From Altenberg, GER
Feb. 4, 2021 – The IBSF World Championships kick off on Friday, February 5 with the first two runs of women’s bobsled. Saturday will have both the final two runs of women’s bobsled and the first
two runs of two-man bobsled, with the two-man event finishing up on Sunday.
The first heat of women’s bobsled will start on Friday at 10:30 AM local time (4:30 AM ET), with the second run at 12:00 PM local (6:00 AM ET). The final two heats will be on Saturday at 2:30 PM (8:30 AM ET) and 4:00 PM (10:00 AM ET).
The two-man race will start on Saturday at 10:00 AM local time (4:00 AM ET), with the second run at 11:30 AM local (5:30 AM ET). The final two deciding runs will be held on Sunday at 2:30 PM (8:30 AM ET) and 4:00 PM (10:00 AM ET).
World Championships for skeleton, four-man bobsled and monobob will be contested from Thursday, February 11 to Sunday, February 14.
Because the IBSF did not do full rankings, only the World Cup rankings are listed.
Start lists:
| Women’s Bobsled – Feb. 5 & 6 | Two-man Bobsled – Feb. 6 & 7 | |||||||
| Names | Nation | Bib | WC Rank | Names | Nation | Bib | WC Rank | |
| Chernykh / Mamedova | BFR | 1 | 17 | Deen / Dasaolu | GBR | 1 | 22 | |
| Appiah / Voss | CAN | 2 | 23 | Baumgartner / Fantazzini | ITA | 2 | 13 | |
| Rissling / Richardson Wilson | CAN | 3 | 19 | Suk / Jang | KOR | 3 | 31 | |
| Beierl / Onasanya | AUT | 4 | 1 | Friedrich / Schüller | GER | 4 | 1 | |
| Kalicki / Strack | GER | 5 | 2 | Lochner / Franke | GER | 5 | 2 | |
| Jamanka / Mark | GER | 6 | 3 | Dvorak / Nosek | CZE | 6 | 3 | |
| Grecu / Wick | ROU | 7 | 4 | Kibermanis / Miknis | LAT | 7 | 4 | |
| Nolte / Levi | GER | 8 | 5 | Vogt / Michel | SUI | 8 | 5 | |
| Hasler / Strebel | SUI | 9 | 6 | Friedli / Haas | SUI | 9 | 6 | |
| Fontanive / Pasternack | SUI | 10 | 7 | Melbardis / Lindenblats | LAT | 10 | 7 | |
| McNeill / Douglas | GBR | 11 | 9 | Hafer / Hammers | GER | 11 | 8 | |
| Meyers Taylor / Hoffman | USA | 12 | 10 | Gaitiukevich / Malykh | BFR | 12 | 10 | |
| Boch / Senechal | FRA | 13 | 11 | Heinrich / Hauterville | FRA | 13 | 11 | |
| Humphries / Jones | USA | 14 | 12 | Hall / Cackett | GBR | 14 | 12 | |
| Schneider / Fiebig | GER | 15 | 13 | Tentea / Daroczi | ROU | 15 | 14 | |
| Vannieuwenhuyse / Aerts | BEL | 16 | 14 | Maier / Sammer | AUT | 16 | 15 | |
| de Bruin / Villani | CAN | 17 | 15 | de Bruin / Franjic | NED | 17 | 17 | |
| Sergeeva / Belomestnykh | BFR | 18 | 16 | Hannighofer / Röder | GER | 18 | 18 | |
| Smolarek / Slupecka | POL | 19 | 20 | Stulnev / Zharovtsev | BFR | 19 | 19 | |
| Makarova / Tarasova | BFR | 20 | 21 | Treichl / Mitterer | AUT | 20 | 20 | |
| Kripps / Stones | CAN | 21 | 21 | |||||
| Spring / Evelyn | CAN | 22 | 24 | |||||
| Cipulis / Bebriss | LAT | 23 | 27 | |||||
| Won / Seo | KOR | 24 | 25 | |||||
| Ohanlon / Williamson | AUS | 25 | N/A | |||||
