| 2015 World Championships | |
|---|---|
| Location | Winterberg, Germany |
| Dates | February 23 – March 8 |
FIBT World Championships 2015  /  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two | men | women | ||
| Four | men | |||
| Skeleton | men | women | ||
| Mixed | team | |||
The FIBT World Championships 2015 took place at the Winterberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Winterberg, Germany, for the fourth time from 23 February to 8 March 2015.
Winterberg was selected on 16 July 2011 during congress of the FIBT in Pyeongchang. [1]
Six events were held over a period of 2 weeks. [2]
| Date | Time | Events |
|---|---|---|
| 26 February | 14:45 | Two-women run 1 and 2 |
| 27 February | 13:05 | Two-men run 1 and 2 |
| 28 February | 13:30 | Two-women run 3 and 4 |
| 1 March | 10:30 | Two-men run 3 and 4 |
| 15:00 | Mixed team | |
| 5 March | 10:00 | Men run 1 and 2 |
| 6 March | 11:00 | Women run 1 and 2 |
| 14:30 | Men run 3 and 4 | |
| 7 March | 10:00 | Women run 3 and 4 |
| 13:15 | Four-men run 1 and 2 | |
| 8 March | 15:00 | Four-men run 3 and 4 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany (GER) | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 |  Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two-man [3] | Germany Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis | 3:43.30 | Latvia Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Germany Johannes Lochner Joshua Bluhm | 3:44.36 | not awarded | |
| Four-man [4] | Germany Maximilian Arndt Alexander Rödiger Kevin Korona Ben Heber | 3:34.89 | Germany Nico Walther Andreas Bredau Marko Hübenbecker Christian Poser | 3:34.91 | Latvia Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga | 3:35.01 |
| Two-woman [5] | United States Elana Meyers Cherrelle Garrett | 3:46.47 | Germany Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel Annika Drazek | 3:46.90 | Germany Cathleen Martini Stephanie Schneider | 3:47.53 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men [6] | Martins Dukurs Latvia | 3:43.23 | Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia | 3:43.92 | Tomass Dukurs Latvia | 3:44.75 |
| Women [7] | Lizzy Yarnold Great Britain | 3:49.95 | Jacqueline Lölling Germany | 3:50.62 | Elisabeth Vathje Canada | 3:50.74 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed team [8] | Germany Axel Jungk Cathleen Martini Lisette Thöne Tina Hermann Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp | 3:48.83 | Germany Christopher Grotheer Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel Franziska Bertels Anja Selbach Johannes Lochner Gregor Bermbach | 3:49.27 | Canada Dave Greszczyszyn Kaillie Humphries Kate O'Brien Elisabeth Vathje Justin Kripps Alexander Kopacz | 3:50.01 |
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