1951 World Bobsleigh Championship

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The 12th Bobsleigh World Championship took place in Alpe d'Huez in France in 1951 . The bobsleigh athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany, who took part in a bobsleigh world championship for the first time after the end of the Second World War , won both world championship titles.

Results

Two-man bobsleigh

space country athlete Time (min)
1 FRG I Andreas Ostler / Lorenz Nieberl 5: 11.94
2 United States Stanley Benham / Patrick Martin 5: 15.33
3 SUI I Felix Endrich / Werner Spring 5: 16.48
4th ITA I ... ...
5 SUI II ... ...
6th FRG II Hans Winkler / Sylvester Wackerle 5: 23.63

Date: 27./28. January 1951

Four-man bobsleigh

space country athlete Time (min)
1 FRG I Andreas Ostler , Xaver Leitl ,
Michael Pössinger , Lorenz Nieberl 		2: 24.94
(1: 13.33 / 1: 11.61)
2 USA I Stanley Benham , Patrick Martin ,
James Atkinson , Gary Sheffield 		2: 26.50
3 SUI I Franz Kapus , Franz Stöckli ,
Hans Bolli , Heinrich Angst 		2: 26.66
4th FRG II Franz Kemser , Fred Wagenknecht ,
Heinz Wendlinger , Jonny Rundholz 		2: 26.71
5 ITA I ... 2: 27.93
6th AUT II ... 2: 30.56
7th SWE I ... 2: 30.71
8th ITA II ... 2: 31.90
9 AUT I ... 2: 31.91
10 FRA I ... 2: 33.10
11 SUI II ... 2: 34.26
12 SWE II ... 2: 37.10

The four-bobsleigh World Championship was decided in two races on January 31, 1951.

Medal table

space country gold silver bronze total
1 BR Germany 2 0 0 2
2 United States 0 2 0 2
3 Switzerland 0 0 2 2

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