FIBT World Championships 1999
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| name = 1999 World Championships
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| location = Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Altenberg, Germany
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| previous = St. Moritz 1998
| next = 2000
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The FIBT World Championships 1999 took place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Bobsleigh) and Altenberg, Germany (Skeleton). Cortina hosted the championships for the ninth time, previously doing so in 1937 (Two-man), 1939 (Four-man), 1950, 1954, 1960, 1966, 1981, and 1989 (Bobsleigh). Altenberg hosted the championship event for the third time, doing so previously in 1991 (Bobsleigh) and 1994 (Skeleton).
Two man bobsleigh
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! Pos ! Team ! Time |
| style="background:gold"| Gold
| {{ITA}} (Günther Huber, Enrico Costa, Ubaldo Ranzi) | |
| style="background:silver"| Silver
| {{GER}} (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann) | |
| style="background:#cc9966"| Bronze
| {{FRA}} (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache) | |
Ranzi replaced the injured Costa after the first heat of this event.
Four man bobsleigh
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! Pos ! Team ! Time |
| style="background:gold"| Gold
| {{FRA}} (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Éric Le Chanony, Max Robert) | |
| style="background:silver"| Silver
| {{SUI}} (Marcel Rohner, Markus Nüssli, Beat Hefti, Silvio Schaufelberger) | |
| style="background:#cc9966"| Bronze
| {{CAN}} (Pierre Lueders, Ken Leblanc, Ben Hindle, Matt Hindle) | |
The French earned its first ever gold medal at the championships.
Men's skeleton
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! Pos ! Athlete ! Time |
| bgcolor="gold" | Gold
| {{flagathlete|Jim Shea|USA}} | |
| bgcolor="silver" | Silver
| {{flagathlete|Andy Böhme|GER}} | |
| bgcolor="CC9966" | Bronze
| {{flagathlete|Willi Schneider|GER}} | |
Shea is the first American to win a world championship since 1959.
Medal table
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| gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 2 | bronze_GER = 1
| gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 1
| gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 0
| gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 0
| gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 1 | bronze_SUI = 0
| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 1
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References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091333/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html 2-Man bobsleigh World Champions]
- [http://sports123.com/bob.mw-4.html 4-Man bobsleigh World Champions]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929111059/http://sports123.com/ske/mw.html Men's skeleton World Champions]
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Category:IBSF World Championships
Category:Sport in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Category:1999 in Italian sport
Category:Sport in Altenberg, Saxony
Category:International sports competitions hosted by Germany