Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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The 1998 Winter Olympic Games Luge results
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[edit] Men's singles
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Georg Hackl (GER) |
3:18.436 |
| Silver |  Armin Zöggeler (ITA) |
3:18.939 |
| Bronze | Jens Müller (GER) |
3:19.093 |
| 4 |  Markus Prock (AUT) |
3:19.656 |
| 5 | Markus Kleinheinz (AUT) |
3:19.724 |
| 6 |  Wendel Suckow (USA) |
3:19.728 |
| 7 | Gerhard Gleirscher (AUT) |
3:19.785 |
| 8 | Reinhold Rainer (ITA) |
3:19.946 |
[edit] Doubles
| Medal | Athletes | Time |
| Gold | Stefan Krauße / Jan Behrendt (GER) |
1:41.105 |
| Silver | Chris Thorpe / Gordon Sheer (USA) |
1:41.127 |
| Bronze | Mark Grimmette / Brian Martin (USA) |
1:41.217 |
| 4 | Tobias Schiegl / Markus Schiegl (AUT) |
1:41.421 |
| 5 | Kurt Brugger / Wilfried Huber (ITA) |
1:41.768 |
| 6 | Gerhard Plankensteiner / Oswald Haselrieder (ITA) |
1:41.917 |
| 7 |  Igor Urbanski / Andrej Muhin (UKR) |
1:41.968 |
| 8 | Steffen Skel / Steffen Wöller (GER) |
1:42.224 |
[edit] Women's singles
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Silke Kraushaar (GER) |
3:23.779 |
| Silver | Barbara Niedernhuber (GER) |
3:23.781 |
| Bronze | Angelika Neuner (AUT) |
3:24.253 |
| 4 | Susi Erdmann (GER) |
3:24.449 |
| 5 | Andrea Tagwerker (AUT) |
3:24.491 |
| 6 | Erin Warren (USA) |
3:25.328 |
| 7 | Cammy Myler (USA) |
3:25.475 |
| 8 | Bethany Calcaterra-McMahon (USA) |
3:25.558 |
Kraushaar led by 0.019 seconds after the first run, but Niedernhuber took the lead of 0.056 seconds after the second run. Kraushaar made up 0.050 seconds in the third run and 0.008 more seconds in the final run to win this event by the equivalent of 47 millimetres (1.9 in). Neuner would be the last non-German to medal in this event at the Winter Olympics, world, or European championships until fellow Austrian Veronika Halder won a bronze in this event at the 2008 European championships.
[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany (GER) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | United States (USA) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Austria (AUT) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
[edit] References
- 1998 luge men's singles results
- 1998 luge men's doubles results
- 1998 luge women's singles results
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (1998). "Luge (Toboggan): Women". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 172.
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