries
Melissa Lotholz
  Canada
2:16.15
(1:08.35 / 1:07.80)
Jamie Greubel Poser
Lauren Gibbs
  United States
2:16.29
(1:08.38 / 1:07.91)
  Königssee Elana Meyers Taylor
Kehri Jones
  United States
1:41.01
(50.36 / 50.65)
Jamie Greubel Poser
Aja Evans
  United States
1:41.27
(50.49 / 50.78)
Mariama Jamanka
Annika Drazek
  Germany
1:41.67
(50.61 / 51.06)
  Igls Elana Meyers Taylor
Lolo Jones
  United States
1:46.14
(53.01 / 53.13)
Kaillie Humphries
Melissa Lotholz
  Canada
1:46.39
(53.19 / 53.20)
Jamie Greubel Poser
Aja Evans
  United States
1:46.53
(53.20 / 53.33)
  Pyeongchang Jamie Greubel Poser
Aja Evans
  United States
1:43.65
(51.79 / 51.86)
Elana Meyers Taylor
Lolo Jones
  United States
1:43.80
(51.71 / 52.09)
Alysia Rissling
Cynthia Appiah
  Canada
1:44.06
(52.10 / 51.96)

Standings

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Two-man

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Pos. Racer   WHI   LPL   ALT   WIN   STM   KON   IGL   PYE Points
1   Francesco Friedrich (GER) 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1545
2   Steven Holcomb (USA) 11 1 8 10 3 2 10 14 1331
3   Won Yun-jong (KOR) 3 4 5 8 8 16 11 5 1312
4   Johannes Lochner (GER) 4 11 2 1 1 16 3 1284
5   Alexander Kasjanov (RUS) 9 5 2 9 9 10 6 16 1266
6   Alexey Stulnev (RUS) 8 9 7 4 11 4 17 13 1208
7   Benjamin Maier (AUT) 17 12 4 7 7 7 3 25 1152
8   Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT) 3 3 5 5 8 2 1138
9   Justin Kripps (CAN) 4 2 14 18 21 11 5 8 1136
10   Rico Peter (SUI) 2 6 10 5 15 12 19 23 1070
11   Nico Walther (GER) 15 6 13 4 13 15 11 952
12   Uģis Žaļims (LAT) 9 5 10 9 9 9 936
13   Chris Spring (CAN) 10 3 23 14 15 13 7 898
14   Kim Dong-hyun (KOR) 6 7 12 16 16 19 20 21 868
15   Justin Olsen (USA) 7 8 17 23 29 4 6 858
16   Oskars Melbārdis (LAT) 13 6 6 2 12 810
17   Codie Bascue (USA) 12 10 17 19 28 20 21 10 736
18   Nick Poloniato (CAN) 14 13 22 19 24 18 4 679
19   Bruce Tasker (GBR) 19 dsq 12 13 8 12 20 678
20   Maxim Andrianov (RUS) 13 11 15 15 24 18 26 24 670
21   Rudy Rinaldi (MON) 15 14 16 14 13 22 600
22   Dominik Dvorak (CZE) 18 21 18 6 15 502
23   Beat Hefti (SUI) 16 11 20 26 22 18 472
24   Mateusz Luty (POL) 14 11 16 16 440
25   Ivo de Bruin (NED) 20 17 25 25 22 23 28 370
26   Lamin Deen (GBR) 18 15 21 24 27 323
27   Simone Bertazzo (ITA) 20 20 22 24 dns 237
28   Loic Costerg (FRA) 21 16 21 220
29   Jan Vrba (CZE) 19 26 26 23 29 31 220
30   Edson Bindilatti (BRA) 23 19 25 164
31   Lucas Mata (AUS) 22 18 29 160
32   Bradley Hall (GBR) 27 24 19 151
33   Markus Treichl (AUT) 22 29 28 31 30 128
34   Dorin Grigore (ROU) 23 27 30 30 32 122
35   Patrick Baumgartner (ITA) 28 27 60
36   Romain Heinrich (FRA) 25 40
37   Simone Fontana (ITA) 27 32
38   Vuk Rađenović (SRB) 29 24

Four-man

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2016–17 Overall Four-man Champions podium: Kasjanov-Russia (Champions, center), Peter-Switzerland (Silver, left), Holcomb-USA (Bronze, right).

Two of these pilots also finished on the podium for the 2016–17 Overall Combined Champions, with Kasjanov-Russia taking Silver and Holcomb-USA taking Bronze

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Pos. Racer   WHI   LPL   ALT   WIN   STM   KON   IGL   PYE Points
1   Alexander Kasjanov (RUS) 1 8 2 4 8 6 9 1 1500
2   Rico Peter (SUI) 2 1 5 14 5 11 2 2 1471
3   Steven Holcomb (USA) 4 2 9 7 15 4 3 10 1362
4   Alexey Stulnev (RUS) 8 7 8 5 9 3 5 19 1282
5   Nico Walther (GER) 10 6 2 7 2 6 5 1268
6   Johannes Lochner (GER) 3 1 1 4 1 dsq 6 1243
7   Francesco Friedrich (GER) 12 3 5 3 5 4 11 1224
8   Benjamin Maier (AUT) 13 10 4 3 11 9 14 16 1152
9   Maxim Andrianov (RUS) 7 16 10 8 10 8 11 12 1136
10   Justin Kripps (CAN) 5 9 14 9 16 16 7 9 1112
11   Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT) 7 10 1 14 8 3 1009
12   Lamin Deen (GBR) 9 6 12 12 14 17 20 18 932
13   Oskars Melbārdis (LAT) 11 2 7 1 4 931
14   Chris Spring (CAN) 6 3 21 6 19 16 13 904
15   Won Yun-jong (KOR) 5 11 22 18 12 7 752
16   Codie Bascue (USA) 15 4 15 13 30 21 25 20 710
17   Loic Costerg (FRA) 14 11 12 13 14 608
18   Jan Vrba (CZE) 17 17 23 10 14 17 570
19   Justin Olsen (USA) 12 18 19 26 21 15 484
20   Nick Poloniato (CAN) 11 dnf 19 17 23 22 25 444
21   Bradley Hall (GRB) 12 18 8 368
22   Rudy Rinaldi (MON) 13 15 10 368
23   Uģis Žaļims (LAT) 18 15 18 17 352
24   Ivo de Bruin (NED) 19 15 24 23 27 27 337
25   Simone Bertazzo (ITA) 13 16 26 25 dns 292
26   Markus Treichl (AUT) 20 20 23 22 242
27   Dominik Dvorak (CZE) 19 22 27 19 236
28   Edson Bindilatti (BRA) 16 14 208
29   Oliver Biddulph (GBR) 16 20 29 188
30   Dorin Alexandru Grigore (ROU) 20 25 28 dsq 26 172
31   Mateusz Luty (POL) 26 23 22 142
32   Clemens Bracher (SUI) - 12 128
33   Elana Meyers Taylor (USA) 13 120
34   Beat Hefti (SUI) 23 21 112
35   Pius Meyerhans (SUI) 24 21 107
36   Nick Cunningham (USA) 17 88
37   Suk Young-jin (KOR) 18 80
38   Patrick Baumgartner (ITA) - - 28 23 78
39   Kaillie Humphries (CAN) dns 27 32 29 56
40   Lucas Mata (AUS) 24 45
41   Vuk Rađenović (SRB) - - - 24 45
42   Thomas Heibl (NOR) 31 28 28
43   Alysia Rissling (CAN) - - 30 20
44   Maria Adela Constantin (ROM) - - 31 0

Two-woman

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Pos. Racer   WHI   LPL   ALT   WIN   STM   KON   IGL   PYE Points
1   Jamie Greubel Poser (USA) 3 1 5 3 3 2 3 1 1644
2   Kaillie Humphries (CAN) 1 3 1 5 2 4 2 5 1630
3   Elana Meyers Taylor (USA) dsq 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1530
4   Christina Hengster (AUT) 2 6 3 6 5 8 8 12 1394
5   Nadezhda Sergeeva (RUS) 5 9 9 4 6 5 10 6 1360
6   Aleksandra Rodionova (RUS) 6 7 7 7 10 7 7 13 1280
7   Mariama Jamanka (GER) 11 10 2 4 3 5 4 1258
8   Alysia Rissling (CAN) 4 5 11 9 9 3 1016
9   Brittany Reinbolt (USA) 7 4 13 14 15 6 11 1008
10   Elfje Willemsen (BEL) 6 8 9 6 14 14 888
11   An Vannieuwenhuyse (BEL) 4 12 11 11 17 8 840
12   Maria Adela Constantin (ROU) 13 13 8 14 15 20 22 740
13   Mica McNeill (GBR) 8 14 dsq 10 7 12 712
14   Maria Oshigiri (JPN) 12 15 12 10 15 16 704
15   Christin Senkel (GER) 11 8 7 12 15 696
16   Christine de Bruin (CAN) 12 8 18 16 11 17 688
17   Andreea Grecu (ROU) 11 16 16 13 9 600
18   Stephanie Schneider (GER) 13 4 7 480
19   Sabina Hafner (SUI) 13 13 16 10 480
20   Kim Yoo-ran (KOR) 9 10 18 376
21   Minami Homma (JPN) 13 19 19 18 348
22   Lee Seon-hye (KOR) 10 12 20 340
23   Konomi Asazu (JPN) 17 19 21 19 298
24   Katrin Beierl (AUT) 20 17 19 21 292
25   Lien de Decker (BEL) 17 18 dsq 22 224
26   Martina Fontanive (SUI) 18 80

References

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  1. ^ "FIBT Viessmann World Cup Tour 2016/2017" (PDF). FIBT. Retrieved 6 July 2016.[permanent dead link]
  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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