The FIBT World Championships 1999 took place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (Bobsleigh) and Altenberg, Germany (Skeleton). Cortina hosted the championships for the ninth time, previously doing so in 1937 (Two-man), 1939 (Four-man), 1950, 1954, 1960, 1966, 1981, and 1989 (Bobsleigh). Altenberg hosted the championship event for the third time, doing so previously in 1991 (Bobsleigh) and 1994 (Skeleton).
| 1999 World Championships | |
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| Location | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Altenberg, Germany |
Two man bobsleigh
edit| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold |  Italy (Günther Huber, Enrico Costa, Ubaldo Ranzi)
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| Silver |  Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann)
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| Bronze |  France (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache)
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Ranzi replaced the injured Costa after the first heat of this event.
Four man bobsleigh
edit| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold | France (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Éric Le Chanony, Max Robert)
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| Silver |  Switzerland (Marcel Rohner, Markus Nüssli, Beat Hefti, Silvio Schaufelberger)
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| Bronze |  Canada (Pierre Lueders, Ken Leblanc, Ben Hindle, Matt Hindle)
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The French earned its first ever gold medal at the championships.
Men's skeleton
edit| Pos | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold |  Jim Shea (USA)
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| Silver | Andy Böhme (GER)
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| Bronze | Willi Schneider (GER)
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Shea is the first American to win a world championship since 1959.
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |