From Lake Placid, USA
Steven Holcomb came into the final heat of the 2012 World Championships with a .21 lead over Max Arndt and the GER-1 sled, and in form true to this weekend, Holcomb stretched that lead out to a full half-second. The win makes it four golds for these World Championships for the United States, piling the four-man title over two-man, women’s skeleton and the team competition.
Max Arndt takes silver, just ahead of countryman Manuel Machata. Edwin Van Calker moves up to fourth, ahead of Alexsandr Zubkov. Lyndon Rush was unable to move up from 7th, while Nick Cunningham moves up to 13th from 14th..
| Pos | Pilot | Nation | Draw | Run 1-3 | Run 4 | Total |
| 1 | Holcomb | USA 1 | 6 | 162.84 | 53.99 | 216.83 |
| 2 | Arndt | GER 1 | 2 | 163.05 | 54.28 | 217.33 |
| 3 | Machata | GER 2 | 3 | 163.45 | 54.18 | 217.63 |
| 4 | Van Calker | NED 1 | 8 | 163.78 | 54.16 | 217.94 |
| 5 | Zubkov | RUS 1 | 1 | 163.62 | 54.49 | 218.11 |
| 6 | Maskalans | LAT 1 | 7 | 163.83 | 54.37 | 218.20 |
| 7 | Rush | CAN 1 | 9 | 163.84 | 54.48 | 218.32 |
| 8 | Baumann | SUI 1 | 10 | 164.51 | 54.58 | 219.09 |
| 9 | Friedrich | GER 3 | 12 | 164.34 | 54.97 | 219.31 |
| 10 | Kasjanov | RUS 2 | 4 | 164.71 | 54.73 | 219.44 |
| 11 | Jackson | GBR 1 | 11 | 164.96 | 54.49 | 219.45 |
| 12 | Zarharov | RUS 3 | 15 | 164.97 | 54.57 | 219.54 |
| 13 | Cunningham | USA 3 | 18 | 165.09 | 54.59 | 219.68 |
| 14 | Vrba | CZE 1 | 17 | 164.95 | 54.74 | 219.69 |
| 15 | Bertazzo | ITA 1 | 13 | 165.62 | 54.95 | 220.57 |
| 16 | Istrate | ROU 1 | 16 | 165.79 | 55.14 | 220.93 |
| 17 | Won | KOR 1 | 20 | 166.44 | 55.31 | 221.75 |
| DNF | Spence | AUS 1 | 22 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| DNS | Melbardis | LAT 2 | 5 | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| DNS | Godefroy | FRA 1 | 23 | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| DSQ | Jagnesak | SVK 1 | 21 | 165.88 | DSQ | DSQ |
| DSQ | Kripps | CAN 2 | 19 | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |
| DSQ | Napier | USA 2 | 14 | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |
