Bobsleigh
World Championships

Men: 2-Man
Year Location
2012 St. Moritz (swi)
2011 Königssee (ger) Russia Germany --
(Aleksandr Zubkov,
Aleksey Voevoda)
(Thomas Florschütz,
Kevin Kuske)
Germany
(Manuel Machata,
Andreas Bredau)
2009 Lake Placid (usa) Switzerland Germany USA
(Ivo Rüegg,
Cédric Grand)
(Thomas Florschütz,
Marc Kühne)
(Steven Holcomb,
Curtis Tomasevicz)
2008 Altenberg (ger) Germany Germany Russia
(André Lange,
Kevin Kuske)
(Thomas Florschütz,
Mirko Pätzold)
(Aleksandr Zubkov,
Aleksey Voevoda)
2007 St. Moritz (swi) Germany Switzerland Italy
(André Lange,
Kevin Kuske)
(Ivo Rüegg,
Aleksandr Streltsov
/ Tommy Herzog)
(Simone Bertazzo,
Samuele Romanini)
2005 Calgary (can) Canada Germany Switzerland
(Pierre Lueders,
Lascelles Brown)
(André Lange,
Kevin Kuske)
(Martin Annen,
Beat Hefti)
2004 Königssee (ger) Canada Germany Germany
(Pierre Lueders,
Giulio Zardo)
(Christoph Langen,
Markus Zimmermann)
(André Lange,
Kevin Kuske)
2003 Lake Placid (usa) Germany Canada Germany
(André Lange,
Kevin Kuske)
(Pierre Lueders,
Giulio Zardo)
(René Spies,
Franz Sagmeister)
2001 St. Moritz (swi) Germany Switzerland Switzerland
(Christoph Langen,
Marco Jakobs)
(Reto Götschi,
Cedric Grand)
(Martin Annen,
Beat Hefti)
2000 Altenberg (ger) Germany Germany Switzerland
(Christoph Langen,
Markus Zimmermann)
(André Lange,
René Hoppe)
(Christian Reich,
Urs Aeberhard)
1999 Cortina d'Ampezzo (ita) Italy Germany France
(Günther Huber,
Enrico Costa
/ Ubaldo Ranzi)
(Christoph Langen,
Markus Zimmermann)
(Bruno Mingeon,
Emmanuel Hostache)
1997 St. Moritz (swi) Switzerland Italy USA
(Reto Götschi,
Guido Acklin)
(Günther Huber,
Antonio Tartaglia)
(Brian Shimer,
Robert Olesen)
1996 Calgary (can) Germany Canada Switzerland
(Christoph Langen,
Markus Zimmermann)
(Pierre Lueders,
Dave MacEachern)
(Reto Götschi,
Guido Acklin)
1995 Winterberg (ger) Germany Canada France
(Christoph Langen,
Olaf Hampel)
(Pierre Lueders,
Jack Pyc)
(Eric Alard,
Eric le Chanony)
1993 Igls (aut) Germany Switzerland Germany
(Christoph Langen,
Peer Jöchel)
(Gustav Weder,
Donat Acklin)
(Wolfgang Hoppe,
René Hannemann)
1991 Altenberg (ger) Germany Switzerland Germany
(Rudi Lochner,
Markus Zimmermann)
(Gustav Weder,
Curdin Morell)
(Wolfgang Hoppe,
René Hannemann)
1990 St. Moritz (swi) Switzerland East Germany East Germany
(Gustav Weder,
Bruno Gerber)
(Harald Czudaj,
Axel Lang)
(Wolfgang Hoppe,
Bogdan Musiol)
1989 Cortina d'Ampezzo (ita) East Germany Switzerland Soviet Union
(Wolfgang Hoppe,
Bogdan Musiol)
(Gustav Weder,
Bruno Gerber)
(Janis Kipurs,
Aldis Intlers)
1987 St. Moritz (swi) Switzerland Switzerland East Germany
(Ralph Pichler,
Celest Poltera)
(Hans Hiltebrand,
Andre Kisser)
(Wolfgang Hoppe,
Dietmar Schauerhammer)
1986 Königssee (wge) East Germany Switzerland East Germany
(Wolfgang Hoppe,
Dietmar Schauerhammer)
(Ralph Pichler,
Celest Poltera)
(Detlef Richter,
Steffen Grummt)
1985 Cervinia (ita) East Germany East Germany Soviet Union
(Wolfgang Hoppe,
Dietmar Schauerhammer)
(Detlef Richter,
Steffen Grummt)
(Sintis Ekmanis,
Nikolay Zhirov)
1983 Lake Placid (usa) Switzerland Switzerland East Germany
(Ralph Pichler,
Urs Leuthold)
(Erich Schärer,
Max Rüegg)
(Wolfgang Hoppe,
Dietmar Schauerhammer)
1982 St. Moritz (swi) Switzerland Switzerland East Germany
(Erich Schärer,
Max Rüegg)
(Hans Hiltebrand,
Ulrich Bächli)
(Horst Schönau,
Andreas Kirchner)
1981 Cortina d'Ampezzo (ita) East Germany East Germany Switzerland
(Bernhard Germeshausen,
Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt)
(Horst Schönau,
Andreas Kirchner)
(Erich Schärer,
Josef Benz)
1979 Königssee (wge) Switzerland West Germany West Germany
(Erich Schärer,
Josef Benz)
(Stefan Gaisreiter,
Manfred Schumann
/ Fritz Ohlwater)
(Toni Mangold,
Stefan Späte)
1978 Lake Placid (usa) Switzerland East Germany West Germany
(Erich Schärer,
Josef Benz)
(Meinhard Nehmer,
Raumund Bethge)
(Jakob Resch,
Walter Barfuss)
1977 St. Moritz (swi) Switzerland Switzerland West Germany
(Hans Hiltebrand,
Heinz Meier)
(Fritz Lüdi,
Hansjörg Trachsel)
(Stefan Gaisreiter,
Manfred Schumann)
1975 Cervinia (ita) Italy West Germany Switzerland
(Giorgio Alvera,
Franco Perruquet)
(Georg Heibl,
Fritz Ohlwärter)
(Fritz Lüdi,
Karl Häseli)
1974 St. Moritz (swi) West Germany West Germany Switzerland
(Wolfgang Zimmerer,
Peter Utzschneider)
(Georg Heibl,
Fritz Ohlwärter)
(Fritz Lüdi,
Karl Häseli)
1973 Lake Placid (usa) West Germany Switzerland Romania
(Wolfgang Zimmerer,
Peter Utzschneider)
(Hans Candrian,
Heinz Schenker)
(Ion Panturu,
Dumitru Focseneanu)
1971 Cervinia (ita) Italy Italy Austria
(Gianfranco Gaspari,
Mario Armano)
(Enzo Vicario,
Corrado dal Fabbro)
(Herbert Gruber,
Josef Oberhauser)
1970 St. Moritz (swi) West Germany West Germany Switzerland
(Horst Floth,
Pepi Bader)
(Wolfgang Zimmerer,
Peter Utzschneider)
(Gion Caviezel,
Hans Candrian)
1969 Lake Placid (usa) Italy Romania Italy
(Nevio de Zordo,
Adriano Frassinelli)
(Ion Panturu,
Dumitru Focseneanu)
(Gianfranco Gaspari,
Mario Armano)
1967 L'Alpe d'Huez (fra) Austria Italy USA
(Erwin Thaler,
Reinhold Durnthaler)
(Nevio de Zordo,
Edoardo Tinter de Martin)
(Howard Clifton,
James Crall)
1966 Cortina d'Ampezzo (ita) Italy Italy Great Britain
(Eugenio Monti,
Sergio Siorpaes)
(Gianfranco Gaspari,
Leonardo Cavallini)
(Anthony Nash,
Robin Dixon)
1965 St. Moritz (swi) Great Britain Italy Canada
(Anthony Nash,
Robin Dixon)
(Rinaldo Ruatti,
Enrico de Lorenzo)
(Victor Emery,
Mike Young)
1963 Igls (aut) Italy Italy Great Britain
(Eugenio Monti,
Sergio Sorpaes)
(Sergio Cardini,
Romano Bonagura)
(Anthony Nash,
Robin Dixon)
1962 Garmisch-Partenk. (wge) Italy Italy West Germany
(Rinaldo Ruatti,
Enrico de Lorenzo)
(Sergio Zardini,
Romano Bonagura)
(Hans Maurer,
Adolf Wrmann)
1961 Lake Placid (usa) Italy USA Italy
(Eugenio Monti,
Sergio Siorpaes)
(Gary Sheffield,
Jerry Tennant)
(Sergio Zardini,
Romano Bonagura)
1960 Cortina d'Ampezzo (ita) Italy West Germany Italy
(Eugenio Monti,
Renzo Alvera)
(Franz Schelle,
Otto Göbl)
(Sergio Zardini,
Luciano Alberti)
1959 St. Moritz (swi) Italy Italy USA
(Eugenio Monti,
Renzo Alvera)
(Sergio Zardini,
Luciano Alberti)
(Arthur Tyler,
Thomas Butler)
1958 Garmisch-Partenk. (wge) Italy Italy Austria
(Eugenio Monti,
Renzo Alvera)
(Sergio Zardini,
Sergio Siorpaes)
(Paul Aste,
Heinz Isser)
1957 St. Moritz (swi) Italy USA Spain
(Eugenio Monti,
Renzo Alvera)
(Arthur Tyler,
Thomas Butler)
(Marques Alfonso de Portago,
Luis Nunoz)
1955 St. Moritz (swi) Switzerland Austria Switzerland
(Fritz Feierabend,
Harry Warburton)
(Paul Aste,
Pepi Isser)
(Franz Kapus,
Heinrich Angst)
1954 Cortina d'Ampezzo (ita) Italy Italy USA
(Guglielmo Scheibmeier,
Andrea Zambelli)
(Italo Petrelli,
Luigi Figoli)
(Stan Benham,
James Bickford)
1953 Garmisch-Partenk. (wge) Switzerland West Germany West Germany
(Felix Endrich,
Fritz Stöckli)
(Anderl Ostler,
Franz Kemser)
(Theo Kitt,
Lorenz Nieberl)
1951 L'Alpe d'Huez (fra) West Germany USA Switzerland
(Anderl Ostler,
Lorenz Nieberl)
(Stan Benham,
Patrick Martin)
(Felix Endrich,
Werner Spring)
1950 Cortina d'Ampezzo (ita) Switzerland USA USA
(Fritz Feierabend,
Stephan Waser)
(Stan Benham,
Patrick Martin)
(Frederick Fortune,
William d'Amico)
1949 Lake Placid (usa) Switzerland Switzerland USA
(Felix Endrich,
Friedrich Waller)
(Fritz Feierabend,
Heinrich Angst)
(Frederick Fortune,
John McDonald)
1947 St. Moritz (swi) Switzerland Switzerland Belgium
(Fritz Feierabend,
Stephan Waser)
(Felix Endrich,
Fritz Waller)
(Max Houben,
Jacques Mouvet)
1939 St. Moritz (swi) Belgium Germany Germany
(René Lunden,
Jean Coops)
(Bibo Fischer,
Rolf Thielecke)
(Hanns Kilian,
Schletter)
1938 St. Moritz (swi) Germany Great Britain Switzerland
(Bibo Fischer,
Rolf Thielecke)
(Frederick McEvoy,
Charles Green)
(Fritz Feierabend,
Josef Beerli)
1937 Cortina d'Ampezzo (ita) Great Britain Italy Switzerland
(Frederick McEvoy,
Bryan Black)
(Guido Gillarduzzi,
Sisto Gillarduzzi)
(Reto Capadrutt,
Hans Aichele)
1935 Igls (aut) Switzerland Czechoslovakia Italy
(Reto Capadrutt,
Emil Diener)
(Josef Lanzendörfer,
Karel Ruzicka)
(Marchese Sforza Brivio,
Carlo Soldini)
1934 Engelberg (swi) Romania Germany Romania
(Alexandru Frim,
Vasile Dumitrescu)
(Hermann von Mumm,
Fritz Schwarz)
(Alexandru Papana,
Dumitru Hubert)
1933 Schreiberhau (ger) Romania Czechoslovakia Germany
(Alexandru Papana,
Dumitru Hubert)
(Brüme,
Heinzel)
(Fritz Grau,
Albert Brehme)
1931 Oberhof (ger) Germany Germany Austria
(Hanns Kilian,
Sebastian Huber)
(Bibo Fischer,
Gemmer)
(Heinz Volkmer,
Anton Kaltenberger)

Notes:
2007: Tommy Herzog replaced the injured Aleksandr Streltsov after the 3rd heat
1999: Ubaldo Ranzi replaced the injured Enrico Costa after the 1st heat
1979: Fritz Ohlwater replaced the injured Manfred Schumann after the 3rd heat