1933 World Bobsleigh Championship

The third bobsleigh world championships took place on February 11 and 12, 1933 in Schreiberhau, Silesia, exclusively in the men's two-man bobsleigh. The four-man bobsleigh championship held a few days earlier in Chamonix , Switzerland , was canceled and canceled.

Results

Two-man bobsleigh for men

The 1,500-meter-long bobsled run on the Zackelfall was described as exemplary in terms of route layout and expansion. Two teams each from Germany , Austria , Romania and German Bohemia started . The Austrian bobsleigh with Anton Kaltenberger fell twice on Saturday and was unable to start the two final races on Sunday due to severe damage to the sports equipment.

space	country	athlete	total time
1.	Romania I.	Alexandru Papană Dumitru Hubert	5: 50.14 min
2.	HDW I	Dr. Brune Heinzel	6:01.08 min
3.	Germany I.	Fritz Grau Albert Brehme	6: 03.81 min
4th	HDW II	Leubner Steidel	6: 20.18 min
5.	Austria I.	Hans Stürer Plangger	6: 29.65 min
6th	Romania II	Alexandru Frim Dumitru Zână	6: 33.68 min
7th	Germany II	by Newlinski Frick
	Austria II	Anton Kaltenberger	DNF

Men's four-man bobsleigh

The world championship in the four-man bobsleigh was to take place on February 4th and 5th, 1933 on the Olympic track of 1924 in Chamonix , Switzerland . Since the holding of the event appeared to be endangered due to the lack of snowfall, mules first had to move snow from the mountains to the venue, and new snowfall also enabled the first training trips at the end of January. The German representation around Hanns Kilian decided not to participate in the world championship after visiting the track, because “the German bobsleigh are not suitable for such a track”. Due to the onset of the strong thaw, the event could not take place on the planned weekend and should be held at the same place in the course of the following week, alternatively at the same time as the two-man bobsleigh world championship in Schreiberhau.

On Tuesday, February 7th, three teams finally started the competition. After two runs, the French four-man bobsleigh with helmsman René Charlet (3: 03.77 min) led the Italian team (3: 18.75 min), while the Swiss bobsleigh fell in the second run and therefore did not make it into the ranking. According to another report, numerous bobsleighs got stuck in the dirt, so the race was canceled. Another contemporary source reports the abandonment after three championship races after several participants were injured from falls. The Romanian bobsleigh in the line-up Angelescu / Gribincea / Bârsănescu / Popescu is also said to have finished fifth.

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Romania	1	0	0	1
2.	Czechoslovakia	0	1	0	1
3.	Germany	0	0	1	1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} bobsleigh. In: Innsbrucker Nachrichten of February 18, 1933, p. 15 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).
2. ↑ The world championship in the two-man bobsleigh. In: Allgemeine Tiroler Anzeiger, February 21, 1933, p. 8 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).
3. ↑ The two-man bobsleigh championship. In: Innsbrucker Nachrichten of February 21, 1933, p. 8 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).
4. ↑ Mules bring snow to Chamonix. In: Wiener Sport-Tagblatt of January 31, 1933, p. 5 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).
5. ↑ Germany not at the Bobsleigh World Cup. In: Wiener Sport-Tagblatt dated February 3, 1933, p. 8 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).
6. ↑ The four-man bobsleigh world championships postponed. In: Wiener Sport-Tagblatt dated February 6, 1933, p. 3 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).
7. ↑ Negroes bring snow in baskets. In: Allgemeine Tiroler Anzeiger, February 11, 1933, p. 12 (available from ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online ).
8. ↑ L'équipe suisse conspuée. In: La Sentinelle of February 8, 1933, p. 4 (available from e-newspaperarchives.ch ).
9. ↑ Istoria Sportului Românesc: Bob şi sanie. In: agerpres.ro (January 19, 2018).