FIBT World Championships 1996
The FIBT World Championships 1996 took place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for a second time, hosting the event previously in 1992 (Skeleton). It marked the first time the bobsleigh and skeleton competition took place in the same location at the championships since 1982.
| 1996 World Championships | |
|---|---|
| Location | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Two man bobsleigh
| Pos | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmerman) | |
| Silver | Canada (Pierre Lueders, Dave MacEachern) | |
| Bronze | Switzerland (Reto Götschi, Guido Acklin) |
Four man bobsleigh
| Pos | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmerman, Sven Rühr, Olav Hampel) | |
| Silver | Switzerland (Marcel Rohner, Markus Wasser, Thomas Schreiber, Roland Tanner) | |
| Bronze | Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Thorsten Voss, Sven Peter, Carsten Embach) |
Men's skeleton
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Ryan Davenport (CAN) | |
| Silver | Franz Plangger (AUT) | |
| Bronze | Christian Auer (AUT) |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
References
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