FIBT World Championships 1999

The FIBT World Championships 1999 took place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Bobsleigh) and Altenberg, Germany (Skeleton). Cortina hosted the championships for the ninth time, previously doing so in 1937 (Two-man), 1939 (Four-man), 1950, 1954, 1960, 1966, 1981, and 1989 (Bobsleigh). Altenberg hosted the championship event for the third time, doing so previously in 1991 (Bobsleigh) and 1994 (Skeleton).

Two man bobsleigh

Pos	Team	Time
Gold	Script error: No such module "flag". (Günther Huber, Enrico Costa, Ubaldo Ranzi)
Silver	Script error: No such module "flag". (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann)
Bronze	Script error: No such module "flag". (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache)

Ranzi replaced the injured Costa after the first heat of this event.

Pos	Team	Time
Gold	Script error: No such module "flag". (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Éric Le Chanony, Max Robert)
Silver	Script error: No such module "flag". (Marcel Rohner, Markus Nüssli, Beat Hefti, Silvio Schaufelberger)
Bronze	Script error: No such module "flag". (Pierre Lueders, Ken Leblanc, Ben Hindle, Matt Hindle)

The French earned its first ever gold medal at the championships.

Shea is the first American to win a world championship since 1959.

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