FIBT World Championships 1978

The FIBT World Championships 1978 took place in Lake Placid, New York, United States for the fifth time, hosting the event previously in 1949, 1961, 1969, and 1973.

Two man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold   Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Josef Benz)
Silver  East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer, Raimund Bethge)
Bronze  West Germany (Jakob Resch, Walter Barfuss)

Four man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold  East Germany (Horst Schönau, Horst Bernhard, Harald Seifert, Bogdan Musiol)
Silver   Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Ulrich Bächli, Rudolf Marti, Josef Benz)
Bronze  East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer, Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, Raimund Bethge)

Medal table

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

References

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