2008–09 Bobsleigh World Cup

The 2008–09 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 24 November 2008 in Winterberg and ended on 14 February 2009 in Park City, Utah. The World Cup was organised by the FIBT who also run world cups and championships in skeleton.

2008–09 Bobsleigh World Cup

Winners
Combined men's	Alexandre Zoubkov
Two-man	Beat Hefti
Four-man	Alexandre Zoubkov
Two-woman	Sandra Kiriasis
Competitions
Venues	8
← 2007/08 2009/10 →

Calendar

Below is the schedule of the 2008/09 season.^[1]

Venue	Date	Details
Winterberg	24–30 November 2008
Altenberg	1–7 December 2008
Igls	8–14 December 2008
Cesana Pariol	15–21 December 2008	Cancelled to excessive snowfall (2.5 meters)[2]
Königssee[3]	5–11 January 2009
Sankt Moritz	11–18 January 2009	European Championship
Whistler	1–7 February 2009
Park City	8–14 February 2009
Lake Placid	16 February – 1 March 2009	FIBT World Championships 2009

Schedule update

On the 14 November 2008, on FIBT website it was announced that the competition at the bobsleigh track in Cortina d'Ampezzo was cancelled to technical issues and the competition for 5–11 January 2009 was moved to the Königssee track in Germany.

Results

Two-man

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Winterberg	Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter  Switzerland	1:51.79 (55.86/55.93)	André Lange Kevin Kuske  Germany	1:51.96 (55.98/55.98)	Thomas Florschuetz Marc Kühne  Germany	1:52.09 (56.08/56.01)
Altenberg	André Lange Kevin Kuske  Germany	1:52.60 (55.80/56.80)	Steven Holcomb Justin Olsen  United States	1:52.85 (55.95/56.90)	Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter  Switzerland	1:53.11 (55.86/57.25)
Igls	Thomas Florschuetz Marc Kühne  Germany	1:39.21 (49.56/49.65)	Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter  Switzerland	1:44.70 (52.24/52.46)	Steven Holcomb Justin Olsen  United States	1:44.75 (52.37/52.38)
Königssee	Thomas Florschuetz Marc Kühne  Germany	1:44.62 (52.20/52.42)	Ivo Rüegg Cedric Grand  Switzerland	1:39.27 (49.54/49.73)	Alexandre Zoubkov Dmitry Trunenkov Alexey Voevoda  Russia Karl Angerer Alex Mann  Germany	1:39.31 (49.58/49.73) 1:39.31 (49.73/49.58)
St. Moritz[4]	Pierre Lueders David Bissett  Canada	2:14.34 (1:07.55/1:06.79)	Ivo Rüegg Roman Handschin  Switzerland	2:14.64 (1:07.78/1:06.86)	Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter  Switzerland	2:15.08 (1:08.03/1:07.05)
St. Moritz	Pierre Lueders David Bissett  Canada	2:12.08 (1:06.21/1:05.87)	André Lange Martin Putze  Germany	2:12.10 (1:06.23/1:05.87)	Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter  Switzerland	2:12.23 (1:06.36/1:05.87)
Whistler	Thomas Florschuetz Marc Kühne  Germany	1:43.95 (51.99/51.96)	Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter  Switzerland	1:44.03 (52.08/51.95)	Pierre Lueders David Bissett  Canada	1:44.14 (51.98/52.16)
Park City	Alexandre Zoubkov Alexey Voevoda  Russia	1:36.51 (48.26/48.25)	Thomas Florschuetz Marc Kühne  Germany	1:36.68 (48.44/48.24)	Beat Hefti Thomas Lamparter  Switzerland	1:36.69 (48.30/48.39)
Lake Placid	FIBT World Championships 2009

Four-man

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Winterberg	André Lange Alexander Rödiger Kevin Kuske Martin Putze  Germany	1:49.30 (54.76/54.54)	Alexandr Zubkov Roman Oreshnikov Dmitry Trunenkov Dmitriy Stepushkin  Russia	1:49.63 (54.85/54.78)	Steven Holcomb Justin Olsen Steve Mesler Curtis Tomasevicz  United States	1:49.82 (54.99/54.83)
Altenberg	Karl Angerer Andreas Udvari Matej Juhart Gregor Bermbach  Germany	56.58	André Lange Alexander Rödiger Kevin Kuske Martin Putze  Germany Alexandr Zubkov Roman Oreshnikov Dmitry Trunenkov Dmitriy Stepushkin  Russia	56.77
Igls	Alexandr Zubkov Roman Oreshnikov Dmitry Trunenkov Dmitriy Stepushkin  Russia	1:42.34 (51.15/51.19)	Steven Holcomb Justin Olsen Steve Mesler Curtis Tomasevicz  United States	1:42.48 (51.25/51.23)	Dmitry Abramovitch Philippe Egorov Andrey Jurkov Petr Moiseev  Russia	1:42.54 (51.27/51.27)
Königssee	Karl Angerer Andreas Udvari Alex Mann Gregor Bermbach  Germany	1:37.84 (48.96/48.88)	Edwin van Calker Arnold van Calker Arno Klaassen Sybren Jansma  Netherlands	1:37.93 (48.91/49.02)	André Lange René Hoppe Alexander Rödiger Martin Putze  Germany Janis Minins Daumants Dreiškens Oskars Melbardis Intars Dambis  Latvia	1:37.94 (48.78/49.16) (48.83/49.11)
St. Moritz	Alexandr Zubkov Roman Oreshnikov Dmitry Trunenkov Dmitriy Stepushkin  Russia	2:10.48 (1:05.20/1:05.28)	Thomas Florschütz Marc Kühne Andreas Barucha Alex Metzger  Germany	2:10.79 (1:05.61/1:05.18)	Karl Angerer Andreas Udvari Thomas Pöge Gregor Bermbach  Germany	2:10.81 (1:05.53/1:05.28)
Whistler	Janis Minins Daumants Dreiškens Oskars Melbardis Intars Dambis  Latvia	1:42.17 (50.97/51.20)	Steven Holcomb Justin Olsen Steve Mesler Curtis Tomasevicz  United States	1:42.23 (50.99/51.24)	Alexandr Zubkov Philippe Egorov Petr Moiseev Alexey Andryunin  Russia	1:42.67 (51.18/51.49)
Park City	Steven Holcomb Justin Olsen Steve Mesler Curtis Tomasevicz  United States	1:34.34 (47.03/47.31)	Janis Minins Daumants Dreiškens Oskars Melbardis Intars Dambis  Latvia	1:34.57 (47.28/47.29)	Alexandr Zubkov Roman Oreshnikov Dmitry Trunenkov Dmitriy Stepushkin  Russia	1:34.68 (47.26/47.42)
Park City	Steven Holcomb Justin Olsen Steve Mesler Curtis Tomasevicz  United States	1:34.80 (47.60/47.20)	Janis Minins Daumants Dreiškens Oskars Melbardis Intars Dambis  Latvia	1:35.35 (47.89/47.46)	Alexandr Zubkov Roman Oreshnikov Dmitry Trunenkov Dmitriy Stepushkin  Russia	1:35.57 (48.04/47.53)
Lake Placid	FIBT World Championships 2009

Two-woman

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Winterberg	Helen Upperton Jennifer Ciochetti  Canada	1:55.86 (58.04/57.82)	Sandra Kiriasis Romy Logsch  Germany	1:56.11 (58.33/57.78)	Cathleen Martini Janine Tischer  Germany	1:56.39 (58.31/58.08)
Altenberg	Sandra Kiriasis Berit Wiacker  Germany	1:55.71 (58.05/57.66)	Cathleen Martini Janine Tischer  Germany	1:55.73 (57.79/57.94)	Shauna Rohbock Elana Meyers  United States	1:56.12 (57.93/58.19)
Igls	Helen Upperton Heather Moyse  Canada	1:49.07 (54.61/54.46)	Shauna Rohbock Valerie Fleming  United States	1:49.21 (54.69/54.52)	Sandra Kiriasis Romy Logsch  Germany	1:49.23 (54.68/54.55)
Königssee	Shauna Rohbock Valerie Fleming  United States	1:41.91 (50.78/51.13)	Nicole Minichiello Gillian Cooke  United Kingdom Sandra Kiriasis Romy Logsch  Germany	1:42.05 (50.87/51.18) 1:42.05 (51.02/51.03)
St. Moritz[4]	Sandra Kiriasis Berit Wiacker  Germany	2:17.34 (1:08.75/1:08.59)	Cathleen Martini Janine Tischer  Germany	2:17.36 (1:08.85/1:08.51)	Nicole Minichiello Jackie Gunn  United Kingdom	2:17.70 (1:08.75/1:08.95)
St. Moritz	Sandra Kiriasis Berit Wiacker  Germany	2:17.40 (1:09.20/1:08.20)	Cathleen Martini Janine Tischer  Germany	2:18.36 (1:09.73/1:08.63)	Nicole Minichiello Gillian Cooke  United Kingdom	2:18.75 (1:09.68/1:09.07)
Whistler	Shauna Rohbock Elana Meyers  United States	1:47.10 (53.57/53.53)	Kaillie Humphries Heather Moyse  Canada	1:47.28 (53.62/53.66)	Erin Pac Michelle Rzepka  United States	1:47.40 (53.70/53.70)
Park City	Cathleen Martini Janine Tischer  Germany	1:38.66 (49.28/49.38)	Kaillie Humphries Shelley-Ann Brown  Canada	1:38.84 (49.30/49.54)	Sandra Kiriasis Patricia Polifka  Germany	1:39.34 (49.67/49.67)
Lake Placid	FIBT World Championships 2009

Standings

Two-man

Pos.	Bobsledder	WIN	ALT	IGL	KON	SMO 1[4]	SMO 2	WHI	PAR	Points
1.	Beat Hefti	1	3	2	11	3	3	2	3	1581
2.	André Lange	2	1	4	7	11	2	5	6	1501
3.	Thomas Florschuetz	3		1	1	6	4	1	2	1453
4.	Ivo Rüegg	16	5	8	2	2	8	5	4	1396
5.	Alexandre Zoubkov	10	8	7	3	13	11	7	1	1321
6.	Simone Bertazzo	8	15	9	10	5	10	14	8	1160
7.	Wolfgang Stampfer	19	10	10	14	7	5	13	10	1090
8.	Pierre Lueders	5		18	dsq	1	1	3	7	1082
9	Daniel Schmid	11	7	10	9	15	12	12	22	1016
10.	Todd Hays	8	9	6	5	13	13	16		1008
11.	Lyndon Rush	14	14	12	13	16	18	4	13	960
12.	Jānis Miņins	22	19	19	12	4	7	9	21	906
13.	Patrice Servelle	15	11	16	8	18	15	20	12	876
14.	Steven Holcomb	12	2	3				8	9	850
15.	Karl Angerer		13		3	12	6	18	11	840
16.	Edgars Maskalāns	17	12	17	18	10	14	15	16	840
17.	Edwin Van Calker	6	23	20	6	19	17	18	15	816
18.	Jürgen Loacker	17	17	13		9	9	17	16	784
19.	Ivo Danilevič	21	18	dsq	15	8	22	21	14	636
20.	Lee Johnston	13	20	21	16	20	20	22	25	578

Four-man

Pos.	Bobsledder	WIN	ALT	IGL	KON	SMO	WHI	PAR 1	PAR 2	Points
1.	Alexandre Zoubkov	2	2	1	6	1	3	3	3	1646
2.	Jānis Miņins	6	4	4	3	10	1	2	2	1549
3.	André Lange	1	2	7	3	9		7	12	1251
4.	Steven Holcomb	3	7	2			2	1	1	1238
5.	Wolfgang Stampfer	8	12	9	5	4	7	9	17	1224
6.	Ivo Rüegg	14	6	13	15	7	8	5	4	1216
7.	Beat Hefti	12	22	11	10	6	6	4	6	1184
8.	Karl Angerer		1		1	3	9	6	11	1114
9.	Edwin Van Calker	5	16	5	2	13		10	9	1098
10.	Pierre Lueders	11		17	8	8	4	12	7	1032
11.	Edgars Maskalāns	14	5	15	11	12	21	11	10	1006
12.	Thomas Florschuetz	9		6	13	2	11	15	19	972
13.	Todd Hays	13	19	9	9	5	5			866
14.	Lee Johnston	10	19	11	14	15	12		16	794
15.	Lyndon Rush	22	15	14	18	23	14	14	13	746
16.	Dmitry Abramovitch			3	7			8	8	688
17.	Ivo Danilevič	21	18	22	12	22	13	20	15	674
18.	Daniel Schmid	17	13	16	19	11		16	21	672
19.	Patrice Servelle	20	11	20	17	18	15	21	24	651
20.	Simone Bertazzo	18	14	24	21	19	18	19	18	607

Two-woman

Pos.	Bobsledder	WIN	ALT	IGL	KON	SMO 1[4]	SMO 2	WHI	PAR	Points
1.	Sandra Kiriasis	2	1	3	2	1	1	5	3	1679
2.	Cathleen Martini	3	2	5	4	2	2	7	1	1599
3.	Nicole Minichiello	9	7	6	2	3	3	9	6	1434
4.	Shauna Rohbock	7	3	2	1	6	6	1		1380
5.	Claudia Schramm	5	5	9	7	4	7	10	7	1360
6.	Helen Upperton	1	4	1	9	10	5	4		1314
7.	Kaillie Humphries	6	8	7	5	5	dnf	2	2	1292
8.	Sabrina Hafner	10	6	8	8	7	8	12	4	1288
9.	Erin Pac	4	10	4	6	9	4	3		1248
10.	Esme Kamphuis	13	11	10	10	11	9	8	8	1152
11.	Fabienne Meyer	15	13	11	11	8	10	14	14	1024
12.	Victoria Tokovaia	11	11	14	13	12	15	13	10	1000
13.	Jessica Gillarduzzi	12		16	14	15	12	15	12	800
14.	Isabel Baumann	14		15	12	14	11	16		688
15.	Manami Hino	19	dns	18	15	16	13	18	15	658
16.	Lisa Szabon	8	9	13	17	13	dsq			640
17.	Anastasia Skulkina	17	15		16	17	17			464
18.	Francesca Iossi	16		17	18	19	14			450
19.	Carmen Radenovici	21		19	20	18	16			380
20.	Christina Hengster	20	14	12				20		376

References

1. World Cup Bobsleigh^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. World Cup Races in Cesana Canceled Because of Snow at the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing
3. Cortina World Cup Cancelled, races Moved to Koenigssee at the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing
4. This race is added as substitute for the cancelled race in Cesana in December

External links

• FIBT