The FIBT World Championships 1954 took place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy for the fourth time after previously hosting in 1937 (Two-man), 1939 (Four-man), and 1950.

Pos	Team	Time
Gold	Italy (Guglielmo Scheibmeier, Andrea Zambelli)
Silver	Italy (Italo Petrelli, Luigi Figoli)
Bronze	United States (Stanley Benham, James Bickford)

Italy earned their first championship medals since World War II.

Pos	Team	Time
Gold	Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Harry Warburton, Gottfried Diener, Heinrich Angst)
Silver	West Germany (Hans Rösch, Michael Pössinger, Dix Terne, Sylvester Wackerle)
Bronze	West Germany (Theo Kitt, Josef Grün, Klaus Koppenberger, Lorenz Niebert)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
2	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	0	1
3	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	1	2
4	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

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