FIBT World Championships 1999 (original) (raw)

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1999 World Championships
Location Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyAltenberg, Germany
St. Moritz 19982000

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).

Pos Team Time
Gold Italy (Günther Huber, Enrico Costa, Ubaldo Ranzi)
Silver Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann)
Bronze France (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache)

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

Pos Team Time
Gold France (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Éric Le Chanony, Max Robert)
Silver Switzerland (Marcel Rohner, Markus Nüssli, Beat Hefti, Silvio Schaufelberger)
Bronze Canada (Pierre Lueders, Ken Leblanc, Ben Hindle, Matt Hindle)

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

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Jim Shea (USA)
Silver Andy Böhme (GER)
Bronze Willi Schneider (GER)

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