The FIBT World Championships 1979 took place in Königssee,

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. It was the first

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that took place on an artificially refrigerated track. The track also hosted the luge world championships that same year, the first time that had ever happened in both

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and luge in a non- Winter Olympic year (

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hosted both events for the 1976 games in neighboring Innsbruck.).

Two man bobsleigh

Ohlwärter replaced the injured Schumann after the third heat of this event.

Four man bobsleigh

Medal table

References

2-Man bobsleigh World Champions
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