IBSF World Championships (bobsleigh and skeleton)
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, no World Championships being held in non-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
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Bobsleigh
Numbers in brackets denotes number of victories in corresponding disciplines. Boldface denotes record number of victories.
Four-man
Debuted: 1930.
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- ^ 1933 FIBT World Championship event was not held.
- ^ The 1966 FIBT World Championship event in Cortina d'Ampezzo was abandoned following the death of Toni Pensperger of West Germany during competition. A posthumous gold medal was given to Pensperger, Ludwig Siebert, Helmut Werzer, and Roland Ebert.
- ^ The 1967 FIBT World Championship event in Alpe d'Huez was cancelled to insufficient conditions of the track caused by high temperatures.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany | 24 | 14 | 13 | 51 |
| 2 | .svg.png){kind=small} Switzerland | 16 | 13 | 15 | 44 |
| 3 | West Germany | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | .png){kind=small} United States | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 |  Italy | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 |  East Germany | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 |  Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 |  Latvia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 |  France | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 |  Austria | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 12 |  Russia | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 |  Sweden | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (15 entries) | 66 | 65 | 65 | 196 | |
Two-man
Debuted: 1931.
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- ^ Ohlwärter replaced the injured Schumann after the third heat of the 1979 event.
- ^ Ranzi replaced the injured Costa after the first heat of the 1999 event.
- ^ Herzog replaced the injured Streltsov after the third heat of the 2007 event.
- ^ Bredau replaced the injured Kuske after the first heat of the 2013 event.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 21 | 18 | 13 | 52 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 15 | 14 | 14 | 43 |
| 3 | Italy | 13 | 11 | 5 | 29 |
| 4 | West Germany | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | East Germany | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Canada | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Romania | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 9 | United States | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 10 | Austria | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Russia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 |  Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | France | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Soviet Union | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 17 |  Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | 67 | 70 | 64 | 201 | |
Two-woman
Debuted: 2000.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 12 | 12 | 9 | 33 |
| 2 | United States | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Canada | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | |
Women's Monobob
Debuted: 2021.
| Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Altenberg |  Kaillie Humphries (USA)
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Stephanie Schneider (GER)
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Laura Nolte (GER)
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| 2023 St. Moritz | Laura Nolte (GER)
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Kaillie Humphries (USA)
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Lisa Buckwitz (GER)
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| 2024 Winterberg | Laura Nolte (GER) (2)
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Elana Meyers Taylor (USA)
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Lisa Buckwitz (GER)
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| 2025 Lake Placid | Kaysha Love (USA)
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Laura Nolte (GER)
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Elana Meyers Taylor (USA)
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Totals (2 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Skeleton
Numbers in brackets denotes number of victories in corresponding disciplines. Boldface denotes record number of victories.
Men
Debuted: 1982.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Austria | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Germany | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Canada | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Russia | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | United States | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 |  New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  South Korea | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Bobsleigh Federation of Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | 32 | 33 | 32 | 97 | |
Women
Debuted: 2000.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 11 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Canada | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 |  Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Russia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Bobsleigh Federation of Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | |
Mixed team
Debuted: 2020.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Bobsleigh Federation of Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
Mixed team (bobsleigh and skeleton)
Debuted: 2007. Discontinued: 2019.
Numbers in brackets denotes number of victories in corresponding disciplines. Boldface denotes record number of victories.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | International | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
IBSF World Championships overall medal count
- Updated after the IBSF World Championships 2025.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 87 | 62 | 52 | 201 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 39 | 35 | 35 | 109 |
| 3 | United States | 19 | 23 | 36 | 78 |
| 4 | Italy | 18 | 19 | 7 | 44 |
| 5 | Canada | 12 | 17 | 18 | 47 |
| 6 | West Germany | 10 | 13 | 12 | 35 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 10 | 12 | 7 | 29 |
| 8 | East Germany | 8 | 9 | 8 | 25 |
| 9 | Latvia | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 10 | Austria | 6 | 15 | 15 | 36 |
| 11 | Russia | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 |
| 12 | Romania | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | Belgium | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | France | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 16 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Bobsleigh Federation of Russia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| South Korea | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 20 | China | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Soviet Union | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 23 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| International | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (25 entries) | 224 | 226 | 221 | 671 | |
Multiple medalists
Boldface denotes active athletes and highest medal count among all athletes (including these who not included in these tables) per type. "Position" denotes position of bobsledder in a crew (P – bobsledder won all own medals as a pilot; B – bobsledder won all own medals as a brakeman / brakewoman and / or as a pusher; B/P – bobsledder won own medals firstly as a brakeman / brakewoman and / or as a pusher and then as a pilot).
Men's bobsleigh
| Rank | Bobsledder | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francesco Friedrich | Germany |
2011 | 2025 | 18 | 3 | – | 21 | P |
| 2 | Thorsten Margis | Germany |
2015 | 2024 | 10 | 1 | – | 11 | B |
| 3 | Eugenio Monti | Italy |
1957 | 1966 | 9 | 1 | – | 10 | P |
| 4 | André Lange | Germany |
2000 | 2009 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | P |
| 5 | Christoph Langen | Germany |
1991 | 2004 | 8 | 4 | – | 12 | B/P |
| 6 | Alexander Schüller | Germany |
2020 | 2025 | 8 | 1 | – | 9 | B |
| 7 | Kevin Kuske | Germany |
2003 | 2012 | 7 | 4 | 4 * | 15 * | B |
| 8 | Erich Schärer | Switzerland |
1971 | 1986 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 | B/P |
| 9 | Fritz Feierabend | Switzerland |
1935 | 1955 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | B/P |
| 10 | Wolfgang Hoppe | East Germany Germany |
1983 | 1997 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 14 | P |
* not including one medal in the Two-man event at the 2013 World Championships as he was replaced due to injury after the first of four heats
Women's bobsleigh
| Rank | Bobsledder | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandra Kiriasis (Prokoff) | Germany |
2003 | 2013 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 | P |
| 2 | Kaillie Humphries | Canada United States |
2008 | 2023 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | P |
| 3 | Elana Meyers Taylor | United States |
2009 | 2025 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | B/P |
| 4 | Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel | Germany |
2004 | 2016 | 3 | 3 | – | 6 | B/P |
| 5 | Laura Nolte | Germany |
2021 | 2025 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | P |
| 6 | Romy Logsch | Germany |
2007 | 2011 | 3 | – | – | 3 | B |
| 7 | Cathleen Martini | Germany |
2003 | 2015 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | P |
| 8 | Franziska Bertels | Germany |
2013 | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | B |
| 9 | Annika Drazek | Germany |
2015 | 2019 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | B |
| Berit Wiacker | Germany |
2007 | 2012 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | B |
Men's skeleton
| Rank | Racer | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Grotheer | Germany |
2015 | 2024 | 7 | 2 | – | 9 |
| 2 | Martins Dukurs | Latvia |
2011 | 2019 | 6 | 1 | – | 7 |
| 3 | Gregor Stähli | Switzerland |
1990 | 2009 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Axel Jungk | Germany |
2015 | 2025 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Matt Weston | Great Britain |
2023 | 2025 | 2 | 4 | – | 6 |
| 6 | Jeff Pain | Canada |
2001 | 2005 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 |
| 7 | Ryan Davenport | Canada |
1995 | 1997 | 2 | – | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Frank Rommel | Germany |
2008 | 2013 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Aleksandr Tretyakov | Russia Bobsleigh Federation of Russia |
2009 | 2021 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| 10 | Andi Schmid | Austria |
1990 | 1994 | 1 | 3 | – | 4 |
Women's skeleton
| Rank | Racer | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tina Hermann | Germany |
2015 | 2021 | 7 | 2 | – | 9 |
| 2 | Marion Thees (Trott) | Germany |
2009 | 2013 | 4 | 2 | – | 6 |
| 3 | Jacqueline Pfeifer (Lölling) | Germany |
2015 | 2024 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Noelle Pikus-Pace | United States |
2005 | 2013 | 2 | 3 | – | 5 |
| Anja Selbach (Huber) | Germany |
2008 | 2015 | 2 | 3 | – | 5 | |
| 6 | Maya Pedersen | Switzerland |
2001 | 2009 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Katie Uhlaender | United States |
2007 | 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Susanne Kreher | Germany |
2023 | 2023 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 9 | Michelle Kelly | Canada |
2003 | 2008 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Kimberley Bos | Netherlands |
2023 | 2025 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| Mystique Ro | United States |
2025 | 2025 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
References
- 2-Man bobsleigh World Champions
- 2-Woman bobsleigh World Champions
- 4-Man bobsleigh World Champions
- Men's skeleton World Champions
- Mixed bobsleigh/skeleton World Champions
- Women's skeleton World Champions
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