World Syttice Championships 1989

I World Syttice Championships 1989 , twenty -sixth edition of the event organized by the Sleditian International Federation, they were held from 10 to 12 February 1989 in Winterberg, West Germany, on the homonymous track and races were played in four different specialties: in addition to the classic races in the single men, in the single women and In the double he also made his debut the team test.

The winner of the medalglier was the German team’s team, capable of obtaining two titles and six medals on the twelve assigned in total: the gold ones were conquered by Stefan Krauße and Jan Behrendt in the double and by Susi Erdmann in the women’s single; In the male individual test, the victory went to the representative of the national team of West Germany Georg Hackl, while in the team test the Italian team made up of Norbert Huber, Gerhard Plankensteiner, Gerda Weissensteiner, Veronika Oberhuber and Hansjörg Raffl trijur.

Single men [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The race was played on two sleeves within a single day and took part in the competition 49 athletes representing 22 different nations; The outgoing champion was the Austrian Markus Prock, who concluded the test in seventh place, and the title was conquered by the western German Georg Hackl, former silver medal at the 1988 Calgary Games in this specialty and at the Igls 1987 World Cup in the double, In front of the representative of East Germany Jens Müller, winner of the Olympic gold in Calgary 1988 and two more times on the world championship podium, and the other German of the west Johannes Schettel ^[first] .

Single women [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The race was played on two sleeves within a single day and took part in the competition 33 athletes representing 14 different nations; Outgoing champion was the Eastern German Cerstin Schmidt, meanwhile retired from competitions, and the title was conquered by his compatriot Susi Erdmann in front of the Italian Gerda Weissensteiner and compatriot Ute Oberhoffner, the latter already on the podium in the last two editions of the Olympics and in Two occasions also at the World Cup ^[2] .

Double [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The race was played on two sleeves within a single day and took part in the competition 26 athletes representing 9 different nations; The outgoing champions were the Oriental Germans Jörg Hoffmann and Jochen Pietzsch, who concluded the test in third place, and the title was conquered by his compatriots Stefan Krauße and Jan Behrendt, former silver medal at the 1988 Calgary Games right behind the Hoffmann and Pietzsch themselves themselves , while seconds came the Italians Hansjörg Raffl and Norbert Huber, who repeated the silver obtained at Lake Placid 1983 ^[first] .

Team race [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The competition was held by assigning a score to all the athletes who had competed in the three previous disciplines and for each national team the results of the first two single men, of the first two singular women and the first double were taken into consideration; The total sum of the points thus obtained graduated by champion the Italian national team made up of Norbert Huber, Gerhard Plankensteiner, Gerda Weissensteiner, Veronika Oberhuber and Hansjörg Raffl, in front of the German oriental team of Jens Müller, René Friedl, Susi Erdmann, Ute Oberhoffner, Stefan Krauße and Jan Behrendt, all already on the podium in this edition of the World Cup also in their respective specialties, and to the Soviet team made up of Sergej Danilin, Jurij Charčenko, Irina Kusakina, Julija Antipova, Evgenij Belousov and Aleksandr Beljakov ^[3] .

Pos.	Squad	Athletes	Score
	Italy	Norbert Huber, Gerhard Plankensteiner Gerda Weissensteiner, Veronika Oberhuber Hansjörg Raffl / Norbert Huber	134
	Germany is	Jens Müller, René Friedl Susi Erdmann, Ute Oberhoffner Stefan Krauße / Jan Behrendt	133
	Soviet Union	Sergei Danilin, Yuri Charchenko Irina Kusakin, Julia Antipies Evgeny Belouse / Alexander Villach	125
4	West Germany	Georg Hackl, Johannes Schettel Kerstin Langkopf, Margit couple Thomas Schwab / Wolfgang Staudinger	N.D.
5	Austria	Markus Prick, Otto Mayrger Andrea Tagwerker, Doris Neuner Manfred Heinzelmaier / Herbert Studer	N.D.
6	United States	Duncan Kennedy, Tim Wiley Cameron Myler, Cynthea Wight Joseph Barile / Stephen Maher	N.D.
7	Czechoslovakia	Jiří Kraus, Jan Bakala Maria Jasenčáková, Petra Matechová Jan Bakala / Jiří Kraus	N.D.
8	Canada	Brian Onushko, Harry Salmon Katherine Salmon, Kim Ingram Robert Gasper / André Benoit	N.D.
9	Bulgaria	not known	N.D.
ten	Japan	not known	N.D.

• ( OF ) Jens Müller conquered World Cup silver in Winterberg , New Germany, 11 Febbraio 1989, p. 1.
• ( OF ) Silver to Jens Müller after dramatic duel , New Germany, 11 Febbraio 1989, p. 15.
• ( OF ) Four gold for GDR athletes , New Germany, 13 Febbraio 1989, p. 1.
• ( OF ) Gold for Susi Erdmann and doubles with crawl/Behrendt , New Germany, 13 Febbraio 1989, p. 7.

• ( IN ) Luge – 1989 World Championships . are The-Sports.org , Info Média Conseil Inc. URL consulted on January 18, 2015 (archived by URL Original January 18, 2015) .