The FIBT World Championships 1998 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record nineteenth time. The Swiss city had hosted the event previously in 1931 (Four-man), 1935 (Four-man), 1937 (Four-man), 1938 (Two-man), 1939 (Two-man), 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1989 (Skeleton), 1990 (Bobsleigh), and 1997 (Bobsleigh). This championship event was an extraordinary event since skeleton was not included in the program at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
| 1998 World Championships | |
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| Location | St. Moritz, Switzerland |
Men's skeleton
edit| Pos | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold |  Willi Schneider (GER)
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| Silver |  Alain Wicki (SUI)
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| Bronze | Felix Poletti (SUI)
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Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (2 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |