2023–24 Bobsleigh World Cup

2023–24 Bobsleigh World Cup
2023–24 Bobsleigh World Cup
Discipline	Men
Combined	Johannes Lochner
Monobob	–
Two	Johannes Lochner
Four	Johannes Lochner
Competition
Edition	40th
Locations	8
	←2022–23 2024–25→

The 2023–24 Bobsleigh World Cup (official: BMW IBSF Bobsleigh World Cup) is a multi-race series over a season of bobsleigh, organised by International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).^[1]

The season started on 17 November 2023 in Yanqing, China and will end on 23 March 2024 in Lake Placid, United States.^[2]

The highlight of the season is the World Championships in Winterberg, Germany, whose results are not included in the World Cup standings.

Map of world cup hosts

All 8 locations hosting world cup events in this season (including Winterberg – venue of the World Championships).

Europe Winterberg Altenberg Innsbruck Sigulda St. Moritz La Plagne Lillehammer
North America Lake Placid		Asia Yanqing

Schedule

#	Location	Date	Two-Man	Four-Man	Monobob	Two-Woman	Details
1	Yanqing	17–19 November 2023	●	●●
2	La Plagne	9–10 December 2023	●	●	●	●
3	Innsbruck-Igls	16–17 December 2023	●	●	●●	●	also European Championships for four-man
4	St. Moritz	13–14 January 2024	●	●	●	●
5	Lillehammer	27–28 January 2024	●	●	●	●
6	Sigulda	2–4 February 2024	●		●	●●	also European Championships for Monobob, two-woman and two-man
7	Altenberg	17–18 February 2024	●	●	●	●
WCH	Winterberg	24 February–3 March 2024	●	●	●	●	World Championships (not included in the World Cup)
8	Lake Placid	22–23 March 2024	●	●	●	●

Calendar & Standings

Two-man

#	Date	Place	Winner	Time	Second	Time	Third	Time	Leader (After competition)	R.
1	17 November 2023	Yanqing	Germany Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer	1:58.64 (59.18 / 59.46)	Germany Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller	1:59.26 (59.50 / 59.76)	Switzerland Michael Vogt Sandro Michel	1:59.54 (59.63 / 59.91)	Johannes Lochner	^[3]
2	9 December 2023	La Plagne	Switzerland Michael Vogt Sandro Michel	1:58.51 (59.26 / 59.25)	Germany Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer	1:58.58 (59.23 / 59.35)	Germany Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	1:58.94 (59.49 / 59.45)		^[4]
3	16 December 2023	Innsbruck-Igls	Germany Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer	1:41.94 (50.88 / 51.06)	Germany Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller	1:42.02 (51.02 / 51.00)	Germany Adam Ammour Issam Ammour	1:42.68 (51.31 / 51.37)		^[5]
4	13 January 2024	St. Moritz
5	27 January 2024	Lillehammer
6	3 February 2024	Sigulda
7	17 February 2024	Altenberg
8	22 March 2024	Lake Placid

Rank^[6]	Racer	Points	YAN	LAP	IGL
1	Johannes Lochner	660	1	2	1
2	Francesco Friedrich	620	2	3	2
3	Michael Vogt	609	3	1	5
4	Patrick Baumgartner	512	4	7	9
5	Emīls Cipulis	496	5	11	6
6	Simon Friedli	480	6	8	10
7	Markus Treichl	480	7	10	7
8	Cédric Follador	456	9	6	12
9	Li Chunjian	416	8	12	12
10	Adam Ammour	384	-	5	3

Four-man

#	Date	Place	Winner	Time	Second	Time	Third	Time	Leader (After competition)	R.
1	18 November 2023	Yanqing	Germany Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer Erec Bruckert Florian Bauer	1:57.04 (58.60 / 58.44)	Germany Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Alexander Schüller Candy Bauer	1:57.31 (58.63 / 58.68)	China Sun Kaizhi Ding Song Ye Jielong Zhen Heng	1:57.44 (58.58 / 58.86)	Johannes Lochner	^[7]
2	19 November 2023	Yanqing	Germany Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer Joshua Tasche Florian Bauer	1:56.61 (58.22 / 58.39)	Italy Patrick Baumgartner Eric Fantazzini Robert Mircea Lorenzo Bilotti	1:56.92 (58.35 / 58.57)	Germany Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Felix Straub Candy Bauer	1:56.93 (58.25 / 58.68)		^[8]
3	10 December 2023	La Plagne	Germany Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Alexander Schüller Felix Straub	1:56.14 (58.12 / 58.02)	Germany Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer Erec Bruckert Georg Fleischhauer	1:56.58 (58.42 / 58.16)	Germany Adam Ammour Benedikt Hertel Nick Stadelmann Rupert Schenk	1:56.69 (58.38 / 58.31)		^[9]
4	17 December 2023	Innsbruck-Igls	Germany Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Alexander Schüller Felix Straub	1:40.89 (50.43 / 50.46)	Germany Johannes Lochner Erec Bruckert Joshua Tasche Georg Fleischhauer	1:41.03 (50.52 / 50.51)	Latvia Emīls Cipulis Dāvis Spriņģis Matīss Miknis Krists Lindenblats	1:41.35 (50.60 / 50.75)		^[10]
5	14 January 2024	St. Moritz
6	28 January 2024	Lillehammer
7	18 February 2024	Altenberg
8	23 March 2024	Lake Placid

Rank^[11]	Racer	Points	YAN1	YAN2	LAP	IGL
1	Johannes Lochner	870	1	1	2	2
2	Francesco Friedrich	860	2	3	1	1
3	Emīls Cipulis	768	4	4	5	3
4	Patrick Baumgartner	538	6	2	9	11
5	Kaizhi Sun	672	3	6	13	6
6	Cédric Follador	664	7	10	6	6
7	Michael Vogt	656	5	5	4	16
8	Simon Friedli	632	10	11	7	5
9	Li Chunjian	632	7	8	8	10
10	Markus Treichl	608	9	7	11	9

Men's Combined Standings

Rank	after 7 of 16 events^[12]	Points
1	Johannes Lochner	1530
2	Francesco Friedrich	1480
3	Michael Vogt	1265
4	Emīls Cipulis	1264
5	Patrick Baumgartner	1186
6	Cédric Follador	1120
7	Simon Friedli	1112
8	Markus Treichl	1088
8	Li Chunjian	1048
10	Sun Kaizhi	1008

Monobob

#	Date	Place	Winner	Time	Second	Time	Third	Time	Leader (After competition)	R.
1	9 December 2023	La Plagne	United States Kaysha Love	2:07.92 (1:04.13 / 1:03.79)	Switzerland Melanie Hasler	2:08.13 (1:04.18 / 1:03.95)	Romania Andreea Grecu	2:08.21 (1:04.17 / 1:04.04)	Kaysha Love	^[13]
2	15 December 2023	Innsbruck-Igls	Germany Lisa Buckwitz	1:51.17 (55.83 / 55.34)	Australia Breeana Walker	1:51.42 (55.99 / 55.43)	Germany Laura Nolte	1:51.47 (55.98 / 55.49)		^[14]
3	16 December 2023	Innsbruck-Igls	Germany Lisa Buckwitz	1:49.42 (54.67 / 54.75)	United States Kaysha Love	1:49.53 (54.85 / 54.68)	Australia Breeana Walker	1:49.55 (54.77 / 54.78)		^[15]
4	13 January 2024	St. Moritz
5	27 January 2024	Lillehammer
6	3 February 2024	Sigulda
7	17 February 2024	Altenberg
8	22 March 2024	Lake Placid

Rank^[16]	Racer	Points	LAP	IGL1	IGL2
1	Kaysha Love	627	1	4	2
2	Lisa Buckwitz	618	7	1	1
3	Breeana Walker	594	5	2	3
4	Melanie Hasler	570	2	7	4
5	Elana Meyers Taylor	552	4	5	6
6	Andreea Grecu	544	3	6	7
7	Laura Nolte	544	5	3	8
8	Cynthia Appiah	496	9	8	5
9	Margot Boch	440	8	9	12
10	Bianca Ribi	424	10	10	11

Two-woman

#	Date	Place	Winner	Time	Second	Time	Third	Time	Leader (After competition)	R.
1	10 December 2023	La Plagne	Germany Laura Nolte Neele Schuten	2:02.24 (1:01.29 / 1:00.95)	Germany Kim Kalicki Leonie Fiebig	2:02.36 (1:01.34 / 1:01.02)	United States Elana Meyers Taylor Emily Renna	2:02.46 (1:01.47 / 1:00.99)	Laura Nolte	^[17]
2	17 December 2023	Innsbruck-Igls	Germany Lisa Buckwitz Vanessa Mark	1:45.20 (52.60 / 52.60)	Germany Kim Kalicki Leonie Fiebig	1:45.29 (52.68 / 52.61)	Germany Laura Nolte Neele Schuten	1:45.64 (52.91 / 52.73)	Laura Nolte	^[18]
3	14 January 2024	St. Moritz
4	28 January 2024	Lillehammer
5	2 February 2024	Sigulda
6	4 February 2024	Sigulda
7	18 February 2024	Altenberg
8	23 March 2024	Lake Placid

Rank^[19]	Racer	Points	LAP	IGL
1	Laura Nolte	425	1	3
2	Kim Kalicki	420	2	2
3	Lisa Buckwitz	401	6	1
4	Elana Meyers Taylor	376	3	6
5	Melanie Hasler	368	5	5
6	Bree Walker	360	7	4
7	Kaysha Love	352	4	8
8	Mingming Huai	312	10	7
9	Andreea Grecu	288	9	11
10	Margot Broch	280	8	13

Women's Combined Standings

Rank	after 5 of 16 events^[20]	Points
1	Lisa Buckwitz	1019
2	Kaysha Love	969
3	Laura Nolte	969
4	Bree Walker	954
5	Melanie Hasler	938
6	Elana Meyers Taylor	928
7	Andreea Grecu	832
8	Cynthia Appiah	744
9	Margot Boch	720
10	Bianca Ribi	704

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

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

References

^ "IBSF". www.ibsf.org.
^ "Calendar". ibsf.org. IBSF.
^ "Two-man: Yanqing (CHN)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
^ "Two-man: La Plagne (FRA)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
^ "Two-man: Innsbruck (AUT)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
^ "IBSF World Cup standings - Two-man bobsleigh". IBSF Results. IBSF.
^ "Four-man: Yanqing 1 (CHN)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
^ "Four-man: Yanqing 2 (CHN)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
^ "Four-man: La Plagne (FRA)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
^ "Four-man: Innsbruck (AUT)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "IBSF World Cup standings - Four-man bobsleigh". IBSF Results. IBSF.
^ "IBSF World Cup standings - Bobsleigh Combined Men". IBSF Results. IBSF.
^ "Monobob: La Plagne (FRA)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
^ "Monobob: Innsbruck 1 (AUT)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
^ "Monobob: Innsbruck 2 (AUT)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
^ "IBSF World Cup standings - Monobob". IBSF Results. IBSF.
^ "Two-woman La Plagne (FRA)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
^ "Two-woman Innsbruck (AUT)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
^ "IBSF World Cup standings - Two-woman bobsleigh". IBSF.
^ "IBSF World Cup standings - Bobsleigh Combined Women". IBSF Results. IBSF.

[1] "IBSF". www.ibsf.org.

[2] "Calendar". ibsf.org. IBSF.

[3] "Two-man: Yanqing (CHN)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

[4] "Two-man: La Plagne (FRA)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 9 December 2023.

[5] "Two-man: Innsbruck (AUT)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[6] "IBSF World Cup standings - Two-man bobsleigh". IBSF Results. IBSF.

[7] "Four-man: Yanqing 1 (CHN)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 18 November 2023.

[8] "Four-man: Yanqing 2 (CHN)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 19 November 2023.

[9] "Four-man: La Plagne (FRA)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

[10] "Four-man: Innsbruck (AUT)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 17 December 2023.

[11] "IBSF World Cup standings - Four-man bobsleigh". IBSF Results. IBSF.

[12] "IBSF World Cup standings - Bobsleigh Combined Men". IBSF Results. IBSF.

[13] "Monobob: La Plagne (FRA)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 9 December 2023.

[14] "Monobob: Innsbruck 1 (AUT)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 15 December 2023.

[15] "Monobob: Innsbruck 2 (AUT)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[16] "IBSF World Cup standings - Monobob". IBSF Results. IBSF.

[17] "Two-woman La Plagne (FRA)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 9 December 2023.

[18] "Two-woman Innsbruck (AUT)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

[19] "IBSF World Cup standings - Two-woman bobsleigh". IBSF.

[20] "IBSF World Cup standings - Bobsleigh Combined Women". IBSF Results. IBSF.

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2023–24 Bobsleigh World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Combined	Johannes Lochner	Lisa Buckwitz
Monobob	–	Kaysha Love
Two	Johannes Lochner	Laura Nolte
Four	Johannes Lochner	–
Competition
Edition	40th	31st
Locations	8	7
←2022–23 2024–25→

v t e 2023–24 World Cup seasons in winter sports
Alpine skiing (FIS)	Alpine skiing Continental Cups Europa Cup Nor-Am Cup Far East Cup South American Cup Australia-New Zealand Cup
Nordic skiing (FIS)	Cross-country skiing Continental Cup Nordic combined Continental Cup Ski jumping Ski flying Grand Prix Continental Cup Inter-Continental Cup FIS Cup Alpen Cup
Other skiing (FIS)	Freestyle skiing Snowboarding
Skating sports (ISU)	Figure skating ISU Grand Prix ISU Challenger Series ISU Junior Grand Prix Short track Speed skating
Sliding sports (FIL, IBSF)	Bobsleigh North American Cup Luge Skeleton
Others (IBU, WCF)	Biathlon IBU Cup Curling