The FIBT World Championships 1953 took place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany for the third time after previously hosting the four-man event of the championships in 1934 and 1938. The event was marred by the death of Switzerland's Felix Endrich who won the two-man event gold medal only to die in competition during the four-man event a week later.
Two man bobsleigh Pos Team Time Gold (Felix Endrich, Fritz Stöckli) Silver (Anderl Ostler, Franz Kemser) Bronze (Theo Kitt, Lorenz Niebert)
Gold medalist Endrich would die in the four-man event the following week.
Four man bobsleigh Pos Team Time Gold (Lloyd Johnson, Piet Biesiadecki, Hubert Miller, Joseph Smith) Silver (Anderl Ostler, Heinz Wendlinger, Hans Hohenester, Rudi Erben) Bronze (Kjell Holmström, Walter Aronsson, Nils Landgren, Jan Lapidoth) Bronze (Hans Rösch, Michael Pössinger, Dix Terne, Sylvester Wackerle)
Medal table
References 2-Man bobsleigh World Champions 4-Man bobsleigh World Champions