1961 World Bobsleigh Championship

The 20th World Bobsleigh Championship was held from February 11th to 18th, 1961 in Lake Placid , United States . Two-man bobsleigh world champions were the Italians Eugenio Monti and Sergio Siorpaes . Monti also won the four-man championship with Bob Italy I.

Results

Two-man bobsleigh

The four World Championship races were held on February 11 and 12, 1961. Monti won for the fifth time in a row, setting a record that has not yet been exceeded. Bobsleigh Germany II with Hans Rösch and his brakeman Theodor Bauer fell in the last run, with Rösch breaking his arm. He fell out for the four-way championship.

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	ITA I	Eugenio Monti / Sergio Siorpaes	4: 42.67
2	USA I	Gary Sheffield / Jerry Tennant	4: 45.74
3	ITA II	Sergio Zardini / Romano Bonagura	4: 46.62
4th	FRG I	Franz Schelle / Otto Göbl	4: 47.66
0 ...

Four-man bobsleigh

The four-man bobsleigh world championship was decided with only two races on Saturday, February 18, 1961, as the runs scheduled for Sunday had to be canceled due to a blow-in.

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	ITA	Eugenio Monti , Sergio Siorpaes , Furio Nordio , Benito Rigoni	2: 18.40
2	USA I	Stanley Benham , Gary Sheffield , Jerry Tennant , Chuck Pandolph	2: 18.70
3	SWE	Gunnar Ahs , Gunnar Carpö , Erik Wennerberg , Börje-Bengl Hedblom	2: 19.09
4th	FRG I	Franz Schelle , ...	2: 19.27
0 ...

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Italy	2	0	1	3
2	United States	0	2	0	2
3	Sweden	0	0	1	1