FIBT World Championships 1989

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1989 World Championships
Location Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
St. Moritz, Switzerland
1990  
Bobsleigh World Cup 4-man. The Russia-1 crew on the Antelao straight, Eugenio Monti track in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Russia1 (376575758).jpg
Bobsleigh World Cup 4-man. The Russia-1 crew on the Antelao straight, Eugenio Monti track in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

The FIBT World Championships 1989 took place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Bobsleigh) and St. Moritz, Switzerland (Skeleton). Cortina hosted the championships for the eighth time, having hosted the event previously in 1937 (Two-man), 1939 (Four-man), 1950, 1954, 1960, 1966, and 1981. Meanwhile, St. Moritz hosted a championship event for the record sixteenth 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, 1977, 1982, and 1987. The skeleton event became an official championship event this year, albeit at a separate location from the bobsleigh event. They would not be at the same location other than St. Moritz for the first time until the 1996 championships in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Contents

Two-man bobsleigh

PosTeamTime
GoldFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musioł)
SilverFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber)
BronzeFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (Jānis Ķipurs, Aldis Intlers)

Four-man bobsleigh

PosTeamTime
GoldFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Curdin Morell, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Schindelholz)
SilverFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Nico Baracchi, Christian Reich, Donat Acklin, René Mangold)
BronzeFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bodo Ferl, Bogdan Musioł, Ingo Voge)

Baracchi becomes the first person to medal in both bobsleigh and skeleton at the championships.

Men's skeleton

PosAthleteTime
GoldFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Alain Wicki  (SUI)
SilverFlag of Austria.svg  Christian Auer  (AUT)
BronzeFlag of Austria.svg  Franz Plangger  (AUT)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)2204
2Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)1012
3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)0112
4Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)0011
Totals (4 entries)3339

References