FIBT World Championships 1970

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1970 World Championships
Location St. Moritz, Switzerland

The FIBT World Championships 1970 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record eleventh 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, and 1965.

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Two man bobsleigh

PosTeamTime
GoldFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany (Horst Floth, Pepi Bader)
SilverFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider)
BronzeFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Gion Caviezel, Hans Candrian)

The Swiss earned their first championships medal since 1960.

Four man bobsleigh

PosTeamTime
GoldFlag of Italy.svg  Italy (Nevio de Zordo, Roberto Zandonella, Mario Armano, Luciano de Paolis)
SilverFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Walter Steinbauer, Pepi Bader, Peter Utzschneider)
BronzeFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (René Stadler, Hans Candrian, Max Forster, Peter Schärer)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)1203
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1001
3Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)0022
Totals (3 entries)2226


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