The FIBT World Championships 1996 took place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for a second time, hosting the event previously in 1992 (Skeleton). It marked the first time the bobsleigh and skeleton competition took place in the same location at the championships since 1982.
| 1996 World Championships | |
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| Location | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Two man bobsleigh
edit| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold |  Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmerman)
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| Silver |  Canada (Pierre Lueders, Dave MacEachern)
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| Bronze |  Switzerland (Reto Götschi, Guido Acklin)
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Four man bobsleigh
edit| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold | Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmerman, Sven Rühr, Olav Hampel)
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| Silver | Switzerland (Marcel Rohner, Markus Wasser, Thomas Schreiber, Roland Tanner)
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| Bronze | Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Thorsten Voss, Sven Peter, Carsten Embach)
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Men's skeleton
edit| Pos | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | Ryan Davenport (CAN)
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| Silver |  Franz Plangger (AUT)
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| Bronze | Christian Auer (AUT)
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Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |