The FIBT World Championships 1986 took place in Königssee, West Germany for the second time, having hosted the event previously in 1979.
| 1986 World Championships | |
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| Location | Königssee, West Germany |
Two man bobsleigh
edit| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold |  East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Dietmar Schauerhammer)
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| Silver |  Switzerland (Ralph Pichler, Celeste Poltera)
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| Bronze | East Germany (Detlef Richter, Steffen Grummt)
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Four man bobsleigh
edit| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold | Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Kurt Meier, Erwin Fassbind, André Kisser)
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| Silver |  Austria (Peter Kienast, Franz Siegl, Gerhard Redl, Christian Mark)
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| Bronze | Switzerland (Ralph Pichler, Heinrich Notter, Celeste Poltera, Roland Beerli)
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Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |