The FIBT World Championships 1938 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland (Two-man) and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (Four-man). St. Moritz hosted the two-man event for the first time after hosting the four-man event previously in 1931, 1935, and 1937 while Garmisch-Partenkirchen hosted the four-man event previously in 1934.
| 1938 World Championships | |
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| Location | St. Moritz, Switzerland Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
Two man bobsleigh edit
| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold |  Germany (Bibo Fischer, Rolf Thielecke)
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| Silver |  United Kingdom (Frederick McEvoy, Charles Green)
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| Bronze |  Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Josef Beerli)
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Four man bobsleigh edit
| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold | United Kingdom (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Green, Chris MacKintosh)
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| Silver | Germany (Hanns Killian, Werner Windhaus, Bobby Braumiller, Franz Kemser)
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| Bronze | Germany (Gerhard Fischer, Lohfeld, H. Fischer, Rolf Thielecke)
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Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |