Luge at the Winter Olympics

Luge at the Winter Olympics
Governing body	FIL
Events	3 (men: 1; women: 1; mixed: 1)
Games
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014
Medalists

Luge was introduced to the Winter Olympic Games in 1964, with both men's and women's events and a doubles event. Doubles is technically a mixed event, but is almost always competed by a team of two men. German lugers (competing under the IOC country codes of EUA, GDR, FRG and GER at different times since 1964) have dominated the competition, winning 70 medals in 39 events.

Events

Event	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	Years
Men's singles									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	14
Doubles									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	14
Women's singles									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	14
Team relay																						•	1
Total events									3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4

List of Olympic medalists

Men's singles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1964 Innsbruck	Thomas Köhler (EUA)	Klaus Bonsack (EUA)	Hans Plenk (EUA)
1968 Grenoble	Manfred Schmid (AUT)	Thomas Köhler (GDR)	Klaus Bonsack (GDR)
1972 Sapporo	Wolfgang Scheidel (GDR)	Harald Ehrig (GDR)	Wolfram Fiedler (GDR)
1976 Innsbruck	Dettlef Günther (GDR)	Josef Fendt (FRG)	Hans Rinn (GDR)
1980 Lake Placid	Bernhard Glass (GDR)	Paul Hildgartner (ITA)	Anton Winkler (FRG)
1984 Sarajevo	Paul Hildgartner (ITA)	Sergey Danilin (URS)	Valery Dudin (URS)
1988 Calgary	Jens Müller (GDR)	Georg Hackl (FRG)	Yuri Kharchenko (URS)
1992 Albertville	Georg Hackl (GER)	Markus Prock (AUT)	Markus Schmidt (AUT)
1994 Lillehammer	Georg Hackl (GER)	Markus Prock (AUT)	Armin Zöggeler (ITA)
1998 Nagano	Georg Hackl (GER)	Armin Zöggeler (ITA)	Jens Müller (GER)
2002 Salt Lake City	Armin Zöggeler (ITA)	Georg Hackl (GER)	Markus Prock (AUT)
2006 Turin	Armin Zöggeler (ITA)	Albert Demtschenko (RUS)	Mārtiņš Rubenis (LAT)
2010 Vancouver	Felix Loch (GER)	David Möller (GER)	Armin Zöggeler (ITA)

Doubles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1964 Innsbruck	Josef Feistmantl and Manfred Stengl (AUT)	Reinhold Senn and Helmut Thaler (AUT)	Walter Aussendorfer and Sigisfredo Mair (ITA)
1968 Grenoble	Klaus Bonsack and Thomas Köhler (GDR)	Manfred Schmid and Ewald Walch (AUT)	Wolfgang Winkler and Fritz Nachmann (FRG)
1972 Sapporo	Horst Hörnlein and Reinhard Bredow (GDR)	none	Klaus Bonsack and Wolfram Fiedler (GDR)
	Paul Hildgartner and Walter Plaikner (ITA)
1976 Innsbruck	Hans Rinn and Norbert Hahn (GDR)	Hans Brandner and Balthasar Schwarm (FRG)	Rudolf Schmid and Franz Schachner (AUT)
1980 Lake Placid	Hans Rinn and Norbert Hahn (GDR)	Peter Gschnitzer and Karl Brunner (ITA)	Georg Fluckinger and Karl Schrott (AUT)
1984 Sarajevo	Hans Stangassinger and Franz Wembacher (FRG)	Yevgeny Belousov and Aleksandr Belyakov (URS)	Jörg Hoffmann and Jochen Pietzsch (GDR)
1988 Calgary	Jörg Hoffmann and Jochen Pietzsch (GDR)	Stefan Krausse and Jan Behrendt (GDR)	Thomas Schwab and Wolfgang Staudinger (FRG)
1992 Albertville	Stefan Krausse and Jan Behrendt (GER)	Yves Mankel and Thomas Rudolph (GER)	Hansjörg Raffl and Norbert Huber (ITA)
1994 Lillehammer	Kurt Brugger and Wilfried Huber (ITA)	Hansjörg Raffl and Norbert Huber (ITA)	Stefan Krausse and Jan Behrendt (GER)
1998 Nagano	Stefan Krausse and Jan Behrendt (GER)	Chris Thorpe and Gordon Sheer (USA)	Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin (USA)
2002 Salt Lake City	Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch (GER)	Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin (USA)	Chris Thorpe and Clay Ives (USA)
2006 Turin	Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger (AUT)	André Florschütz and Torsten Wustlich (GER)	Gerhard Plankensteiner and Oswald Haselrieder (ITA)
2010 Vancouver	Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger (AUT)	Andris Šics and Juris Šics (LAT)	Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch (GER)

Women's singles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1964 Innsbruck	Ortrun Enderlein (EUA)	Ilse Geisler (EUA)	Helene Thurner (AUT)
1968 Grenoble	Erica Lechner (ITA)	Christina Schmuck (FRG)	Angelika Dünhaupt (FRG)
1972 Sapporo	Anna-Maria Müller (GDR)	Ute Rührold (GDR)	Margit Schumann (GDR)
1976 Innsbruck	Margit Schumann (GDR)	Ute Rührold (GDR)	Elisabeth Demleitner (FRG)
1980 Lake Placid	Vera Zozula (URS)	Melitta Sollmann (GDR)	Ingrīda Amantova (URS)
1984 Sarajevo	Steffi Martin (GDR)	Bettina Schmidt (GDR)	Ute Weiss (GDR)
1988 Calgary	Steffi Walter (GDR)	Ute Oberhoffner (GDR)	Cerstin Schmidt (GDR)
1992 Albertville	Doris Neuner (AUT)	Angelika Neuner (AUT)	Susi Erdmann (GER)
1994 Lillehammer	Gerda Weissensteiner (ITA)	Susi Erdmann (GER)	Andrea Tagwerker (AUT)
1998 Nagano	Silke Kraushaar (GER)	Barbara Niedernhuber (GER)	Angelika Neuner (AUT)
2002 Salt Lake City	Sylke Otto (GER)	Barbara Niedernhuber (GER)	Silke Kraushaar (GER)
2006 Turin	Sylke Otto (GER)	Silke Kraushaar (GER)	Tatjana Hüfner (GER)
2010 Vancouver	Tatjana Hüfner (GER)	Nina Reithmayer (AUT)	Natalie Geisenberger (GER)

Teams

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2014 Sochi

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany (GDR)	13	8	8	29
2	Germany (GER)	11	8	7	26
3	Italy (ITA)	7	4	5	16
4	Austria (AUT)	5	6	7	18
5	Unified Team of Germany (EUA)	2	2	1	5
6	West Germany (FRG)	1	4	5	10
7	Soviet Union (URS)	1	2	3	6
8	United States (USA)	0	2	2	4
9	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	1	2
10	Russia (RUS)	0	1	0	1
Total		40	38	39	117

See also

• List of Olympic venues in luge

References

• List of Olympic medalists in luge from the IOC. - accessed 17 February 2010.