FIBT World Championships 1997
The FIBT World Championships 1997 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland and Lake [Placid, New York], United States. St. Moritz hosted a championship event for the record eighteenth time. The Swiss city had hosted the event previously in FIBT [World Championships 1931|1931], FIBT [World Championships 1935|1935], 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1989, and 1990. Meanwhile, Lake Placid hosted a championship event for the seventh time, having previously done so in 1949, 1961, 1969, 1973, 1978, and 1983.