FIBT World Championships 2001
Bobsleigh and skeleton competition
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The FIBT World Championships 2001 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland (Men's bobsleigh) and Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Women's bobsleigh, and men's and women's Skeleton). The Swiss city had hosted the event for the record twentieth time, doing so previously in 1931 (Four-man), 1935 (Four-man), 1937 (Four-man), 1938 (Two-man), 1939 (Two-man), 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1989 (Skeleton), 1990 (Bobsleigh), 1997 (Bobsleigh), and 1998 (Skeleton). Calgary hosted the championship event for the third time, doing so previously in 1992 (Skeleton) and 1996.
| 2001 World Championships | |
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| Location | St. Moritz, Switzerland Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Bobsleigh
Two man
| Pos | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Germany (Christoph Langen, Marco Jakobs) |
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| Silver |  Switzerland (Reto Götschi, Cédric Grand) |
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| Bronze | Switzerland (Martin Annen, Beat Hefti) |
Four man
| Pos | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Peter, Alex Metzger) |
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| Silver | Germany (André Lange, Lars Behrendt. René Hoppe, Carsten Embach) |
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| Bronze | Switzerland (Christian Reich, Steve Anderhub, Urs Aeberhand, Domenic Keller) |
Two woman
| Pos | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Switzerland (Françoise Burdet, Katharina Sutter) |
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| Silver |  United States (Jean Racine, Jennifer Davidson) |
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| Bronze | Germany (Susi Erdmann, Tanja Hess) |
Skeleton
Men
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Martin Rettl (AUT) |
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| Silver |  Jeff Pain (CAN) |
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| Bronze |  Lincoln DeWitt (USA) |
Women
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Maya Pedersen (SUI) |
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| Silver |  Alex Coomber (GBR) |
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| Bronze | Tricia Stumpf (USA) |
Coomber earned the first medal for Great Britain at the championships since 1966.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |