Bobsleigh World Championship 2001
The 50th Bobsleigh World Championship took place in 2001 in St. Moritz , Switzerland (men) and in Calgary , Canada (women). The World Cup was held for the 18th time in St. Moritz.
Men
Two-man bobsleigh
space | country | athlete | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | GER |
Christoph Langen Marco Jakobs |
4: 16.78 min |
2 | SUI |
Reto Götschi Cédric Grand |
+0.95 s |
3 | SUI |
Martin Annen Beat Hefti |
+1.06 s |
4th | SUI |
Christian Reich Steve Anderhub |
+1.60 s |
5 | CAN |
Pierre Lueders Ken Leblanc |
+2.09 s |
6th | GER |
René Spies Franz Sagmeister |
+2.76 s |
7th | United States |
Mike Dionne John Kasper |
+3.31 s |
8th | ITA |
Günther Huber Antonio Tartaglia |
+3.40 s |
9 | RUS |
Yevgeny Popov Alexei Andryunin |
+3.54 s |
10 | FRA |
Bruno Mingeon Éric Le Chanony |
+3.87 s |
Date: 27./28. January 2001
A total of 33 teams were at the start. Latvia I only finished the first two runs.
Four-man bobsleigh
space | country | athlete | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | GER |
Christoph Langen Markus Zimmermann Sven Peter Alex Metzger |
4: 10.45 min |
2 | GER |
André Lange Lars Behrendt René Hoppe Carsten Embach |
+1.24 s |
3 | SUI |
Christian Reich Steve Anderhub Urs Aeberhard Domenic Keller |
+1.50 s |
4th | LAT |
Sandis Prousts Marcis Rullis Matiss Zacmanis Janis Ozols |
+1.58 s |
5 | SUI |
Reto Götschi Alexander Quiblier Beat Hefti Cederic Grand |
+1.59 s |
6th | GER |
Matthias Benesch Torsten Voss Udo Lehmann Stefan Barucha |
+1.80 s |
7th | FRA |
Bruno Mingeon Éric Le Chanony Christophe Fouquet Max Robert |
+2.54 s |
8th | RUS |
Yevgeny Popov Pyotr Makarchuk Sergei Golubew Alexei Andryunin |
+2.66 s |
9 | United States |
Mike Dionne John Kasper Douglas Sharp Earl Shepherd |
+2.67 s |
10 | GBR |
Sean Olsson Scott Rider Phil Goedluck Markus Adam |
+2.87 s |
Date: 3rd / 4th February 2001
A total of 28 teams were at the start.
Women
Two-man bobsleigh
space | country | athlete | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | SUI |
Françoise Burdet Katharina Sutter |
|
2 | United States |
Jean Racine Jennifer Davidson |
|
3 | GER |
Susi Erdmann Tanja Hess |
Medal table
space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4th |
2 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th |
3 | United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |