FIBT World Championships 2003
The FIBT World Championships 2003 took place in Lake Placid, New York, United States (Men's bobsleigh), Winterberg, Germany (Women's bobsleigh), and Nagano, Japan (Men's and women's Skeleton). Lake Placid hosted the championship event for the eighth time, doing so previously in 1949, 1961, 1969, 1973, 1978, 1983, and 1997 (Skeleton). Winterberg hosted the championship event for a third time, doing so previously in 1995 (Bobsleigh) and 2000 (Women's bobsleigh). This was Nagano's first time hosting a championship event. It was also the first time the championships were held in Asia.
BobsleighEdit
Two manEdit
| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold |  Germany (André Lange, Kevin Kuske)
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| Silver |  Canada (Pierre Lueders, Giulio Zardo)
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| Bronze | Germany (René Spies, Franz Sagmeister)
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Four manEdit
| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold | Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe. Kevin Kuske, Carsten Embach)
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| Silver |  United States (Todd Hays, Bill Schuffenhauer, Randy Jones, Garrett Hines)
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| Bronze |  Russia (Alexander Zubkov, Aleskey Seliverstov, Sergey Golubev, Dmitriy Stepushkin)
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Two womanEdit
| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold | Germany (Susi Erdmann, Annegret Dietrich)
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| Silver | Germany (Sandra Prokoff, Ulrike Holzner)
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| Bronze | Germany (Cathleen Martini, Yvonne Cernota)
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SkeletonEdit
MenEdit
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | Jeff Pain (CAN)
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| Silver | Chris Soule (USA)
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| Bronze | Brady Canfield (USA)
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WomenEdit
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | Michelle Kelly (CAN)
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| Silver | Yekaterina Mironova (RUS)
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| Bronze | Tristan Gale (USA)
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Medal tableEdit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (4 nations) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |