FIBT World Championships 1991

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.

1991 World Championships
LocationAltenberg, Germany
Igls, Austria
← 1990

Two man bobsleigh

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Pos Team Time
Gold   Germany (Rudi Lochner, Markus Zimmerman)
Silver   Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Curdin Morell)
Bronze   Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, René Hannemann)

Four man bobsleigh

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Pos Team Time
Gold   Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musioł, Axel Kühn, Christoph Langen)
Silver   Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Schindelholz, Curdin Morell)
Bronze   Germany (Harald Czudaj, Tino Bonk, Axel Jang, Alexander Szelig)

Men's skeleton

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Pos Athlete Time
Gold   Christian Auer (AUT)
Silver   Andi Schmid (AUT)
Bronze   Michael Grünberger (AUT)

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

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany (GER)2024
2  Austria (AUT)1113
3  Switzerland (SUI)0202
Totals (3 entries)3339

References

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