Two man bobsleigh
| Pos | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Italy (Gianfranco Gaspari, Mario Armano) | |
| Silver | Italy (Enzo Vicario, Corrado Dal Fabbro) | |
| Bronze |  Austria (Herbert Gruber, Josef Oberhauser) |
| 1971 World Championships | |
|---|---|
| Location | Cervinia, Italy |
The FIBT World Championships 1971 took place in Cervinia, Italy.
| Pos | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Italy (Gianfranco Gaspari, Mario Armano) | |
| Silver | Italy (Enzo Vicario, Corrado Dal Fabbro) | |
| Bronze | Austria (Herbert Gruber, Josef Oberhauser) |
| Pos | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Switzerland (René Stadler, Max Forster, Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer) | |
| Silver | Italy (Oscar d'Andrea, Alessandro Bignozzi, Antonio Brancaccio, Renzo Caldera) | |
| Bronze |  West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Stefan Gaisreiter, Walter Steinbauer, Peter Utzschneider) |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
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The FIBT World Championships 2001 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland and Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 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.
The FIBT World Championships 2003 took place in Lake Placid, New York, United States, Winterberg, Germany, and Nagano, Japan. Lake Placid hosted the championship event for the eighth time, doing so previously in 1949, 1961, 1969, 1973, 1978, 1983, and 1997 (Skeleton). Winterberg hosted the championship event for a third time, doing so previously in 1995 (Bobsleigh) and 2000. This was Nagano's first time hosting a championship event. It was also the first time the championships were held in Asia.
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