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FIBT World Championships 2007

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2007 World Championships
LocationSt. Moritz, Switzerland

The FIBT World Championships 2007 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record twenty-first time, doing so previously in 1931 (Four-man), 1935 (Four-man), 1937 (Four-man), 1938 (Two-man), 1939 (Two-man), 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1989 (Skeleton), 1990 (Bobsleigh), 1997 (Bobsleigh), 1998 (Skeleton), and 2001 (Men's bobsleigh). The mixed team event consisting of one run each of men's skeleton, women's skeleton, 2-man bobsleigh, and 2-women bobsleigh debuted at these championships.

Bobsleigh

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Two man

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Pos Team Athletes Time Behind
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Germany André Lange
Kevin Kuske
4:26.62
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Switzerland Ivo Rüegg
Aleksandr Streltsov
Tommy Herzog[a]
4:26.81 +0.19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy Simone Bertazzo
Samuele Romanini
4:27.28 +0.66
4  United States Steven Holcomb
Brock Kreitzburg
4:27.50 +0.88
5  Switzerland Thomas Lamparter
Daniel Schmid
4:27.61 +0.99
6  Austria Wolfgang Stampfer
Martin Lachkovics
4:28.15 +1.53
7  Canada Pierre Lueders
David Bissett
4:28.24 +1.62
  1. ^ Herzog replaced the injured Streltsov after the third heat of this event.

Four man

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Pos Team Athletes Time Behind
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Switzerland Ivo Rüegg
Thomas Lamparter
Beat Hefti
Cédric Grand
4:20.86
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada Pierre Lueders
Ken Kotyk
David Bissett
Lascelles Brown
4:21.09 +0.23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Germany André Lange
René Hoppe
Kevin Kuske
Martin Putze
4:21.10 +0.24

Two woman

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Pos Team Athletes Time Behind
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Germany Sandra Kiriasis
Romy Logsch
4:33.84
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Germany Cathleen Martini
Janine Tischer
4:35.89 +2.05
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States Shauna Rohbock
Valerie Fleming
4:36.27 +2.43

Skeleton

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Men

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Pos Athlete Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Gregor Stähli (SUI)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Eric Bernotas (USA)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Zach Lund (USA)

Women

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Pos Athlete Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Noelle Pikus-Pace (USA)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Maya Pedersen (SUI)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Katie Uhlaender (USA)

Pikus-Pace is the first American woman to win a gold medal in bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton at the World Championship level.

Mixed team

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Pos Team Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Germany (Frank Kleber, Sandra Kiriasis, Berit Wiacker, Monique Riekewald, Karl Angerer, Marc Kühne)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States (Eric Bernotas, Erin Pac, Emily Azevedo, Noelle Pikus-Pace, Mike Kohn, Curtis Tomasevicz)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Switzerland (Gregor Stähli, Sabrina Hafner, Katharina Sutter, Maya Pedersen, Ivo Rüegg, Thomas Lamparter)

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany (GER)3115
2 Switzerland (SUI)2215
3 United States (USA)1236
4 Canada (CAN)0101
5 Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (5 entries)66618

References

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