FIBT World Championships 1949
Encyclopedia
The FIBT World Championships 1949 took place in Lake Placid, New York
, United States
. It marked the first time the championships
took place outside of Europe
.
The US team led by Benham become the first non-Europe
ans to win a championship event.
Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 2,638....
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It marked the first time the championships
FIBT World Championships
The FIBT World Championships, part of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing , have taken place on an annual basis in non-Winter Olympic years since 1930. A two-man event was included in 1931 with a combined championship occurring in 1947...
took place outside of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
.
Two man bobsleigh
| Pos | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | (Felix Endrich Felix Endrich Felix Endrich was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in the two-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St... , Fritz Waller) |
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| Silver | (Fritz Feierabend Fritz Feierabend Fritz Feierabend was a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the mid 1930s to the mid 1950s... , Heinrich Angst Heinrich Angst Heinrich Angst was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the mid 1950s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal in the four-man event at the Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956.... ) |
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| Bronze |  United States (Frederick FortuneFrederick Fortune Frederick "Fred" Joseph Fortune, Jr. is an American bobsledder who competed from the late 1940s to the mid 1960s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the two-man event at St. Moritz in 1948... , John McDonald John McDonald (bobsleigh) John McDonald is an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. He won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1949 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York.-References:*... ) |
Four man bobsleigh
| Pos | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | United States (Stanley Benham Stanley Benham Stanley "Stan" Delong Benham was an American bobsledder who competed from the late 1940s to the early 1960s... , Patrick Martin Patrick Martin (bobsleigh) Patrick Henry Martin was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s... , William Casey William Casey (bobsleigh) William Casey was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the 1949 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York.-References:**.... , William D'Amico William D'Amico William John D'Amico was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St... ) |
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| Silver | United States (James Bickford James Bickford James John Bickford was an American bobsledder who competed from the late 1930s to the mid 1950s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at St... , Henry Sterns Henry Sterns Henry Sterns was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1949 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York.-References:*... , Pat Buckley Pat Buckley (bobsleigh) Pat Buckley was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1949 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York.-References:*... , Donald Dupree Donald Dupree Donald Victor Dupree, Sr. , from Saranac Lake, New York, was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.... ) |
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| Bronze | (Fritz Feierabend Fritz Feierabend Fritz Feierabend was a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the mid 1930s to the mid 1950s... , Werner Spring Werner Spring Werner Spring was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s and the early 1950s. He won two bronze medals at the FIBT World Championships with one in the two-man event and the other in the four-man event .... , Friedrich Waller Friedrich Waller Friedrich "Fritz" Waller was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. He won the gold medal in the two-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St... , Heinrich Angst Heinrich Angst Heinrich Angst was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the mid 1950s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal in the four-man event at the Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956.... ) |
The US team led by Benham become the first non-Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
ans to win a championship event.
Medal table
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2 | United States |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |