FIBT World Championships 2003
| 2003 World Championships | |
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| Location | Lake Placid, New York Winterberg, Germany Nagano, Japan |
The FIBT World Championships 2003 took place in Lake Placid, New York, United States (Men's bobsleigh), Winterberg, Germany (Women's bobsleigh), and Nagano, Japan (Men's and women's Skeleton). Lake Placid hosted the championship event for the eighth time, doing so previously in 1949, 1961, 1969, 1973, 1978, 1983, and 1997 (Skeleton). Winterberg hosted the championship event for a third time, doing so previously in 1995 (Bobsleigh) and 2000 (Women's bobsleigh). This was Nagano's first time hosting a championship event. It was also the first time the championships were held in Asia.
Bobsleigh
[edit]Two man
[edit]| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold |  Germany (André Lange, Kevin Kuske)
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| Silver |  Canada (Pierre Lueders, Giulio Zardo)
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| Bronze | Germany (René Spies, Franz Sagmeister)
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Four man
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| Gold | Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe. Kevin Kuske, Carsten Embach)
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| Silver |  United States (Todd Hays, Bill Schuffenhauer, Randy Jones, Garrett Hines)
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| Bronze |  Russia (Alexander Zubkov, Aleskey Seliverstov, Sergey Golubev, Dmitriy Stepushkin)
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Two woman
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| Gold | Germany (Susi Erdmann, Annegret Dietrich)
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| Silver | Germany (Sandra Prokoff, Ulrike Holzner)
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| Bronze | Germany (Cathleen Martini, Yvonne Cernota)
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Skeleton
[edit]Men
[edit]| Pos | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | Jeff Pain (CAN)
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| Silver |  Chris Soule (USA)
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| Bronze | Brady Canfield (USA)
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Women
[edit]| Pos | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | Michelle Kelly (CAN)
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| Silver | Yekaterina Mironova (RUS)
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| Bronze | Tristan Gale (USA)
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Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
References
[edit]- 2-Man bobsleigh World Champions
- 2-Woman bobsleigh World Champions
- 4-Man bobsleigh World Champions[permanent dead link]
- Men's skeleton World Champions
- Women's skeleton World Champions
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Categories:
- 2003 in bobsleigh
- IBSF World Championships
- 2003 in skeleton
- International sports competitions hosted by Germany
- International sports competitions hosted by Japan
- Sports competitions in Nagano (city)
- International sports competitions hosted by the United States
- Sports in Lake Placid, New York
- 2003 in German sport
- Bobsleigh in Germany
- 2003 in American sports
- Bobsleigh in the United States
- 2003 in Japanese sport
- Skeleton in Japan