FIBT World Championships 1983

The FIBT World Championships 1983 took place in Lake Placid, New York, United States for the sixth time, hosting the event previously in 1949, 1961, 1969, 1973, and 1978.

Two man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold   Switzerland (Ralph Pichler, Urs Leuthold)
Silver   Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Max Rüegg)
Bronze  East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Dietmar Schauerhammer)

Four man bobsleigh

Pos Team Time
Gold   Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser, Hans Märcy, Kurt Poletti, Rolf Strittmatter)
Silver  West Germany (Klaus Kopp, Gerhard Öchsle, Günther Neuberger, Hans-Joachim Schumacher)
Bronze  East Germany (Detlef Richter, Henry Gerlach, Thomas Forch, Dietmar Jerke)

Medal table

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

References

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