FIBT World Championships
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The IBSF World Championships (originally named the FIBT World Championships until 2015), part of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, have taken place on an annual basis in non-Winter Olympic years since 1930. 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 debuted in 2007.
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Host cities
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- 1930: Caux-sur-Montreux, Switzerland (Four-man)
- 1931: Oberhof, Germany (Two-man); St. Moritz, Switzerland (Four-man)
- 1933: Schreiberhau, Germany (Two-man)
- 1934: Engelberg, Switzerland (Two-man); Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (Four-man)
- 1935: Igls, Austria (Two-man); St. Moritz, Switzerland (Four-man)
- 1937: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Two-man); St. Moritz, Switzerland (Four-man)
- 1938: St. Moritz, Switzerland (Two-man); Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (Four-man)
- 1939: St. Moritz, Switzerland (Two-man); Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Four-man)
- 1947: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1949: Lake Placid, New York, United States
- 1950: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
- 1951: Alpe d'Huez, France
- 1953: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
- 1954: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
- 1955: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1957: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1958: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
- 1959: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1960: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Extraordinary event since bobsleigh was not included in the 1960 Winter Olympics.)
- 1961: Lake Placid, United States
- 1962: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
- 1963: Igls, Austria
- 1965: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1966: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Two-man only. Four-man abandoned when Toni Pensperger was killed during competition.)
- 1967: Alpe d'Huez, France (Two-man only. Four-man abandoned to high temperatures on track caused ice to melt.)
- 1969: Lake Placid, United States
- 1970: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1971: Cervinia, Italy
- 1973: Lake Placid, United States
- 1974: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1975: Cervinia, Italy
- 1977: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1978: Lake Placid, United States
- 1979: Königssee, West Germany
- 1981: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
- 1982: St. Moritz, Switzerland (including men's skeleton)
- 1983: Lake Placid, New York
- 1985: Cervinia, Italy
- 1986: Königssee, West Germany
- 1987: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 1989: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Bobsleigh); St. Moritz, Switzerland (Men's skeleton)
- 1990: St. Moritz, Switzerland (Bobsleigh); Königssee, West Germany (Men's skeleton)
- 1991: Altenberg, Germany (Bobsleigh); Igls, Austria (Men's skeleton)
- 1992: Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Men's skeleton)
- 1993: Igls, Austria (Bobsleigh, originally awarded to Cervinia, Italy); La Plagne, France (Men's skeleton)
- 1994: Altenberg, Germany (Men's skeleton)
- 1995: Winterberg, Germany (Bobsleigh); Lillehammer, Norway (Men's skeleton)
- 1996: Calgary, Canada
- 1997: St. Moritz, Switzerland (Bobsleigh); Lake Placid, United States (Men's skeleton)
- 1998: St. Moritz, Switzerland (Men's skeleton)
- 1999: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Bobsleigh); Altenberg, Germany (Men's skeleton)
- 2000: Altenberg, Germany (Men's bobsleigh); Winterberg, Germany (Women's bobsleigh); Igls, Austria (Men's and women's skeleton)
- 2001: St. Moritz, Switzerland (Men's bobsleigh); Calgary, Canada (Women's bobsleigh, men's and women's skeleton)
- 2003: Lake Placid, United States (Men's bobsleigh); Winterberg, Germany (Women's bobsleigh); Nagano, Japan (Men's and women's skeleton)
- 2004: Königssee, Germany
- 2005: Calgary, Canada
- 2007: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 2008: Altenberg, Germany
- 2009: Lake Placid, United States
- 2011: Königssee, Germany (originally awarded to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy)
- 2012: Lake Placid, United States
- 2013: St. Moritz, Switzerland
- 2015: Winterberg, Germany
- 2016: Igls, Austria
- 2017: Sochi, Russia
- 2019: Whistler, Canada
Bobsleigh
Four-man
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.
Two-man
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.
Two-woman
Debuted: 2000.
Skeleton
Men
Debuted: 1982
Women
Debuted: 2000
Mixed team
Debuted: 2007
FIBT World Championships cumulative medal count
- Updated after FIBT World Championships 2016
Bobsleigh
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany |
38 | 30 | 23 | 91 |
| 2 |  Switzerland |
32 | 27 | 29 | 88 |
| 3 |  Italy |
18 | 18 | 6 | 42 |
| 4 | West Germany |
10 | 13 | 12 | 35 |
| 5 |  United States |
8 | 13 | 21 | 42 |
| 6 |  East Germany |
8 | 9 | 8 | 25 |
| 7 |  Canada |
5 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 |  Great Britain |
5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 |  Romania |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 |  Austria |
1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 11 |  Russia |
1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 |  Latvia |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 |  Belgium |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 |  France |
1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 15 |  Czechoslovakia |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 |  Soviet Union |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Sweden |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 18 |  Spain |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 131 | 133 | 130 | 394 | |
Skeleton
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany |
8 | 5 | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Switzerland |
7 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Canada |
6 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Austria |
5 | 8 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 | Latvia |
4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | United States |
3 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | Great Britain |
3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Russia |
1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 |  New Zealand |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  South Korea |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 38 | 39 | 38 | 115 | |
Mixed team
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany |
6 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | United States |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Canada |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Russia |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Switzerland |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | Austria |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
Overall
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany |
52 | 39 | 30 | 121 |
| 2 | Switzerland |
39 | 34 | 34 | 107 |
| 3 | Italy |
18 | 18 | 6 | 42 |
| 4 | United States |
13 | 20 | 32 | 65 |
| 5 | Canada |
11 | 12 | 13 | 36 |
| 6 | West Germany |
10 | 13 | 12 | 35 |
| 7 | East Germany |
8 | 9 | 8 | 25 |
| 8 | Great Britain |
8 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | Austria |
6 | 13 | 15 | 34 |
| 10 | Latvia |
5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 11 | Russia |
2 | 8 | 6 | 16 |
| 12 | Romania |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | Belgium |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | France |
1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 15 | New Zealand |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Czechoslovakia |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | South Korea |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Soviet Union |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Sweden |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 20 | Spain |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 177 | 180 | 176 | 533 | |
Individual
| Athlete | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eugenio Monti | Italy |
1957 | 1966 | 9 | 1 | - | 10 | P |
| 2 | André Lange | Germany |
2000 | 2009 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | P |
| 3 | Christoph Langen | Germany |
1991 | 2004 | 8 | 4 | - | 12 | P/A |
| 4 | Sandra Kiriasis | Germany |
2003 | 2013 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 | P |
| 5 | Kevin Kuske | Germany |
2003 | 2012 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | A |
| 6 | Erich Schärer | Switzerland |
1971 | 1986 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 | P/A |
| 7 | Fritz Feierabend | Switzerland |
1935 | 1955 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | P/A |
| 8 | Wolfgang Hoppe | East Germany Germany |
1983 | 1997 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 14 | P |
| 9 | Markus Zimmermann | Germany |
1991 | 2004 | 5 | 3 | - | 8 | A |
| 10 | René Hoppe | Germany |
2000 | 2008 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | A |
References
- 2-Man bobsleigh World Champions
- 2-Woman bobsleigh World Champions
- 4-Man bobsleigh World Champions
- Men's skeleton World Champions
- Mixed bobsleigh/skeleton World Champions
- Women's skeleton World Champions
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