FIBT World Championships 1997

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1997 World Championships
Location St. Moritz, Switzerland
Lake Placid, New York

The FIBT World Championships 1997 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland (Bobsleigh) and Lake Placid, New York, United States (Skeleton). St. Moritz hosted a championship event for the record eighteenth 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, 1987, 1989 (Skeleton), and 1990 (Bobsleigh). Meanwhile, Lake Placid hosted a championship event for the seventh time, having previously done so in 1949, 1961, 1969, 1973, 1978, and 1983.

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Two man bobsleigh

PosTeamTime
GoldFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Reto Götschi, Guido Acklin)
SilverFlag of Italy.svg  Italy (Günther Huber, Antonio Tartaglia)
BronzeFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States (Brian Shimer, Robert Olesen)

Italy earned its first world championships medal since 1971.

Four man bobsleigh

PosTeamTime
GoldFlag of Germany.svg  Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Sven Rühr, René Hannemann, Carsten Embach)
SilverFlag of Germany.svg  Germany (Dirk Wiese, Christoph Bartsch, Thorsten Voss, Michael Liekmeier)
BronzeFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States (Brian Shimer, Chip Minton, Randy Jones, Robert Olesen)

Men's skeleton

PosAthleteTime
GoldFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Ryan Davenport  (CAN)
SilverFlag of the United States.svg  Jim Shea  (USA)
BronzeFlag of the United States.svg  Chris Soule  (USA)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)1102
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)1001
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)1001
4Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)0134
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)0101
Totals (5 entries)3339

References