1962 World Bobsleigh Championship
The 21st Bobsleigh World Championship took place on January 20, 21 and 30, 1962 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Germany. The new world champions were the Italians Rinaldo Ruatti and Enrico De Lorenzo in the two-man bobsleigh and Germany II in the four-man bobsleigh. Eugenio Monti , who has won multiple titles since 1957, was unable to qualify for the Italian world championship team in 1962.
Results
Two-man bobsleigh
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | ITA | Rinaldo Ruatti / Enrico De Lorenzo | 5: 03.73 |
2 | ITA | Sergio Zardini / Romano Bonagura | 5: 06.63 |
3 | FRG II | Hans Maurer / Franz Wörmann | 5: 08.92 |
4th | United States | Gary Sheffield / Terry Tennant | 5: 09.45 |
5 | AUT | Erwin Thaler / Franz Koxeder | 5: 10.43 |
6th | GBR | Tony Nash / Robin Dixon | 5: 10.77 |
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January 20/21, 1962
Bob Germany I with Franz Schelle and Otto Göbl , fourth after two runs, fell in the third run, causing Schelle to suffer severe head injuries.
Four-man bobsleigh
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | FRG |
Franz Schelle , Josef Sterff , Ludwig Siebert , Otto Göbl |
2: 33.66 |
2 | ITA |
Sergio Zardini , Ferruccio Dalla Torre , Enrico De Lorenzo , Romano Bonagura |
2: 34.23 |
3 | AUT |
Franz Isser , Josef Isser , Heinrich Isser , Fritz Isser |
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The races had to be postponed several times due to bad weather. The decision was finally made with two runs on Tuesday, January 30, 1962.
Medal table
space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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1 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |