FIBT World Championships 2000
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The FIBT World Championships 2000 took place in Altenberg, Germany (men's bobsleigh), Winterberg, Germany (women's bobsleigh), and Igls, Austria (men's and women's skeleton). Altenberg hosted the championship event for the fourth time, doing so previously in 1991 (bobsleigh), 1994 (skeleton), and 1999 (skeleton). Winterberg hosted the championship event for the second time, doing so previously in 1995 (bobsleigh). Igls hosted the championship for the fifth time, doing do previously in 1935 (two-man) and 1963, 1991 (skeleton), and 1993 (bobsleigh). Two-woman bobsleigh and women's skeleton debuted at these championships.
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Two man
| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold |  Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann) |
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| Silver | Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe) |
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| Bronze |  Switzerland (Christian Reich, Urs Aeberhand) |
Four man
| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold | Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Lars Behrendt, Carsten Embach) |
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| Silver | Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmerman, Tomas Platzer, Sven Rühr) |
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| Bronze | Switzerland (Christian Reich, Bruno Aeberhard, Urs Aeberhand, Domenic Keller) |
Two woman
| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold | Germany (Gabriele Kohlisch, Kathleen Hering) |
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| Silver |  United States (Jean Racine, Jennifer Davidson) |
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| Bronze | Switzerland (Françoise Burdet, Katharina Sutter) |
Kohlisch competed for the Germans in luge, winning ten World Championship and three European championship medals between 1987 and 1997.
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Men
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | Andy Böhme (GER) |
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| Silver |  Gregor Stähli (SUI) |
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| Bronze |  Jim Shea (USA) |
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| Bronze |  Alexander Müller (AUT) |
Women
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | Steffi Hanzlik (GER) |
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| Silver |  Mellisa Hollingsworth (CAN) |
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| Bronze | Tricia Stumpf (USA) |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
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