1934 World Bobsleigh Championship

The fourth bobsleigh world championships took place on January 27 and 28, 1934 on the Rießersee Olympic bobsleigh run in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (four-man bobsleigh) and on February 3 and 4, 1934 in Engelberg, Switzerland (two-man bobsleigh).

Men

Two-man bobsleigh

Teams from Germany , Austria , Czechoslovakia , France , Romania , Italy , England and Switzerland registered . The Austrians had registered the bobsleds Innsbruck ( Hans Stürer ), Graz ( Hans Volckmar ) and Rettenberg ( Paul Moro ) for the races. Bobsleigh Switzerland I set the best time in each of the first three runs (a total of 7: 04.1 minutes), but fell about 20 meters from the finish in the fourth run and was eliminated.

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space	country	athlete
1.	Romania kingdom Romania	Alexandru Frim Vasile Dumitrescu
2.	Nazi state Germany	Hermann von Mumm Fritz Schwarz
3.	Romania kingdom Romania	Alexandru Papană Dumitru Hubert

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space	country	athlete	total time
1.	Romania kingdom Romania II	Alexandru Frim Vasile Dumitrescu	9: 31.3 min
2.	Nazi state Germany I.	Hanns Kilian Sebastian Huber	9: 37.1 min
3.	Nazi state Germany II	Hermann von Mumm Hinderfeld	9: 37.3 min
4th	Romania kingdom Romania I.	Alexandru Papană Dumitru Hubert	9: 59.4 min
5.	Switzerland Switzerland II	Capadrutt servant	10: 18.1 min
	Switzerland Switzerland I.	Karl Feierabend Adalbert Odermatt	DNF
	Austria Austria I.	Hans Stürer Rottensteiner	DNF
	United Kingdom England I	Outram Thompson	DNF
	United Kingdom England II	Mackay Houldsworth	DNF

Four-man bobsleigh

Stefan Heinemann delivered a detailed report of all four races for the latest sports newspaper of Innsbrucker Nachrichten .

space	country	athlete	total time
1.	Nazi state Germany I.	Hanns Kilian Fritz Schwarz Hermann from Valta Sebastian Huber	5: 32.75 min
2.	Romania kingdom Romania II	Emil Angelescu Teodor Popescu Dumitru Gheorghiu Ion Gribincea	5: 38.44 min
3.	France France I.	Jean de Suarez d'Aulan Rheims Beamish Jacques Bridou	5: 41.96 min
4th	Austria Austria I (Bob "Blitz")	Franz Lorenz (driver) Hugo Mayer (brakeman) Franz Wohlgemuth Eduard Pischinger	5: 48.34 min
5.	Austria Austria II (Bob "Ingeborg")	Vinzenz Preiner (driver) Karl Kaltenberger (brakeman) Anton Kaltenberger Polterer	5: 52.52 min
6th	United Kingdom England	Thompson	6: 00.87 min
7th	Switzerland Switzerland	A. Kirschmann Flückinger	6: 19.15 min
	Czechoslovakia 1920 Czechoslovakia		Unrated
	Nazi state Germany II		Unrated
	Romania kingdom Romania I.		Unrated

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Romania kingdom Romania	1	1	1	3
2.	Nazi state Germany	1	1	0	2
3.	France France	0	0	1	1

Web links

Bobsleigh World Championships until 1934

Individual evidence

↑ The two-man bobsleigh championship. In: Wiener Sporttagblatt dated February 3, 1934, p. 6 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).
^ Romania world champion in two-man bobsleigh. In: Neues Wiener Journal dated February 5, 1934, p. 7 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).
↑ World Championships 1924-1949. In: bsd-portal.de (accessed on March 2, 2020).
↑ Les concours de bobsleigh. In: La Suisse Libérale of February 5, 1934, p. 6 (available from e-newspaperarchives.ch ).
↑ Cătălin Chivulescu: Se împlinesc 83 de ani de la medalia de aur obținută de echipajul Frim - Dumitrescu. In: prosport.ro (February 4, 2017).
↑ Two-man bobsleigh world championship in Engelberg. In: Neue Zürcher Nachrichten of February 5, 1934, p. 3 (available from e-newspaperarchives.ch ).
↑ Wonder sledge in the ice channel. In: talmuseum.ch (accessed on March 2, 2020).
↑ Stefan Heinemann: Tyroleans at the World Bobsleigh Championship on the Riessersee. In: Latest Sport-Zeitung of January 29, 1934, pp. 1–2 (available at ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).
↑ World Championship in the four-man bobsleigh. In: Neues Wiener Journal of January 29, 1934, p. 7 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).
↑ Germany victorious in the world championship in four-man bobsleigh. In: Wiener Sporttagblatt of January 29, 1934, p. 5 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).
↑ The new Olympic bobsleigh run in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. In: Latest Sport-Zeitung of February 19, 1934, p. 3 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).
↑ The world championship in the four-man bobsleigh. In: Allgemeine Tiroler Anzeiger of January 30, 1934, p. 8 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).

[1] The two-man bobsleigh championship. In: Wiener Sporttagblatt dated February 3, 1934, p. 6 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).

[2] Romania world champion in two-man bobsleigh. In: Neues Wiener Journal dated February 5, 1934, p. 7 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).

[3] World Championships 1924-1949. In: bsd-portal.de (accessed on March 2, 2020).

[4] Les concours de bobsleigh. In: La Suisse Libérale of February 5, 1934, p. 6 (available from e-newspaperarchives.ch ).

[5] Cătălin Chivulescu: Se împlinesc 83 de ani de la medalia de aur obținută de echipajul Frim - Dumitrescu. In: prosport.ro (February 4, 2017).

[6] Two-man bobsleigh world championship in Engelberg. In: Neue Zürcher Nachrichten of February 5, 1934, p. 3 (available from e-newspaperarchives.ch ).

[7] Wonder sledge in the ice channel. In: talmuseum.ch (accessed on March 2, 2020).

[8] Stefan Heinemann: Tyroleans at the World Bobsleigh Championship on the Riessersee. In: Latest Sport-Zeitung of January 29, 1934, pp. 1–2 (available at ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).

[9] World Championship in the four-man bobsleigh. In: Neues Wiener Journal of January 29, 1934, p. 7 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).

[10] Germany victorious in the world championship in four-man bobsleigh. In: Wiener Sporttagblatt of January 29, 1934, p. 5 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).

[11] The new Olympic bobsleigh run in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. In: Latest Sport-Zeitung of February 19, 1934, p. 3 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).

[12] The world championship in the four-man bobsleigh. In: Allgemeine Tiroler Anzeiger of January 30, 1934, p. 8 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).