FIBT World Championships 1939

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The FIBT World Championships 1939 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland (Two-man) and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Four-man). St. Moritz hosted the two-man event for the second time after hosting it previously in 1938, along with hosting the four-man event in 1931, 1935, and 1937. Cortina d'Ampezzo hosted the two-man event previously in 1937. It was the last world championships that would be held prior to World War II and the last that would be held with bobsleigh events in separate locations until 2000 when the two-woman event debutted that year.

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[edit] Two man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold Flag of Belgium Belgium (René Lunden, Jeans Coops)
Silver Germany (Bibo Fischer, Rolf Thielecke)
Bronze Germany (Hanns Killian, Schletter)

[edit] Four man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, Joseph Beerli)
Silver Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom (Frederick McEvoy, Hoard, Critchley, Charles Green)
Bronze Germany (Hanns Killian, Werner Windhaus, Bobby Braumiller, Franz Kemser)

[edit] Medal table

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

[edit] References