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The FIBT World Championships 1951 took place in Alpe d'Huez

Alpe d'Huez

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, France

France

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. Germany

Germany

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returned to the FIBT World 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...

for the first time since World War II

World War II

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, albeit as the separate countries of East Germany and West Germany

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Two man bobsleigh

Pos	Team	Time
Gold	(Anderl Ostler, Lorenz Niebert)
Silver	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... )
Bronze	(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... , 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 .... )

Four man bobsleigh

Pos	Team	Time
Gold	(Anderl Ostler, Xavier Leitl Xavier Leitl Xavier Leitl was a West German bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1951 FIBT World Championships in the Alpe d'Huez, France.-References:*... , Michael Pössinger Michael Pössinger Michael Pössinger was a German bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s. He won a complete set of medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in 1951, a silver in 1954, and a bronze in 1953... , Lorenz Niebert)
Silver	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... , James Atkinson James Atkinson (bobsleigh) James Neil Atkinson was an American bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.... , Gary Sheffield Gary Sheffield (bobsleigh) Gary Sheffield was an American bobsledder who competed from the early 1950s to the early 1960s. He won four medals at the FIBT World Championships with one gold and three silvers .-References:**... )
Bronze	(Franz Kapus Franz Kapus Franz Kapus was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1950s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in the four-man event at Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956.... , Franz Stöckli Franz Stöckli Franz Stöckli was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s. He won two bronze medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships, earning them in 1950 and 1951.-References:... , Hans Bolli Hans Bolli Hans Bolli was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s. He won two bronze medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships .-References:... , 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.... )

Medal table

1		2	0	0	2
2	United States	0	2	0	2
3		0	0	2	2

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