The FIBT World Championships 1953 took place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany for the third time after previously hosting the four-man event of the championships in 1934 and 1938. The event was marred by the death of Switzerland's Felix Endrich who won the two-man event gold medal only to die in competition during the four-man event a week later.
| 1953 World Championships | |
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| Location | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany |
Two man bobsleigh edit
| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold |  Switzerland (Felix Endrich, Fritz Stöckli)
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| Silver |  West Germany (Anderl Ostler, Franz Kemser)
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| Bronze | West Germany (Theo Kitt, Lorenz Niebert)
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Gold medalist Endrich would die in the four-man event the following week.
Four man bobsleigh edit
| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold |  United States (Lloyd Johnson, Piet Biesiadecki, Hubert Miller, Joseph Smith)
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| Silver | West Germany (Anderl Ostler, Heinz Wendlinger, Hans Hohenester, Rudi Erben)
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| Bronze |  Sweden (Kjell Holmström, Walter Aronsson, Nils Landgren, Jan Lapidoth)
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| Bronze | West Germany (Hans Rösch, Michael Pössinger, Dix Terne, Sylvester Wackerle)
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Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |