FIBT World Championships 1953
| 1953 World Championships | |
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| Location | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany |
The FIBT World Championships 1953 took place in
who won the two-man event gold medal only to die in competition during the four-man event a week later.Two man bobsleigh
| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold |  Fritz Stöckli )
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| Silver |  Anderl Ostler, Franz Kemser )
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| Bronze | Lorenz Niebert )
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Gold medalist Endrich would die in the four-man event the following week.
Four man bobsleigh
| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold |  United States (Lloyd Johnson, Piet Biesiadecki, Hubert Miller, Joseph Smith)
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| Silver | )
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| Bronze |  Nils Landgren, Jan Lapidoth )
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| Bronze | West Germany (Hans Rösch, Michael Pössinger, Dix Terne, Sylvester Wackerle)
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
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