FIBT World Championships 2015

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.

2015 World Championships
LocationWinterberg, Germany
DatesFebruary 23 – March 8
FIBT World Championships 2015
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Two   men   women
Four   men  
Skeleton   men   women
Mixed   team

Winterberg was selected on 16 July 2011 during congress of the FIBT in Pyeongchang.[1]

Schedule

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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

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany (GER)3519
2  Latvia (LAT)1124
3  Great Britain (GBR)1001
  United States (USA)1001
5  Russia (RUS)0101
6  Canada (CAN)0022
Totals (6 entries)67518

Bobsleigh

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Two-man[3]
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  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]
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  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]
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  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

Skeleton

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men[6]
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Martins Dukurs
  Latvia
3:43.23 Aleksandr Tretyakov
  Russia
3:43.92 Tomass Dukurs
  Latvia
3:44.75
Women[7]
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Lizzy Yarnold
  Great Britain
3:49.95 Jacqueline Lölling
  Germany
3:50.62 Elisabeth Vathje
  Canada
3:50.74

Mixed

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed team[8]
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  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

References

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  1. ^ "Winterberg bereitet sich auf Bob- und Skeleton-WM 2015 vor". derwesten.de. 24 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
  3. ^ Two-man Results Archived 2015-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Four-man Results Archived 2015-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Two-woman Results Archived 2015-02-28 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Men Results Archived 2015-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Women Results Archived 2015-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Mixed team Results Archived 2015-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
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