The FIBT World Championships 2011 took place 14 February – 27 February 2011 in Königssee, Germany, for the fifth time, doing so previously in 1979, 1986, and 1990 (skeleton), and 2004. In 2007, the championships were awarded to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy over Winterberg Germany, but Cortina withdrew in February 2009 to a series of issues.

Original selection Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, was selected 21–13 over Winterberg, Germany, at the FIBT annual conference in London, England, on 2 June 2007.FIBT awards 2011 championships to Cortina d'Ampezzo - deadlink from www.bobsleigh.com

It was to have been Cortina's tenth time hosting the event, having done so previously in 1937 (two-man), 1939 (four-man), 1950, 1954, 1960, 1966, 1981, 1989 (bobsleigh), and 1999 (bobsleigh).

The track was to have undergone a homologation to accommodate skeleton during the 2007–08 World Cup season in order for it to be used for the event, but that did not happen. Skeleton was last competed at Cortina in 1992. A World Cup event was set to take place in January 2009, but was cancelled to technical issues.

On 28 February 2009, it was announced at the world championships in Lake Placid, New York, in the United States that Königssee was selected in cooperation with the FIBT and the Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland (BSD - German bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton federation).

Bobsleigh

Two-man Switzerland's duo of Ivo Rüegg and Cédric Grand are the defending world champions. Germany's André Lange and Kevin Kuske are the Olympic champions. Grand and Lange retired after the 2010 Winter Olympics.

RankBibAthlete CountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalBehind 1 Alexandr ZubkovAlexey Voyevoda 50.3150.2550.2049.963:20.72 16 Thomas FlorschützKevin Kuske 50.5050.1750.2949.943:20.90 +0.18 2 Manuel MachataAndreas Bredau 50.5150.2650.2449.893:20.90 +0.18 6 Beat HeftiThomas Lamparter 50.5650.0650.5949.793:21.00 +0.28 7 Karl AngererAlexander Rödiger 50.8550.2850.2749.873:21.27 +0.55 4 Steve HolcombSteven Langton 50.6050.3850.2650.27 3:21.51 +0.79 3 Simone BertazzoMatteo Torchio 50.6250.4050.3150.183:21.51 +0.79 26 Nicolae IstrateFlorin Cezar Craciun 50.7350.4750.4750.393:22.06 +1.34 5 Lyndon RushNeville Wright 51.0550.5350.5150.143:22.23 +1.51 10 9 Gregor BaumannAlex Baumann 50.8950.5950.5350.243:22.25 +1.53 11 14 Francesco FriedrichMarko Huebenbecker 50.8050.6850.4950.313:22.28 +1.56 12 8 Patrice ServelleLascelles Brown 50.9650.7150.5550.243:22.46 +1.74 13 19 Oskars MelbārdisIntars Dambis 50.7050.7850.5750.493:22.54 +1.82 14 11 Jürgen LoackerMatthias Adolf 50.9751.1450.4550.373:22.93 +2.21 15 17 Dawid KupczykMarcin Niewiara 50.9850.5650.8550.663:23.05 +2.33 16 13 Edgars MaskalānsDaumants Dreiškens 51.1050.8550.7650.403:23.11 +2.39 17 10 Alexander KasjanovMaxim Belugin 51.1750.8050.7250.483:23.17 +2.45 18 22 Edwin van CalkerSybren Jansma 51.2450.9250.6050.613:23.37 +2.65 19 18 Chris SpringTimothy Randall 51.0550.8450.8850.743:23.51 +2.79 20 20 John James JacksonBruce Tasker 51.0450.9350.8750.923:23.76 +3.04 21 24 Jan VrbaJan Stokláska 51.2450.9350.71 22 12 John NapierLaszlo Vandracsek 51.0950.9550.90 23 15 Alexey GorlachevAlexander Ryabov 51.3750.7950.80 24 23 Rico PeterThomas Ruf 51.2051.0850.85 25 21 Cory ButnerJohnny Quinn 51.4650.8651.02 26 28 Lamin DeenRichard Sharman 51.4551.3451.49 27 27 Thibault Alexis GodefroyVincent Daniel Ricard 51.7851.3551.38 28 31 Bruno MeyerhansJürgen Berginz 52.2451.7351.63 29 30 Marc SlusznyLino Vandoorne 52.8252.9252.16 30 25 Heath SpenceDustin MacPherson 53.1052.6552.24 31 32 Ivan ŠolaNikola Nimac 54.3853.6553.36 29 Vuk RađenovićSlobodan Matijević

Four-man The Olympic and World champions are the American foursome of Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, and Curtis Tomasevicz.

RankBibAthlete CountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalBehind 1 Manuel MachataRichard AdjeiAndreas BredauChristian Poser 48.6548.7949.2649.883:16.58 4 Karl AngererChristian FriedrichAlex MannGregor Bermbach 48.7448.9249.3150.133:17.10 +0.52 2 Steve HolcombJustin OlsenSteven LangtonCurtis Tomasevicz 48.8149.0149.4649.983:17.26 +0.68 3 Alexandr ZubkovFilipp YegorovDmitry TrunenkovNikolay Hrenkov 48.7849.0049.3950.283:17.45 +0.87 10 Maximilian ArndtJan SpeerAlexander RödigerMartin Putze 49.0548.9249.4850.003:17.45 +0.87 6 Lyndon RushDavid BissettCody SorensenNeville Wright 48.8749.0049.5650.083:17.51 +0.93 15 Thomas FlorschützRonny ListnerKevin KuskeAndreas Barucha 49.0149.0949.4850.163:17.74 +1.16 8 Gregor BaumannPatrick BloechligerAlex BaumannJuerg Egger 49.0649.0649.6450.213:17.97 +1.39 7 Edgars MaskalānsDaumants DreiškensUgis ZalimsIntars Dambis 49.0649.1049.6950.53 3:18.38 +1.80 10 5 Alexander KasjanovAndrey YurkovDmitriy StepushkinMaxim Belugin 49.0249.1449.7750.553:18.48 +1.90 11 12 Alexey GorlachevPetr MoiseevAlexey KireevSergey Prudnikov 49.2949.0749.8950.523:18.77 +2.19 12 14 Beat HeftiRoman HandschinThomas LamparterManuel Luethi 49.2249.1349.8850.553:18.78 +2.20 13 18 Jürgen LoackerJuergen MayerMatthias AdolfMartin Lachkovics 49.1649.2250.0350.413:18.82 +2.24 14 22 Chris SpringTimothy RandallDerek PlugGraeme Rinholm 49.1749.2750.0250.603:19.06 +2.48 15 24 Oskars MelbārdisRaivis BroksMihails ArhipovsJanis Strenga 49.4849.3449.8650.473:19.15 +2.57 16 25 Edwin van CalkerYannick GreinerSybren JansmaArno Klaassen 49.2749.1850.0450.683:19.17 +2.59 17 16 Jan VrbaDominik SuchýMartin BohmannJan Stokláska 49.2749.2250.2050.763:19.45 +2.87 18 17 Dawid KupczykMichal KasperowiczMarcin NiewiaraPaweł Mróz 49.2849.2950.2150.733:19.51 +2.93 19 13 John NapierJared ClugstonLaszlo VandracsekJesse Beckom 49.3149.2150.4451.093:20.05 +3.47 20 9 Simone BertazzoMatteo TorchioSamuele RomaniniSergio Riva 49.3849.5450.5151.053:20.48 +3.90 21 23 Rico PeterThomas RufFabio BadraunThomas Landolt 49.5449.4250.62 22 21 John James JacksonDave SmithBruce TaskerChristopher Wolley 49.5949.5350.67 23 20 Nicolae IstrateIonuţ AndreiBogdan Laurentiu OtavaFlorin Cezar Craciun 49.6549.5650.89 24 28 Vuk RadjenovicUros StegelMilos SavicDamjan Zlatnar 49.9649.8851.20 25 33 Hiroshi SuzukiTohru SakuraiRyuichi KobayashiKota Imai 49.9650.0051.49 26 29 Thibault Alexis GodefroyAlexandre LhomelJulien Bernard-GodetAlexandre Jolivet 50.1349.9451.40 27 19 Milan JagnešákMartin TešovičAndrej BicianJuraj Mokrás 50.0150.0051.58 28 26 Cory ButnerCodie BascueKameron HartJohnny Quinn 50.1550.0051.56 29 27 Dorin-Alexandru GrigoreEmilian PerteaDanut StancuFlorin Barcacila Bogdan 50.1650.3451.63 30 32 Ivan ŠolaDrazen SilicMate MezulićIgor Marić 50.8450.3852.00 31 31 Heath SpenceChristian WulffJoshua KellyDustin MacPherson 50.7850.8152.85 32 30 Marc SlusznyThomas SiechLino VandoorneKorneel Deblock 51.3751.7653.63 11 Patrice ServelleJoffrey TocantLascelles BrownElly Lefort 49.4249.67

Two-woman The British duo of Nicole Minichiello and Gillian Cooke are the defending World Champions. Canada's Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse are the Olympic champions. Minichiello will not compete this season to injuries sustained during the 2010 Winter Olympics. Humphries and Moyse won Canada's first ever World Championship medal in women's bobsleigh with their bronze medal performance.

RankBibAthlete CountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalBehind 2 Cathleen MartiniRomy Logsch 51.3651.4151.6951.653:26.11 4 Shauna RohbockValerie Fleming 51.4451.44 51.8551.603:26.33 +0.22 3 Kaillie HumphriesHeather Moyse 51.3651.5952.0151.78 3:26.74 +0.63 1 Sandra KiriasisBerit Wiacker 51.56 51.4052.0851.773:26.81 +0.70 5 Helen UppertonShelley-Ann Brown 51.5551.5852.0351.833:26.99 +0.88 6 Esmé KamphuisJudith Vis 51.87 51.7851.9251.953:27.52 +1.41 9 Sabina HafnerCaroline Spahni 51.76 51.7752.2451.973:27.74 +1.63 8 Anja SchneiderheinzeChristin Senkel 51.7451.7752.5252.063:28.09 +1.98 14 Elana MeyersJamie Greubel 51.78 51.7852.6852.093:28.33 +2.22 10 10 Bree SchaafEmily Azevedo 51.8051.9952.5452.013:28.34 +2.23 11 7 Fabienne MeyerHanne Schenk 51.6152.0352.95 51.943:28.53 +2.42 12 15 Olga FyodorovaYulia Timofeeva 52.0252.0152.32 52.313:28.66 +2.55 13 11 Paula WalkerRebekah Wilson 52.0051.8552.89 51.943:28.68 +2.57 14 18 Astrid Loch-WilkinsonFiona Cullen 52.0552.1752.7352.523:29.47 +3.36 15 12 Anastasiya SkulkinaMargarita Ismailova 52.2552.4052.6352.243:29.52 +3.41 16 13 Christina HengsterAnna Feichtner 52.1352.1253.0252.853:30.12 +4.01 17 17 Elfje WillemsenAnouska Hellebuyck 52.3752.8152.9052.493:30.57 +4.46 18 16 Viktoria TokovayaNatalya Kalashnik 52.5552.7853.2653.133:31.72 +5.61 19 19 Carmen TronescuAlina Vera Savin 53.0153.1953.2253.283:32.70 +6.59 20 22 Andreea Olimpia PopescuMaria Dragan 52.9152.9753.3153.563:32.75 +6.64 21 20 Fiona HarrisonGillian Cooke 53.3553.0153.70 22 21 Eva WillemarckEls de Groote 53.3153.5453.24

Skeleton

Men Switzerland's Gregor Stähli is the defending World champion. Canada's Jon Montgomery is the Olympic champion.

RankBibAthlete CountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalBehind 1 Martins Dukurs 51.1850.6750.9450.913:23.70 5 Aleksandr Tretyakov 51.4351.1451.6251.253:25.44 +1.74 3 Frank Rommel 51.7151.1451.5351.303:25.68 +1.98 2 Sandro Stielicke 51.4251.1351.8751.563:25.98 +2.28 6 Michi Halilović 51.2951.1351.6851.893:25.99 +2.29 12 Kristan Bromley 51.4851.2351.8551.723:26.28 +2.58 7 Matthew Antoine 51.9251.5051.9851.37 3:26.77 +3.07 15 Alexander Kröckel 51.7951.5752.1351.663:27.15 +3.45 8 Tomass Dukurs 51.7551.4552.2551.773:27.22 +3.52 10 4 Sergey Chudinov 51.8351.6552.1451.913:27.53 +3.83 11 9 Jon Montgomery 51.7451.4352.5351.963:27.66 +3.96 12 21 Ben Sandford 51.9951.6352.4251.943:27.98 +4.28 13 14 Michael Douglas 52.2351.4852.5051.863:28.07 +4.37 14 11 Chris Type 52.2351.4752.5051.883:28.08 +4.38 15 13 John Fairbairn 51.9651.5252.9352.013:28.42 +4.72 16 16 Andy Wood 52.2451.5752.6652.463:28.93 +5.23 17 10 John Daly 52.0852.3052.3952.633:29.40 +5.70 18 20 Anže Šetina 52.2552.3452.7052.313:29.60 +5.90 19 23 Hiroatsu Takahashi 51.8352.1752.8953.053:29.94 +6.24 20 18 Pascal Oswald 53.6351.7852.2552.293:29.95 +6.25 21 28 Lukas Kummer 52.5052.3052.88 22 19 Matthias Guggenberger 52.4852.6153.07 23 27 John Farrow 52.4252.5353.34 24 22 Maurizio Oioli 52.7452.7153.00 25 17 Kyle Tress 52.9752.4753.02 26 24 Ander Mirambell 52.8652.4953.18 27 25 Yuki Sasahara 53.4952.6653.10 28 26 Giovanni Mulassano 53.2953.1353.90 29 33 Jakub Holoubek 54.0253.3753.64 30 32 Emilio Strapasson 54.1754.0053.58 31 30 Dorin Dumitru Velicu 55.1352.5554.20 32 31 Matt Skolnik 54.0853.3654.57 33 29 Bradley Chalupski 54.5654.3454.88 34 34 Lee Webster 54.6954.7654.72

Women Germany's Marion Thees (Trott until summer 2010) is the defending World champion. Britain's Amy Williams is the Olympic champion.

RankBibAthlete CountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalBehind 4 Marion Thees 52.2252.2152.0752.013:28.51 1 Anja Huber 52.4452.1452.3552.463:29.39 +0.88 3 Mellisa Hollingsworth 52.6452.3452.4652.303:29.74 +1.23 2 Shelley Rudman 53.1452.4552.2452.223:30.05 +1.54 10 Olga Potylitsina 53.1052.5052.4052.703:30.70 +2.19 8 Katharina Heinz 52.8852.6852.7652.553:30.87 +2.36 5 Amy Gough 52.8152.6452.8452.703:30.99 +2.48 7 Darla Deschamps 53.0052.6452.8752.703:31.21 +2.70 17 Katie Uhlaender 53.3652.7552.58 52.823:31.51 +3.00 10 19 Yelena Yudina 53.2952.7352.76 52.873:31.65 +3.14 11 25 Robynne Thompson 53.0753.4653.5553.063:33.14 +4.63 12 9 Emma Lincoln-Smith 53.3353.6253.4552.833:33.23 +4.72 13 6 Donna Creighton 53.4853.2053.5553.063:33.29 +4.78 14 13 Katharine Eustace 54.1252.9153.6052.77 3:33.40 +4.89 15 15 Lucy Chaffer 53.7553.7253.0053.533:34.00 +5.49 16 16 Kimber Gabryszak 53.8053.7853.1053.493:34.17 +5.66 17 18 Joska Le Conté 54.1553.4353.4153.403:34.39 +5.88 18 11 Nozomi Komuro 54.1153.3653.4453.493:34.40 +5.89 19 14 Janine Flock 53.3353.5753.8254.313:35.03 +6.52 20 23 Jessica Kilian 53.7553.6853.7054.613:35.74 +7.23 21 22 Michaela Glässer 54.0753.5253.60 22 20 Maria Orlova 53.5953.7453.95 23 12 Anne O'Shea 53.6553.8953.87 24 21 Barbara Hosch 54.6254.6153.96 25 26 Delia Andreea Ivas 54.5154.4454.65 26 24 Maria Marinela Mazilu 55.2255.4854.85

Mixed team