FIBT World Championships 2007

2007 World Championships
Location	St. Moritz, Switzerland

The FIBT World Championships 2007 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record twenty-first time, doing so 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, 1989 (Skeleton), 1990 (Bobsleigh), 1997 (Bobsleigh), 1998 (Skeleton), and 2001 (Men's bobsleigh). The mixed team event consisting of one run each of men's skeleton, women's skeleton, 2-man bobsleigh, and 2-women bobsleigh debuted at these championships.

Bobsleigh

Two man

Pos	Team	Athletes	Time	Behind
	Germany	André Lange Kevin Kuske	4:26.62	–
	Switzerland	Ivo Rüegg Aleksandr Streltsov Tommy Herzog	4:26.81	+0.19
	Italy	Simone Bertazzo Samuele Romanini	4:27.28	+0.66
4	United States	Steven Holcomb Brock Kreitzburg	4:27.50	+0.88
5	Switzerland	Thomas Lamparter Daniel Schmid	4:27.61	+0.99
6	Austria	Wolfgang Stampfer Martin Lachkovics	4:28.15	+1.53
7	Canada	Pierre Lueders David Bissett	4:28.24	+1.62

Four man

Pos	Team	Athletes	Time	Behind
	Switzerland	Ivo Rüegg Thomas Lamparter Beat Hefti Cédric Grand	4:20.86	–
	Canada	Pierre Lueders Ken Kotyk David Bissett Lascelles Brown	4:21.09	+0.23
	Germany	André Lange René Hoppe Kevin Kuske Martin Putze	4:21.10	+0.24

Two woman

Pos	Team	Athletes	Time	Behind
	Germany	Sandra Kiriasis Romy Logsch	4:33.84	–
	Germany	Cathleen Martini Janine Tischer	4:35.89	+2.05
	United States	Shauna Rohbock Valerie Fleming	4:36.27	+2.43

Skeleton

Men

Pos	Athlete	Time
	Gregor Stähli (SUI)
	Eric Bernotas (USA)
	Zach Lund (USA)

Women

Pos	Athlete	Time
	Noelle Pikus-Pace (USA)
	Maya Pedersen (SUI)
	Katie Uhlaender (USA)

Pikus-Pace is the first American woman to win a gold medal in bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton at the World Championship level.

Mixed team

Pos	Team	Time
	Germany (Frank Kleber, Sandra Kiriasis, Berit Wiacker, Monique Riekewald, Karl Angerer, Marc Kühne)
	United States (Eric Bernotas, Erin Pac, Emily Azevedo, Noelle Pikus-Pace, Mike Kohn, Curtis Tomasevicz)
	Switzerland (Gregor Stähli, Sabrina Hafner, Katharina Sutter, Maya Pedersen, Ivo Rüegg, Thomas Lamparter)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	3	1	1	5
2	Switzerland (SUI)	2	2	1	5
3	United States (USA)	1	2	3	6
4	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
5	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		6	6	6	18

References

• World Championships • St. Moritz • 2-man Bobsleigh
• World Championships • St. Moritz • 2-woman Bobsleigh
• World Championships • St. Moritz • 4-man Bobsleigh
• 2-Man bobsleigh World Champions
• 2-Woman bobsleigh World Champions
• 4-Man bobsleigh World Champions
• Men's skeleton World Champions
• Mixed bobsleigh/skeleton World Champions
• Women's skeleton World Champions

External links

• Official website (in German)