Bobsleigh and skeleton competition
Bobsleigh World Cup 4-man. The Russia-1 crew on the Antelao straight, Eugenio Monti track in Cortina d'Ampezzo.TheFIBT World Championships 1989 took place inCortina d'Ampezzo,Italy (Bobsleigh) andSt. Moritz,Switzerland (Skeleton). Cortina hosted thechampionships for the eighth time, having hosted the event previously in1937 (Two-man),1939 (Four-man),1950,1954,1960,1966, and1981. Meanwhile, St. Moritz hosted a championship event for the record sixteenth time. TheSwiss city had hosted the event previously in1931 (Four-man),1935 (Four-man),1937 (Four-man),1938 (Two-man),1939 (Two-man),1947,1955,1957,1959,1965,1970,1974,1977,1982, and1987. Theskeleton event became an official championship event this year, albeit at a separate location from the bobsleigh event. They would not be at the same location other than St. Moritz for the first time until the1996 championships inCalgary, Alberta,Canada.
Baracchi becomes the first person to medal in both bobsleigh and skeleton at the championships.
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East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe,Bogdan Musioł)
Switzerland (Gustav Weder,Bruno Gerber)
Soviet Union (Jānis Ķipurs,Aldis Intlers)
Christian Auer (AUT)
