FIBT World Championships 1995

The FIBT World Championships 1995 took place in Winterberg, Germany (Bobsleigh) and Lillehammer, Norway (Skeleton). This was the first time both cities hosted a championship event.

Two man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold  Germany (Christoph Langen, Olav Hampel)
Silver  Canada (Pierre Lueders, Jack Pyc)
Bronze  France (Eric Alard, Éric Le Chanony)

The Canadians earned their first championship medal since 1965 while the French earned their first medal since 1947.

Four man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold  Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, René Hannemann, Ulf Hielscher, Carsten Embach)
Silver  Austria (Hubert Schösser, Gerhard Redl, Thomas Schroll, Martin Schützenauer)
Bronze  Germany (Harald Czudaj, Thorsten Voss, Udo Lehmann, Alexander Szelig)

Men's skeleton

Pos Athlete Time
Gold  Jürg Wenger (SUI)
Silver  Christian Auer (AUT)
Bronze  Ryan Davenport (CAN)

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Germany 2 0 1 3
2  Austria 0 2 0 2
3  Canada 0 1 1 2
4   Switzerland 1 0 0 1
5  France 0 0 1 1

References

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