FIBT World Championships 1955

The FIBT World Championships 1955 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record seventh 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), and 1947.

Two man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold   Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Harry Warburton)
Silver  Austria (Paul Aste, Pepi Isser)
Bronze   Switzerland (Franz Kapus, Heinrich Angst)

Four man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold   Switzerland (Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, Heinrich Angst)
Silver   Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Aby Gartmann, Harry Warburton, Rolf Gerber)
Bronze  West Germany (Franz Schelle, Jakob Nirschl, Hans Henn, Edmund Koller)

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   Switzerland 2 1 1 4
2  Austria 0 1 0 1
3  West Germany 0 0 1 1

References

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