FIBT World Championships 1999

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1999 World Championships
Location Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Altenberg, Germany
2000  

The FIBT World Championships 1999 took place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Bobsleigh) and Altenberg, Germany (Skeleton). Cortina hosted the championships for the ninth time, previously doing so in 1937 (Two-man), 1939 (Four-man), 1950, 1954, 1960, 1966, 1981, and 1989 (Bobsleigh). Altenberg hosted the championship event for the third time, doing so previously in 1991 (Bobsleigh) and 1994 (Skeleton).

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Two man bobsleigh

PosTeamTime
GoldFlag of Italy.svg  Italy (Günther Huber, Enrico Costa, Ubaldo Ranzi)
SilverFlag of Germany.svg  Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann)
BronzeFlag of France.svg  France (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache)

Ranzi replaced the injured Costa after the first heat of this event.

Four man bobsleigh

PosTeamTime
GoldFlag of France.svg  France (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Éric Le Chanony, Max Robert)
SilverFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Marcel Rohner, Markus Nüssli, Beat Hefti, Silvio Schaufelberger)
BronzeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Pierre Lueders, Ken Leblanc, Ben Hindle, Matt Hindle)

The French earned its first ever gold medal at the championships.

Men's skeleton

PosAthleteTime
GoldFlag of the United States.svg  Jim Shea  (USA)
SilverFlag of Germany.svg  Andy Böhme  (GER)
BronzeFlag of Germany.svg  Willi Schneider  (GER)

Shea is the first American to win a world championship since 1959.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1012
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1001
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)1001
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)0213
5Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)0101
6Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0011
Totals (6 entries)3339

References