The first bobsleigh European Championships with two-man event was held in 1929 in Davos, Switzerland.
In 2004 the first women's European Bobsleigh Championship was held with two-woman event.
Since then, all bobsleigh and skeleton events are usually competes at the same time and venue (with few exceptions).
Starting from 1985, IBSF European Championships are being held on annual basis within a preselected World Cup stages in the so-called race-in-race mode (with few exceptions when European Championships were held separately).
The results of non-European athletes at these World Cup stages are not counted for European Championships standings.