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.

Two man bobsleigh

Pos	Team	Time
Gold	Switzerland ( Felix Endrich, Fritz Stöckli)
Silver	West Germany ( Anderl Ostler, Franz Kemser)
Bronze	West Germany ( Theo Kitt, Lorenz Niebert)

Gold medalist Endrich would die in the four-man event the following week.

Four man bobsleigh

Pos	Team	Time
Gold	United States ( Lloyd Johnson, Piet Biesiadecki, Hubert Miller, Joseph Smith)
Silver	West Germany ( Anderl Ostler, Heinz Wendlinger, Hans Hohenester, Rudi Erben)
Bronze	Sweden ( Kjell Holmström, Walter Aronsson, Nils Landgren, Jan Lapidoth)
Bronze	West Germany ( Hans Rösch, Michael Pössinger, Dix Terne, Sylvester Wackerle)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

References

• 2-Man bobsleigh World Champions
• 4-Man bobsleigh World Champions^{[ permanent dead link]}