1959 World Bobsleigh Championship

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The 18th Bobsleigh World Championship took place from February 7th to 15th, 1959 in St. Moritz , Switzerland . The two-man bobsleigh world champions went to the Italians Eugenio Monti / Renzo Alverà , the USA won the title in the four-man bobsleigh. It was the last gold medal for the Americans until the 2009 Bobsleigh World Championship .

Men

Two-man bobsleigh

7th / 8th February 1959

space country athlete Time (min)
1 ITA I Eugenio Monti / Renzo Alverà
2 ITA II Sergio Zardini / Luciano Alberti
3 United States Arthur Tyler / Thomas Butler


Four-man bobsleigh

14./15. February 1959

space country athlete Time (min)
1 USA I Arthur Tyler , Gary Sheffield ,
Parker Voorhis , Thomas Butler 		5: 10.82
2 ITA II Sergio Zardini , Alberto Righini ,
Ferruccio Dalla Torre , Romano Bonagura 		5: 11.17
3 FRG II Franz Schelle , Hartl Geiger ,
Josef Sterff , Otto Göbl 		5: 11.95
4th GBR I Tayler, ... 5: 12.59
5 SUI II Heinrich Fear , ... 5: 12.70
6th ITA I Eugenio Monti , ... 5: 13.35
7th FRG I Hans Rösch , ... 5: 13.81
0 ...


Medal table

space country gold silver bronze total
1 Italy 1 2 0 3
2 United States 1 0 1 2
4th BR Germany 0 0 1 1

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