FIBT World Championships 1990
The FIBT World Championships 1990 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland (Bobsleigh) and Königssee, West Germany (Skeleton). St. Moritz hosted a championship event for the record seventeenth 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, 1977, 1982, 1987, and 1989 (Skeleton). Meanwhile, Königssee hosted a championship event for the third time, doing so previously in 1979 and 1986.
Two man bobsleigh
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Four-man bobsleigh
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A controversy was created when Weder was caught overnight by officials scraping off ice at a difficult corner of the track. Bobsleigh officials allowed him to compete, and he won his first world championship in the four-man event.
Men's skeleton
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals (3 nations) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
gollark: APIONET is a collaboration between four people on here.
gollark: It has bridges to heavserver too.
gollark: No, this is APIONET *IRC*.
gollark: Which bridge?
gollark: Okay, we are BRIDGED in COOLER MODE.
References
- 2-Man bobsleigh World Champions
- 4-Man bobsleigh World Champions
- Men's skeleton World Champions
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Bobsleigh: Two-Man". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 159.
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