The FIBT World Championships 1931 took place in Oberhof, Germany (Two-man) and in St. Moritz, Switzerland (Four-man). Two-man bobsleigh made its debut.

Pos	Team	Time
Gold	Germany (Hanns Killian, Sebastian Huber)
Silver	Germany (Bibo Fischer, Gemmer)
Bronze	Austria (Heinz Volkmer, Anton Kaltenberger)

Pos	Team	Time
Gold	Germany (Werner Zahn, Robert Schmidt, Franz Bock, Emil Hinterfeld)
Silver	Switzerland (René Fonjallaz, Gustave Fonjallaz, N. Buchheim, Gaston Fonjallaz)
Bronze	United Kingdom (Dennis Field, Patrick Coote, Ralph Wallace, Jack Newcombe)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	2	1	0	3
2	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
3	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

• 2-Man bobsleigh World Champions
• 4-Man bobsleigh World Champions^{[permanent dead link‍]}