The FIBT World Championships 1991 took place in Altenberg, Germany (Bobsleigh) and Igls, Austria (Skeleton). This was Altenberg's first time hosting a championship event. Igls was hosting its third, doing so previously in 1935 (Two-man) and 1963. It marked the first time a unified German team competed since World War II with East Germany and West Germany having been unified the previous year.
| 1991 World Championships | |
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| Location | Altenberg, Germany Igls, Austria |
Two man bobsleigh edit
| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold |  Germany (Rudi Lochner, Markus Zimmerman)
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| Silver |  Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Curdin Morell)
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| Bronze | Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, René Hannemann)
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Four man bobsleigh edit
| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold | Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musioł, Axel Kühn, Christoph Langen)
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| Silver | Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Schindelholz, Curdin Morell)
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| Bronze | Germany (Harald Czudaj, Tino Bonk, Axel Jang, Alexander Szelig)
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Men's skeleton edit
| Pos | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold |  Christian Auer (AUT)
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| Silver | Andi Schmid (AUT)
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| Bronze | Michael Grünberger (AUT)
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This was the first sweep in any event of the championships.
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |