title: 2008–09 Bobsleigh World Cup
text: # 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.
  
  ## Calendar
  
  Below is the schedule of the 2008/09 season.
  
  | 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) |
  | Königssee | 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 | 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 | FIBT World Championships 2009 | FIBT World Championships 2009 | FIBT World Championships 2009 | FIBT World Championships 2009 | 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 | FIBT World Championships 2009 | FIBT World Championships 2009 | FIBT World Championships 2009 | FIBT World Championships 2009 | 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 | 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 | FIBT World Championships 2009 | FIBT World Championships 2009 | FIBT World Championships 2009 | FIBT World Championships 2009 | FIBT World Championships 2009 |
  
  ## Standings
  
  ### Two-man
  
  | Pos. | Bobsledder | WIN | ALT | IGL | KON | SMO 1 | 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 | 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 |
  