The FIBT World Championships 1982 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record fourteenth time. The Swiss city had hosted the event previously in 1931 (Four-man), 1935 (Four-man), 1937 (Four-man), 1938 (Two-man), 1939 (Two-man), 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1974, and 1977. The skeleton event debuted at the championships after being held in St. Moritz at the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics and it marked the first time the event took place on the actual bobsleigh track and not on the Cresta Run.
Two man bobsleigh Pos Team Time Gold (Erich Schärer, Max Rüegg) Silver (Hans Hiltebrand, Ulrich Bächli) Bronze (Horst Schönau, Andreas Kirchner)
Four man bobsleigh Pos Team Time Gold (Silvio Giobellina, Heinz Stettler, Urs Salzmann, Rico Freiermuth) Silver (Bernhard Lehmann, Roland Wetzig, Bogdan Musioł, Eberhard Weise) Bronze (Erich Schärer, Franz Isenegger, Tony Rüegg, Max Rüegg)
Men's skeleton Pos Athlete Time Gold Silver Bronze
Medal table
References 2-Man bobsleigh World Champions 4-Man bobsleigh World Champions FIBT World Skeleton Championship results 1928-2005