FIBT World Championships 1991

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1991 World Championships
Location Altenberg, Germany
Igls, Austria
  1990

The FIBT World Championships 1991 took place in Altenberg, Germany (Bobsleigh) and Igls, Austria (Skeleton). This was Altenberg's first time hosting a championship event. Igls was hosting its third, doing so previously in 1935 (Two-man) and 1963. It marked the first time a unified German team competed since World War II with East Germany and West Germany having been unified the previous year.

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Two man bobsleigh

PosTeamTime
GoldFlag of Germany.svg  Germany (Rudi Lochner, Markus Zimmermann)
SilverFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Curdin Morell)
BronzeFlag of Germany.svg  Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, René Hannemann)

Four man bobsleigh

PosTeamTime
GoldFlag of Germany.svg  Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musioł, Axel Kühn, Christoph Langen)
SilverFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Schindelholz, Curdin Morell)
BronzeFlag of Germany.svg  Germany (Harald Czudaj, Tino Bonk, Axel Jang, Alexander Szelig)

Men's skeleton

PosAthleteTime
GoldFlag of Austria.svg  Christian Auer  (AUT)
SilverFlag of Austria.svg  Andi Schmid  (AUT)
BronzeFlag of Austria.svg  Michael Grünberger  (AUT)

This was the first sweep in any event of the championships.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)2024
2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)1113
3Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)0202
Totals (3 entries)3339

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