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, World Championships are not being held in 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 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, United States 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 2027 Lillehammer, Norway2028 St. Moritz, Switzerland2029 Park City, Utah, United States
Bobsleigh Numbers in brackets denotes number of victories in corresponding disciplines. Boldface denotes record number of victories.
Four-man Debuted: 1930.