List of Olympic medalists in luge

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Four smiling people carrying medals around their neck are aligned shoulder-to-shoulder in an outdoor location with pine trees in the background. On the left, a man wears a shiny jacket and winter cap. Next to him, a second man with short dark hair wears a dark jacket with a badge. The third person is a woman wearing a jacket and an embroidered winter cap, and holds a trophy in her hands. The last person, on the right, is another man, also wearing a jacket and a winter cap.
Olympic medalists from East Germany at the 1988 Winter Olympics: Jörg Hoffmann (far left) and Jochen Pietzsch (second from left), doubles champions; Cerstin Schmidt (second from right), women's singles bronze medalist; and Jens Müller (far right), gold medalist in the men's singles.

Luge is one of the seven Olympic sports currently contested at the Winter Olympic Games.[1] It has been a constant presence in the Olympic program since its introduction at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria,[2] in the form of three events: men's singles, women's singles, and doubles.[a] A mixed team relay event was contested for the first time at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.[4]

History[edit]

Italian luger Armin Zöggeler is the overall medal leader in the sport, having collected a total of six medals (two gold, one silver, and three bronze) in the men's singles, during the six Winter Games in which he competed (19942014). As of 2021, he is the only Olympian to receive six medals in the same event. German luger Georg Hackl was the first Olympian to receive a medal in five consecutive Olympics, from 1988-2002, including three consecutive gold medals.

In the women's event, Germany's Silke Kraushaar leads the medal count with three, one of each color. Steffi Martin and Sylke Otto—at 36, the oldest female individual gold medalist at the Winter Games[5]—are the only lugers with two gold medals in their career. Ortrun Enderlein, representing the United Team of Germany, was the first woman to win the singles event in 1964. She was on the verge of defending her title at the 1968 Grenoble Games, having the best overall time after all the runs, but was disqualified together with fellow countrywomen Anna-Maria Müller (2nd) and Angela Knösel (4th) when it was discovered that the runners in their sleds had been illegally heated before the runs.[6] Müller made up for this by taking the gold medal at the following Games, in Sapporo, Japan.

The most successful pair in the history of the Olympic doubles event was Stefan Krauße and Jan Behrendt, who represented East Germany in 1988 and the reunified German Olympic team from 1992 to 1998, winning four medals: two golds, one silver, and one bronze. East Germany's Hans Rinn and Norbert Hahn, and Austrian brothers Andreas and Wolfgang Linger, are the other pairs to have won two times, both of them in consecutive Olympics. In 1972, two gold medals were awarded to an East German (Horst Hörnlein and Reinhard Bredow) and an Italian pair (Paul Hildgartner and Walter Plaikner), who finished with exactly the same time. To prevent similar situations in future Olympics, the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course introduced timing equipment that measured accurately to one thousandth of a second, to replace the old equipment that measured in hundredths of a second.[7]

As of the 2018 Winter Olympics, 141 medals (48 gold, 46 silver, and 47 bronze, with two golds in the 1972 doubles event) have been awarded, representing 11 National Olympic Committees (NOC). German lugers—representing the United Team of Germany (1964), West Germany (1968–1988), East Germany (1968–1988), and Germany (1992–2018)—have dominated this sport, collecting a total of 81 medals. There were seven occasions when a single NOC filled the podium with its athletes and in all of them they were German. After 2018, Germany is the current medal-leading NOC in the sport with 37 medals (18 gold, 10 silver, and 9 bronze), followed by East Germany's 29 medals.

Medalists[edit]

Men's singles[edit]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1964 Innsbruck
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Thomas Köhler
 United Team of Germany
Klaus Bonsack
 United Team of Germany
Hans Plenk
 United Team of Germany
1968 Grenoble
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Manfred Schmid
 Austria
Thomas Köhler
 East Germany
Klaus Bonsack
 East Germany
1972 Sapporo
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Wolfgang Scheidel
 East Germany
Harald Ehrig
 East Germany
Wolfram Fiedler
 East Germany
1976 Innsbruck
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Dettlef Günther
 East Germany
Josef Fendt
 West Germany
Hans Rinn
 East Germany
1980 Lake Placid
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Bernhard Glass
 East Germany
Paul Hildgartner
 Italy
Anton Winkler
 West Germany
1984 Sarajevo
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Paul Hildgartner
 Italy
Sergey Danilin
 Soviet Union
Valery Dudin
 Soviet Union
1988 Calgary
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Jens Müller
 East Germany
Georg Hackl
 West Germany
Yuri Kharchenko
 Soviet Union
1992 Albertville
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Georg Hackl
 Germany
Markus Prock
 Austria
Markus Schmidt
 Austria
1994 Lillehammer
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Georg Hackl
 Germany
Markus Prock
 Austria
Armin Zöggeler
 Italy
1998 Nagano
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Georg Hackl
 Germany
Armin Zöggeler
 Italy
Jens Müller
 Germany
2002 Salt Lake City
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Armin Zöggeler
 Italy
Georg Hackl
 Germany
Markus Prock
 Austria
2006 Turin
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Armin Zöggeler
 Italy
Albert Demchenko
 Russia
Mārtiņš Rubenis
 Latvia
2010 Vancouver
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Felix Loch
 Germany
David Möller
 Germany
Armin Zöggeler
 Italy
2014 Sochi
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Felix Loch
 Germany
Albert Demchenko
 Russia
Armin Zöggeler
 Italy
2018 Pyeongchang
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David Gleirscher
 Austria
Chris Mazdzer
 United States
Johannes Ludwig
 Germany
2022 Beijing
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Johannes Ludwig
 Germany
Wolfgang Kindl
 Austria
Dominik Fischnaller
 Italy
  • Medals:
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Germany (GER) 6 2 2 10
2  East Germany (GDR) 4 2 3 9
3  Italy (ITA) 3 2 4 9
4  Austria (AUT) 2 3 2 7
5  United Team of Germany (EUA) 1 1 1 3
6  West Germany (FRG) 0 2 1 3
6  Russia (RUS) 0 2 0 2
7  Soviet Union (URS) 0 1 2 3
8  United States (USA) 0 1 0 1
9  Latvia (LAT) 0 0 1 1
Total 10 nations 16 16 16 48

Women's singles[edit]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1964 Innsbruck
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Ortrun Enderlein
 United Team of Germany
Ilse Geisler
 United Team of Germany
Helene Thurner
 Austria
1968 Grenoble
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Erica Lechner
 Italy
Christina Schmuck
 West Germany
Angelika Dünhaupt
 West Germany
1972 Sapporo
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Anna-Maria Müller
 East Germany
Ute Rührold
 East Germany
Margit Schumann
 East Germany
1976 Innsbruck
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Margit Schumann
 East Germany
Ute Rührold
 East Germany
Elisabeth Demleitner
 West Germany
1980 Lake Placid
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Vera Zozulya
 Soviet Union
Melitta Sollmann
 East Germany
Ingrīda Amantova
 Soviet Union
1984 Sarajevo
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Steffi Martin
 East Germany
Bettina Schmidt
 East Germany
Ute Weiss
 East Germany
1988 Calgary
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Steffi Walter
 East Germany
Ute Oberhoffner
 East Germany
Cerstin Schmidt
 East Germany
1992 Albertville
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Doris Neuner
 Austria
Angelika Neuner
 Austria
Susi Erdmann
 Germany
1994 Lillehammer
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Gerda Weissensteiner
 Italy
Susi Erdmann
 Germany
Andrea Tagwerker
 Austria
1998 Nagano
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Silke Kraushaar
 Germany
Barbara Niedernhuber
 Germany
Angelika Neuner
 Austria
2002 Salt Lake City
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Sylke Otto
 Germany
Barbara Niedernhuber
 Germany
Silke Kraushaar
 Germany
2006 Turin
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Sylke Otto
 Germany
Silke Kraushaar
 Germany
Tatjana Hüfner
 Germany
2010 Vancouver
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Tatjana Hüfner
 Germany
Nina Reithmayer
 Austria
Natalie Geisenberger
 Germany
2014 Sochi
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Natalie Geisenberger
 Germany
Tatjana Hüfner
 Germany
Erin Hamlin
 United States
2018 Pyeongchang
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Natalie Geisenberger
 Germany
Dajana Eitberger
 Germany
Alex Gough
 Canada
2022 Beijing
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Natalie Geisenberger
 Germany
Anna Berreiter
 Germany
Tatiana Ivanova
 ROC
  • Medals:
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Germany 7 7 4 18
2  East Germany 4 5 3 12
3  Italy 2 0 0 2
4  Austria 1 2 3 6
5  Germany 1 1 0 2
6  Soviet Union 1 0 1 1
7  West Germany 0 1 2 2
8  Canada 0 0 1 1
 Russia 0 0 1 1
 United States 0 0 1 1
Total 10 nations 16 16 16 48

Men’s doubles[edit]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1964 Innsbruck
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 Josef Feistmantl
and Manfred Stengl (AUT)
 Reinhold Senn
and Helmut Thaler (AUT)
 Walter Aussendorfer
and Sigisfredo Mair (ITA)
1968 Grenoble
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 Klaus Bonsack
and Thomas Köhler (GDR)
 Manfred Schmid
and Ewald Walch (AUT)
 Wolfgang Winkler
and Fritz Nachmann (FRG)
1972 Sapporo
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 Horst Hörnlein
and Reinhard Bredow (GDR)
 Paul Hildgartner
and Walter Plaikner (ITA)
None awarded  Klaus Bonsack
and Wolfram Fiedler (GDR)
1976 Innsbruck
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 Hans Rinn
and Norbert Hahn (GDR)
 Hans Brandner
and Balthasar Schwarm (FRG)
 Rudolf Schmid
and Franz Schachner (AUT)
1980 Lake Placid
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 Hans Rinn
and Norbert Hahn (GDR)
 Peter Gschnitzer
and Karl Brunner (ITA)
 Georg Fluckinger
and Karl Schrott (AUT)
1984 Sarajevo
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 Hans Stangassinger
and Franz Wembacher (FRG)
 Yevgeny Belousov
and Aleksandr Belyakov (URS)
 Jörg Hoffmann
and Jochen Pietzsch (GDR)
1988 Calgary
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 Jörg Hoffmann
and Jochen Pietzsch (GDR)
 Stefan Krauße
and Jan Behrendt (GDR)
 Thomas Schwab
and Wolfgang Staudinger (FRG)
1992 Albertville
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 Stefan Krauße
and Jan Behrendt (GER)
 Yves Mankel
and Thomas Rudolph (GER)
 Hansjörg Raffl
and Norbert Huber (ITA)
1994 Lillehammer
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 Kurt Brugger
and Wilfried Huber (ITA)
 Hansjörg Raffl
and Norbert Huber (ITA)
 Stefan Krauße
and Jan Behrendt (GER)
1998 Nagano
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 Stefan Krauße
and Jan Behrendt (GER)
 Chris Thorpe
and Gordon Sheer (USA)
 Mark Grimmette
and Brian Martin (USA)
2002 Salt Lake City
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 Patric Leitner
and Alexander Resch (GER)
 Mark Grimmette
and Brian Martin (USA)
 Chris Thorpe
and Clay Ives (USA)
2006 Turin
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 Andreas Linger
and Wolfgang Linger (AUT)
 André Florschütz
and Torsten Wustlich (GER)
 Gerhard Plankensteiner
and Oswald Haselrieder (ITA)
2010 Vancouver
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 Andreas Linger
and Wolfgang Linger (AUT)
 Andris Šics
and Juris Šics (LAT)
 Patric Leitner
and Alexander Resch (GER)
2014 Sochi
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 Tobias Wendl
and Tobias Arlt (GER)
 Andreas Linger
and Wolfgang Linger (AUT)
 Andris Šics
and Juris Šics (LAT)
2018 Pyeongchang
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 Tobias Wendl
and Tobias Arlt (GER)
 Peter Penz
and Georg Fischler (AUT)
 Sascha Benecken
and Toni Eggert (GER)
2022 Beijing
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 Tobias Wendl
and Tobias Arlt (GER)
 Sascha Benecken
and Toni Eggert (GER)
 Thomas Steu
and Lorenz Koller (AUT)
  • Medals:
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Germany (GER) 6 3 3 12
2  East Germany (GDR) 5 1 2 8
3  Austria (AUT) 3 4 3 10
4  Italy (ITA) 2 2 3 7
5  West Germany (FRG) 1 1 2 4
6  United States (USA) 0 2 2 4
7  Latvia (LAT) 0 1 1 2
8  Soviet Union (URS) 0 1 0 1
Total 8 nations 17 15 16 48

Team relay[edit]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2014 Sochi
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 Germany (GER)
Natalie Geisenberger
Felix Loch
Tobias Wendl
Tobias Arlt
 Russia (RUS)
Tatiana Ivanova
Albert Demchenko
Alexander Denisyev
Vladislav Antonov
 Latvia (LAT)
Elīza Tīruma
Mārtiņš Rubenis
Andris Šics
Juris Šics
2018 Pyeongchang
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 Germany (GER)
Natalie Geisenberger
Johannes Ludwig
Tobias Wendl
Tobias Arlt
 Canada (CAN)
Alex Gough
Samuel Edney
Tristan Walker
Justin Snith
 Austria (AUT)
Madeleine Egle
David Gleirscher
Peter Penz
Georg Fischler
2022 Beijing
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 Germany (GER)
Natalie Geisenberger
Johannes Ludwig
Tobias Wendl
Tobias Arlt
 Austria (AUT)
Madeleine Egle
Wolfgang Kindl
Thomas Steu
Lorenz Koller
 Latvia (LAT)
Elīza Tīruma
Kristers Aparjods
Mārtiņš Bots
Roberts Plūme
Medals
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Germany (GER) 3 0 0 3
2  Austria (AUT) 0 1 1 2
3  Canada (CAN) 0 1 0 1
 Russia (RUS) 0 1 0 1
5  Latvia (LAT) 0 0 2 2
Total 5 nations 3 3 3 9

Statistics[edit]

Medal leaders[edit]

Athletes that have won at least two medals are listed below. Medalists are sorted first by the total number of medals, then successively by the number of gold, silver and bronze medals. If a tie is still verified, medalists are ordered chronologically by their first medal.

Men[edit]

Athlete NOC Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
Tobias Arlt  Germany (GER) 2014-2022 6 0 0 6
Tobias Wendl  Germany (GER) 2014-2022 6 0 0 6
Armin Zöggeler  Italy (ITA) 1994–2014 2 1 3 6
Georg Hackl  West Germany (FRG)
 Germany (GER)
1988–2002 3 2 0 5
Johannes Ludwig  Germany (GER) 2018–2022 3 0 1 4
Stefan Krauße  East Germany (GDR)
 Germany (GER)
1988–1998 2 1 1 4
Jan Behrendt  East Germany (GDR)
 Germany (GER)
1988–1998 2 1 1 4
Klaus Bonsack  United Team of Germany (EUA) 1964–1972 1 1 2 4
Felix Loch  Germany (GER) 2010–2014 3 0 0 3
Thomas Köhler  United Team of Germany (EUA) 1964–1968 2 1 0 3
Paul Hildgartner  Italy (ITA) 1972–1984 2 1 0 3
Andreas Linger  Austria (AUT) 2006–2014 2 1 0 3
Wolfgang Linger  Austria (AUT) 2006–2014 2 1 0 3
Albert Demchenko  Russia (RUS) 2006–2014 0 3 0 3
Markus Prock  Austria (AUT) 1992–2002 0 2 1 3
Andris Šics  Latvia (LAT) 2010–2014 0 1 2 3
Juris Šics  Latvia (LAT) 2010–2014 0 1 2 3
Hans Rinn  East Germany (GDR) 1976–1980 2 0 0 2
Norbert Hahn  East Germany (GDR) 1976–1980 2 0 0 2
Jörg Hoffmann  East Germany (GDR) 1984–1988 1 0 1 2
Jochen Pietzsch  East Germany (GDR) 1984–1988 1 0 1 2
Jens Müller  East Germany (GDR)
 Germany (GER)
1988–1998 1 0 1 2
Patric Leitner  Germany (GER) 2002–2010 1 0 1 2
Alexander Resch  Germany (GER) 2002–2010 1 0 1 2
David Gleirscher  Austria (AUT) 2018 1 0 1 2
Hansjörg Raffl  Italy (ITA) 1992–1994 0 1 1 2
Norbert Huber  Italy (ITA) 1992–1994 0 1 1 2
Chris Thorpe  United States (USA) 1998–2002 0 1 1 2
Mark Grimmette  United States (USA) 1998–2002 0 1 1 2
Brian Martin  United States (USA) 1998–2002 0 1 1 2
Peter Penz  Austria (AUT) 2018 0 1 1 2
Georg Fischler  Austria (AUT) 2018 0 1 1 2
Mārtiņš Rubenis  Latvia (LAT) 2006-2014 0 0 2 2

Women[edit]

Athlete NOC Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
Natalie Geisenberger  Germany (GER) 2010–2022 6 0 1 7
Silke Kraushaar  Germany (GER) 1998–2006 1 1 1 3
Tatjana Hüfner  Germany (GER) 2006–2014 1 1 1 3
Steffi Martin  East Germany (GDR) 1984–1988 2 0 0 2
Sylke Otto  Germany (GER) 2002–2006 2 0 0 2
Margit Schumann  East Germany (GDR) 1972–1976 1 0 1 2
Ute Rührold  East Germany (GDR) 1972–1976 0 2 0 2
Barbara Niedernhuber  Germany (GER) 1998–2002 0 2 0 2
Susi Erdmann  Germany (GER) 1992–1994 0 1 1 2
Angelika Neuner  Austria (AUT) 1992–1998 0 1 1 2
Alex Gough  Canada (CAN) 2018 0 1 1 2

Medals per year[edit]

× NOC did not exist # Number of medals won by the NOC NOC did not win any medals
NOC 1924–60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 Total
 Austria (AUT)   3 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 22
 Canada (CAN)   2 2
 United Team of Germany (EUA)   5 × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 5
 East Germany (GDR)   × 3 8 5 3 4 6 × × × × × × × × 29
 West Germany (FRG)   × 3 3 1 1 2 × × × × × × × × 10
 Germany (GER)   × × × × × × × 4 3 5 5 4 5 5 6 37
 Italy (ITA)   1 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 17
 Latvia (LAT)   × × × × × × × 1 1 2 4
 Russia (RUS)   × × × × × × × × 1 2 × 3
 Soviet Union (URS)   2 3 1 × × × × × × × × 6
 United States (USA)   2 2 1 1 5

Medal sweep events[edit]

These are events in which athletes from one NOC won all three medals.

Games Event NOC Gold Silver Bronze
1964 Innsbruck Men's Singles  United Team of Germany (EUA) Thomas Köhler Klaus-Michael Bonsack Hans Plenk
1972 Sapporo Men's Singles *  East Germany (GDR) Wolfgang Scheidel Harald Ehrig Wolfram Fiedler
Women's Singles Anna-Maria Müller Ute Rührold Margit Schumann
1984 Sarajevo Women's Singles Steffi Walter-Martin Bettina Schmidt Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß
1988 Calgary Women's Singles Steffi Walter-Martin Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß Cerstin Schmidt
2002 Salt Lake City Women's Singles  Germany (GER) Sylke Otto Barbara Niedernhuber Silke Kraushaar
2006 Turin Women's Singles Sylke Otto Silke Kraushaar Tatjana Hüfner
  • * In addition to sweeping the podium, the country also had the fourth-place finisher.

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Technically, the doubles event is considered a mixed event, open for male, female and mixed duos, but since its debut it has been traditionally entered only by male pairs.[3]

References[edit]

Medalists
  • "Luge". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
Citations
  1. ^ "Luge Equipment and History". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Luge at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  3. ^ "International Luge Federation". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Luge: About discipline". sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Records and medals at the Olympic Winter Games" (PDF). Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. October 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  6. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Luge at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  7. ^ "Preview: Doubles luge". Canadian Luge Association. 16 February 2010. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2010.

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