FIBT World Championships 1998

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.

Men's skeleton

Pos	Athlete	Time
Gold	File:Flag of Germany.svg Willi Schneider (GER)
Silver	File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alain Wicki (SUI)
Bronze	File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Felix Poletti (SUI)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (GER)	1	0	0	1
2	File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	1	2
Totals (2 entries)		1	1	1	3


1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939	File:Skeleton pictogram.svg
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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