FIBT World Championships
The FIBT World Championships, part of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT - International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation in (French)), have taken place on an annual basis in non-Winter Olympic years since 1930. A two-man event was included in 1931 with a combined championship occurring in 1947. Men's skeleton was introduced as a championship of its own in 1982 while women's bobsleigh and skeleton events were introduced in 2000. Both the women's bobsleigh and skeleton events were merged with the men's bobsleigh events at the 2004 championships. A mixed team event with bobsleigh and skeleton was introduced in 2007.
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Host cities [edit]
- 1930: Caux-sur-Montreux, Switzerland (Four-man)
- 1931: Oberhof, Germany (Two-man); St. Moritz, Switzerland (Four-man)
- 1933: Schreiberhau, Germany (Two-man)
- 1934: Engelberg, Switzerland (Two-man); Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (Four-man)
- 1935: Igls, Austria (Two-man); St. Moritz, Switzerland (Four-man)
- 1937: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Two-man); St. Moritz, Switzerland (Four-man)
- 1938: St. Moritz, Switzerland (Two-man); Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (Four-man)
- 1939: St. Moritz, Switzerland (Two-man); Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Four-man)
- 1947: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1949: Lake Placid, New York, United States
- 1950: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
- 1951: Alpe d'Huez, France
- 1953: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
- 1954: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
- 1955: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1957: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1958: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
- 1959: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1960: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Extraordinary event since bobsleigh was not included in the 1960 Winter Olympics.)
- 1961: Lake Placid, United States
- 1962: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
- 1963: Igls, Austria
- 1965: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1966: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Two-man only. Four-man abandoned when Toni Pensperger was killed during competition.)
- 1967: Alpe d'Huez, France (Two-man only. Four-man abandoned to high temperatures on track caused ice to melt.)
- 1969: Lake Placid, United States
- 1970: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1971: Cervinia, Italy
- 1973: Lake Placid, United States
- 1974: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1975: Cervinia, Italy
- 1977: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1978: Lake Placid, United States
- 1979: Königssee, West Germany
- 1981: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
- 1982: St. Moritz, Switzerland (including men's skeleton)
- 1983: Lake Placid, New York
- 1985: Cervinia, Italy
- 1986: Königssee, West Germany
- 1987: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1989: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Bobsleigh); St. Moritz, Switzerland (Men's skeleton)
- 1990: St. Moritz, Switzerland (Bobsleigh); Königssee, West Germany (Men's skeleton)
- 1991: Altenberg, Germany (Bobsleigh); Igls, Austria (Men's skeleton)
- 1992: Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Men's skeleton)
- 1993: Igls, Austria (Bobsleigh, originally awarded to Cervinia, Italy); La Plagne, France (Men's skeleton)
- 1994: Altenberg, Germany (Men's skeleton)
- 1995: Winterberg, Germany (Bobsleigh); Lillehammer, Norway (Men's skeleton)
- 1996: Calgary, Canada
- 1997: St. Moritz, Switzerland (Bobsleigh); Lake Placid, United States (Men's skeleton)
- 1998: St. Moritz, Switzerland (Men's skeleton)
- 1999: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Bobsleigh); Altenberg, Germany (Men's skeleton)
- 2000: Altenberg, Germany (Men's bobsleigh); Winterberg, Germany (Women's bobsleigh); Igls, Austria (Men's and women's skeleton)
- 2001: St. Moritz, Switzerland (Men's bobsleigh); Calgary, Canada (Women's bobsleigh, men's and women's skeleton)
- 2003: Lake Placid, United States (Men's bobsleigh); Winterberg, Germany (Women's bobsleigh); Nagano, Japan (Men's and women's skeleton)
- 2004: Königssee, Germany
- 2005: Calgary, Canada
- 2007: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 2008: Altenberg, Germany
- 2009: Lake Placid, United States
- 2011: Königssee, Germany (originally awarded to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy)
- 2012: Lake Placid, United States
- 2013: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 2015: Winterberg, Germany
- 2016: Igls, Austria
Bobsleigh [edit]
Four-man [edit]
Debuted: 1930.
The 1933 FIBT World Championship event was not held. The 1966 FIBT World Championship event in Cortina d'Ampezzo was abandoned following the death of Toni Pensperger of West Germany during competition. A posthumous gold medal was given to Pensperger, Ludwig Siebert, Helmut Werzer, and Roland Ebert. The 1967 FIBT World Championship event in Alpe d'Huez was cancelled to insufficient conditions of the track caused by high temperatures.
Two-man [edit]
Debuted: 1931.
Ohlwärter replaced the injured Schumann after the third heat of the 1979 event. Ranzi replaced the injured Costa after the first heat of the 1999 event. Herzog replaced the injured Streltsov after the third heat of the 2007 event.
Two-woman [edit]
Debuted: 2000.
Skeleton [edit]
Men [edit]
Debuted: 1982
Women [edit]
Debuted: 2000
Mixed team [edit]
Debuted: 2007
Medal table [edit]
Nations [edit]
Updated as of the 2013 FIBT World Championships.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany |
45 | 33 | 28 | 106 |
| 2 |  Switzerland |
39 | 35 | 32 | 106 |
| 3 |  Italy |
18 | 18 | 6 | 42 |
| 4 |  United States |
12 | 20 | 31 | 63 |
| 5 | West Germany |
11 | 13 | 12 | 36 |
| 6 |  Canada |
11 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| 7 |  East Germany |
8 | 9 | 8 | 25 |
| 8 |  Great Britain |
7 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 9 |  Austria |
6 | 11 | 14 | 31 |
| 10 |  Russia |
2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 11 |  Romania |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 |  Latvia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 |  Belgium |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 |  France |
1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 15 |  New Zealand |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 |  Czechoslovakia |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 |  Sweden |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 |  Soviet Union |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 |  Spain |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Individual [edit]
| # | Athlete | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Eugenio Monti | Italy |
1957 | 1966 | 9 | 1 | - | 10 | P |
| 2. | André Lange | Germany |
2000 | 2009 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | P |
| 3. | Christoph Langen | Germany |
1991 | 2004 | 8 | 4 | - | 12 | P/A |
| 4. | Erich Schärer | Switzerland |
1971 | 1986 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 | P/A |
| 5. | Fritz Feierabend | Switzerland |
1935 | 1955 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | P/A |
| 6. | Kevin Kuske | Germany |
2003 | 2011 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | A |
| 7. | Wolfgang Hoppe | East Germany Germany |
1983 | 1997 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 14 | P |
| 8. | Markus Zimmermann | Germany |
1991 | 2004 | 5 | 3 | - | 8 | A |
| 9. | René Hoppe | Germany |
2000 | 2008 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | A |
| 10. | Renzo Alverà | Italy |
1957 | 1961 | 5 | 1 | - | 6 | A |
| 10. | Sergio Siorpaes | Italy |
1958 | 1966 | 5 | 1 | - | 6 | A |
References [edit]
- 2-Man bobsleigh World Champions
- 2-Woman bobsleigh World Champions
- 4-Man bobsleigh World Champions
- Men's skeleton World Champions
- Mixed bobsleigh/skeleton World Champions
- Women's skeleton World Champions
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