Luge at the Winter Olympics
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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 65 medals in 36 events.
Luge
A Luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine and feet-first. Steering is done by flexing the sled's runners with the calf of each leg or exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh 21-25 kilograms for singles and 25-30 kilograms for doubles. Luge...
was introduced to the Winter Olympic Games
Winter Olympic Games
The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...
in 1964
1964 Winter Olympics
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 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 65 medals in 36 events.
Events
| Event | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Men's doubles:-Women's singles:-Medal table:-References:***... |
68 Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Doubles:With his win in the doubles, Thomas Köhler becomes the first person to win in both men's singles and doubles.-Women's singles:... |
72 Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Doubles:A malfunctioning starting gate cancelled the results of the first run. Italy, whose doubles team of Paul Hildgartner and Walter Plaikner won the first run, protested to event officials the results should stand since all contestants had suffered equally, but to no avail.... |
76 Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:Silver medalist Josef Fendt is the current President of the International Luge Federation .-Doubles:-Women's singles:-Medal table:-References:***... |
80 Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Doubles:The doubles team of Hans Rinn and Norbert Hahn became the first repeat winners of an Olympic luge event.-Women's singles:-Medal table:-References:***... |
84 Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:With his win, Paul Hildgartner becomes the second person to win in both men's singles and doubles . He joins Thomas Köhler, who won the men's singles in 1964 and the doubles in 1968.-Doubles:-Women's singles:-Medal table:-References:... |
88 Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics was held at the Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada-Men's singles:-Doubles:-Women's singles:Walter becomes the first woman to repeat as women's singles champion.-Medal table:-References:***... |
92 Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics The 1992 Winter Olympic Games Luge resultsThe venue was the bobsleigh and luge track of La Plagne, about 70 km from host city Albertville.-Men's singles:February 10, 1992-Doubles:February 14, 1992-Women's singles:February 12, 1992... |
94 Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:February 13/February 14, 1994-Doubles:February 18, 1994All three Huber brothers would medal at the 1994 Games. Wilfried earned gold and Norbert earned silver in this event... |
98 Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Doubles:-Women's singles: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... |
02 Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics The Luge competition at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games was held at Utah Olympic Park in Park City. Three events were staged, taking place from February 10 to February 14.-Medal table:-Events:-References:***... |
06 Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics The Luge competition at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games was held at Cesana Pariol in Cesana, Italy. Three events were staged, taking place from February 11 to February 15. These were the first games where a qualifying system was used to determine the enterants into the games.-Medal... |
10 Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics The luge competition events of the 2010 Winter Olympics were held between 13 and 17 February 2010 at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.- Medal table :- Events :Three luge events were held at the games:... |
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 |
Men's singles
| 1968 Grenoble Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Doubles:With his win in the doubles, Thomas Köhler becomes the first person to win in both men's singles and doubles.-Women's singles:... |
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| 1972 Sapporo Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Doubles:A malfunctioning starting gate cancelled the results of the first run. Italy, whose doubles team of Paul Hildgartner and Walter Plaikner won the first run, protested to event officials the results should stand since all contestants had suffered equally, but to no avail.... |
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| 1976 Innsbruck Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:Silver medalist Josef Fendt is the current President of the International Luge Federation .-Doubles:-Women's singles:-Medal table:-References:***... |
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| 1980 Lake Placid Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Doubles:The doubles team of Hans Rinn and Norbert Hahn became the first repeat winners of an Olympic luge event.-Women's singles:-Medal table:-References:***... |
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| 1984 Sarajevo Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:With his win, Paul Hildgartner becomes the second person to win in both men's singles and doubles . He joins Thomas Köhler, who won the men's singles in 1964 and the doubles in 1968.-Doubles:-Women's singles:-Medal table:-References:... |
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| 1988 Calgary Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics was held at the Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada-Men's singles:-Doubles:-Women's singles:Walter becomes the first woman to repeat as women's singles champion.-Medal table:-References:***... |
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| 1992 Albertville Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics The 1992 Winter Olympic Games Luge resultsThe venue was the bobsleigh and luge track of La Plagne, about 70 km from host city Albertville.-Men's singles:February 10, 1992-Doubles:February 14, 1992-Women's singles:February 12, 1992... |
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| 1994 Lillehammer Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:February 13/February 14, 1994-Doubles:February 18, 1994All three Huber brothers would medal at the 1994 Games. Wilfried earned gold and Norbert earned silver in this event... |
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| 1998 Nagano Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Doubles:-Women's singles: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... |
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| 2002 Salt Lake City Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics The Luge competition at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games was held at Utah Olympic Park in Park City. Three events were staged, taking place from February 10 to February 14.-Medal table:-Events:-References:***... |
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| 2006 Turin Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics The Luge competition at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games was held at Cesana Pariol in Cesana, Italy. Three events were staged, taking place from February 11 to February 15. These were the first games where a qualifying system was used to determine the enterants into the games.-Medal... |
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| 2010 Vancouver Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics The luge competition events of the 2010 Winter Olympics were held between 13 and 17 February 2010 at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.- Medal table :- Events :Three luge events were held at the games:... |
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Doubles
| 1964 Innsbruck Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Men's doubles:-Women's singles:-Medal table:-References:***... |
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| 1968 Grenoble Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Doubles:With his win in the doubles, Thomas Köhler becomes the first person to win in both men's singles and doubles.-Women's singles:... |
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| 1972 Sapporo Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Doubles:A malfunctioning starting gate cancelled the results of the first run. Italy, whose doubles team of Paul Hildgartner and Walter Plaikner won the first run, protested to event officials the results should stand since all contestants had suffered equally, but to no avail.... |
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| 1976 Innsbruck Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:Silver medalist Josef Fendt is the current President of the International Luge Federation .-Doubles:-Women's singles:-Medal table:-References:***... |
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| 1980 Lake Placid Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Doubles:The doubles team of Hans Rinn and Norbert Hahn became the first repeat winners of an Olympic luge event.-Women's singles:-Medal table:-References:***... |
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| 1984 Sarajevo Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:With his win, Paul Hildgartner becomes the second person to win in both men's singles and doubles . He joins Thomas Köhler, who won the men's singles in 1964 and the doubles in 1968.-Doubles:-Women's singles:-Medal table:-References:... |
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| 1988 Calgary Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics was held at the Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada-Men's singles:-Doubles:-Women's singles:Walter becomes the first woman to repeat as women's singles champion.-Medal table:-References:***... |
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| 1992 Albertville Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics The 1992 Winter Olympic Games Luge resultsThe venue was the bobsleigh and luge track of La Plagne, about 70 km from host city Albertville.-Men's singles:February 10, 1992-Doubles:February 14, 1992-Women's singles:February 12, 1992... |
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| 1994 Lillehammer Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:February 13/February 14, 1994-Doubles:February 18, 1994All three Huber brothers would medal at the 1994 Games. Wilfried earned gold and Norbert earned silver in this event... |
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| 1998 Nagano Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Doubles:-Women's singles: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... |
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| 2002 Salt Lake City Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics The Luge competition at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games was held at Utah Olympic Park in Park City. Three events were staged, taking place from February 10 to February 14.-Medal table:-Events:-References:***... |
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| 2006 Turin Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics The Luge competition at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games was held at Cesana Pariol in Cesana, Italy. Three events were staged, taking place from February 11 to February 15. These were the first games where a qualifying system was used to determine the enterants into the games.-Medal... |
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| 2010 Vancouver Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics The luge competition events of the 2010 Winter Olympics were held between 13 and 17 February 2010 at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.- Medal table :- Events :Three luge events were held at the games:... |
Women's singles
| 1964 Innsbruck Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Men's doubles:-Women's singles:-Medal table:-References:***... |
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| 1968 Grenoble Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Doubles:With his win in the doubles, Thomas Köhler becomes the first person to win in both men's singles and doubles.-Women's singles:... |
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| 1972 Sapporo Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Doubles:A malfunctioning starting gate cancelled the results of the first run. Italy, whose doubles team of Paul Hildgartner and Walter Plaikner won the first run, protested to event officials the results should stand since all contestants had suffered equally, but to no avail.... |
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| 1976 Innsbruck Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:Silver medalist Josef Fendt is the current President of the International Luge Federation .-Doubles:-Women's singles:-Medal table:-References:***... |
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| 1980 Lake Placid Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Doubles:The doubles team of Hans Rinn and Norbert Hahn became the first repeat winners of an Olympic luge event.-Women's singles:-Medal table:-References:***... |
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| 1984 Sarajevo Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:With his win, Paul Hildgartner becomes the second person to win in both men's singles and doubles . He joins Thomas Köhler, who won the men's singles in 1964 and the doubles in 1968.-Doubles:-Women's singles:-Medal table:-References:... |
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| 1988 Calgary Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics was held at the Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada-Men's singles:-Doubles:-Women's singles:Walter becomes the first woman to repeat as women's singles champion.-Medal table:-References:***... |
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| 1992 Albertville Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics The 1992 Winter Olympic Games Luge resultsThe venue was the bobsleigh and luge track of La Plagne, about 70 km from host city Albertville.-Men's singles:February 10, 1992-Doubles:February 14, 1992-Women's singles:February 12, 1992... |
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| 1994 Lillehammer Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:February 13/February 14, 1994-Doubles:February 18, 1994All three Huber brothers would medal at the 1994 Games. Wilfried earned gold and Norbert earned silver in this event... |
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| 1998 Nagano Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Doubles:-Women's singles: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... |
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| 2002 Salt Lake City Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics The Luge competition at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games was held at Utah Olympic Park in Park City. Three events were staged, taking place from February 10 to February 14.-Medal table:-Events:-References:***... |
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| 2006 Turin Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics The Luge competition at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games was held at Cesana Pariol in Cesana, Italy. Three events were staged, taking place from February 11 to February 15. These were the first games where a qualifying system was used to determine the enterants into the games.-Medal... |
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| 2010 Vancouver Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics The luge competition events of the 2010 Winter Olympics were held between 13 and 17 February 2010 at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.- Medal table :- Events :Three luge events were held at the games:... |
Medal table
| 1 |  German Democratic Republic |
13 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 2 |  Germany |
11 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 |  Italy |
7 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 |  Austria |
5 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 6 |  West Germany |
1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 |  Soviet Union |
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 |  United States |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 |  Latvia |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  Russia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Reference
- http://www.olympic.org/en/content/All-Olympic-results-since-1896/?AthleteName=Enter%20a%20name&Category=&Games=&Sport=1313947&Event=&MenGender=false&WomenGender=false&MixedGender=false&TeamClassification=false&IndividualClassification=false&Continent=&Country=&GoldMedal=false&SilverMedal=false&BronzeMedal=false&WorldRecord=false&OlympicRecord=false&TargetResults=trueList of Olympic medalists in luge from the IOC.] - accessed 17 February 2010.