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The FIBT World Championships, part of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT - International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation in Template:Fr icon), have taken place an an annual basis in non-Winter Olympic year since 1930. A two-man event was included in 1931 with a combined championship occurring in 1947. Men's skeleton was intoduced as a championships of its own in 1989 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.

Host cities

1930: Caux-Montreux, Switzerland (Four-man)
1931: Oberhof, Germany (Two-man); St. Moritz, Switzerland
1933: Schreiberhau, Germany (Two-man)
1934: Engelberg, Switzerland (Two-man); Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (four-man)
1935: Igls, Austria (Two-man); St. Moritz, Switzerland (Four-man)
1937: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Two-man); St. Moritz, Switzerland (Four-man)
1938: St. Moritz, Switzerland (Two-man); Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (Four-man)
1939: St. Mortiz, Switzerland (Two-man); Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Four-man)
1947: St. Moritz, Switzerland
1949: Lake Placid, New York, United States
1950: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
1951: Alpe d'Huez, France
1953: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
1954: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
1955: St. Moritz, Switzerland
1957: St. Moritze Switzerland
1958: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
1959: St. Mortiz, Switzerland
1960: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Extraordinary event since bobsleigh was not included in the 1960 Winter Olympics.)
1961: Lake Placid, United States
1962: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
1963: Igls, Austria
1965: St. Moritz, Switzerland
1966: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Two-man only. Four-man abandoned when Toni Pensperger was killed during competition.)
1967: Alpe d'Huez, France (Two-man only. Four-man abandoned to high temperatures on track caused ice to melt.)
1969: Lake Placid, United States
1970: St. Moritz, Switzerland
1971: Cervinia, Italy
1973: Lake Placid, United States
1974: St. Moritz, Switzerland
1975: Cervinia, Italy
1977: St. Moritz, Switzerland
1978: Lake Placid, United States
1979: Königssee, West Germany
1981: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
1982: St. Moritz, Switzerland (Including men's skeleton)
1983: Lake Placid, New York
1985: Cervinia, Italy
1986: Königssee, West Germany
1987: St. Moritz, Switzerland
1989: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Bobsleigh); St. Moritz, Switzerland (Men's skeleton)
1990: St. Moritz, Switzerland (Bobsleigh); Königssee, West Germany (Men's skeleton)
1991: Altenberg, Germany (Bobsleigh); Igls, Austria (Men's skeleton)
1992: Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Men's skeleton)
1993: Igls, Austria (Bobsleigh); La Plagne, France (Men's skeleton)
1994: Altenberg, Germany (Men's skeleton)
1995: Winterberg, Germany (Bobsleigh); Lillehammer, Norway (Men's skeleton)
1996: Calgary, Canada
1997: St. Moritz, Switzerland (Bobsleigh); Lake Placid, United States (Men's skeleton)
1998: St. Moritz, Switzerland (Men's skeleton)
1999: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Bobsleigh); Altenberg, Germany (Men's skeleton)
2000: Altenberg, Germany (Men's bobsleigh); Winterberg, Germany (Women's bobsleigh); Igls, Austria (Men's and women's skeleton)
2001: St. Moritz, Switzerland (Men's bobsleigh); Calgary, Canada (Women's bobsleigh, men's and women's skeleton)
2003: Lake Placid, New York (Men's bobsleigh); Winterberg, Germany (Women's bobsleigh); Nagano, Japan (Men's and women's skeleton)
2004: Königssee, Germany
2005: Calgary, Canada
2007: St. Moritz, Switzerland

Bobsleigh

Four-man

Debutted: 1930.

External links

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 *[[FIBT World Championships 2005|2005]]: Calgary, Canada
 *[[FIBT World Championships 2007|2007]]: St. Moritz, Switzerland
+==Bobsleigh==
+===Four-man===
+Debutted: 1930.
 ==External links==