2023–24 Bobsleigh World Cup

The 2023–24 Bobsleigh World Cup (official: BMW IBSF Bobsleigh World Cup) was a multi-race series over a season of bobsleigh, organised by International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).[1]

2023–24 Bobsleigh World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Combined Germany Francesco Friedrich Germany Laura Nolte
Monobob Germany Lisa Buckwitz
Two Germany Francesco Friedrich Germany Laura Nolte
Four Germany Francesco Friedrich
Competition
Edition 40th 31st
Locations 8 7

The season started on 17 November 2023 in Yanqing, China and ended on 23 March 2024 in Lake Placid, United States.[2]

The highlight of the season was the World Championships in Winterberg, Germany, whose results were not included in the World Cup standings.

Map of world cup hosts edit

All 8 locations hosting world cup events in this season (including Winterberg – venue of the World Championships).

Europe

North America

Asia

Schedule edit

# Location Date Two-Man Four-Man Monobob Two-Woman Details
1   Yanqing 17–19 November 2023 ●●
2   La Plagne 9–10 December 2023
3   Innsbruck-Igls 16–17 December 2023 ●● also European Championships for four-man
4     St. Moritz 13–14 January 2024
5   Lillehammer 27–28 January 2024
6   Sigulda 2–4 February 2024 ●● also European Championships for Monobob, two-woman and two-man (extra run)
7   Altenberg 17–18 February 2024
WCH   Winterberg 24 February–3 March 2024 World Championships (not included in the World Cup)
8   Lake Placid 22–23 March 2024

Calendar & Standings edit

Two-man edit

# Date Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time R.
1 17 November 2023   Yanqing   Germany
Johannes Lochner
Georg Fleischhauer
1:58.64
(59.18 / 59.46)
  Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schüller
1:59.26
(59.50 / 59.76)
  Switzerland
Michael Vogt
Sandro Michel
1:59.54
(59.63 / 59.91)
[3]
2 9 December 2023   La Plagne   Switzerland
Michael Vogt
Sandro Michel
1:58.51
(59.26 / 59.25)
  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Georg Fleischhauer
1:58.58
(59.23 / 59.35)
  Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
1:58.94
(59.49 / 59.45)
[4]
3 16 December 2023   Innsbruck-Igls   Germany
Johannes Lochner
Georg Fleischhauer
1:41.94
(50.88 / 51.06)
  Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schüller
1:42.02
(51.02 / 51.00)
  Germany
Adam Ammour
Issam Ammour
1:42.68
(51.31 / 51.37)
[5]
4 13 January 2024     St. Moritz   Germany
Johannes Lochner
Georg Fleischhauer
2:10.74
(1:05.53 / 1:05.21)
  Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schüller
2:10.99
(1:05.65 / 1:05.34)
  Switzerland
Michael Vogt
Sandro Michel
2:11.29
(1:05.86 / 1:05.43)
[6]
5 27 January 2024   Lillehammer   Germany
Johannes Lochner
Georg Fleischhauer
1:40.63
(50.34 / 50.29)
  Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schüller
1:41.01
(50.62 / 50.39)
  Germany
Adam Ammour
Benedikt Hertel
1:41.08
(50.58 / 50.50)
[7]
6 3 February 2024   Sigulda   Germany
Adam Ammour
Benedikt Hertel
1:39.33
(49.72 / 49.61)
  Switzerland
Michael Vogt
Sandro Michel
1:39.45
(49.80 / 49.65)
  Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Matthias Sommer
1:39.48
(49.87 / 49.61)
[8]
7 17 February 2024   Altenberg   Germany
Adam Ammour
Costa Laurenz
1:51.41
(55.71 / 55.70)
  Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
1:51.59
(55.65 / 55.94)
  South Korea
Kim Jin-su
Kim Hyeong-geun
1:52.02
(55.93 / 56.09)
[9]
8 22 March 2024   Lake Placid   Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schüller
1:49.70
(54.69 / 55.01)
  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Joshua Tasche
1:49.95
(54.83 / 55.12)
  Germany
Adam Ammour
Benedikt Hertel
1:50.60
(55.19 / 55.41)
[10]

Overall leaders   edit

No. Holder Date gained Place Date forfeited Place Number of competitions
1.   Johannes Lochner 17 November 2023   Yanqing 17 February 2024   Altenberg 6
2.   Francesco Friedrich 17 February 2024   Altenberg 2
Rank[11] Racer Points   YAN   LAP   IGL   STM   LIL   SIG   ALT   LAK
1   Francesco Friedrich 1675 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 1
2   Johannes Lochner 1512 1 2 1 1 1 4 2
3   Adam Ammour 1410 5 3 6 3 1 1 3
4     Michael Vogt 1403 3 1 5 3 4 2 4
5   Emīls Cipulis 1304 5 11 6 5 8 8 5 8
6     Simon Friedli 1296 6 8 10 4 7 5 10 12
7   Patrick Baumgartner 1280 4 7 9 8 10 6 9 11
8   Frank Del Duca 1192 4 4 13 5 8 8 5
9   Markus Treichl 1184 7 10 7 14 12 10 7 9
10     Cédric Follador 1152 9 6 12 7 17 11 4 14

Four-man edit

# Date Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time R.
1 18 November 2023   Yanqing   Germany
Johannes Lochner
Georg Fleischhauer
Erec Bruckert
Florian Bauer
1:57.04
(58.60 / 58.44)
  Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
Alexander Schüller
Candy Bauer
1:57.31
(58.63 / 58.68)
  China
Sun Kaizhi
Ding Song
Ye Jielong
Zhen Heng
1:57.44
(58.58 / 58.86)
[12]
2 19 November 2023   Germany
Johannes Lochner
Georg Fleischhauer
Joshua Tasche
Florian Bauer
1:56.61
(58.22 / 58.39)
  Italy
Patrick Baumgartner
Eric Fantazzini
Robert Mircea
Lorenzo Bilotti
1:56.92
(58.35 / 58.57)
  Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
Felix Straub
Candy Bauer
1:56.93
(58.25 / 58.68)
[13]
3 10 December 2023   La Plagne   Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
Alexander Schüller
Felix Straub
1:56.14
(58.12 / 58.02)
  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Florian Bauer
Erec Bruckert
Georg Fleischhauer
1:56.58
(58.42 / 58.16)
  Germany
Adam Ammour
Benedikt Hertel
Nick Stadelmann
Rupert Schenk
1:56.69
(58.38 / 58.31)
[14]
4 17 December 2023   Innsbruck-Igls   Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
Alexander Schüller
Felix Straub
1:40.89
(50.43 / 50.46)
  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Erec Bruckert
Joshua Tasche
Georg Fleischhauer
1:41.03
(50.52 / 50.51)
  Latvia
Emīls Cipulis
Dāvis Spriņģis
Matīss Miknis
Krists Lindenblats
1:41.35
(50.60 / 50.75)
[15]
5 14 January 2024     St. Moritz   Germany
Johannes Lochner
Florian Bauer
Erec Bruckert
Georg Fleischhauer
2:08.89
(1:04.61 / 1:04.28)
  Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
Candy Bauer
Alexander Schüller
2:08.99
(1:04.65 / 1:04.34)
  Latvia
Emīls Cipulis
Dāvis Spriņģis
Lauris Kaufmanis
Krists Lindenblats
2:09.29
(1:04.74 / 1:04.55)
[16]
6 28 January 2024   Lillehammer   Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
Alexander Schüller
Felix Straub
1:39.50
(49.74 / 49.76)
  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Florian Bauer
Erec Bruckert
Georg Fleischhauer
1:39.72
(49.84 / 49.88)
  Great Britain
Brad Hall
Leon Greenwood
Taylor Lawrence
Greg Cackett
1:40.15
(50.04 / 50.11)
[17]
7 18 February 2024   Altenberg   Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
Alexander Schüller
Felix Straub


  Latvia
Emīls Cipulis
Dāvis Spriņģis
Matīss Miknis
Krists Lindenblats
1:48.55
(54.20 / 54.35)

1:48.55
(54.24 / 54.31)
  Switzerland
Simon Friedli
Pascal Moser
Luca Rolli
Dominik Schläpfer
1:49.08
(54.42 / 54.66)
[18]
8 23 March 2024   Lake Placid   Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
Matthias Sommer
Felix Straub
54.75   Germany
Johannes Lochner
Florian Bauer
Joshua Tasche
Georg Fleischhauer
54.92   Germany
Adam Ammour
Nick Stadelmann
Erik Leypold
Rupert Schenk
55.03 [19]

Overall leaders   edit

No. Holder Date gained Place Date forfeited Place Number of competitions
1.   Johannes Lochner 18 November 2023   Yanqing 18 February 2024   Altenberg 6
2.   Francesco Friedrich 18 February 2024   Altenberg 2
Rank[20] Racer Points   YAN1   YAN2   LAP   IGL   STM   LIL   ALT   LAK
1   Francesco Friedrich 1745 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1
2   Emīls Cipulis 1529 4 4 5 3 3 5 1 9
3   Johannes Lochner 1515 1 1 2 2 1 2 2
4     Simon Friedli 1392 10 11 7 5 5 4 3 5
5   Patrick Baumgartner 1290 6 2 9 11 12 5 6 12
6     Cédric Follador 1288 7 10 6 6 7 9 7 11
7   Markus Treichl 1256 9 7 11 9 8 14 5 4
8   Jēkabs Kalenda 1112 11 9 10 12 11 11 8 13
9   Adam Ammour 1096 3 4 9 8 4 3
10   Kaizhi Sun 1056 3 6 13 6 13 10 13

Men's Combined Standings edit

Rank after all 16 events[21] Points
1   Francesco Friedrich 3420
2   Johannes Lochner 3027
3   Emīls Cipulis 2873
4     Simon Friedli 2688
5   Patrick Baumgartner 2570
6   Adam Ammour 2506
7   Markus Treichl 2440
8     Cédric Follador 2440
9     Michael Vogt 2435
10   Jēkabs Kalenda 1976

Monobob edit

# Date Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time R.
1 9 December 2023   La Plagne   United States
Kaysha Love
2:07.92
(1:04.13 / 1:03.79)
  Switzerland
Melanie Hasler
2:08.13
(1:04.18 / 1:03.95)
  Romania
Andreea Grecu
2:08.21
(1:04.17 / 1:04.04)
[22]
2 15 December 2023   Innsbruck-Igls   Germany
Lisa Buckwitz
1:51.17
(55.83 / 55.34)
  Australia
Breeana Walker
1:51.42
(55.99 / 55.43)
  Germany
Laura Nolte
1:51.47
(55.98 / 55.49)
[23]
3 16 December 2023   Germany
Lisa Buckwitz
1:49.42
(54.67 / 54.75)
  United States
Kaysha Love
1:49.53
(54.85 / 54.68)
  Australia
Breeana Walker
1:49.55
(54.77 / 54.78)
[24]
4 13 January 2024     St. Moritz   Germany
Lisa Buckwitz
2:22.78
(1:11.89 / 1:10.89)
  Germany
Laura Nolte
2:22.91
(1:11.77 / 1:11.14)
  Australia
Breeana Walker
2:22.93
(1:11.79 / 1:11.14)
[25]
5 27 January 2024   Lillehammer   United States
Kaysha Love
1:48.52
(54.12 / 54.40)
  Australia
Breeana Walker
1:48.94
(54.41 / 54.53)
  Germany
Lisa Buckwitz
1:48.95
(54.44 / 54.51)
[26]
6 3 February 2024   Sigulda   Germany
Lisa Buckwitz
1:47.46
(53.57 / 53.89)
  Romania
Andreea Grecu
1:47.73
(53.46 / 54.27)
  Germany
Laura Nolte

  United States
Elana Meyers Taylor
1:47.87
(53.59 / 54.28)

1:47.87
(53.71 / 54.16)
[27]
7 17 February 2024   Altenberg   Germany
Laura Nolte
2:01.29
(1:00.71 / 1:00.58)
  United States
Elana Meyers Taylor
2:01.52
(1:00.45 / 1:01.07)
  Germany
Lisa Buckwitz
2:01.55
(1:00.79 / 1:00.76)
[28]
8 22 March 2024   Lake Placid   Australia
Breeana Walker
1:58.67
(59.22 / 59.45)
  United States
Elana Meyers Taylor
1:58.91
(59.25 / 59.66)
  Canada
Cynthia Appiah
1:59.13
(59.26 / 59.87)
[29]

Overall leaders   edit

No. Holder Date gained Place Date forfeited Place Number of competitions
1.   Kaysha Love 9 December 2023   La Plagne 13 January 2024   St. Moritz 3
2.   Lisa Buckwitz 13 January 2024   St. Moritz 5
Rank[30] Racer Points   LAP   IGL1   IGL2   STM   LIL   SIG   ALT   LAK
1   Lisa Buckwitz 1644 7 1 1 1 3 1 3 6
2   Breeana Walker 1549 5 2 3 3 2 9 7 1
3   Laura Nolte 1547 5 3 8 2 6 3 1 4
4   Kaysha Love 1516 1 4 2 9 1 5 10 5
5   Elana Meyers Taylor 1508 4 5 6 4 10 3 2 2
6   Andreea Grecu 1466 3 6 7 7 4 2 4 8
7     Melanie Hasler 1362 2 7 4 5 9 7 13 7
8   Cynthia Appiah 1200 9 8 5 11 5 DSQ 5 3
9   Qing Ying 1040 11 13 10 8 7 8 9
10   Bianca Ribi 1016 10 10 11 15 12 13 14 12

Two-woman edit

# Date Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time R.
1 10 December 2023   La Plagne   Germany
Laura Nolte
Neele Schuten
2:02.24
(1:01.29 / 1:00.95)
  Germany
Kim Kalicki
Leonie Fiebig
2:02.36
(1:01.34 / 1:01.02)
  United States
Elana Meyers Taylor
Emily Renna
2:02.46
(1:01.47 / 1:00.99)
[31]
2 17 December 2023   Innsbruck-Igls   Germany
Lisa Buckwitz
Vanessa Mark
1:45.20
(52.60 / 52.60)
  Germany
Kim Kalicki
Leonie Fiebig
1:45.29
(52.68 / 52.61)
  Germany
Laura Nolte
Neele Schuten
1:45.64
(52.91 / 52.73)
[32]
3 14 January 2024     St. Moritz   Germany
Laura Nolte
Neele Schuten
2:16.59
(1:08.59 / 1:08.00)
  Germany
Lisa Buckwitz
Laurynn Siebert
2:16.67
(1:08.53 / 1:08.14)
  Switzerland
Melanie Hasler
Mara Morell
2:16.97
(1:08.80 / 1:08.17)
[33]
4 28 January 2024   Lillehammer   Germany
Kim Kalicki
Leonie Fiebig
1:43.62
(51.68 / 51.94)
  Germany
Laura Nolte
Neele Schuten
1:43.81
(51.83 / 51.98)
  United States
Kaysha Love
Azaria Hill
1:43.85
(51.72 / 52.13)
[34]
5 2 February 2024   Sigulda   Germany
Kim Kalicki
Leonie Fiebig
1:41.53
(50.87 / 50.66)
  Germany
Laura Nolte
Claudia Schüßler
1:41.57
(50.75 / 50.82)
  Germany
Lisa Buckwitz
Vanessa Mark
1:41.65
(50.94 / 50.71)
[35]
6 4 February 2024   Germany
Laura Nolte
Neele Schuten
1:41.53
(50.77 / 50.76)
  Germany
Kim Kalicki
Anabel Galander
1:41.82
(50.93 / 50.89)
  Switzerland
Melanie Hasler
Mara Morell
1:42.06
(51.11 / 50.95)
[36]
7 18 February 2024   Altenberg   Germany
Laura Nolte
Deborah Levi
1:52.53
(56.08 / 56.45)
  Germany
Kim Kalicki
Anabel Galander
1:53.17
(56.51 / 56.66)
  Romania
Andreea Grecu
Teodora Andreea Vlad
1:54.16
(57.12 / 57.04)
[37]
8 23 March 2024   Lake Placid   Germany
Kim Kalicki
Leonie Fiebig
1:53.39
(56.51 / 56.88)
  Great Britain
Adele Nicoll
Kya Placide
1:54.20
(56.98 / 57.22)
  Germany
Laura Nolte
Claudia Schüßler
1:54.24
(57.00 / 57.24)
[38]

Overall leaders   edit

No. Holder Date gained Place Date forfeited Place Number of competitions
1.   Laura Nolte 10 December 2023   La Plagne 8
Rank[39] Racer Points   LAP   IGL   STM   LIL   SIG1   SIG2   ALT   LAK
1   Laura Nolte 1720 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 3
2   Kim Kalicki 1683 2 2 7 1 1 2 2 1
3   Lisa Buckwitz 1539 6 1 2 4 3 4 9 4
4     Melanie Hasler 1488 5 5 3 7 4 3 6 5
5   Elana Meyers Taylor 1240 3 6 8 6 7 5 DNF 6
6   Breeana Walker 1192 7 4 5 5 5 13 8
7   Andreea Grecu 1184 9 11 12 13 11 6 3 11
8   Cynthia Appiah 1120 13 12 15 9 7 10 8 10
9   Katrin Beierl 1104 14 9 8 6 7 5 9
10   Qing Ying 1072 11 10 9 10 10 8 4

Women's Combined Standings edit

Rank after all 16 events[40] Points
1   Laura Nolte 3267
2   Lisa Buckwitz 3183
3     Melanie Hasler 2850
4   Elana Meyers Taylor 2748
5   Breeana Walker 2741
6   Andreea Grecu 2650
7   Kaysha Love 2412
8   Cynthia Appiah 2320
9   Qing Ying 2112
10   Kim Kalicki 1987

Podium table by nation edit

Table showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany28211564
2  United States2338
3  Switzerland1258
4  Australia1225
5  Latvia1023
6  Romania0123
7  Great Britain0112
8  Italy0101
9  Canada0011
  China0011
  South Korea0011
Totals (11 entries)33313397

Points distribution edit

Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2-Man, 4-Man
Monobob, 2-Woman
225 210 200 192 184 176 168 160 152 144 136 128 120 112 104 96 88 80 74 68

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