The FIBT World Championships 1998 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record nineteenth 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, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1989 ( Skeleton), 1990 (Bobsleigh), and 1997 (Bobsleigh). This championship event was an extraordinary event since skeleton was not included in the program at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Men's skeleton

Pos	Athlete	Time
Gold	Willi Schneider ( GER)
Silver	Alain Wicki ( SUI)
Bronze	Felix Poletti ( SUI)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	1	0	0	1
2	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	1	2
Totals (2 entries)		1	1	1	3

References

• Men's skeleton World Champions