IBSF World Championships 2020

IBSF World Championships 2020
Venue	Altenberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track
Location	Altenberg, Germany
Dates	21 February – 1 March
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The 2020 IBSF World Championships were held in Altenberg, Germany from 21 February to 1 March 2020. ^[1]

This World Championships saw the introduction of a skeleton mixed team event, consisting of one run each of men's and women's skeleton. This was also the first World Championship, since its introduction at the 2007 championships, without the mixed-sleds mixed team event, consisting of one run each of men's skeleton, women's skeleton, 2-man bobsleigh, and 2-women bobsleigh.

Schedule

Six events were held. ^[2]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Bobsleigh Date Time Events 21 February 14:00 Two-women run 1 & 2 22 February 11:20 Two-men run 1 & 2 15:30 Two-women run 3 & 4 23 February 14:30 Two-men run 3 & 4 29 February 13:30 Four-men run 1 & 2 1 March 13:00 Four-men run 3 & 4

Skeleton Date Time Events 27 February 10:00 Men run 1 & 2 28 February 09:30 Women run 1 & 2 13:00 Men run 3 & 4 29 February 09:30 Women run 3 & 4 1 March 10:00 Mixed team

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Germany)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany*	5	4	2	11
2	United States	1	0	0	1
3	Canada	0	1	1	2
4	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
5	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		6	6	6	18

Bobsleigh

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Two-man [3] details	Germany Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	3:40.44	Germany Johannes Lochner Christopher Weber	3:42.09	Latvia Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis	3:42.23
Four-man [4] details	Germany Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Alexander Schüller	3:36.09	Germany Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer Christopher Weber Christian Rasp	3:36.14	Germany Nico Walther Paul Krenz Joshua Bluhm Eric Franke	3:36.32
Two-woman [5] details	United States Kaillie Humphries Lauren Gibbs	3:45.49	Germany Kim Kalicki Kira Lipperheide	3:45.86	Canada Christine de Bruin Kristen Bujnowski	3:46.55

Skeleton

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men [6] details	Christopher Grotheer   Germany	3:44.81	Axel Jungk   Germany	3:44.83	Alexander Gassner   Germany	3:44.86
Women [7] details	Tina Hermann   Germany	3:54.52	Marina Gilardoni   Switzerland	3:54.74	Janine Flock   Austria	3:55.43
Skeleton mixed team [8] details	Germany Jacqueline Lölling Alexander Gassner	1:55.39	Canada Jane Channell Dave Greszczyszyn	1:55.40	Italy Valentina Margaglio Mattia Gaspari	1:55.82

References

1. "Bob- und Skeleton-WM 2020 in Altenberg". focus.de. 12 June 2016.
2. Schedule
3. "Two-man results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
4. "Four-man results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
5. "Two-woman results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
6. "Men's skeleton results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
7. "Women's skeleton results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
8. "Skeleton mixed team results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

External links

• Official website