The FIBT World Championships 1985 took place in Cervinia, Italy for the third time, having hosted the event previously in 1971 and 1975. Except for competitions in St. Moritz, Switzerland and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, it would be the last time a championship would be hosted on a naturally refrigerated track with all other competitions taking place on artificially refrigerated ones.
Two man bobsleigh
| Pos | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Dietmar Schauerhammer) | |
| Silver | East Germany (Detlef Richter, Steffen Grummt) | |
| Bronze |  Soviet Union (Sintis Ekmanis, Nikolay Zhirov) |
The Soviets earned their first medal at these championships.
Four man bobsleigh
| Pos | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | East Germany (Bernhard Lehmann, Matthias Trübner, Ingo Voge, Steffen Grummt) | |
| Silver | East Germany (Detlef Richter, Dietmar Jerke, Bodo Ferl, Matthias Legler) | |
| Bronze |  Switzerland (Silvio Giobellina, Heinz Stettler, Urs Salzmann, Rico Freiermuth) |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (3 nations) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |