The FIBT World Championships 2003 took place in Lake Placid, New York, United States (Men's bobsleigh), Winterberg, Germany (Women's bobsleigh), and Nagano, Japan (Men's and women's Skeleton). Lake Placid hosted the championship event for the eighth time, doing so previously in 1949, 1961, 1969, 1973, 1978, 1983, and 1997 (Skeleton). Winterberg hosted the championship event for a third time, doing so previously in 1995 (Bobsleigh) and 2000 (Women's bobsleigh). This was Nagano's first time hosting a championship event. It was also the first time the championships were held in Asia.
| 2003 World Championships | |
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| Location | Lake Placid, New York Winterberg, Germany Nagano, Japan |
Bobsleigh
editTwo man
edit| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold |  Germany (André Lange, Kevin Kuske) |
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| Silver |  Canada (Pierre Lueders, Giulio Zardo) |
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| Bronze | Germany (René Spies, Franz Sagmeister) |
Four man
edit| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold | Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe. Kevin Kuske, Carsten Embach) |
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| Silver |  United States (Todd Hays, Bill Schuffenhauer, Randy Jones, Garrett Hines) |
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| Bronze |  Russia (Alexander Zubkov, Aleskey Seliverstov, Sergey Golubev, Dmitriy Stepushkin) |
Two woman
edit| Pos | Team | Time |
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| Gold | Germany (Susi Erdmann, Annegret Dietrich) |
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| Silver | Germany (Sandra Prokoff, Ulrike Holzner) |
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| Bronze | Germany (Cathleen Martini, Yvonne Cernota) |
Skeleton
editMen
edit| Pos | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | Jeff Pain (CAN) |
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| Silver |  Chris Soule (USA) |
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| Bronze | Brady Canfield (USA) |
Women
edit| Pos | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | Michelle Kelly (CAN) |
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| Silver | Yekaterina Mironova (RUS) |
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| Bronze | Tristan Gale (USA) |
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |