FIBT World Championships 1954

The FIBT World Championships 1954 took place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy for the fourth time after previously hosting in 1937 (Two-man), 1939 (Four-man), and 1950.

Two man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold  Italy (Guglielmo Scheibmeier, Andrea Zambelli)
Silver  Italy (Italo Petrelli, Luigi Figoli)
Bronze  United States (Stanley Benham, James Bickford)

Italy earned their first championship medals since World War II.

Four man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold   Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Harry Warburton, Gottfried Diener, Heinrich Angst)
Silver  West Germany (Hans Rösch, Michael Pössinger, Dix Terne, Sylvester Wackerle)
Bronze  West Germany (Theo Kitt, Josef Grün, Klaus Koppenberger, Lorenz Niebert)

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Italy 1 1 0 2
2  West Germany 0 1 1 2
3   Switzerland 1 0 0 1
4  United States 0 0 1 1

References

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