FIBT World Championships 1991
Bobsleigh and skeleton competition
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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 | |
|---|---|
| Location | Altenberg, Germany Igls, Austria |
Two man bobsleigh
| Pos | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Germany (Rudi Lochner, Markus Zimmermann) |
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| Silver |  Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Curdin Morell) |
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| Bronze | Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, René Hannemann) |
Four man bobsleigh
| Pos | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musioł, Axel Kühn, Christoph Langen) |
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| Silver | Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Schindelholz, Curdin Morell) |
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| Bronze | Germany (Harald Czudaj, Tino Bonk, Axel Jang, Alexander Szelig) |
Men's skeleton
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Christian Auer (AUT) |
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| Silver | Andi Schmid (AUT) |
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| Bronze | Michael Grünberger (AUT) |
This was the first sweep in any event of the championships.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |