IBSF World Championships 2019

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2019 World Championships
Venue Whistler Sliding Centre
Location Whistler, Canada
DatesFebruary 25 – March 10
IBSF World Championships 2019
Bobsleigh pictogram.svg / Skeleton pictogram.svg
Two  men   women
Four  men  
Skeleton  men   women
Mixed  team

The 2019 IBSF World Championships were held in Whistler, Canada from February 25 to March 10, 2019. [1]

Contents

This would be the last World Championships with the mixed-sleds mixed team event consisting of one run each of men's skeleton, women's skeleton, 2-man bobsleigh, and 2-women bobsleigh first introduced at the 2007 championships. The 2020 championships would see the introduction of a skeleton-only mixed team event, consisting of one run each of men's and women's skeleton.

Schedule

Six events were held.

All times are local (UTC−8).

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)5229
2Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)1102
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)*0224
4Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)0101
5Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)0011
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)0011
Totals (6 entries)66618

Bobsleigh

EventGoldSilverBronze
Two-man [2]
details
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
3:24.54Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Justin Kripps
Cameron Stones
3:25.13Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Nico Walther
Paul Krenz
3:25.43
Two-woman [3]
details
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Mariama Jamanka
Annika Drazek
3:30.08Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Stephanie Schneider
Ann-Christin Strack
3:31.14Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Christine de Bruin
Kristen Bujnowski
3:31.25
Four-man [4]
details
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
Martin Grothkopp
Thorsten Margis
3:21.33Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Oskars Ķibermanis
Matīss Miknis
Arvis Vilkaste
Jānis Strenga
3:21.62Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Justin Kripps
Ryan Sommer
Cameron Stones
Ben Coakwell
3:21.78

Skeleton

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men [5]
details
Martins Dukurs
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
3:28.11 Nikita Tregubov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
3:28.62 Yun Sung-bin
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
3:28.99
Women [6]
details
Tina Hermann
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
3:33.03 Jacqueline Lölling
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
3:33.41 Sophia Griebel
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
3:34.20

Mixed

EventGoldSilverBronze
Mixed team [7]
details
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Christopher Grotheer
Anna Köhler
Lisa Sophie Gericke
Sophia Griebel
Johannes Lochner
Marc Rademacher
3:31.85Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Dave Greszczyszyn
Christine de Bruin
Kristen Bujnowski
Mirela Rahneva
Nick Poloniato
Keefer Joyce
3:32.00Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Greg West
Brittany Reinbolt
Jessica Davis
Savannah Graybill
Geoffrey Gadbois
Kristopher Horn
3:32.49

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References

  1. "IBSF presents preliminary Sports Calendar for 2018–2019". Archived from the original on December 9, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  2. "Two-man results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  3. "Two-woman results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  4. "Four-man results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 10, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  5. "Men's results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  6. "Women's results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 10, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  7. "Mixed team results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.