The FIBT World Championships 1939 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland (Two-man) and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Four-man). St. Moritz hosted the two-man event for the second time after hosting it previously in 1938, along with hosting the four-man event in 1931, 1935, and 1937. Cortina d'Ampezzo hosted the two-man event previously in 1937. It was the last world championships that would be held prior to World War II and the last that would be held with bobsleigh events in separate locations until 2000 when the two-woman event debuted that year.
| 1939 World Championships | |
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| Location | St. Moritz, Switzerland Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
Two man bobsleigh edit
| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold |  Belgium (René Lunden, Jeans Coops)
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| Silver |  Germany (Bibo Fischer, Rolf Thielecke)
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| Bronze | Germany (Hanns Killian, Schletter)
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Four man bobsleigh edit
| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold |  Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, Joseph Beerli)
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| Silver |  United Kingdom (Frederick McEvoy, Peter Howard, John Galt Critchley, Charles Green)
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| Bronze | Germany (Hanns Killian, Werner Windhaus, Bobby Braumiller, Franz Kemser)
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Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |