FIBT World Championships 1989

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The FIBT World Championships 1989 took place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Bobsleigh) and St. Moritz, Switzerland (Skeleton). Cortina hosted the championships for the eighth time, having hosted the event previously in 1937 (Two-man), 1939 (Four-man), 1950, 1954, 1960, 1966, and 1981. Meanwhile, St. Moritz hosted a championship event for the record sixteenth 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, 1977, 1982, and 1987. The skeleton event became an official championship event this year, albeit at a separate location from the bobsleigh event. They would not be at the same location other than St. Moritz for the first time until the 1996 championships in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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[edit] Two man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musiol)
Silver Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber)
Bronze Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union (Janis Kipurs, Aldis Intlers)

[edit] Four man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Curdin Morell, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Schindelholz)
Silver Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (Nico Baracchi, Christian Reich, Donat Acklin, René Mangold)
Bronze Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bodo Ferl, Bogdan Musiol, Ingo Voge)

Baracchi becomes the first person to medal in both bobsleigh and skeleton at the championships.

[edit] Men's skeleton

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Flag of Switzerland Alain Wicki (SUI)
Silver Flag of Austria Christian Auer (AUT)
Bronze Flag of Austria Franz Plangger (AUT)

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 2 2 0 4
2 Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany 1 0 1 2
3 Flag of Austria Austria 0 1 1 2
4 Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union 0 0 1 1

[edit] References

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