title: FIBT World Championships 1999
text: # FIBT World Championships 1999
  
  The FIBT World Championships 1999 took place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Bobsleigh) and Altenberg, Germany (Skeleton). Cortina hosted the championships for the ninth time, previously doing so in 1937 (Two-man), 1939 (Four-man), 1950, 1954, 1960, 1966, 1981, and 1989 (Bobsleigh). Altenberg hosted the championship event for the third time, doing so previously in 1991 (Bobsleigh) and 1994 (Skeleton).
  
  ## Two man bobsleigh
  
  | Pos | Team |
  | - | - |
  | Gold | Italy (Günther Huber, Enrico Costa, Ubaldo Ranzi) |
  | Silver | Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann) |
  | Bronze | France (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache) |
  
  Ranzi replaced the injured Costa after the first heat of this event.
  
  ## Four man bobsleigh
  
  | Pos | Team |
  | - | - |
  | Gold | France (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Éric Le Chanony, Max Robert) |
  | Silver | Switzerland (Marcel Rohner, Markus Nüssli, Beat Hefti, Silvio Schaufelberger) |
  | Bronze | Canada (Pierre Lueders, Ken Leblanc, Ben Hindle, Matt Hindle) |
  
  The French earned its first ever gold medal at the championships.
  
  ## Men's skeleton
  
  | Pos | Athlete |
  | - | - |
  | Gold | Jim Shea (USA) |
  | Silver | Andy Böhme (GER) |
  | Bronze | Willi Schneider (GER) |
  
  Shea is the first American to win a world championship since 1959.
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 2 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 2 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 4 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
  | 5 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 6 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
  