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FIBT World Championships 1991

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1991 World Championships
LocationAltenberg, Germany
Igls, Austria
← 1990

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.

Two man bobsleigh

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Pos Team Time
Gold  Germany (Rudi Lochner, Markus Zimmerman)
Silver  Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Curdin Morell)
Bronze  Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, René Hannemann)

Four man bobsleigh

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Pos Team Time
Gold  Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musioł, Axel Kühn, Christoph Langen)
Silver  Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Schindelholz, Curdin Morell)
Bronze  Germany (Harald Czudaj, Tino Bonk, Axel Jang, Alexander Szelig)

Men's skeleton

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Pos Athlete Time
Gold  Christian Auer (AUT)
Silver  Andi Schmid (AUT)
Bronze  Michael Grünberger (AUT)

This was the first sweep in any event of the championships.

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany (GER)2024
2 Austria (AUT)1113
3 Switzerland (SUI)0202
Totals (3 entries)3339

References

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