| IBSF World Championships 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Winterberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track |
| Location | Winterberg, Germany |
| Dates | 18 February – 3 March |
| IBSF World Championships 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Monobob | women | |
| Two | men | women |
| Four | men | |
| Skeleton | men | women |
| mixed | ||
The 2024 IBSF World Championships were held in Winterberg, Germany from 18 February to 3 March 2024. [1]
Seven events were held. [2]
All times are local (UTC+1).
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* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany * | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 |  Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 |  China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two-man | Germany Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller | 3:38.27 | Germany Adam Ammour Issam Ammour | 3:38.61 | Germany Johannes Lochner Georg Fleischhauer | 3:38.74 |
| Four-man | Germany Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Alexander Schüller Felix Straub | 3:34.10 | Germany Johannes Lochner Florian Bauer Erec Bruckert Georg Fleischhauer | 3:34.98 | Germany Adam Ammour Issam Ammour Benedikt Hertel Rupert Schenk | 3:35.31 |
| Women's Monobob | Laura Nolte Germany | 3:54.77 | Elana Meyers Taylor United States | 3:54.94 | Lisa Buckwitz Germany | 3:55.00 |
| Two-woman | Germany Lisa Buckwitz Vanessa Mark | 3:43.99 | Germany Laura Nolte Deborah Levi | 3:44.04 | Germany Kim Kalicki Leonie Fiebig | 3:44.27 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Christopher Grotheer Germany | 3:44.91 | Matt Weston Great Britain | 3:45.14 | Yin Zheng China | 3:45.92 |
| Women | Hallie Clarke Canada | 3:51.27 | Kim Meylemans Belgium | 3:51.49 | Hannah Neise Germany | 3:51.53 |
| Skeleton mixed team | Germany Hannah Neise Christopher Grotheer | 1:59.09 | Great Britain Tabitha Stoecker Matt Weston | 1:59.21 | Germany Jacqueline Pfeifer Axel Jungk | 1:59.31 |
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