FIBT World Championships 2008
The FIBT World Championships 2008 ran February 11–24, 2008 in Altenberg, Germany for the fifth time, having done so in 1991 (bobsleigh), 1994 (skeleton), 1999 (skeleton), and 2000 (men's bobsleigh). It is the first time Altenberg has hosted all of those events at one championship, and also includes the mixed team event (one run each of men's skeleton, women's skeleton, 2-man bobsleigh, and 2-women bobsleigh) that debuted at the 2007 championships. Training for the events took place February 12–14 for two-man and two-woman bobsleigh, and February 19–20 for skeleton and four-man bobsleigh.
Non-competitive events
- Practice for men's and women's bobsleigh was cancelled on February 12 to fog and moist air, which affected track visibility. Additional training took place on the 13th.[1]
Bobsleigh
Two man
February 16–17, 2008. 30 sleds were scheduled to compete.[1] 26 sleds finished with one team disqualified after the first run, one team not finishing the second run, and two teams not starting after the third run.[2] Lange and Kuske won their third two-man world championship and fifth overall.[3]
| Pos | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Script error: No such module "flag". (André Lange, Kevin Kuske) | 3:40.58 |
| Silver | Script error: No such module "flag". (Thomas Florschuetz, Mirko Paetzold) | +1.06 |
| Bronze | Script error: No such module "flag". (Alexandre Zoubkov, Alexey Voevoda) | +1.39 |
Four man
February 23–24, 2008. 24 sleds competed with 20 finishing. Lange swept both events with the fastest times in each heat.[4] It was his second sweep at the FIBT World Championships, having done so in 2003 and his third overall, counting the 2006 Winter Olympics.[5]
| Pos | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Script error: No such module "flag". (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze) | 3:36.26 |
| Silver | Script error: No such module "flag". (Alexander Zubkov, Roman Oreshnikov, Dmitry Trunenkov, Dmitriy Stepushkin) | +2.02 |
| Bronze | Script error: No such module "flag". (Matthias Höpfner, Ronny Listner, Thomas Pöge, Alex Mann) | +2.59 |
Two woman
February 15–16, 2008. 25 sleds were scheduled to compete.[1] 23 sleds actually did with one withdrawing after the first run, one withdrawing after the second run, and two crashing out during the fourth run.[6] This event marks the first ever sweep in the bobsleigh part of the championships' history and only the second time ever in any event in the championships' history with Austria being the first to do so in skeleton at Igls in 1991. Counting the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, this is Kiriasis's fourth straight World or Olympic championships in this event.[7] Several crashes occurred the two-day event.[7]
| Pos | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Script error: No such module "flag". (Sandra Kiriasis, Romy Logsch) | 3:49.50 |
| Silver | Script error: No such module "flag". (Cathleen Martini, Janine Tischer) | +0.26 |
| Bronze | Script error: No such module "flag". (Claudia Schramm, Nicole Herschmann) | +1.12 |
Skeleton
Men
February 21–22, 2008. Bromley is the first British athlete to win a world championship since 1965.[8] Changing ice conditions complicated the sliding, causing five top sliders to leave their starting grooves.[8]
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Template:Flagathlete | 3:54.71 |
| Silver | Template:Flagathlete | +0.68 |
| Bronze | Template:Flagathlete | +0.74 |
Women
February 22–23, 2008. Huber won her second gold of the while Uhlaender won her second medal of the championships.[9] It was Germany's fourth gold at the championships.[10]
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Template:Flagathlete | 4:02.78 |
| Silver | Template:Flagathlete | +0.30 |
| Bronze | Template:Flagathlete | +1.12 |
Mixed team
February 18, 2008. Six teams took part in the event. Germany won their second gold medal in these championships.[11][12]
| Pos | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Script error: No such module "flag". (Sebastian Haupt, Sandra Kiriasis, Berit Wiacker, Anja Huber, Matthias Höpfner, Alex Mann) | 3:57.20 |
| Silver | Script error: No such module "flag". (Jon Montgomery, Kaillie Humphries, Jenni Hucul, Michelle Kelly, Lyndon Rush, Nathan Cross) | +1.78 |
| Bronze | Script error: No such module "flag". (Zach Lund, Erin Pac, Emily Azevedo, Katie Uhlaender, Steven Holcomb, Curtis Tomasevicz) | +1.87 |
Medal table
References
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- ↑ Two-man bobsleigh World Championships results. - accessed February 17, 2008.
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- ↑ Four-man bobsleigh world championships results. Template:Webarchive - accessed February 24, 2008.
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- ↑ Two-woman bobsleigh final results Template:Webarchive - accessed February 16, 2008.
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- ↑ Women's skeleton world championship results Template:Webarchive - accessed February 23, 2008.
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