FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1998

The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1998 took place in Rautavaara, Finland. It marked the first time the championships were held outside the traditional locations of Austria, Germany, or Italy.

Men's singles

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Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Reinhard Gruber (ITA)
Silver   Martin Gruber (ITA)
Bronze   Anton Blasbichler (ITA)

Reinhard Gruber ended Gerhard Pilz's reign of five straight World Championships in men's singles natural track luge.

Women's singles

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Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Lyubov Panyutina (RUS)
Silver   Christa Gietl (ITA)
Bronze   Sonja Steinacher (ITA)

Panyutina won her third medal of the championships in the 1990s representing her third different country (1990: bronze for the Soviet Union, 1992: gold for the Commonwealth of Independent States).

Men's doubles

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Medal Athlete Time
Gold   Austria (Andi Ruetz, Helmut Ruetz)
Silver   Italy (Manfred Graber, Hubert Burger)
Bronze   Austria (Reinhard Beer, Herbert Kögl)

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Italy (ITA)1326
2  Austria (AUT)1012
3  Russia (RUS)1001
Totals (3 entries)3339

References

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