2008 IFSC Climbing World Cup
The 2008 IFSC Climbing World Cup was held in 15 locations. Bouldering competitions were held in 7 locations, lead in 6 locations, and speed in 6 locations. The season began on 18 April in Hall, Austria and concluded on 16 November in Kranj, Slovenia.
2008 IFSC Climbing World Cup | |
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Location |
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Date | 18 April – 16 November 2008 |
Champions | |
Men | (B) (L) |
Women | (B) (L) |
The top 3 in each competition received medals, and the overall winners were awarded trophies. At the end of the season an overall ranking was determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.
The winners for bouldering were Kilian Fischhuber and Anna Stöhr, for lead Jorg Verhoeven and Johanna Ernst, for speed Evgenii Vaitsekhovskii and Edyta Ropek, and for combined David Lama and Akiyo Noguchi, men and women respectively. The National Team for bouldering was Austria, for lead Austria, and for speed Russian Federation.
Highlights of the season
In bouldering, at the World Cup in Moscow, in the women's final, there were three athletes who flashed all 4 boulders (Katharina Saurwein of Austria, Natalija Gros and Katja Vidmar both of Slovenia), however Katharina Saurwein of Austria was the only one who flashed all boulders in the competition (qualification, semifinal, final) and thus taking the win. At the end of the season, Austrian athletes, Kilian Fischhuber and Anna Stöhr clinched the overall titles of the season for men and women respectively, making it double bouldering titles for Austria.
In lead climbing, Johanna Ernst of Austria, in her first year of eligibility to compete in the World Cup circuit, made her debut in bouldering in Hall, Austria. Then she competed in lead climbing and won 3 out of 6 Lead World Cups and became the overall women's lead climbing winner of the season.
Overview
No. | Location | D | G | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1 | 18 - 19 April 2008 |
B | M | 3t5 3b5 |
2t2 2b2 |
2t4 3b4 |
W | 3t3 4b8 |
3t8 4b9 |
2t2 4b5 | |||
2 | 27 April 2008 |
S | M | 12.580 |
13.590 |
13.130 |
W | 21.570 |
23.320 |
20.850 | |||
3 | 2 - 3 May 2008 |
B | M | 4t9 4b5 |
4t9 4b9 |
4t9 4b9 |
W | 4t6 4b5 |
4t10 4b8 |
3t5 4b8 | |||
4 | 30 - 31 May 2008 |
B | M | 2t5 4b9 |
2t6 3b6 |
1t1 3b3 |
W | 3t11 4b8 |
1t1 4b8 |
1t2 4b14 | |||
5 | 6 - 7 June 2008 |
B | M | 2t2 4b4 |
2t2 4b5 |
1t1 4b5 |
W | 2t5 4b7 |
2t7 4b8 |
2t7 4b10 | |||
6 | 13 - 14 June 2008 |
B | M | 3t3 4b6 |
3t5 3b3 |
3t7 4b6 |
W | 4t5 4b4 |
3t4 4b5 |
2t3 3b3 | |||
7 | 27 - 28 June 2008 |
L | M | 47 |
41- |
38- |
W | Top |
43+ |
42- | |||
S | M | 7.350 |
8.480 |
8.220 | ||
W | 10.630 |
13.060 |
11.750 | |||
8 | 4 - 5 July 2008 |
B | M | 3t4 4b5 |
2t2 4b4 |
2t4 4b7 |
W | 4t5 4b5 |
4t6 4b5 |
3t4 3b4 | |||
9 | 12 - 13 July 2008 |
L | M | 42- |
37 |
35 |
W | 53 |
43- |
40 | |||
S | M | 7.470 |
10.440 |
8.750 | ||
W | 11.290 |
11.870 |
12.340 | |||
10 | 19 - 20 July 2008 |
S | M | 17.040 |
fall |
17.110 |
W | 25.190 |
27.300 |
31.360 | |||
11 | 12 - 13 September 2008 |
L | M | 32- |
31+ |
31 |
W | 37- |
37- |
35- | |||
12 | 19 - 20 September 2008 |
L | M | 50+ |
50 |
41+ |
W | 60 |
60- |
59+ | |||
13 | 26 - 27 September 2008 |
L | M | 48- |
46- |
41- |
W | 52+ |
52+ |
52 | |||
S | M | 16.170 |
16.250 |
17.980 | ||
W | 25.650 |
29.360 |
27.400 | |||
14 | 31 October - 2 November 2008 |
B | M | 4t5 4b4 |
3t3 3b3 |
2t2 4b4 |
W | 4t4 4b4 |
4t4 4b4 |
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S | M | 16.600 |
18.540 |
18.170 | ||
W | 27.030 |
28.870 |
27.270 | |||
15 | 15 - 16 November 2008 |
L | M | 29 |
29- |
26- |
W | Top |
43- |
36+ | |||
OVERALL | B | M | 520.00 |
375.00 |
335.00 | |
W | 508.00 |
381.00 |
378.00 | |||
L | M | 380.00 |
355.00 |
321.00 | ||
W | 460.00 |
345.00 |
325.00 | |||
S | M | 411.00 |
280.00 |
273.00 | ||
W | 366.00 |
332.00 |
327.00 | |||
C | M | 522.00 |
489.00 |
383.00 | ||
W | 587.00 |
507.00 |
506.00 | |||
NATIONAL TEAMS | B | A | 1775 |
1452 |
1329 | |
L | A | 1264 |
1125 |
1089 | ||
S | A | 1627 |
1488 |
1294 |
References
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