The FIBT World Championships 1997 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland (Bobsleigh) and Lake Placid, New York, United States (Skeleton). St. Moritz hosted a championship event for the record eighteenth 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, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1989 (Skeleton), and 1990 (Bobsleigh). Meanwhile, Lake Placid hosted a championship event for the seventh time, having previously done so in 1949, 1961, 1969, 1973, 1978, and 1983.
Two man bobsleigh Pos Team Time Gold (Reto Götschi, Guido Acklin) Silver (Günther Huber, Antonio Tartaglia) Bronze (Brian Shimer, Robert Olesen)
Italy earned its first world championships medal since 1971.
Four man bobsleigh Pos Team Time Gold (Wolfgang Hoppe, Sven Rühr, René Hannemann, Carsten Embach) Silver (Dirk Wiese, Christoph Bartsch, Thorsten Voss, Michael Liekmeier) Bronze (Brian Shimer, Chip Minton, Randy Jones, Robert Olesen)
Men's skeleton Pos Athlete Time Gold Silver Bronze
Medal table
References 2-Man bobsleigh World Champions 4-Man bobsleigh World Champions Men's skeleton World Champions