FIBT World Championships 1970

The FIBT World Championships 1970 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record eleventh time. The Swiss city had hosted the event previously in 1931 (Four-man), 1935 (Four-man), 1937 (Four-man), 1938 (Two-man), 1939 (Two-man), 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, and 1965.

Two man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold  West Germany (Horst Floth, Pepi Bader)
Silver  West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider)
Bronze   Switzerland (Gion Caviezel, Hans Candrian)

The Swiss earned their first championships medal since 1960.

Four man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold  Italy (Nevio de Zordo, Roberto Zandonella, Mario Armano, Luciano de Paolis)
Silver  West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Walter Steinbauer, Pepi Bader, Peter Utzschneider)
Bronze   Switzerland (René Stadler, Hans Candrian, Max Forster, Peter Schärer)

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  West Germany 1 2 0 3
2   Switzerland 0 0 2 2
3  Italy 1 0 0 1

References

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