The FIBT World Championships 1979 took place in Königssee

Schönau am Königsee

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, West Germany

West Germany

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. It was the first 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...

 that took place on an artificially refrigerated

Refrigeration

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 track. The track also hosted the luge world championships

FIL World Luge Championships 1979

The FIL World Luge Championships 1979 took place in Königssee, West Germany for a record fourth time. Königssee had hosted the event previously in 1969, 1970, and 1974...

 that same year, the first time that had ever happened in both bobsleigh

Bobsleigh

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 and luge

Luge

A Luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine and feet-first. Steering is done by flexing the sled's runners with the calf of each leg or exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh 21-25 kilograms for singles and 25-30 kilograms for doubles. Luge...

 in a non-Winter Olympic year (Igls

Igls bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track

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 hosted both events for the 1976 games

1976 Winter Olympics

The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 4–15, 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria...

 in neighboring Innsbruck

Innsbruck

- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...

.).

Two man bobsleigh

Pos	Team	Time
Gold	(Erich Schärer Erich Schärer Erich Schärer is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s... , Josef Benz)
Silver	(Stefan Gaisreiter Stefan Gaisreiter Stefan Gaisreiter is a West German bobsledder who competed from the late 1960s to the late 1970s... , Manfred Schumann Manfred Schumann Manfred Schumann is a West German bobsledder who competed during the mid to late 1970s. He won two medals at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck with a silver in the two-man and a bronze in the four-man events.... , Fritz Ohlwärter Fritz Ohlwärter Fritz Ohlwärter is a West German bobsledder who competed during the mid to late 1970s. He won five medals at the FIBT World Championships with four silvers and one bronze .... )
Bronze	(Toni Mangold Toni Mangold Toni Mangold is a West German bobsledder who competed in the late 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1979 FIBT World Championships in Königssee.-References:*... , Stefan Späte Stefan Späte Stefan Späte is a West German bobsledder who competed in the late 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1979 FIBT World Championships in Königssee.-References:*... )

Ohlwärter replaced the injured Schumann after the third heat of this event.

Four man bobsleigh

Pos	Team	Time
Gold	(Stefan Gaisreiter Stefan Gaisreiter Stefan Gaisreiter is a West German bobsledder who competed from the late 1960s to the late 1970s... , Dieter Gebard Dieter Gebard Dieter Gebard is a West German bobsledder who competed in the late 1970s. He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the 1979 FIBT World Championships in Königssee.-References:*... , Hans Wagner, Heinz Busche Heinz Busche Heinz Busche is a West German bobsledder who competed in the late 1970s. He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the 1979 FIBT World Championships in Königssee.... )
Silver	(Meinhard Nehmer Meinhard Nehmer Meinhard Nehmer is an East German bobsledder who competed from the mid 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won four medals with three golds and one bronze... , Detlef Richter Detlef Richter Detlef Richter is an East German bobsledder who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s... , Bernhard Germeshausen Bernhard Germeshausen Bernhard Germeshausen is an East German bobsledder who competed from the mid 1970s to the early 1980s... , Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt is an East German bobsledder who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s... )
Bronze	(Erich Schärer Erich Schärer Erich Schärer is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s... , Ulrich Bächli Ulrich Bächli Ulrich Bächli is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the mid 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won two silver medals in the four-man event .... , Hansjörg Trachsel Hansjörg Trachsel Hansjörg Trachsel is a Swiss politician and former bobsledder who competed in the late 1970s.Trachsel won two medals at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in the two-man event and a bronze in the four-man event... , Josef Benz)

Medal table

1		1	1	1	3
2		1	0	1	2
3		0	1	0	1