FIBT World Championships 1997
The FIBT World Championships 1997 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland and Lake Placid, New York, United States. St. Moritz hosted a championship event for the record eighteenth time. The Swiss city had hosted the event previously in 1931, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1989, and 1990. Meanwhile, Lake Placid hosted a championship event for the seventh time, doing so previously in 1949, 1961, 1969, 1973, 1978, and 1983.Italy earned its first world championships medal since 1971.Four man bobsleigh
Men's skeleton
