The FIBT World Championships 1960 took place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy for the fifth time. The Italian city had hosted the event previously in 1937 (Two-man), 1939 (Four-man), 1950, and 1954. This was an extraordinary event because bobsleigh was not included in the program at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California.
| 1960 World Championships | |
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| Location | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
Two man bobsleigh edit
| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold |  Italy (Eugenio Monti, Renzo Alverà)
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| Silver |  West Germany (Franz Schelle, Otto Göbl)
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| Bronze | Italy (Sergio Zardini, Luciano Alberti)
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The Italian duo of Monti and Alvera won their fourth straight championships in this event.
Four man bobsleigh edit
| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold | Italy (Eugenio Monti, Furio Nordio, Sergio Siorpaes, Renzo Alverà)
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| Silver | West Germany (Hans Rösch, Alfred Hammer, Theodore Bauer, Albert Kandlbinder)
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| Bronze |  Switzerland (Max Angst, Hansjörg Hirschbühl, Gottfried Kottmann, René Kuhl)
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Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |