1955 World Bobsleigh Championship

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The 15th Bobsleigh World Championship took place from January 22nd to 30th, 1955. The world championship was held for the seventh time in St. Moritz , Switzerland . The Swiss Fritz Feierabend / Harry Warburton won in the two-man bobsleigh, and Switzerland II became world champion in the four-man bobsleigh .

Results

Two-man bobsleigh

space country athlete Time (min)
1 SUI Fritz Feierabend / Harry Warburton 5: 33.28
2 AUT Paul Aste / Josef Isser 5: 34.91
3 SUI II Franz Kapus / Heinrich Fear 5: 35.09
4th ITA II ... 5: 35.57
5 FRG I Hans Rösch / Hans Terne 5: 35.90
0 ...

Date: January 23, 1955

Four-man bobsleigh

space country athlete Time (min)
1 SUI II Franz Kapus , Gottfried Diener ,
Robert Alt , Heinrich Angst 		5: 10.52
2 SUI I Fritz Feierabend , Aby Gartmann ,
Harry Warburton , Rolf Gerber 		5: 10.55
3 FRG II Franz Schelle , Jakob Nirschl ,
Hans Henn , Edmund Koller 		5: 14.23
4th AUT I Karl Wagner , Adolf Tonn , Erwin Thaler , Wilfried Thurner 5: 14.47
5 FRG I Hans Rösch , Michael Pössinger ,
Max Hohenester , Hans Terne 		5: 17.09
6th United States Severlng, Cullton, Morgan, Williams 5: 17.12
0 ...

Date: January 30, 1955

Medal table

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

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