FIBT World Championships 1997
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| 1997 World Championships | |
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| Location | St. Moritz, Switzerland Lake Placid, New York |
The FIBT World Championships 1997 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland (Bobsleigh) and Lake Placid, New York, United States (Skeleton). St. Moritz hosted a championship event for the record eighteenth 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), 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1989 (Skeleton), and 1990 (Bobsleigh). Meanwhile, Lake Placid hosted a championship event for the seventh time, having previously done so in 1949, 1961, 1969, 1973, 1978, and 1983.
Two man bobsleigh
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold | File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland (Reto Götschi, Guido Acklin) | |
| Silver |  Italy (Günther Huber, Antonio Tartaglia)
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| Bronze |  United States (Brian Shimer, Robert Olesen)
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Italy earned its first world championships medal since 1971.
Four man bobsleigh
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Sven Rühr, René Hannemann, Carsten Embach) | |
| Silver | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (Dirk Wiese, Christoph Bartsch, Thorsten Voss, Michael Liekmeier) | |
| Bronze | United States (Brian Shimer, Chip Minton, Randy Jones, Robert Olesen)
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Men's skeleton
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold |  Ryan Davenport (CAN)
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| Silver | File:Flag of the United States.svg Jim Shea (USA) | |
| Bronze | File:Flag of the United States.svg Chris Soule (USA) |
Medal table
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
References
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Categories:
- IBSF World Championships
- International sports competitions hosted by Switzerland
- Sport in St. Moritz
- International sports competitions hosted by the United States
- Sports in Lake Placid, New York
- 1997 in skeleton
- 1997 in bobsleigh
- 1997 in Swiss sport
- 1997 in American sports
- Bobsleigh in Switzerland
- Bobsleigh in the United States
- Skeleton in the United States