| 1997 World Championships | |
| Location: | St. Moritz, Switzerland Lake Placid, New York |
| Previous: | Calgary 1996 |
| Next: | St. Moritz 1998 |
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, doing so previously in 1949, 1961, 1969, 1973, 1978, and 1983.
| 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.
| 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) |
| Pos | Athlete | Time | |
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