The FIBT World Championships 1931 took place in Oberhof, Germany (Two-man) and in St. Moritz, Switzerland (Four-man). Two-man bobsleigh made its debut.
| 1931 World Championships | |
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| Location | Oberhof, Germany |
Two man bobsleigh edit
| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold |  Germany (Hanns Killian, Sebastian Huber)
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| Silver | Germany (Bibo Fischer, Gemmer)
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| Bronze |  Austria (Heinz Volkmer, Anton Kaltenberger)
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Four man bobsleigh edit
| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold | Germany (Werner Zahn, Robert Schmidt, Franz Bock, Emil Hinterfeld)
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| Silver |  Switzerland (René Fonjallaz, Gustave Fonjallaz, N. Buchheim, Gaston Fonjallaz)
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| Bronze |  United Kingdom (Dennis Field, Patrick Coote, Ralph Wallace, Jack Newcombe)
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Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |