2023–24 Skeleton World Cup

2023–24 Skeleton World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall United Kingdom Matt Weston Netherlands Kimberley Bos
Competition
Edition 38th 28th
Locations 8 8

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]

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

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

Calendar & Standings

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Men

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# Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time R.
1 China Yanqing Germany Christopher Grotheer 2:01.20
(1:00.81 / 1:00.39)
China Chen Wenhao 2:01.63
(1:00.98 / 1:00.65)
China Yan Wengang 2:01.68
(1:00.71 / 1:00.97)
[3]
2 France La Plagne South Korea Jung Seung-gi 2:00.61
(1:00.15 / 1:00.46)
United Kingdom Matt Weston 2:00.69
(1:00.43 / 1:00.26)
United Kingdom Marcus Wyatt


Germany Christopher Grotheer
2:00.94
(1:00.52 / 1:00.42)
2:00.94
(1:00.23 / 1:00.71)
[4]
3 Austria Innsbruck-Igls United Kingdom Matt Weston 1:44.84
(52.56 / 52.28)
South Korea Jung Seung-gi 1:44.99
(52.67 / 52.32)
Germany Felix Keisinger 1:45.16
(52.78 / 52.38)
[5]
4  Switzerland  St. Moritz Italy Amedeo Bagnis 2:14.07
(1:07.00 / 1:07.07)
Germany Christopher Grotheer 2:14.59
(1:07.56 / 1:07.03)
South Korea Jung Seung-gi 2:14.96
(1:07.67 / 1:07.29)
[6]
5 Norway Lillehammer Germany Christopher Grotheer 1:42.85
(51.44 / 51.41)
Germany Axel Jungk 1:42.93
(51.34 / 51.59)
Germany Felix Seibel 1:42.85
(51.34 / 51.61)
[7]
6 Latvia Sigulda China Yin Zheng 1:40.82
(50.24 / 50.58)
United Kingdom Marcus Wyatt 1:41.00
(50.43 / 50.37)
United Kingdom Matt Weston 1:41.16
(50.60 / 50.56)
[8]
7 Germany Altenberg China Yin Zheng 1:52.49
(56.29 / 56.20)
Germany Christopher Grotheer 1:52.58
(56.25 / 56.33)
United Kingdom Matt Weston 1:52.61
(55.83 / 56.78)
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8 United States Lake Placid China Yin Zheng 1:46.97
(53.29 / 53.68)
United Kingdom Marcus Wyatt 1:47.01
(53.49 / 53.52)
Italy Amedeo Bagnis 1:47.34
(53.40 / 53.94)
[10]

Overall leaders

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No. Holder Date gained Place Date forfeited Place Number of competitions
1. Germany Christopher Grotheer 17 November 2023 China Yanqing 15 December 2023 Austria Innbruck-Igls 2
2. South Korea Jung Seung-gi 15 December 2023 Austria Innbruck-Igls 26 January 2024 Norway Lillehammer 2
3. Germany Christopher Grotheer 26 January 2024 Norway Lillehammer 21 March 2024 United States Lake Placid 3
4. United Kingdom Matt Weston 21 March 2024 United States Lake Placid Overall Winner 1
Rank[11] Racer Points China YAN1 France LAP Austria IGL Switzerland STM Norway LIL Latvia SIG Germany ALT United States LAK
1 United Kingdom Matt Weston 1523 10 2 1 4 8 3 3 4
2 Germany Christopher Grotheer 1494 1 3 5 2 1 9 2 17
3 China Yin Zheng 1453 5 19 10 5 4 1 1 1
4 South Korea Jung Seung-gi 1269 4 1 2 3 9 17 4 35
5 United Kingdom Marcus Wyatt 1254 7 3 9 12 31 2 7 2
6 Italy Amedeo Bagnis 1225 13 6 6 1 25 10 10 3
7 Germany Felix Keisinger 1200 7 3 9 5 4 5 13
8 Germany Felix Seibel 1112 9 13 7 3 8 6 11
9 United Kingdom Craig Thompson 1082 9 5 4 13 12 12 19 15
10 China Chen Wenhao 1026 2 18 8 11 11 6 12

Women

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

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No. Holder Date gained Place Date forfeited Place Number of competitions
1. Germany Tina Herrmann 17 November 2023 China Yanqing 15 December 2023 Austria Innbruck-Igls 2
2. Netherlands Kimberley Bos 15 December 2023 Austria Innbruck-Igls Overall Winner 6
Rank[20] Racer Points China YAN1 France LAP Austria IGL Switzerland STM Norway LIL Latvia SIG Germany ALT United States LAK
1 Netherlands Kimberley Bos 1570 8 3 1 1 3 6 5 3
2 Belgium Kim Meylemans 1364 5 7 6 13 5 2 14 2
3 Italy Valentina Margaglio 1270 9 6 2 2 19 13 9 6
4 Austria Janine Flock 1248 6 4 7 4 5 7 7
5 Germany Tina Hermann 1242 1 9 11 5 14 15 1 15
6 Germany Jacqueline Pfeifer 1192 4 8 6 9 9 6 5
7 Germany Hannah Neise 1177 5 9 10 1 3 8 14
8 United States Mystique Ro 1175 2 19 8 2 16 3 1
9 Germany Susanne Kreher 1138 4 DNS 12 4 13 7 2 12
10 United Kingdom Tabitha Stoecker 1031 10 14 12 21 3 1 8

Mixed Team

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# Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time R.
1  Switzerland  St. Moritz Italy Valentina Margaglio / Amedeo Bagnis 2:22.11
(1:11.95 / 1:10.16)
Germany Susanne Kreher / Felix Keisinger 2:23.00
(1:12.17 / 1:10.83)
Germany Jacqueline Pfeifer / Felix Seibel 2:23.77
(1:12.66 / 1:11.11)
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2 Germany Altenberg Germany Susanne Kreher / Axel Jungk 2:00.92
(1:01.52 / 59.40)
Czech Republic Anna Fernstädt / Timon Drahoňovský 2:01.61
(1:01.24 / 1:00.37)
United States Katie Uhlaender / Austin Florian

Germany 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

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany65617
2 China3216
3 Great Britain2349
4 Italy2215
5 Netherlands2035
6 United States1236
7 South Korea1113
8 Canada1012
9 Belgium0202
10 Czech Republic0101
Totals (10 entries)18182056

Points distribution

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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

References

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  1. ^ "IBSF". www.ibsf.org.
  2. ^ "Calendar". ibsf.org. IBSF.
  3. ^ "Men's Skeleton: Yanqing (CHN)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Men's Skeleton: La Plagne (FRA)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Men's Skeleton: Innsbruck (AUT)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Men's Skeleton: St. Moritz - Celerina (SUI)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Men's Skeleton: Lillehammer (NOR)". IBSF. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Men's Skeleton: Sigulda (LAT)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Men's Skeleton: Altenberg (GER)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Men's Skeleton: Lake Placid (USA)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  11. ^ "IBSF World Cup standings - Men's Skeleton". IBSF Results. IBSF.
  12. ^ "Women's Skeleton: Yanqing (CHN)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Women's Skeleton: La Plagne (FRA)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  14. ^ "Women's Skeleton: Innsbruck (AUT)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  15. ^ "Women's Skeleton: St. Moritz - Celerina (SUI)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Women's Skeleton: Lillehammer (NOR)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  17. ^ "Women's Skeleton: Sigulda (LAT)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  18. ^ "Women's Skeleton: Altenberg (GER)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  19. ^ "Women's Skeleton: Lake Placid(USA)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  20. ^ "IBSF World Cup standings - Women's Skeleton". IBSF Results. IBSF.
  21. ^ "Mixed Team Skeleton: St. Moritz (SUI)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  22. ^ "Mixed Team Skeleton: Altenberg (GER)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 17 February 2024.