The FIBT World Championships 2004 took place in

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for the fourth time, doing so previously in

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(Skeleton). This marked the first time all the events were in a single location at the championships since the 1996 event in

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Bobsleigh

Two man

Four man

Two woman

Erdmann earned her third straight championship medal with her third different brakewoman. Fourth-place finisher Yvonne Cernota was brakewoman with

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. Cernota would die less than two weeks after the World championships on the same track in a bobsleigh accident.

Skeleton

Men

Women

Medal table

References

2-Man bobsleigh World Champions
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