2003 World Championships
LocationLake Placid, New York
Winterberg, Germany
Nagano, Japan

The FIBT World Championships 2003 took place in Lake Placid, New York, United States (Men's bobsleigh), Winterberg, Germany (Women's bobsleigh), and Nagano, Japan (Men's and women's Skeleton). Lake Placid hosted the championship event for the eighth time, doing so previously in 1949, 1961, 1969, 1973, 1978, 1983, and 1997 (Skeleton). Winterberg hosted the championship event for a third time, doing so previously in 1995 (Bobsleigh) and 2000 (Women's bobsleigh). This was Nagano's first time hosting a championship event. It was also the first time the championships were held in Asia.

Bobsleigh

Two man

Pos Team Time
Gold  Germany (André Lange, Kevin Kuske)
Silver  Canada (Pierre Lueders, Giulio Zardo)
Bronze  Germany (René Spies, Franz Sagmeister)

Four man

Pos Team Time
Gold  Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe. Kevin Kuske, Carsten Embach)
Silver  United States (Todd Hays, Bill Schuffenhauer, Randy Jones, Garrett Hines)
Bronze  Russia (Alexander Zubkov, Aleskey Seliverstov, Sergey Golubev, Dmitriy Stepushkin)

Two woman

Pos Team Time
Gold  Germany (Susi Erdmann, Annegret Dietrich)
Silver  Germany (Sandra Prokoff, Ulrike Holzner)
Bronze  Germany (Cathleen Martini, Yvonne Cernota)

Skeleton

Men

Pos Athlete Time
Gold  Jeff Pain (CAN)
Silver  Chris Soule (USA)
Bronze  Brady Canfield (USA)

Women

Pos Athlete Time
Gold  Michelle Kelly (CAN)
Silver  Yekaterina Mironova (RUS)
Bronze  Tristan Gale (USA)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany (GER)3126
2 Canada (CAN)2103
3 United States (USA)0224
4 Russia (RUS)0112
Totals (4 entries)55515

References

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