FIBT World Championships 1982

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The FIBT World Championships 1982 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record fourteenth 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, 1974, and 1977. The skeleton event debutted at the championships after being held in St. Moritz at the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics and it marked the first time the event took place on the actual bobsleigh track and not on the Cresta Run.

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[edit] Two man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Max Rüegg)
Silver Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand, Ulrich Bächli)
Bronze Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany (Horst Schönau, Andreas Kirchner)

[edit] Four man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (Silvio Giobellina, Heinz Stettler, Urs Salzmann, Rico Freiermuth)
Silver Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany (Bernhard Lehmann, Roland Wetzig, Bogdan Musiol, Eberhard Weise)
Bronze Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Franz Isenegger, Tony Rüegg, Max Rüegg)

[edit] Men's skeleton

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Flag of Austria Gert Elässer (AUT)
Silver Flag of Switzerland Nico Baracchi (SUI)
Bronze Flag of Switzerland Alain Wicki (SUI)

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 2 2 2 6
2 Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany 0 1 1 2
3 Flag of Austria Austria 1 0 0 1

[edit] References