1973 World Bobsleigh Championship
The 29th World Bobsleigh Championship was held in Lake Placid , United States , in 1973 . The World Cup was held in Lake Placid for the fourth time. The German bobsleigh with Wolfgang Zimmerer and Peter Utzschneider won the two-man competition, in the four-man competition, the Swiss Bobsleigh I was ahead.
Results
Two-man bobsleigh
10/11 February 1973
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | FRG | Wolfgang Zimmerer / Peter Utzschneider | 4: 28.77 |
2 | SUI | Hans Candrian / Heinz Schenker | 4: 31.15 |
3 | ROME | Ion Panțuru / Dumitru Focșeneanu | ... |
Four-man bobsleigh
17./18. February 1973
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | SUI I |
René Stadler , Werner Camichel , Erich Schärer , Peter Schärer |
4: 22.05 |
2 | AUT | Werner Delle Karth , Walter Delle Karth jun. , Hans Eichinger , Fritz Sperling | 4: 23.57 |
3 | FRG |
Wolfgang Zimmerer , Stefan Gaisreiter , Walter Steinbauer , Peter Utzschneider |
4: 23.78 |
Medal table
space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | BR Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4th | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |