The 2017 IBSF Junior Bobsleigh World Championships took place at the Winterberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Winterberg, Germany, from 27 to 29 January 2017.
Three events were held. [1]
All times are local (UTC+1).
Date | Time | Events |
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28 February | 11:00 | 2-man Bobsleigh / Women's Bobsleigh |
29 February | 10:00 | 4-man Bobsleigh |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Two-man [2] | Richard Oelsner/Alexander Schüeller Germany | 1:50.87 | Pablo Nolte/Christopher Weber Germany | 1:50.93 +0.06 | Bennet Buchmüller/Niklas Scherer Germany | 1:51.12 +0.25 |
Four-man | Bennet Buchmueller/Benedikt Hertel/Niklas Scherer/Costa-Tonga Laurenz Germany | 1:49.67 | Christoph Hafer/Michael Salzer/Paul Krenz/Markus Reichle Germany | 1:49.74 +0.07 | Dmitriy Popov/Andrey Kazantsev/Ivan Kardakov/Mikhail Mordasov Russia | 1:49.82 +0.15 |
Two-woman [3] | Mica McNeill/Mica Moore United Kingdom | 1:53.96 | Anna Koehler/Franziska Fritz Germany | 1:54.54 +0.58 | Kim Kalicki/Lisa-Sophie Gericke Germany | 1:54.74 +0.78 |
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