FIBT World Championships 1999

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The FIBT World Championships 1999 took place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Bobsleigh) and Altenberg, Germany (Skeleton). Cortina hosted the championships for the ninth time, previously doing so in 1937 (Two-man), 1939 (Four-man), 1950, 1954, 1960, 1966, 1981, and 1989 (Bobsleigh). Altenberg hosted the championship event for the third time, doing so previously in 1991 (Bobsleigh) and 1994 (Skeleton).

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[edit] Two man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold Flag of Italy Italy (Günther Huber, Enrico Costa, Ubaldo Ranzi)
Silver Flag of Germany Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann)
Bronze Flag of France France (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache)

Ranzi replaced the injured Costa after the first heat of this event.

[edit] Four man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold Flag of France France (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Eric le Chanony, Max Robert)
Silver Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (Marcel Röhner, Markus Nüssli, Beat Hefti, Silvio Schaufelberger)
Bronze Flag of Canada Canada (Pierre Lueders, Ken Leblanc, Ben Hindle, Matt Hindle)

The French earned its first ever gold medal at the championships.

[edit] Men's skeleton

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Flag of the United States Jim Shea (USA)
Silver Flag of Germany Andy Böhme (GER)
Bronze Flag of Germany Willy Schneider (GER)

Shea is the first American to win a world championship since 1959.

[edit] Medal table

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

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