Bobsleigh World Championship 1993

The 44th Bobsleigh World Championship took place in Igls in Austria in 1993 . The World Cup was held for the third time in Igls. Originally the 1989 World Cup was awarded to Cervinia in Italy , which was able to prevail against Winterberg in Germany . Cervinia later withdrew and Igls was chosen as a replacement.

Men

Two-man bobsleigh

space	country	athlete	time
1	GER II	Christoph Langen Peer Joechel	3: 30.91 min.
2	SUI I	Gustav Weder Donat Acklin	3: 31.54 min.
3	GER I	Wolfgang Hoppe René Hannemann	3: 31.92 min.

Bob Germany II drove in the first of the four runs (52.50 / 52.84 / 52.85 / 52.72) with a track record of 52.50.

Four-man bobsleigh

space	country	athlete	time
1	SUI	Gustav Weder Donat Acklin Kurt Meier Domenico Semeraro
2	AUT	Hubert Schösser Harald Winkler Gerhard Redl Gerhard Haidacher
3	United States	Brian Shimer Bryan Leturgez Karlos Kirby Randy Jones

It was the first American medal since 1969 .

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Switzerland	1	1	0	2
2	Germany	1	0	1	2
3	Austria	0	1	0	1
4th	United States	0	0	1	1

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Results without national leagues", Sport-Bild from February 10, 1993, p. 61