Bobsleigh
World Championships

Men: 4-Man
Year Location
2011 Cortina d'Ampezzo (ita)
2009 Lake Placid (usa) USA Germany Latvia
(Steven Holcomb,
Justin Olsen,
Steve Mesler,
Curtis Tomasevicz)
(André Lange,
Alexander Rödiger,
Kevin Kuske,
Martin Putze)
(Janis Minins,
Daumants Dreiskens,
Oskars Melbardis,
Intars Dambis)
2008 Altenberg (ger) Germany Russia Germany
(André Lange,
Rene Hoppe,
Kevin Kuske,
Martin Putze)
(Aleksandr Zubkov,
Roman Oreshnikov,
Dmitriy Trunenkov,
Dmitriy Stepushkin)
(Matthias Höpfner,
Ronny Listner,
Alex Mann,
Thomas Pöge)
2007 St. Moritz (swi) Switzerland Canada Germany
(Ivo Rüegg,
Thomas Lamparter,
Beat Hefti,
Cédric Grand)
(Pierre Lueders,
Ken Kotyk,
David Bissett,
Lascelles Brown)
(André Lange,
Rene Hoppe,
Kevin Kuske,
Martin Putze)
2005 Calgary (can) Germany Russia Canada
(André Lange,
Rene Hoppe,
Kevin Kuske,
Martin Putze)
(Aleksandr Zubkov,
Sergey Golubev,
Aleksey Seliverstov,
Dmitriy Stepushkin)
(Pierre Lueders,
Ken Kotyk,
Morgan Alexander,
Lascelles Brown)
2004 Königssee (ger) Germany Germany USA
(André Lange,
Udo Lehmann,
Kevin Kuske,
Rene Hoppe)
(Christoph Langen,
Christoph Heyder,
Enrico Kühn,
Jens Nohka)
(Todd Hays,
Pavle Jovanovic,
Bill Schuffenhauer,
Steve Mesler)
2003 Lake Placid (usa) Germany USA Russia
(André Lange,
Rene Hoppe,
Kevin Kuske,
Carsten Embach)
(Todd Hays,
Bill Schuffenhauer,
Randy Jones,
Garrett Hines)
(Aleksandr Zubkov,
Aleksey Seliverstov,
Sergey Golubev,
Dmitriy Stepushkin)
2001 St. Moritz (swi) Germany Germany Switzerland
(Christoph Langen,
Markus Zimmermann,
Sven Peter,
Alex Metzger)
(André Lange,
Lars Behrendt,
Rene Hoppe,
Carsten Embach)
(Christian Reich,
Steve Anderhub,
Urs Aeberhand,
Domenic Keller)
2000 Altenberg (ger) Germany Germany Switzerland
(André Lange,
Rene Hoppe,
Lars Behrendt,
Carsten Embach)
(Christoph Langen,
Markus Zimmermann,
Tomas Plazter,
Sven Rühr)
(Christian Reich,
Bruno Aeberhard,
Urs Aeberhand,
Domenic Keller)
1999 Cortina d'Ampezzo (ita) France Switzerland Canada
(Bruno Mingeon,
Emmanuel Hostache,
Eric le Chanony,
Max Robert)
(Marcel Rohner,
Markus Nüssli,
Beat Hefti,
Silvio Schaufelberger)
(Pierre Lueders,
Ken Leblanc,
Ben Hindle,
Matt Hindle)
1997 St. Moritz (swi) Germany Germany USA
(Wolfgang Hoppe,
Sven Rühr,
René Hannemann,
Carsten Embach)
(Dirk Wiese,
Christoph Bartsch,
Torsten Voss,
Michael Liekmeier)
(Brian Shimer,
Chip Minton,
Randy Jones,
Robert Olesen)
1996 Calgary (can) Germany Switzerland Germany
(Christoph Langen,
Markus Zimmermann,
Sven Rühr,
Olaf Hampel)
(Marcel Rohner,
Markus Wasser,
Thomas Schreiber,
Roland Tanner)
(Wolfgang Hoppe,
Torsten Voss,
Sven Peter,
Carsten Embach)
1995 Winterberg (ger) Germany Austria Germany
(Wolfgang Hoppe,
René Hannemann,
Ulf Hielscher,
Carsten Embach)
(Hubert Schösser,
Gerhard Redl,
Thomas Schroll,
Martin Schützenauer)
(Harald Czudaj,
Thorsten Voss,
Udo Lehmann,
Alexander Szelig)
1993 Igls (aut) Switzerland Austria USA
(Gustav Weder,
Donat Acklin,
Kurt Meier,
Domenico Semeraro)
(Hubert Schösser,
Harald Winkler,
Gerhard Redl,
Gerhard Haidacher)
(Brian Shimer,
Bryan Leturgez,
Karlos Kirby,
Randy Jones)
1991 Altenberg (ger) Germany Switzerland Germany
(Wolfgang Hoppe,
Bogdan Musiol,
Axel Kühn,
Christoph Langen)
(Gustav Weder,
Bruno Gerber,
Lorenz Schindelholz,
Curdin Morell)
(Harald Czudaj,
Tino Bonk,
Axel Jang,
Alexander Szelig)
1990 St. Moritz (swi) Switzerland East Germany Austria
(Gustav Weder,
Bruno Gerber,
Lorenz Schindelholz,
Curdin Morell)
(Harald Czudaj,
Tino Bonk,
Alexander Szelig,
Axel Jang)
(Ingo Appelt,
Gerhard Redl,
Jürgen Mandl,
Harald Winkler)
1989 Cortina d'Ampezzo (ita) Switzerland Switzerland East Germany
(Gustav Weder,
Curdin Morell,
Bruno Gerber,
Lorenz Schindelholz)
(Nico Baracchi,
Christian Reich,
Donat Acklin,
Rene Mangold)
(Wolfgang Hoppe,
Bodo Ferl,
Bogdan Musiol,
Ingo Voge)
1987 St. Moritz (swi) Switzerland East Germany Switzerland
(Hans Hiltebrand,
Urs Fehlmann,
Erwin Fassbind,
Andre Kisser)
(Wolfgang Hoppe,
Bogdan Musiol,
Roland Wetzig,
Dietmar Schauerhammer)
(Ralph Pichler,
Heinrich Ott,
Edgar Dietsche,
Celest Poltera)
1986 Königssee (wge) Switzerland Austria Switzerland
(Erich Schärer,
Kurt Meier,
Erwin Fassbind,
Andre Kisser)
(Peter Kienast,
Franz Siegl,
Gerhard Redl,
Christian Mark)
(Ralph Pichler,
Heinrich Notter,
Celeste Poltera,
Roland Beerli)
1985 Cervinia (ita) East Germany East Germany Switzerland
(Bernhard Lehmann,
Matthias Trübner,
Ingo Voge,
Steffen Grummt)
(Detlef Richter,
Dietmar Jerke,
Bodo Ferl,
Matthias Legler)
(Silvio Giobellina,
Heinz Stettler,
Urs Salzmann,
Rico Freiermuth)
1983 Lake Placid (usa) Switzerland West Germany East Germany
(Ekkehard Fasser,
Hans Märcy,
Kurt Poletti,
Rolf Strittmatter)
(Klaus Kopp,
Gerhard Öchsle,
Günther Neuburger,
Hajo Schumacher)
(Detlef Richter,
Henry Gerlach,
Thomas Forch,
Dietmar Jerke)
1982 St. Moritz (swi) Switzerland East Germany Switzerland
(Silvio Giobellina,
Heinz Stettler,
Urs Salzmann,
Rico Freiermuth)
(Bernhard Lehmann,
Roland Wetzig,
Bogdan Musiol,
Eberhard Weise)
(Erich Schärer,
Franz Isenegger,
Tony Rüegg,
Max Rüegg)
1981 Cortina d'Ampezzo (ita) East Germany Switzerland Switzerland
(Bernhard Germeshausen,
Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt,
Henry Gerlach,
Michael Trübner)
(Hans Hiltebrand,
Kurt Poletti,
Franz Weinberger,
Franz Isenegger)
(Erich Schärer,
Max Rüegg,
Tony Rüegg,
Josef Benz)
1979 Königssee (wge) West Germany East Germany Switzerland
(Stefan Gaisreiter,
Dieter Gebhard,
Hans Wagner,
Heinz Busche)
(Meinhard Nehmer,
Detlef Richter,
Bernhard Germeshausen,
Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt)
(Erich Schärer,
Ulrich Bächli,
Hansjörg Trachsel,
Josef Benz)
1978 Lake Placid (usa) East Germany Switzerland East Germany
(Horst Schönau,
Horst Bernhard,
Harald Seifert,
Bogdan Musiol)
(Erich Schärer,
Ulrich Bächli,
Rudolf Marti,
Josef Benz)
(Meinhard Nehmer,
Bernhard Germeshausen,
Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt,
Raimund Bethge)
1977 St. Moritz (swi) East Germany Switzerland West Germany
(Meinhard Nehmer,
Bernhard Germeshausen,
Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt,
Raimund Bethge)
(Erich Schärer,
Ulrich Bächli,
Rudolf Marti,
Josef Benz)
(Jakob Resch,
Herbert Berg,
Fritz Ohlwärter,
Walter Barfuss)
1975 Cervinia (ita) Switzerland West Germany Austria
(Erich Schärer,
Peter Schärer,
Werner Camichel,
Josef Benz)
(Wolfgang Zimmerer,
Peter Utzschneider,
Albert Wurzer,
Fritz Ohlwärter)
(Manfred Stengl,
Gert Krenn,
Franz Jakob,
Armin Vilas)
1974 St. Moritz (swi) West Germany Switzerland Austria
(Wolfgang Zimmerer,
Peter Utzschneider,
Manfred Schumann,
Albert Wurzer)
(Hans Candrian,
Guido Casty,
Yves Marchand,
Gaudenz Beeli)
(Werner Delle Karth,
Walter Delle Karth,
Hans Eichinger,
Fritz Sperling)
1973 Lake Placid (usa) Switzerland Austria West Germany
(René Stadler,
Werner Camichel,
Erich Schärer,
Peter Schärer)
(Werner Delle Karth,
Walter Delle Karth,
Hans Eichinger,
Fritz Sperling)
(Wolfgang Zimmerer,
Stefan Gaisreiter,
Walter Steinbauer,
Peter Utzschneider)
1971 Cervinia (ita) Switzerland Italy West Germany
(René Stadler,
Max Forster,
Erich Schärer,
Peter Schärer)
(Oscar d'Andrea,
Alessandro Bignozzi,
Antonio Brabcaccio,
Renzo Caldera)
(Wolfgang Zimmerer,
Stefan Gaisreiter,
Walter Steinbauer,
Peter Utzschneider)
1970 St. Moritz (swi) Italy West Germany Switzerland
(Nevio de Zordo,
Roberto Zandonella,
Mario Armano,
Luciano de Paolis)
(Wolfgang Zimmerer,
Walter Steinbauer,
Pepi Bader,
Peter Utzschneider)
(René Stadler,
Hans Candrian,
Max Forster,
Peter Schärer)
1969 Lake Placid (usa) West Germany Italy USA
(Wolfgang Zimmerer,
Peter Utzschneider,
Walter Steinbauer,
Stefan Gaisreiter)
(Gianfranco Gaspari,
Sergio Pompanin,
Roberto Zandonella,
Mario Armano)
(Les Fenner,
Robert Huscher,
Howard Siler,
Allen Hachigian)
1967 L'Alpe d'Huez (fra) -- -- --
1966 Cortina d'Ampezzo (ita) -- -- --
1965 St. Moritz (swi) Canada Italy USA
(Victor Emery,
Gerald Presley,
Michael Young,
Peter Kirby)
(Nevio de Zordo,
Italo de Lorenzo,
Pietro Lesana,
Robert Mocellini)
(Fred Fortune,
Richard Knuckles,
Joe Wilson,
James Lord)
1963 Igls (aut) Italy Italy Austria
(Sergio Zardini,
Ferruccio dalla Torre,
Renato Mocellini,
Romano Bonagura)
(Angelo Frigerio,
Mario Pallua,
Luigi de Bettin,
Sergio Mocellini)
(Erwin Thaler,
Reinhold Durnthaler,
Josef Nairz,
Adolf Koxeder)
1962 Garmisch-Partenk. (wge) West Germany Italy Austria
(Franz Schelle,
Josef Sterff,
Ludwig Siebert,
Otto Göbl)
(Sergio Zardini,
Ferruccio dalla Torre,
Enrico de Lorenzo,
Romano Bonagura)
(Franz Isser,
Pepi Isser,
Heini Isser,
Fritz Isser)
1961 Lake Placid (usa) Italy USA Sweden
(Eugenio Monti,
Sergio Siorpaes,
Furio Nordio,
Benito Rigoni)
(Stan Benham,
Gary Sheffield,
Jerry Tennant,
Chuck Pandolph)
(Gunnar Ahs,
Gunnar Carpö,
Erik Wennerberg,
Börje-Bengt Hedblom)
1960 Cortina d'Ampezzo (ita) Italy West Germany Switzerland
(Eugenio Monti,
Furio Nordio,
Sergio Siorpaes,
Renzo Alvera)
(Hans Rösch,
Alfred Hammer,
Theodor Bauer,
Albert Kandlbinder)
(Max Angst,
Hansjörg Hirschbühl,
Gottfried Kottmann,
René Kuhl)
1959 St. Moritz (swi) USA Italy West Germany
(Arthur Tyler,
Gary Sheffield,
Parker Vooris,
Thomas Butler)
(Sergio Zardini,
Alberto Righini,
Ferruccio dalla Torre,
Romano Bonagura)
(Franz Schelle,
Hartl Geiger,
Josef Sterff,
Otto Göbl)
1958 Garmisch-Partenk. (wge) West Germany West Germany Italy
(Hans Rösch,
Alfred Hammer,
Theodor Bauer,
Walter Haller)
(Franz Schelle,
Eduard Kaltenberger,
Josef Sterff,
Otto Göbl)
(Sergio Zardini,
Massimo Bogana,
Renato Mocellini,
Alberto Righini)
1957 St. Moritz (swi) Switzerland Italy USA
(Hans Zoller,
Hans Theler,
Rolf Küderli,
Heinz Leu)
(Eugenio Monti,
Ferdinando Piani,
Lino Pierdica,
Renzo Alvera)
(Arthur Tyler,
John Cole,
Robert Hagemes,
Thomas Butler)
1955 St. Moritz (swi) Switzerland Switzerland West Germany
(Franz Kapus,
Gottfried Diener,
Robert Alt,
Heinrich Angst)
(Fritz Feierabend,
Aby Gartmann,
Harry Warburton,
Rolf Gerber)
(Franz Schelle,
Jakob Nirschl,
Hans Henn,
Edmund Koller)
1954 Cortina d'Ampezzo (ita) Switzerland West Germany East Germany
(Fritz Feierabend,
Harry Warburton,
Gottfried Diener,
Heinrich Angst)
(Hans Rösch,
Michel Pössinger,
Dix Terne,
Sylvester Wackerle)
(Theo Kitt,
Josef Grün,
Klaus Koppenberger,
Lorenz Nieberl)
1953 Garmisch-Partenk. (wge) USA West Germany Sweden
(Lloyd Johnson,
Piet Biesiadecki,
Hubert Miller,
Joseph Smith)
(Anderl Ostler,
Heinz Wendlinger,
Hans Hohenester,
Rudi Erben)
(Kjell Holmström,
Walter Aronsson,
Nils Landgren,
Jan Lapidoth)
West Germany
(Hans Rösch,
Michael Pössinger,
Dix Terne,
Sylvester Wackerle)
1951 L'Alpe d'Huez (fra) West Germany USA Switzerland
(Anderl Ostler,
Xaver Leitl,
Michael Pössinger,
Lorenz Nieberl)
(Stan Benham,
Patrick Martin,
Jim Atkinson,
Gary Sheffield)
(Franz Kapus,
Franz Stöckli,
Hans Bolli,
Heinrich Angst)
1950 Cortina d'Ampezzo (ita) USA Switzerland Switzerland
(Stan Benham,
Patrick Martin,
Jim Atkinson,
William d'Amico)
(Fritz Feierabend,
Albert Madörin,
Romi Spada,
Stephan Waser)
(Franz Kapus,
Franz Stöckli,
Hans Bolli,
Heinrich Angst)
1949 Lake Placid (usa) USA USA Switzerland
(Stan Benham,
Patrick Martin,
Jim Atkinson,
Bill Casey)
(James Bickford,
Henry Sterns,
Pat Buckley,
Donald Dupree)
(Fritz Feierabend,
Werner Spring,
Friedrich Waller,
Heinrich Angst)
1947 St. Moritz (swi) Switzerland Belgium France
(Fritz Feierabend,
Friedrich Waller,
Felix Endrich,
Stephan Waser)
(Max Houben,
Claude Houben,
Albert Lerat,
Jacques Mouvet)
(Achille Fould,
Henri Evrot,
Robert Dumont,
William Hirigoyen)
1939 Cortina d'Ampezzo (ita) Switzerland Great Britain Germany
(Fritz Feierabend,
Heinz Cattani,
Alphonse Hörning,
Joseph Beerli)
(Frederick McEvoy,
Hoard,
Critchley,
Charles Green)
(Hanns Kilian,
Werner Windhaus,
Hans Schmidt,
Franz Kemser)
1938 Garmisch-Partenk. (ger) Great Britain Germany Germany
(Frederick McEvoy,
David Looker,
Charles Green,
Chris MacKintosh)
(Hanns Kilian,
Werner Windhaus,
Bobby Braumüller,
Franz Kemser)
(Bibo Fischer,
Lohfels,
H. Fischer,
Rolf Thielecke)
1937 St. Moritz (swi) Great Britain Germany USA
(Frederick McEvoy,
David Looker,
Charles Green,
Byran Black)
(Gerhard Fischer,
Lohfeld,
H. Fischer,
Rolf Thielecke)
(Donald Fox,
Tippi Gray,
Bill Dupree,
James Bickford)
1935 St. Moritz (swi) Germany Switzerland Switzerland
(Hanns Kilian,
Alexander Gruber,
Hermann von Valta,
Fritz Schwarz)
(Pierre Musy,
Noldi Gartmann,
Charles Bouvier,
Josef Beerli)
(Reto Capadrutt,
Fritz Feierabend,
A. Lardi,
H. Tami)
1934 Garmisch-Partenk. (ger) Germany Romania France
(Hanns Kilian,
Fritz Schwarz,
Hermann von Valta,
Sebastian Huber)
(Emil Angelescu,
Teodor Popescu,
Dumitru Gheorghiu,
Ion Gribincea)
(Jean de Suarez d'Aulan,
Rheims,
Beamish,
Jacques Bridou)
1931 St. Moritz (swi) Germany Switzerland Great Britain
(Werner Zahn,
Robert Schmidt,
Franz Bock,
Emil Hinterfeld)
(Rene Fonjallaz,
Gustave Fonjallaz,
N. Buchheim,
Gaston Fonjallaz)
(Dennis Field,
P. Coote,
R. Wallace,
J. Newcobe)
1930 Caux-sur-Montreux (swi) Italy Switzerland Germany
(Franco Zaninetta,
Giorgio Biasini,
Antonio Dorini,
Gino Rossi)
(Jean Moillen,
John Schneiter,
Andre Moillen,
William Pichard)
(Fritz Grau,
Picker,
Bertram,
Albert Brehme)

Notes:
1967: 4-Man event was cancelled, the condition of the track was insufficent due to too high temperatures
1966: 4-Man event was abandoned after the deadly accident of Toni Pensberger (ger)