title: FIBT World Championships 1996
text: # FIBT World Championships 1996
  
  The FIBT World Championships 1996 took place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for a second time, hosting the event previously in 1992 (Skeleton). It marked the first time the bobsleigh and skeleton competition took place in the same location at the championships since 1982.
  
  ## Two man bobsleigh
  
  | Pos | Team |
  | - | - |
  | Gold | Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmerman) |
  | Silver | Canada (Pierre Lueders, Dave MacEachern) |
  | Bronze | Switzerland (Reto Götschi, Guido Acklin) |
  
  ## Four man bobsleigh
  
  | Pos | Team |
  | - | - |
  | Gold | Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmerman, Sven Rühr, Olav Hampel) |
  | Silver | Switzerland (Marcel Rohner, Markus Wasser, Thomas Schreiber, Roland Tanner) |
  | Bronze | Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Thorsten Voss, Sven Peter, Carsten Embach) |
  
  ## Men's skeleton
  
  | Pos | Athlete |
  | - | - |
  | Gold | Ryan Davenport (CAN) |
  | Silver | Franz Plangger (AUT) |
  | Bronze | Christian Auer (AUT) |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
  | 2 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 3 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 3 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
  