FIBT World Championships 1999 (original) (raw)
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1999 World Championships | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Gold | Jim Shea (USA) | |
Silver | Andy Böhme (GER) | |
Bronze | Willi Schneider (GER) |
Shea is the first American to win a world championship since 1959.