FIBT World Championships 1977

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The FIBT World Championships 1977 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record thirteenth time. The Swiss city had hosted the event previously in 1931 (Four-man), 1935 (Four-man), 1937 (Four-man), 1938 (Two-man), 1939 (Two-man), 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, and 1974.

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[edit] Two man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand, Heinz Meier)
Silver Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (Fritz Lüdi, Hansjörg Trachsel)
Bronze Flag of West Germany West Germany (Stefan Gaisreiter, Manfred Schumann)

[edit] Four man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer, Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, Raimund Bethge)
Silver Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Ulrich Bächli, Rudolf Marti, Josef Benz)
Bronze Flag of West Germany West Germany (Jakob Resch, Herbert Berg, Fritz Ohlwärter, Walter Barfuss)

The East Germans earned their first medal at this championship.

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 1 2 0 3
2 Flag of West Germany West Germany 0 0 2 2
3 Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany 1 0 0 1

[edit] References