1989 World Bobsleigh Championship

The 41st Bobsleigh World Championship took place in 1989 on the Pista olimpica di bob in Cortina d'Ampezzo , Italy . Cortina was the venue for the eighth time. While the GDR bobsleigh with Wolfgang Hoppe and Bogdan Musiol won the two-man world championship, there was a double victory for Switzerland in the four-man decision .

Results

The four races took place on February 4th and 5th, 1989 with 38 bobsleighs from 22 countries.

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	GDR I	Wolfgang Hoppe / Bogdan Musiol	3: 38.05
2	SUI I	Gustav Weder / Bruno Gerber	3: 38.11
3	URS I	Jānis Ķipurs / Aldis Intlers	3: 39.89
4th	FRG I	Christian Schebitz / Leory Hieber	3: 40.31
5	SUI II	Nico Baracchi / Donat Acklin	3: 40.66
6th	GDR II	Dietmar Falkenberg / Axel Jang	3: 40.73
7th	CAN I	Greg Haydenluck / Cleve Langford	3: 41.08
8th	FRG II	Anton Fischer / Christoph Langen	3: 41.12
0 ...

11./12. February 1989, 25 bobs

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	SUI II	Gustav Weder , Curdin Morell , Bruno Gerber , Lorenz Schindelholz	3: 34.31
2	SUI I	Nico Baracchi , Christian Reich , Donat Acklin , René Mangold	3: 34.6
3	GDR I	Wolfgang Hoppe , Bodo Ferl , Bogdan Musiol , Ingo Voge	3: 34.81
4th	GDR II	Harald Czudaj , Karsten Brannasch , Tino Bonk , Alexander Szelig	3: 34.93
5	AUT I	Ingo Appelt , Gerhard Redl , Jürgen Mandl , Harald Winkler	3: 35.07
6th	ITA I	Pasquale Gesuito , Russo, Rottensteiner, Leonardi	3: 35.61
0 ...

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Switzerland	1	2	0	3
2	GDR	1	0	1	2
3	Soviet Union	0	0	1	1