2014–15 Bobsleigh World Cup
# 2014–15 Bobsleigh World Cup

The 2014–15 Bobsleigh World Cup is a multi race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 12 December 2014 in Lake Placid, United States and ended on 15 February 2015 in Sochi, Russia. The World Cup is organised by the FIBT who also run World Cups and Championships in skeleton.

## Calendar

Below is the schedule of the 2014/15 season.

| Venue | Date |
| - | - |
| Lake Placid | 12–13 December 2014 |
| Calgary | 19–20 December 2014 |
| Altenberg | 9–11 January 2015 |
| Königssee | 16–18 January 2015 |
| St. Moritz | 24–25 January 2015 |
| La Plagne | 30 January – 1 February 2015 |
| Igls | 6–8 February 2015 |
| Sochi | 14–15 February 2015 |

## Results

### Men's two bob

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lake Placid | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:51.14 | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Latvia | 1:51.31 | Nick Cunningham Casey Wickline United States | 1:51.40 |
| Calgary | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Latvia | 1:49.60 | Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp Germany | 1:49.63 | Beat Hefti Alex Baumann Switzerland | 1:49.66 |
| Altenberg | Beat Hefti Alex Baumann Switzerland | 1:53.17 | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Latvia | 1:53.25 | Nico Walther Joshua Bluhm Germany | 1:53.41 |
| Königssee | Beat Hefti Alex Baumann Switzerland | 1:41.16 | Nico Walther Marko Hübenbecker Germany | 1:41.68 | Justin Kripps Bryan Barnett Canada | 1:42.19 |
| St.Moritz | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Latvia | 2:12.23 | Beat Hefti Alex Baumann Switzerland Uģis Žaļims Intars Dambis Latvia | 2:12.40 | | |
| La Plagne | Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp Germany | 1:58.48 | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Latvia | 1:58.52 | Rico Peter Bror van der Zijde Switzerland | 1:58.69 |
| Igls | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:43.64 | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Latvia | 1:43.95 | Beat Hefti Alex Baumann Switzerland | 1:44.26 |
| Sochi | Rico Peter Simon Friedli Switzerland | 1:52.33 | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Latvia | 1:52.46 | Beat Hefti Alex Baumann Switzerland | 1:52.60 |

### Men's four bob

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lake Placid | Maximilian Arndt Kevin Korona Joshua Bluhm Ben Heber Germany | 1:49.31 | Alexander Kasjanov Maxim Mokrousov Ilvir Huzin Aleksei Pushkarev Russia | 1:49.32 | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga Latvia | 1:49.35 |
| Calgary | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga Latvia | 1:47.84 | Francesco Friedrich Jan Speer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:48.01 | Maximilian Arndt Kevin Korona Joshua Bluhm Ben Heber Germany | 1:48.14 |
| Altenberg | Nico Walther Andreas Bredau Marko Hübenbecker Christian Poser Germany | 1:48.11 | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga Latvia | 1:48.15 | Rico Peter Bror van der Zijde Thomas Amrhein Simon Friedli Switzerland | 1:48.78 |
| Königssee | Maximilian Arndt Kevin Korona Alexander Roediger Ben Heber Germany | 1:37.72 | Nico Walther Andreas Bredau Marko Hübenbecker Christian Poser Germany | 1:37.74 | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga Latvia | 1:37.86 |
| St.Moritz | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga Latvia | 2:09.73 | Francesco Friedrich Gregor Bermach Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis Germany | 2:09.91 | Maximilian Arndt Jan Speer Alexander Roediger Martin Putze Germany | 2:10.11 |
| La Plagne | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga Latvia | 1:56.61 | Alexander Kasjanov Ilvir Huzin Aleksei Pushkarev Aleksey Zaytsev Russia | 1:56.89 | Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:57.13 |
| Igls | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga Latvia | 1:42.01 | Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis Germany | 1:42.14 | Nico Walther Marko Hübenbecker Andreas Bredau Christian Poser Germany | 1:42.31 |
| Sochi | Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga Latvia | 1:50.03 | Alexander Kasjanov Ilvir Huzin Aleksei Pushkarev Aleksey Zaytsev Russia | 1:50.05 | Maximilian Arndt Alexander Roediger Ben Heber Martin Putze Germany | 1:50.67 |

### Women's two bob

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lake Placid | Elana Meyers Cherrelle Garrett United States | 1:52.68 | Jazmine Fenlator Natalie DeRatt United States | 1:53.80 | Jamie Greubel Lauren Gibbs United States | 1:54.04 |
| Calgary | Elana Meyers Cherrelle Garrett United States | 1:51.76 | Anja Schneiderheinze Franziska Bertels Germany | 1:52.21 | Kaillie Humphries Kate O'Brien Canada | 1:52.65 |
| Altenberg | Elana Meyers Cherrelle Garrett United States | 1:55.38 | Elfje Willemsen Annelies Holthof Belgium | 1:55.49 | Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz Canada | 1:55.73 |
| Königssee | Cathleen Martini Lisa Marie Buckwitz Germany | 1:41.88 | Elfje Willemsen Annelies Holthof Belgium | 1:41.92 | Anja Schneiderheinze Annika Drazek Germany | 1:41.96 |
| St.Moritz | Anja Schneiderheinze Annika Drazek Germany | 2:15.29 | Cathleen Martini Franziska Bertels Germany | 2:15.60 | Jamie Greubel Cherrelle Garrett United States | 2:15.86 |
| La Plagne | Elana Meyers Cherrelle Garrett United States | 2:01.93 | Jamie Greubel Lauryn Williams United States | 2:02.17 | Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz Canada | 2:02.44 |
| Igls | Elana Meyers Lauryn Williams United States | 1:46.48 | Anja Schneiderheinze Annika Drazek Germany | 1:46.55 | Jamie Greubel Cherrelle Garrett United States | 1:47.45 |
| Sochi | Elana Meyers Lauryn Williams United States | 1:55.48 | Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz Canada | 1:56.09 | Jamie Greubel Lauren Gibbs United States | 1:56.10 |

## Standings

### 2-men

| Pos. | Bobsledder | LKP | CAL | ALT | KON | STM | LPL | IGL | SOC | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Oskars Melbārdis (LAT) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1684 |
| 2 | Beat Hefti (SUI) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1636 |
| 3 | Rico Peter (SUI) | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1449 |
| 4 | Francesco Friedrich (GER) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | 1429 |
| 5 | Nico Walther (GER) | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 1378 |
| 6 | Steven Holcomb (USA) | 6 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1296 |
| 7 | Alexander Kasjanov (RUS) | 10 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1256 |
| 8 | Justin Kripps (CAN) | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1248 |
| 9 | Nick Cunningham (USA) | 3 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1020 |
| 10 | Codie Bascue (USA) | 13 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 976 |
| 11 | Won Yun-jong (KOR) | 8 | 5 | – | 8 | 14 | 6 | 10 | – | 936 |
| 12 | Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT) | 12 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | – | 920 |
| 13 | Alexey Stulnev (RUS) | 18 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 9 | – | 15 | 6 | 904 |
| 14 | Chris Spring (CAN) | 14 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 872 |
| 15 | Johannes Lochner (GER) | – | – | – | – | 5 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 680 |
| 16 | Maxim Andrianov (RUS) | – | – | 10 | 22 | – | 18 | 17 | 13 | 488 |
| 17 | Nikita Zakharov (RUS) | 15 | 17 | – | – | 10 | 15 | – | – | 440 |
| 18 | Maximilian Arndt (GER) | 8 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 432 |
| 19 | Kim Dong-hyun (KOR) | 17 | 16 | – | – | 19 | 24 | 23 | – | 353 |
| 20 | Uģis Žaļims (LAT) | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 11 | – | 346 |

### 4-men

| Pos. | Bobsledder | LKP | CAL | ALT | KON | STM | LPL | IGL | SOC | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Oskars Melbārdis (LAT) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1735 |
| 2 | Alexander Kasjanov (RUS) | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1494 |
| 3 | Maximilian Arndt (GER) | 1 | 3 | DNF | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1410 |
| 4 | Nico Walther (GER) | DNF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1379 |
| 5 | Francesco Friedrich (GER) | 14 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | 1310 |
| 6 | Rico Peter (SUI) | 7 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 1288 |
| 7 | Steven Holcomb (USA) | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1224 |
| 8 | Justin Kripps (CAN) | 4 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1134 |
| 9 | Chris Spring (CAN) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1032 |
| 10 | Oskars Ķibermanis (LAT) | 10 | DNF | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | – | 1016 |
| 11 | Nikita Zakharov (RUS) | 8 | 4 | – | – | 6 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1000 |
| 12 | Nick Cunningham (USA) | 5 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 978 |
| 13 | Alexey Stulnev (RUS) | 13 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 13 | – | 14 | 8 | 888 |
| 14 | Codie Bascue (USA) | 9 | – | 12 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 19 | – | 682 |
| 15 | Lamin Deen (GBR) | 12 | 5 | – | 11 | 23 | – | 7 | – | 666 |
| 16 | Benjamin Maier (AUT) | – | – | 15 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 17 | – | 664 |
| 17 | Jan Vrba (CZE) | – | – | 11 | – | 10 | 10 | 12 | – | 552 |
| 18 | Kaillie Humphries (CAN) | – | 15 | - | 18 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 14 | 483 |
| 19 | Won Yun-jong (KOR) | – | 13 | - | 20 | 16 | 18 | 21 | – | 426 |
| 20 | Simone Bertazzo (ITA) | – | – | 14 | – | 5 | – | 15 | – | 400 |

### 2-woman

| Pos. | Bobsledder | LKP | CAL | ALT | KON | STM | LPL | IGL | SOC | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Elana Meyers (USA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1718 |
| 2 | Kaillie Humphries (CAN) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1522 |
| 3 | Jazmine Fenlator (USA) | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1474 |
| 4 | Elfje Willemsen (BEL) | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1460 |
| 5 | Anja Schneiderheinze (GER) | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | – | 1389 |
| 6 | Jamie Greubel (USA) | 3 | 4 | 5 | DNF | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1386 |
| 7 | Stefanie Szczurek (GER) | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1304 |
| 8 | Cathleen Martini (GER) | – | – | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1155 |
| 9 | Nadezhda Sergeeva (RUS) | 10 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 1072 |
| 10 | Mica McNeill (GBR) | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 12 | – | 10 | – | 840 |
| 11 | Victoria Olaoye (GBR) | 8 | 8 | – | 10 | 15 | 14 | 11 | – | 816 |
| 12 | Christina Hengster (AUT) | – | – | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | – | 776 |
| 13 | Aleksandra Rodionova (RUS) | – | – | – | – | 11 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 584 |
| 14 | An Vannieuwenhuyse (BEL) | – | – | 11 | 13 | – | 13 | 16 | – | 472 |
| 15 | Marije van Huigenbosch (NED) | – | – | – | 9 | 14 | 15 | – | – | 368 |
| 16 | Maria Adela Constantin (ROU) | – | – | 8 | – | 16 | – | 14 | – | 368 |
| 17 | Edith Burkard (SUI) | – | – | – | – | 6 | 12 | – | – | 304 |
| 18 | Martina Fontanive (SUI) | – | – | – | – | 17 | – | 15 | – | 192 |
| 19 | Alysia Rissling (CAN) | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 136 |
| 20 | Fabiana Santos (BRA) | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 136 |
