2023–24 Skeleton World Cup

The 2023–24 Skeleton World Cup (official: BMW IBSF Skeleton World Cup) was a multi-race series over a season of skeleton, organised by International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). It was the 38th edition for men and 28th edition for women of the highest international race series in skeleton.^[1]

2023–24 Skeleton World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Matt Weston (1st title)	Kimberley Bos (2nd title)
Competition
Edition	38th	28th
Locations	8	8
←2022–23 2024–25→

The season started on 17 November 2023 in Yanqing, China and ended on 21 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.

Christopher Grotheer from Germany (men's) and Tina Hermann from Germany (women's) were the reigning champions from the previous season.

Schedule

#	Location	Date	Details
1	Yanqing	17 November 2023
2	La Plagne	8 December 2023
3	Innsbruck-Igls	15 December 2023
4	St. Moritz	12 January 2024
5	Lillehammer	26 January 2024
6	Sigulda	2 February 2024	also European Championships
7	Altenberg	16 February 2024
WCH	Winterberg	22–24 February 2024	World Championships (not included in the World Cup)
8	Lake Placid	21 March 2024

Calendar & Standings

Men

#	Place	Winner	Time	Second	Time	Third	Time	R.
1	Yanqing	Christopher Grotheer	2:01.20 (1:00.81 / 1:00.39)	Chen Wenhao	2:01.63 (1:00.98 / 1:00.65)	Yan Wengang	2:01.68 (1:00.71 / 1:00.97)	[3]
2	La Plagne	Jung Seung-gi	2:00.61 (1:00.15 / 1:00.46)	Matt Weston	2:00.69 (1:00.43 / 1:00.26)	Marcus Wyatt Christopher Grotheer	2:00.94 (1:00.52 / 1:00.42) 2:00.94 (1:00.23 / 1:00.71)	[4]
3	Innsbruck-Igls	Matt Weston	1:44.84 (52.56 / 52.28)	Jung Seung-gi	1:44.99 (52.67 / 52.32)	Felix Keisinger	1:45.16 (52.78 / 52.38)	[5]
4	St. Moritz	Amedeo Bagnis	2:14.07 (1:07.00 / 1:07.07)	Christopher Grotheer	2:14.59 (1:07.56 / 1:07.03)	Jung Seung-gi	2:14.96 (1:07.67 / 1:07.29)	[6]
5	Lillehammer	Christopher Grotheer	1:42.85 (51.44 / 51.41)	Axel Jungk	1:42.93 (51.34 / 51.59)	Felix Seibel	1:42.85 (51.34 / 51.61)	[7]
6	Sigulda	Yin Zheng	1:40.82 (50.24 / 50.58)	Marcus Wyatt	1:41.00 (50.43 / 50.37)	Matt Weston	1:41.16 (50.60 / 50.56)	[8]
7	Altenberg	Yin Zheng	1:52.49 (56.29 / 56.20)	Christopher Grotheer	1:52.58 (56.25 / 56.33)	Matt Weston	1:52.61 (55.83 / 56.78)	[9]
8	Lake Placid	Yin Zheng	1:46.97 (53.29 / 53.68)	Marcus Wyatt	1:47.01 (53.49 / 53.52)	Amedeo Bagnis	1:47.34 (53.40 / 53.94)	[10]

Overall leaders

No.	Holder	Date gained	Place	Date forfeited	Place	Number of competitions
1.	Christopher Grotheer	17 November 2023	Yanqing	15 December 2023	Innbruck-Igls	2
2.	Jung Seung-gi	15 December 2023	Innbruck-Igls	26 January 2024	Lillehammer	2
3.	Christopher Grotheer	26 January 2024	Lillehammer	21 March 2024	Lake Placid	3
4.	Matt Weston	21 March 2024	Lake Placid	Overall Winner		1

Rank[11]	Racer	Points	YAN	LAP	IGL	STM	LIL	SIG	ALT	LAK
1	Matt Weston	1523	10	2	1	4	8	3	3	4
2	Christopher Grotheer	1494	1	3	5	2	1	9	2	17
3	Yin Zheng	1453	5	19	10	5	4	1	1	1
4	Jung Seung-gi	1269	4	1	2	3	9	17	4	35
5	Marcus Wyatt	1254	7	3	9	12	31	2	7	2
6	Amedeo Bagnis	1225	13	6	6	1	25	10	10	3
7	Felix Keisinger	1200	—	7	3	9	5	4	5	13
8	Felix Seibel	1112	—	9	13	7	3	8	6	11
9	Craig Thompson	1082	9	5	4	13	12	12	19	15
10	Chen Wenhao	1026	2	18	8	11	11	6	12	—

Women

#	Place	Winner	Time	Second	Time	Third	Time	R.
1	Yanqing	Tina Hermann	2:03.81 (1:01.75 / 1:02.06)	Zhao Dan	2:03.83 (1:01.63 / 1:02.20)	Mirela Rahneva	2:03.99 (1:01.90 / 1:02.09)	[12]
2	La Plagne	Tabitha Stoecker	2:05.13 (1:02.53 / 1:02.60)	Mystique Ro	2:05.20 (1:02.70 / 1:02.50)	Kimberley Bos	2:05.22 (1:02.49 / 1:02.73)	[13]
3	Innsbruck-Igls	Kimberley Bos	1:47.91 (53.93 / 53.98)	Valentina Margaglio	1:48.08 (54.02 / 54.06)	Tabitha Stoecker	1:48.11 (53.97 / 54.14)	[14]
4	St. Moritz	Kimberley Bos	2:18.61 (1:09.81 / 1:08.80)	Valentina Margaglio	2:19.34 (1:09.96 / 1:09.38)	Katie Uhlaender	2:19.45 (1:09.85 / 1:09.60)	[15]
5	Lillehammer	Hannah Neise	1:45.94 (52.97 / 52.97)	Mystique Ro	1:45.99 (52.93 / 53.06)	Kimberley Bos	1:46.00 (53.07 / 52.93)	[16]
6	Sigulda	Mirela Rahneva	1:43.10 (51.75 / 51.35)	Kim Meylemans	1:43.38 (51.64 / 51.74)	Hannah Neise	1:43.41 (51.87 / 51.54)	[17]
7	Altenberg	Tina Hermann	1:56.46 (57.90 / 58.56)	Susanne Kreher	1:56.56 (58.01 / 58.55)	Mystique Ro	1:56.70 (58.36 / 58.34)	[18]
8	Lake Placid	Mystique Ro	1:50.33 (55.02 / 55.33)	Kim Meylemans	1:50.37 (55.17 / 55.20)	Kimberley Bos	1:50.55 (55.10 / 55.45)	[19]

Overall leaders

No.	Holder	Date gained	Place	Date forfeited	Place	Number of competitions
1.	Tina Herrmann	17 November 2023	Yanqing	15 December 2023	Innbruck-Igls	2
2.	Kimberley Bos	15 December 2023	Innbruck-Igls	Overall Winner		6

Rank[20]	Racer	Points	YAN1	LAP	IGL	STM	LIL	SIG	ALT	LAK
1	Kimberley Bos	1570	8	3	1	1	3	6	5	3
2	Kim Meylemans	1364	5	7	6	13	5	2	14	2
3	Valentina Margaglio	1270	9	6	2	2	19	13	9	6
4	Janine Flock	1248	6	—	4	7	4	5	7	7
5	Tina Hermann	1242	1	9	11	5	14	15	1	15
6	Jacqueline Pfeifer	1192	—	4	8	6	9	9	6	5
7	Hannah Neise	1177	—	5	9	10	1	3	8	14
8	Mystique Ro	1175	—	2	19	8	2	16	3	1
9	Susanne Kreher	1138	4	DNS	12	4	13	7	2	12
10	Tabitha Stoecker	1031	10	14	12	21	3	1	—	8

Mixed Team

#	Place	Winner	Time	Second	Time	Third	Time	R.
1	St. Moritz	Valentina Margaglio / Amedeo Bagnis	2:22.11 (1:11.95 / 1:10.16)	Susanne Kreher / Felix Keisinger	2:23.00 (1:12.17 / 1:10.83)	Jacqueline Pfeifer / Felix Seibel	2:23.77 (1:12.66 / 1:11.11)	[21]
2	Altenberg	Susanne Kreher / Axel Jungk	2:00.92 (1:01.52 / 59.40)	Anna Fernstädt / Timon Drahoňovský	2:01.61 (1:01.24 / 1:00.37)	Katie Uhlaender / Austin Florian Hannah Neise / Christopher Grotheer	2:01.66 (1:02.33 / 59.33) 2:01.66 (1:01.77 / 59.89)	[22]

Podium table by nation

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	6	5	6	17
2	China	3	2	1	6
3	Great Britain	2	3	4	9
4	Italy	2	2	1	5
5	Netherlands	2	0	3	5
6	United States	1	2	3	6
7	South Korea	1	1	1	3
8	Canada	1	0	1	2
9	Belgium	0	2	0	2
10	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
Totals (10 entries)		18	18	20	56

Points distribution

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

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