IBSF World Championships (bobsleigh and skeleton)
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The IBSF World Championships (known as the FIBT World Championships until 2015), part of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, have taken place on an annual basis since 1930. Starting with 2002, no World Championships being held in non-Winter Olympic years. A two-man event was included in 1931 with a combined championship occurring in 1947. Men's skeleton was introduced as a championship of its own in 1982 while women's bobsleigh and skeleton events were introduced in 2000. Both the women's bobsleigh and skeleton events were merged with the men's bobsleigh events at the 2004 championships. A mixed team event, consisting of one run each of men's skeleton, women's skeleton, 2-man bobsleigh, and 2-women bobsleigh, was held from 2007 to 2019. In 2020 it was replaced with skeleton mixed team event, consisting of one run each of men's and women's skeleton. Women's monobob event was included in 2021.
Host cities[edit]
| Year | Host city/cities | Men's bobsleigh | Women's bobsleigh | Skeleton | Mixed team | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two man | Four man | Monobob | Two woman | Men's | Women's | Mixed team | ||||
| 1930 |  Caux-sur-Montreux, Switzerland | X | First Bobsleigh World Championships (Four-man event only) | |||||||
| 1931 |  Oberhof, Germany | X | First with Two-man event | |||||||
| St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | |||||||||
| 1933 |  Schreiberhau, Germany | X | ||||||||
| 1934 | Engelberg, Switzerland | X | ||||||||
 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | X | |||||||||
| 1935 |  Igls, Austria | X | ||||||||
| St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | |||||||||
| 1937 |  Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | X | ||||||||
| St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | |||||||||
| 1938 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | ||||||||
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | X | |||||||||
| 1939 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | ||||||||
| Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | X | |||||||||
| 1940–1946: No competition due to Second World War | ||||||||||
| 1947 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | X | First with all men's bobsleigh events | ||||||
| 1949 |  Lake Placid, New York, United States | X | X | |||||||
| 1950 |  Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | X | X | |||||||
| 1951 |  Alpe d'Huez, France | X | X | |||||||
| 1953 |  Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany | X | X | |||||||
| 1954 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | X | X | |||||||
| 1955 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | X | |||||||
| 1957 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | X | |||||||
| 1958 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany | X | X | |||||||
| 1959 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | X | |||||||
| 1960 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | X | X | Extraordinary event since bobsleigh was not included in the 1960 Winter Olympics | ||||||
| 1961 |  Lake Placid, United States | X | X | |||||||
| 1962 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany | X | X | |||||||
| 1963 | Igls, Austria | X | X | |||||||
| 1965 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | X | |||||||
| 1966 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | X | Four-man abandoned when Toni Pensperger was killed during competition | |||||||
| 1967 | Alpe d'Huez, France | X | Four-man abandoned to high temperatures on track caused ice to melt | |||||||
| 1969 | Lake Placid, United States | X | X | |||||||
| 1970 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | X | |||||||
| 1971 | Cervinia, Italy | X | X | |||||||
| 1973 | Lake Placid, United States | X | X | |||||||
| 1974 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | X | |||||||
| 1975 | Cervinia, Italy | X | X | |||||||
| 1977 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | X | |||||||
| 1978 | Lake Placid, United States | X | X | |||||||
| 1979 | Königssee, West Germany | X | X | |||||||
| 1981 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | X | X | |||||||
| 1982 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | X | X | First with skeleton event (men's only) | |||||
| 1983 | Lake Placid, New York | X | X | |||||||
| 1985 | Cervinia, Italy | X | X | |||||||
| 1986 | Königssee, West Germany | X | X | |||||||
| 1987 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | X | |||||||
| 1989 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | X | X | |||||||
| St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | |||||||||
| 1990 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | X | |||||||
| Königssee, West Germany | X | |||||||||
| 1991 | Altenberg, Germany | X | X | |||||||
| Igls, Austria | X | |||||||||
| 1992 |  Calgary, Alberta, Canada | X | ||||||||
| 1993 | Igls, Austria | X | X | Bobsleigh event was originally awarded to Cervinia, Italy | ||||||
| La Plagne, France | X | |||||||||
| 1994 | Altenberg, Germany | X | ||||||||
| 1995 | Winterberg, Germany | X | X | |||||||
 Lillehammer, Norway | X | |||||||||
| 1996 | Calgary, Canada | X | X | X | First with all men's bobsleigh and skeleton events | |||||
| 1997 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | X | |||||||
| Lake Placid, United States | X | |||||||||
| 1998 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | ||||||||
| 1999 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | X | X | |||||||
| Altenberg, Germany | X | |||||||||
| 2000 | Altenberg, Germany | X | X | |||||||
| Winterberg, Germany | X | First with Two-woman bobsleigh event | ||||||||
| Igls, Austria | X | X | First with women's skeleton event | |||||||
| 2001 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | X | |||||||
| Calgary, Canada | X | X | X | |||||||
| 2003 | Lake Placid, United States | X | X | |||||||
| Winterberg, Germany | X | |||||||||
 Nagano, Japan | X | X | ||||||||
| 2004 | Königssee, Germany | X | X | X | X | X | First with all men's and women's bobsleigh and skeleton events | |||
| 2005 | Calgary, Canada | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| 2007 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | X | X | X | X | X | First with Mixed team event (bobsleigh and skeleton) | ||
| 2008 | Altenberg, Germany | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| 2009 | Lake Placid, United States | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| 2011 | Königssee, Germany | X | X | X | X | X | X | Originally awarded to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | ||
| 2012 | Lake Placid, United States | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| 2013 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| 2015 | Winterberg, Germany | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| 2016 | Igls, Austria | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| 2017 | Königssee, Germany | X | X | X | X | X | X | Originally awarded to Sochi, Russia | ||
| 2019 | Whistler, Canada | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| 2020 | Altenberg, Germany | X | X | X | X | X | X | First with skeleton's mixed team event | ||
| 2021 | Altenberg, Germany | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | First with women's monobob. Originally awarded to Lake Placid, United States | |
| 2023 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | First combined with World Para Bob Championships | |
| 2024 | Winterberg, Germany | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| 2025 | Lake Placid, United States | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Bobsleigh[edit]
Four-man[edit]
Debuted: 1930.
- ^ 1933 FIBT World Championship event was not held.
- ^ The 1966 FIBT World Championship event in Cortina d'Ampezzo was abandoned following the death of Toni Pensperger of West Germany during competition. A posthumous gold medal was given to Pensperger, Ludwig Siebert, Helmut Werzer, and Roland Ebert.
- ^ The 1967 FIBT World Championship event in Alpe d'Huez was cancelled to insufficient conditions of the track caused by high temperatures.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 23 | 13 | 13 | 49 |
| 2 |  Switzerland | 16 | 13 | 15 | 44 |
| 3 | West Germany | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 |  United States | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | Italy | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 |  East Germany | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 |  Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 |  Latvia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | France | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Austria | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 12 |  Russia | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 |  Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 |  Sweden | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (15 entries) | 65 | 64 | 64 | 193 | |
Two-man[edit]
Debuted: 1931.
- ^ Ohlwärter replaced the injured Schumann after the third heat of the 1979 event.
- ^ Ranzi replaced the injured Costa after the first heat of the 1999 event.
- ^ Herzog replaced the injured Streltsov after the third heat of the 2007 event.
- ^ Bredau replaced the injured Kuske after the first heat of the 2013 event.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 20 | 17 | 12 | 49 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 15 | 14 | 14 | 43 |
| 3 | Italy | 13 | 11 | 5 | 29 |
| 4 | West Germany | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | East Germany | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Canada | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Romania | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 9 | United States | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 10 | Austria | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Russia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 |  Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | France | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Soviet Union | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 17 |  Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | 66 | 68 | 64 | 198 | |
Two-woman[edit]
Debuted: 2000.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 11 | 11 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | United States | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Canada | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |