1962 World Bobsleigh Championship

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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)
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)
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 		...
0 ...

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
1 Italy 1 2 0 3
2 Germany 1 0 1 2
3 Austria 0 0 1 1