| 1999 World Championships | |
| Location: | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Altenberg, Germany |
| Previous: | St. Moritz 1998 |
| Next: | 2000 |
The FIBT World Championships 1999 took place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Bobsleigh) and Altenberg, Germany (Skeleton). Cortina hosted the championships for the ninth time, previously doing so in 1937 (Two-man), 1939 (Four-man), 1950, 1954, 1960, 1966, 1981, and 1989 (Bobsleigh). Altenberg hosted the championship event for the third time, doing so previously in 1991 (Bobsleigh) and 1994 (Skeleton).
| Pos | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | (Günther Huber, Enrico Costa, Ubaldo Ranzi) | ||
| Silver | (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann) | ||
| Bronze | (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache) |
Ranzi replaced the injured Costa after the first heat of this event.
| Pos | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Éric Le Chanony, Max Robert) | ||
| Silver | (Marcel Rohner, Markus Nüssli, Beat Hefti, Silvio Schaufelberger) | ||
| Bronze | (Pierre Lueders, Ken Leblanc, Ben Hindle, Matt Hindle) |
The French earned its first ever gold medal at the championships.
| Pos | Athlete | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | |||
| Silver | |||
| Bronze |
Shea is the first American to win a world championship since 1959.