FIBT World Championships 2001

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2001 World Championships
LocationSt. Moritz, Switzerland
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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The FIBT World Championships 2001 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland (Men's bobsleigh) and Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Women's bobsleigh, and men's and women's Skeleton). The Swiss city had hosted the event for the record twentieth time, doing so 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), 1990 (Bobsleigh), 1997 (Bobsleigh), and 1998 (Skeleton). Calgary hosted the championship event for the third time, doing so previously in 1992 (Skeleton) and 1996.

Bobsleigh

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Two man

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Pos Team Time
Gold File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (Christoph Langen, Marco Jakobs)
Silver File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland (Reto Götschi, Cédric Grand)
Bronze File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland (Martin Annen, Beat Hefti)

Four man

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Pos Team Time
Gold File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Peter, Alex Metzger)
Silver File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (André Lange, Lars Behrendt. René Hoppe, Carsten Embach)
Bronze File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland (Christian Reich, Steve Anderhub, Urs Aeberhand, Domenic Keller)

Two woman

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Pos Team Time
Gold File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland (Françoise Burdet, Katharina Sutter)
Silver File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States (Jean Racine, Jennifer Davidson)
Bronze File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (Susi Erdmann, Tanja Hess)

Skeleton

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Pos Athlete Time
Gold File:Flag of Austria.svg Martin Rettl (AUT)
Silver File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jeff Pain (CAN)
Bronze File:Flag of the United States.svg Lincoln DeWitt (USA)

Women

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Pos Athlete Time
Gold File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Maya Pedersen (SUI)
Silver File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Coomber (GBR)
Bronze File:Flag of the United States.svg Tricia Stumpf (USA)

Coomber earned the first medal for Great Britain at the championships since 1966.

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland (SUI)2125
2File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (GER)2114
3File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria (AUT)1001
4File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States (USA)0123
5File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (CAN)0101
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (GBR)0101
Totals (6 entries)55515

References

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