FIBT World Championships 2007

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.

2007 World Championships
LocationSt. Moritz, Switzerland

Bobsleigh

Two man
Pos Team Athletes TimeBehind
1st place, gold medalist(s)  GermanyAndré Lange
Kevin Kuske		 4:26.62–
2nd place, silver medalist(s)   SwitzerlandIvo Rüegg
Aleksandr Streltsov
Tommy Herzog[lower-alpha 1]		 4:26.81+0.19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  ItalySimone Bertazzo
Samuele Romanini		 4:27.28 +0.66
4  United StatesSteven Holcomb
Brock Kreitzburg		 4:27.50+0.88
5   SwitzerlandThomas Lamparter
Daniel Schmid		 4:27.61+0.99
6  AustriaWolfgang Stampfer
Martin Lachkovics		 4:28.15+1.53
7  CanadaPierre Lueders
David Bissett		 4:28.24+1.62
  1. Herzog replaced the injured Streltsov after the third heat of this event.

Four man
Pos Team Athletes TimeBehind
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
Pos Team Athletes TimeBehind
1st place, gold medalist(s)  GermanySandra Kiriasis
Romy Logsch		 4:33.84–
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  GermanyCathleen Martini
Janine Tischer		 4:35.89+2.05
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United StatesShauna Rohbock
Valerie Fleming		 4:36.27+2.43

Skeleton

Men
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
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
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
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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