FIBT World Championships 1982

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1982 World Championships
Location St. Moritz, Switzerland

The FIBT World Championships 1982 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record fourteenth 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, and 1977. The skeleton event debuted at the championships after being held in St. Moritz at the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics and it marked the first time the event took place on the actual bobsleigh track and not on the Cresta Run.

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Two man bobsleigh

PosTeamTime
GoldFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Max Rüegg)
SilverFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand, Ulrich Bächli)
BronzeFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany (Horst Schönau, Andreas Kirchner)

Four man bobsleigh

PosTeamTime
GoldFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Silvio Giobellina, Heinz Stettler, Urs Salzmann, Rico Freiermuth)
SilverFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany (Bernhard Lehmann, Roland Wetzig, Bogdan Musioł, Eberhard Weise)
BronzeFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Franz Isenegger, Tony Rüegg, Max Rüegg)

Men's skeleton

PosAthleteTime
GoldFlag of Austria.svg  Gert Elässer  (AUT)
SilverFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Nico Baracchi  (SUI)
BronzeFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Alain Wicki  (SUI)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)2226
2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)1001
3Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)0112
Totals (3 entries)3339

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