Luge at the Winter Olympics

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Luge at the Winter Olympics
Luge pictogram.svg
Governing body FIL
Events 4 (men: 1; women: 1; mixed: 2)
Games
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1932
  • 1936
  • 1948
  • 1952

Luge is a winter sport featured at the Winter Olympic Games where a competitor or two-person team rides a flat sled while lying supine (face up) and feet first. The sport is usually contested on a specially designed ice track that allows gravity to increase the sled's speed. The winner normally completes the route with the fastest overall time. It was first contested at the 1964 Winter Olympics, with both men's and women's events and a doubles event. From 1964 to 2010, doubles was technically considered a mixed event, but it was almost always competed by a team of two men. Starting in 2014, the doubles event will become a men's only event due to the introduction of the team relay. German lugers (competing under the IOC country codes of EUA, GDR, FRG and GER at different times since 1964) have dominated the competition, winning 75 medals in 43 events. As the Italian luge team is completely recruited from South Tyrol, nearly all medal winners, except those from Soviet Union, Russia, United States and Latvia, are ethnic Germans.

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

Medal leaders

A man with a goatee wears a red-white-and-yellow tight jumpsuit, with a red-and-white vest over it, and a red helmet with a raised full-faced visor. He shows a concentrated look. Partially hidden behind him is another man, wearing a black tracksuit jacket and winter cap.
Georg Hackl of Germany is the most successful Olympic luger, having won three gold medals attained in three consecutive Olympics.
A man with a soul patch wears a red-and-white tight jumpsuit, with a red-and-white vest over it, and a metallic silver helmet with a raised full-faced visor. He is sat on the ground with his arms resting upon his legs.
Armin Zöggeler is the only athlete to have won one medal in a single individual event in six Olympics (furthermore consecutive).

Athletes who won at least two gold medals or three medals in total are listed below.

Athlete NOC Event Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
Armin Zöggeler  Italy (ITA) Men's singles 1994–2014 2 1 3 6
Georg Hackl  West Germany (FRG)
 Germany (GER)		 Men's singles 1988–2006 3 2 0 5
Jan Behrendt  East Germany (GDR)
 Germany (GER)		 Doubles 1988–1998 2 1 1 4
Stefan Krausse  East Germany (GDR)
 Germany (GER)		 Doubles 1988–1998 2 1 1 4
Klaus Bonsack  United Team of Germany (EUA)
 East Germany (GDR)		 Men's singles
Doubles		 1964–1972 1 1 2 4
Thomas Köhler  United Team of Germany (EUA)
 East Germany (GDR)		 Men's singles
Doubles		 1964–1968 2 1 0 3
Paul Hildgartner  Italy (ITA) Men's singles
Doubles		 1972–1988 2 1 0 3
Hans Rinn  East Germany (GDR) Men's singles
Doubles		 1976–1980 2 0 1 3
Silke Kraushaar  Germany (GER) Women's singles 1998–2006 1 1 1 3
Markus Prock  Austria (AUT) Men's singles 1984–2002 0 2 1 3
Norbert Hahn  East Germany (GDR) Doubles 1976–1980 2 0 0 2
Steffi Martin  East Germany (GDR) Women's singles 1984–1988 2 0 0 2
Sylke Otto  Germany (GER) Women's singles 1992
2002–2006		 2 0 0 2
Andreas Linger  Austria (AUT) Doubles 2006–2014 2 1 0 3
Wolfgang Linger  Austria (AUT) Doubles 2006–2014 2 1 0 3
Felix Loch  Germany (GER) Men's singles
Team relay		 2010–2014 3 0 0 3
Natalie Geisenberger  Germany (GER) Women's singles
Team relay		 2010–2014 2 0 1 3
Tatjana Hüfner  Germany (GER) Women's singles 2006–2014 1 1 1 3
Tobias Arlt  Germany (GER) Doubles
Team relay		 2014 2 0 0 2
Tobias Wendl  Germany (GER) Doubles
Team relay		 2014 2 0 0 2
Albert Demchenko  Russia (RUS) Men's singles
Team relay		 1994–2014 0 3 0 3
Andris Šics  Latvia (LAT) Doubles
Team relay		 2006–2014 0 1 2 3
Juris Šics  Latvia (LAT) Doubles
Team relay		 2006–2014 0 1 2 3

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Germany (GER) 15 9 7 31
2  East Germany (GDR) 13 8 8 29
3  Italy (ITA) 7 4 6 17
4  Austria (AUT) 5 7 7 19
5  United 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  Russia (RUS) 0 3 0 3
9  United States (USA) 0 2 3 5
10  Latvia (LAT) 0 1 3 4
Total 44 42 43 129

Number of lugers by nation

Nation 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 Years
 Argentina (ARG)                 1 1 1 2 1 1 6
 Australia (AUS)                 1 1 1 1 1 5
 Austria (AUT)                 9 9 8 7 10 7 7 7 8 8 10 10 9 10 14
 Bermuda (BER)                 1 1 1 1 4
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)                 2 1 2
 Brazil (BRA)                 2 2
 Bulgaria (BUL)                 3 3 2 1 2 1 6
 Canada (CAN)                 1 7 4 8 4 2 9 6 2 2 7 10 10 8 14
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)                 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 8
 Czech Republic (CZE)                 2 4 4 4 4
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)                 6 6 4 3 3 2 4 7
 East Germany (GDR)                 8 9 9 9 10 10 6
 Estonia (EST)                 1 2 2
 France (FRA)                 5 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 8
 Georgia (GEO)                 2 1 1
 Germany (GER)                 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 7
 Great Britain (GBR)                 2 2 6 4 7 4 4 2 1 1 2 1 12
 Greece (GRE)                 2 1 2
 India (IND)                 1 1 1 1 4
 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)                 1 1
 Italy (ITA)                 7 9 9 8 9 9 9 8 8 10 10 9 8 10 14
 Japan (JPN)                 7 5 2 4 5 3 3 6 4 5 3 1 12
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)                 1 1
 Latvia (LAT)                 6 8 10 8 8 10 9 7
 Liechtenstein (LIE)                 3 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 8
 Moldova (MDA)                 1 1 1 1 4
22x20px Netherlands Antilles (AHO)                 1 1
 New Zealand (NZL)                 1 1 2
 Norway (NOR)                 4 2 3 7 2 2 3 3 8
 Philippines (PHI)                 1 1
 Poland (POL)                 8 9 8 8 2 2 2 3 2 5 10
 Puerto Rico (PUR)                 1 2 2
 Romania (ROU)                 4 3 1 3 4 3 4 4 7 2 10
 Russia (RUS)                 8 7 10 10 10 10 6
 Slovakia (SVK)                 2 1 4 6 5 6 6
 Slovenia (SLO)                 1 1 2
 South Korea (KOR)                 3 3 1 1 4 5
 Soviet Union (URS)                 7 6 7 10 10 5
 Spain (ESP)                 4 1 1 3
 Sweden (SWE)                 5 5 4 2 2 3 5 3 2 9
 Switzerland (SUI)                 9 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 8
 Tonga (TGA)                 1 1
 Ukraine (UKR)                 3 6 4 6 6 6 6
 Unified Team (EUN)                 10 1
 United Team of Germany (EUA)                 9 1
 United States (USA)                 9 8 10 9 10 9 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 14
 Venezuela (VEN)                 1 4 1 3
 Virgin Islands (ISV)                 1 2 2 1 2 5
 West Germany (FRG)                 8 10 8 7 8 7 6
 Yugoslavia (YUG)                 3 2 2
Nations - - - - - - - - 12 14 13 16 14 17 22 22 25 24 26 24 24 24 49
Lugers - - - - - - - - 68 85 83 94 80 81 90 89 92 93 110 108 107 108 772
Year 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 14

See also

References

External links

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