FIBT World Championships 1937

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The FIBT World Championships 1937 took place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Two-man) and in St. Moritz, Switzerland (Four-man). St. Moritz hosted the four-man event previously in 1931 and 1935.

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[edit] Two man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom (Frederick McEvoy, Byran Black)
Silver Italy (Umberto Gilarduzzi, Antonio Gilarduzzi)
Bronze Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (Reto Capadrutt, Hans Aichele)

[edit] Four man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Green, Byran Black)
Silver Germany (Gerhard Fischer, Lohfeld, H. Fischer, Rolf Thielecke)
Bronze Flag of the United States United States (Donald Fox, Tippi Gray, Bill Dupree, James Bickford)

The American team became the first non-Europeans to medal at the championships.

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom 2 0 0 2
2 Italy 0 1 0 1
3 Germany 0 1 0 1
4 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 0 0 1 1
5 Flag of the United States United States 0 0 1 1

[edit] References