The FIBT World Championships 1977 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record thirteenth time. The Swiss city had hosted the event previously in 1931 (Four-man), 1935 (Four-man), 1937 (Four-man), 1938 (Two-man), 1939 (Two-man), 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, and 1974.

Two man bobsleigh

Pos	Team	Time
Gold	Switzerland ( Hans Hiltebrand, Heinz Meier)
Silver	Switzerland ( Fritz Lüdi, Hansjörg Trachsel)
Bronze	West Germany ( Stefan Gaisreiter, Manfred Schumann)

Four man bobsleigh

Pos	Team	Time
Gold	East Germany ( Meinhard Nehmer, Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, Raimund Bethge)
Silver	Switzerland ( Erich Schärer, Ulrich Bächli, Rudolf Marti, Josef Benz)
Bronze	West Germany ( Jakob Resch, Herbert Berg, Fritz Ohlwärter, Walter Barfuss)

The East Germans earned their first medal at this championship.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Switzerland (SUI)	1	2	0	3
2	East Germany (GDR)	1	0	0	1
3	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	2	2
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6

References

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