FIBT World Championships 1997

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The FIBT World Championships 1997 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland (Bobsleigh) and Lake Placid, New York, United States (Skeleton). St. Moritz hosted a championship event for the record eighteenth 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, 1987, 1989 (Skeleton), and 1990 (Bobsleigh). Meanwhile, Lake Placid hosted a championship event for the seventh time, doing so previously in 1949, 1961, 1969, 1973, 1978, and 1983.

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[edit] Two man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (Reto Götschi, Guido Acklin)
Silver Flag of Italy Italy (Günther Huber, Antonio Tartaglia)
Bronze Flag of the United States United States (Brian Shimer, Robert Olesen)

Italy earned its first world championships medal since 1971.

[edit] Four man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold Flag of Germany Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Sven Rühr, René Hannemann, Carsten Embach)
Silver Flag of Germany Germany (Dirk Wiese, Christoph Bartsch, Thorsten Voss, Michael Liekmeier)
Bronze Flag of the United States United States (Brian Shimer, Chip Minton, Randy Jones, Robert Olesen)

[edit] Men's skeleton

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Flag of Canada Ryan Davenport (CAN)
Silver Flag of the United States Jim Shea (USA)
Bronze Flag of the United States Chris Soule (USA)

[edit] Medal table

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

[edit] References

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