The FIL European Luge Championships 1971 took place in Imst, Austria for the second time after having previously hosted the championships in 1956. A record four countries won medals at these championships.
Men's singles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold |  Horst Hörnlein (GDR)
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| Silver | Wolfgang Scheidel (GDR)
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| Bronze |  Manfred Schmid (AUT)
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Women's singles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold |  Erika Lechner (ITA)
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| Silver | Angela Knösel (GDR)
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| Bronze |  Barbara Piecha (POL)
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Men's doubles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | Italy (Paul Hildgartner, Walter Plaikner)
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| Silver | Austria (Manfred Schmid, Ewald Walch)
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| Bronze | Poland (Tadeusz Radwan, Janusz Krawczyk)
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Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |