1931 World Bobsleigh Championship

The second bobsleigh world championships took place on January 31 and February 1, 1931 on the Wadeberg bobsleigh run in Oberhof, Thuringia (two-man bobsleigh) and on February 10 and 11, 1931 in St. Moritz, Switzerland (four-man bobsleigh).

Results

Two-man bobsleigh for men

The participating nations were allowed to send a maximum of two teams into the race. Fritz Beier , ski paver from Igls and southern German bobsleigh champion last year, was unable to take part in the world championships for financial reasons and was replaced by the two-man Volckmar / Kaltenberger bobsleigh . The track record was improved to 1: 50.7 minutes in “wonderful winter weather” during the third run by the teams Switzerland I and Germany II. The German bobsleigh with Hanns Kilian and Sebastian Huber became world champion after four runs and thus the winner of the “Honorary Prize of the Reich President von Hindenburg ” . A total of ten nations, includingEngland , participated in the competition.

space	country	athlete	total time
1.	Germany II	Hanns Kilian Sebastian Huber	7: 34.2 min
2.	Germany I.	Gerhard Fischer Gemmer	7: 37.3 min
3.	Austria II	Hans Volckmar (driver) Anton Kaltenberger (brakeman)	7: 38.1 min
4th	Austria I.	von Newlinski (handlebar) Hugo Weinstengel (brakeman)	7: 41.1 min
5.	Switzerland II	Clavadetscher Sigg	7: 49.0 min
6th	Switzerland I.	Fritz retirement Adalbert Obermatt	7: 59.1 min
7th	France I.	R. Amos P. Amos	8:00, 6 min

Men's four-man bobsleigh

The 1,600 meter long artificial bobsleigh run (“ St. Moritz Bobsleigh Run ”) had an average gradient of nine percent and a difference in altitude of 120 meters. The first official training runs took place eight days before the start of the World Cup. Eight nations with a total of 13 teams took part in the competition.

space	country	athlete	total time	1st run	2nd run	3rd run	4th run
1.	Germany I.	Werner Zahn ( St. ) Robert Schmidt Franz Bock Emil Hinterfeld	5: 15.5 min	1: 18.8	1: 17.7	1: 19.3	1: 19.7
2.	Switzerland I.	René Fonjallaz ( St. ) Gustave Fonjallaz N. Buchheim Gaston Fonjallaz	5: 16.3 min	1: 18.7	1: 18.6	1: 19.5	1: 19.4
3.	England II	Dennis Field ( St. ) Patrick Coote Ralph Wallace Jack Newcombe	5: 17.7 min	1: 18.7	1: 19.4	1: 20.1	1: 19.5
4th	Germany II	Fritz Grau ( St. )	5: 18.5 min	1: 19.9	1: 19.4	1: 20.1	1: 19.9
5.	Switzerland II	Reto Capadrutt ( St. )	5: 19.2 min	1: 19.5	1: 18.8	1: 19.5	1: 20.4
6th	America I	Heaton ( St. )	5: 19.3 min			1: 20.2	1: 19.8
7th	France II	Martin ( St. )	5: 20.0 min			1: 19.7	1: 19.9
8th.	Belgium I	Lambert ( St. )	5: 20.1 min			1: 19.8	1: 20.5
9.	Austria I.	Hans Stürer ( St. )	5: 22.0 min			1: 20.4	1: 20.4
10.	England I	Martineau ( St. )	5: 22.2 min			1: 20.3	1: 21.3
11.	Italy I	Prince of Bourbon ( St. )	5: 26.4 min			1: 21.9	1: 21.1
12.	Belgium II	René Lunden ( St. )	5: 26.9 min			1: 21.1	1: 22.6

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Germany	2	1	0	3
2.	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
3.	Austria	0	0	1	1
3.	United Kingdom	0	0	1	1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Bobsleigh. In: Innsbrucker Nachrichten of January 29, 1931, p. 8 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).
2. ^ The two-man bobsleigh world championship in Oberhof. In: The morning. Wiener Montagblatt dated February 2, 1931, p. 14 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).
3. ↑ ^{a b} The World Bobsleigh Championships. In: Wiener Sport-Tagblatt dated February 2, 1931, p. 8 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).
4. ↑ The world championship in the two-man bobsleigh. In: Grazer Tagblatt dated February 3, 1931, p. 7 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).
5. ↑ ^{a b c} World Championships in bobsleigh. In: Prager Tagblatt dated February 11, 1931, p. 6 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).
6. ↑ ^{a b c} The World Bobsleigh Championship. In: Wiener Sport-Tagblatt dated February 14, 1931, p. 6 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).
7. ^ Timeline & Roll of Honor. In: thebbsa.co.uk (accessed February 26, 2020).