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).
The season started on 17 November 2023 in Yanqing, China and ended on 23 March 2024 in Lake Placid, United States.
The highlight of the season was the World Championships in Winterberg, Germany, whose results were not included in the World Cup standings.
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Schedule LocationDateTwo-ManFour-ManMonobobTwo-WomanDetails1 Yanqing17–19 November 2023●●●2 La Plagne9–10 December 2023●●●●316–17 December 2023●●●●● also European Championships for four-man 4 St. Moritz13–14 January 2024●●●● 5 Lillehammer27–28 January 2024●●●● 6 Sigulda2–4 February 2024●●●● also European Championships for Monobob, two-woman and two-man (extra run) 7 Altenberg17–18 February 2024●●●● WCH Winterberg24 February–3 March 2024●●●● World Championships (not included in the World Cup) 8 Lake Placid22–23 March 2024●●●●
Calendar & Standings
Two-man Date Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time 1 2023 Yanqing Johannes LochnerGeorg Fleischhauer 1:58.64(59.18 / 59.46) Francesco FriedrichAlexander Schüller 1:59.26(59.50 / 59.76) Michael VogtSandro Michel 1:59.54(59.63 / 59.91) 2 9 December 2023 La Plagne Michael VogtSandro Michel 1:58.51(59.26 / 59.25) Johannes LochnerGeorg Fleischhauer 1:58.58(59.23 / 59.35) Francesco FriedrichThorsten Margis 1:58.94(59.49 / 59.45) 3 16 December 2023 Innsbruck-Igls Johannes LochnerGeorg Fleischhauer 1:41.94(50.88 / 51.06) Francesco FriedrichAlexander Schüller 1:42.02(51.02 / 51.00) Adam AmmourIssam Ammour 1:42.68(51.31 / 51.37) 4 13 January 2024 St. Moritz Johannes LochnerGeorg Fleischhauer 2:10.74(1:05.53 / 1:05.21) Francesco FriedrichAlexander Schüller 2:10.99(1:05.65 / 1:05.34) Michael VogtSandro Michel 2:11.29(1:05.86 / 1:05.43) 5 27 January 2024 Lillehammer Johannes LochnerGeorg Fleischhauer 1:40.63(50.34 / 50.29) Francesco FriedrichAlexander Schüller 1:41.01(50.62 / 50.39) Adam AmmourBenedikt Hertel 1:41.08(50.58 / 50.50) 6 3 February 2024 Sigulda Adam AmmourBenedikt Hertel 1:39.33(49.72 / 49.61) Michael VogtSandro Michel 1:39.45(49.80 / 49.65) Francesco FriedrichMatthias Sommer 1:39.48(49.87 / 49.61) 7 17 February 2024 Altenberg Adam AmmourCosta Laurenz 1:51.41(55.71 / 55.70) Francesco FriedrichThorsten Margis 1:51.59(55.65 / 55.94) Kim Jin-suKim Hyeong-geun 1:52.02(55.93 / 56.09) 8 22 March 2024 Lake Placid Francesco FriedrichAlexander Schüller 1:49.70(54.69 / 55.01) Johannes LochnerJoshua Tasche 1:49.95(54.83 / 55.12) Adam AmmourBenedikt Hertel 1:50.60(55.19 / 55.41)
Overall leaders 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 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 Date Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time 1 18 November 2023 Yanqing Johannes LochnerGeorg FleischhauerErec BruckertFlorian Bauer 1:57.04(58.60 / 58.44) Francesco FriedrichThorsten MargisAlexander SchüllerCandy Bauer 1:57.31(58.63 / 58.68) Sun KaizhiDing SongYe JielongZhen Heng 1:57.44(58.58 / 58.86) 2 19 November 2023 Johannes LochnerGeorg FleischhauerJoshua TascheFlorian Bauer 1:56.61(58.22 / 58.39) Patrick BaumgartnerEric FantazziniRobert MirceaLorenzo Bilotti 1:56.92(58.35 / 58.57) Francesco FriedrichThorsten MargisFelix StraubCandy Bauer 1:56.93(58.25 / 58.68) 3 10 December 2023 La Plagne Francesco FriedrichThorsten MargisAlexander SchüllerFelix Straub 1:56.14(58.12 / 58.02) Johannes LochnerFlorian BauerErec BruckertGeorg Fleischhauer 1:56.58(58.42 / 58.16) Adam AmmourBenedikt HertelNick StadelmannRupert Schenk 1:56.69(58.38 / 58.31) 4 17 December 2023 Innsbruck-Igls Francesco FriedrichCandy BauerAlexander SchüllerFelix Straub 1:40.89(50.43 / 50.46) Johannes LochnerErec BruckertJoshua TascheGeorg Fleischhauer 1:41.03(50.52 / 50.51) Emīls CipulisDāvis SpriņģisMatīss MiknisKrists Lindenblats 1:41.35(50.60 / 50.75) 5 14 January 2024 St. Moritz Johannes LochnerFlorian BauerErec BruckertGeorg Fleischhauer 2:08.89(1:04.61 / 1:04.28) Francesco FriedrichThorsten MargisCandy BauerAlexander Schüller 2:08.99(1:04.65 / 1:04.34) Emīls CipulisDāvis SpriņģisLauris KaufmanisKrists Lindenblats 2:09.29(1:04.74 / 1:04.55) 6 28 January 2024 Lillehammer Francesco FriedrichThorsten MargisAlexander SchüllerFelix Straub 1:39.50(49.74 / 49.76) Johannes LochnerFlorian BauerErec BruckertGeorg Fleischhauer 1:39.72(49.84 / 49.88) Brad HallLeon GreenwoodTaylor LawrenceGreg Cackett 1:40.15(50.04 / 50.11) 7 18 February 2024 Altenberg Francesco FriedrichCandy BauerAlexander SchüllerFelix StraubEmīls CipulisDāvis SpriņģisMatīss MiknisKrists Lindenblats 1:48.55(54.20 / 54.35)1:48.55(54.24 / 54.31)– Simon FriedliPascal MoserLuca RolliDominik Schläpfer 1:49.08(54.42 / 54.66) 8 23 March 2024 Lake Placid Francesco FriedrichThorsten MargisMatthias SommerFelix Straub 54.75 Johannes LochnerFlorian BauerJoshua TascheGeorg Fleischhauer 54.92 Adam AmmourNick StadelmannErik LeypoldRupert Schenk 55.03
Overall leaders 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 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 Rank after all 16 events 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 Date Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time 1 9 December 2023 La Plagne Kaysha Love 2:07.92(1:04.13 / 1:03.79) Melanie Hasler 2:08.13(1:04.18 / 1:03.95) Andreea Grecu 2:08.21(1:04.17 / 1:04.04) 2 15 December 2023 Innsbruck-Igls Lisa Buckwitz 1:51.17(55.83 / 55.34) Breeana Walker 1:51.42(55.99 / 55.43) Laura Nolte 1:51.47(55.98 / 55.49) 3 16 December 2023 Lisa Buckwitz 1:49.42(54.67 / 54.75) Kaysha Love 1:49.53(54.85 / 54.68) Breeana Walker 1:49.55(54.77 / 54.78) 4 13 January 2024 St. Moritz Lisa Buckwitz 2:22.78(1:11.89 / 1:10.89) Laura Nolte 2:22.91(1:11.77 / 1:11.14) Breeana Walker 2:22.93(1:11.79 / 1:11.14) 5 27 January 2024 Lillehammer Kaysha Love 1:48.52(54.12 / 54.40) Breeana Walker 1:48.94(54.41 / 54.53) Lisa Buckwitz 1:48.95(54.44 / 54.51) 6 3 February 2024 Sigulda Lisa Buckwitz 1:47.46(53.57 / 53.89) Andreea Grecu 1:47.73(53.46 / 54.27) Laura NolteElana Meyers Taylor 1:47.87(53.59 / 54.28)1:47.87(53.71 / 54.16) 7 17 February 2024 Altenberg Laura Nolte 2:01.29(1:00.71 / 1:00.58) Elana Meyers Taylor 2:01.52(1:00.45 / 1:01.07) Lisa Buckwitz 2:01.55(1:00.79 / 1:00.76) 8 22 March 2024 Lake Placid Breeana Walker 1:58.67(59.22 / 59.45) Elana Meyers Taylor 1:58.91(59.25 / 59.66) Cynthia Appiah 1:59.13(59.26 / 59.87)
Overall leaders No. Holder Date gained Place Date forfeited Place Number of competitions 1. Kaysha Love 9 December 2023 La Plagne 13 January 2024 St. Moritz3 2. Lisa Buckwitz 13 January 2024 St. Moritz 5
RankRacerPoints 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 Date Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time 1 10 December 2023 La Plagne Laura NolteNeele Schuten 2:02.24(1:01.29 / 1:00.95) Kim KalickiLeonie Fiebig 2:02.36(1:01.34 / 1:01.02) Elana Meyers TaylorEmily Renna 2:02.46(1:01.47 / 1:00.99) 2 17 December 2023 Innsbruck-Igls Lisa BuckwitzVanessa Mark 1:45.20(52.60 / 52.60) Kim KalickiLeonie Fiebig 1:45.29(52.68 / 52.61) Laura NolteNeele Schuten 1:45.64(52.91 / 52.73) 3 14 January 2024 St. Moritz Laura NolteNeele Schuten 2:16.59(1:08.59 / 1:08.00) Lisa BuckwitzLaurynn Siebert 2:16.67(1:08.53 / 1:08.14) Melanie HaslerMara Morell 2:16.97(1:08.80 / 1:08.17) 4 28 January 2024 Lillehammer Kim KalickiLeonie Fiebig 1:43.62(51.68 / 51.94) Laura NolteNeele Schuten 1:43.81(51.83 / 51.98) Kaysha LoveAzaria Hill 1:43.85(51.72 / 52.13) 5 2 February 2024 Sigulda Kim KalickiLeonie Fiebig 1:41.53(50.87 / 50.66) Laura NolteClaudia Schüßler 1:41.57(50.75 / 50.82) Lisa BuckwitzVanessa Mark 1:41.65(50.94 / 50.71) 6 4 February 2024 Laura NolteNeele Schuten 1:41.53(50.77 / 50.76) Kim KalickiAnabel Galander 1:41.82(50.93 / 50.89) Melanie HaslerMara Morell 1:42.06(51.11 / 50.95) 7 18 February 2024 Altenberg Laura NolteDeborah Levi 1:52.53(56.08 / 56.45) Kim KalickiAnabel Galander 1:53.17(56.51 / 56.66) Andreea GrecuTeodora Andreea Vlad 1:54.16(57.12 / 57.04) 8 23 March 2024 Lake Placid Kim KalickiLeonie Fiebig 1:53.39(56.51 / 56.88) Adele NicollKya Placide 1:54.20(56.98 / 57.22) Laura NolteClaudia Schüßler 1:54.24(57.00 / 57.24)
Overall leaders No. Holder Date gained Place Date forfeited Place Number of competitions 1. Laura Nolte 10 December 2023 La Plagne 8
Rank 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 Rank after all 16 events 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 Table showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.
Points distribution
Place1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2-Man, 4-ManMonobob, 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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