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FIBT World Championships 1982

The FIBT World Championships 1982 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record fourteenth time. The Swiss city had hosted the event previously in 1931 (Four-man), 1935 (Four-man), 1937 (Four-man), 1938 (Two-man), 1939 (Two-man), 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1974, and 1977. The skeleton event debuted at the championships after being held in St. Moritz at the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics and it marked the first time the event took place on the actual bobsleigh track and not on the Cresta Run.

Two man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Max Rüegg)
Silver Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand, Ulrich Bächli)
Bronze East Germany (Horst Schönau, Andreas Kirchner)

Four man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold Switzerland (Silvio Giobellina, Heinz Stettler, Urs Salzmann, Rico Freiermuth)
Silver East Germany (Bernhard Lehmann, Roland Wetzig, Bogdan Musioł, Eberhard Weise)
Bronze Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Franz Isenegger, Tony Rüegg, Max Rüegg)

Men's skeleton

Pos Athlete Time
Gold Gert Elässer (AUT)
Silver Nico Baracchi (SUI)
Bronze Alain Wicki (SUI)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Switzerland (SUI)2226
2 Austria (AUT)1001
3 East Germany (GDR)0112
Totals (3 nations)3339

References

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