1999 World Bobsleigh Championship

The 48th Bobsleigh World Championship took place in 1999 on the Pista olimpica di bob in Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy . The World Cup was held for the ninth time in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Men

Two-man bobsleigh

space	country	athlete	time
1	ITA	Günther Huber Enrico Costa Ubaldo Ranzi
2	GER	Christoph Langen Markus Zimmermann
3	FRA	Bruno Mingeon Emmanuel Hostache

Ranzi replaced the injured Costa after the first run.

Four-man bobsleigh

space	country	athlete	time
1	FRA	Bruno Mingeon Emmanuel Hostache Éric Le Chanony Max Robert
2	SUI	Marcel Rohner Markus Nüssli Beat Hefti Silvio Schaufelberger
3	CAN	Pierre Lueders Ken Leblanc Ben Hindle Matt Hindle

France won its first gold medal at a world bobsleigh championship.

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	France	1	0	1	2
2	Italy	1	0	0	1
3	Germany	0	1	0	1
3	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
5	Canada	0	0	1	1