The FIBT World Championships 1959 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record ninth 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, and 1957.

Two man bobsleigh

Pos	Team	Time
Gold	Italy ( Eugenio Monti, Renzo Alverà)
Silver	Italy ( Sergio Zardini, Sergio Siorpaes)
Bronze	United States ( Arthur Tyler, Thomas Butler)

Four man bobsleigh

Pos	Team	Time
Gold	United States ( Arthur Tyler, Gary Sheffield, Parker Vooris, Thomas Butler)
Silver	Italy ( Sergio Zardini, Alberto Righini, Ferruccio Dalla Torre, Romano Bonagura)
Bronze	West Germany ( Franz Schelle, Eduard Kaltenberger, Josef Sterff, Otto Göbl)

This was the last American bobsleigh gold medal at the world championships until 2009.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	1	2	0	3
2	United States (USA)	1	0	1	2
3	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6

References

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