FIBT World Championships 1979
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| 1979 World Championships | |
|---|---|
| Location | Königssee, West Germany |
The FIBT World Championships 1979 took place in Königssee, West Germany. It was the first championships that took place on an artificially refrigerated track. The track also hosted the luge world championships that same year, the first time that had ever happened in both bobsleigh and luge in a non-Winter Olympic year (Igls hosted both events for the 1976 games in neighboring Innsbruck.).
Two man bobsleigh
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Josef Benz) | |
| Silver | File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (Stefan Gaisreiter, Manfred Schumann, Fritz Ohlwärter) | |
| Bronze | File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (Toni Mangold, Stefan Späte) |
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Ohlwärter replaced the injured Schumann after the third heat of this event.
Four man bobsleigh
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Medal table
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
