1937 World Bobsleigh Championship
The 6th Bobsleigh World Championship took place in 1937 on the Pista olimpica di bob in Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy (two-man bobsleigh) and in St. Moritz in Switzerland (four-man bobsleigh).
Men
Two-man bobsleigh
space | country | athlete | time |
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1 | GBR |
Frederick McEvoy Byran Black |
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2 | ITA |
Umberto Gilarduzzi Antonio Gilarduzzi |
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3 | SUI |
Reto Capadrutt Hans Aichele |
Four-man bobsleigh
space | country | athlete | time |
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1 | GBR |
Frederick McEvoy David Looker Charles Green Byran Black |
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2 | GER |
Gerhard Fischer Lohfeld H. Fischer Rolf Thielecke |
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3 | United States |
Donald Fox Clifford Gray Bill Dupree James Bickford |
17./18. February 1937
The Americans were the first non-European team to win a World Cup medal.
Medal table
space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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1 | United Kingdom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2 | German Empire | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4th | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4th | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |