Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck. The competition took place between 30 January and 4 February 1964.[1]

Luge
at the IX Olympic Winter Games
VenueOlympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
Dates30 January – 4 February
Competitors68 from 12 nations
1968 →

This was the first appearance of Luge in the Winter Olympics. It was originally scheduled to be added in 1960, but as there was no venue built for it in Squaw Valley, the sport's debut came in 1964.[2]

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United Team of Germany2215
2  Austria1113
3  Italy0011
Totals (3 entries)3339

Germany won five of the nine medals available, including two gold medals.[1]

Events

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Event[1] Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
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Thomas Köhler
  United Team of Germany
3:26.77 Klaus Bonsack
  United Team of Germany
3:27.04 Hans Plenk
  United Team of Germany
3:30.15
Women's singles
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Ortrun Enderlein
  United Team of Germany
3:24.67 Ilse Geisler
  United Team of Germany
3:27.42 Leni Thurner
  Austria
3:29.06
Doubles
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  Austria (AUT)
Josef Feistmantl
Manfred Stengl
1:41.62   Austria (AUT)
Reinhold Senn
Helmut Thaler
1:41.91   Italy (ITA)
Walter Aussendorfer
Sigisfredo Mair
1:42.87

Participating NOCs

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Twelve nations participated in Luge at the Innsbruck Games.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Offizieller Bericht der IX. Olympischen Winterspiele Innsbruck 1964" (PDF). Austrian Federal Publishing House for Instruction, Science and Art, Vienna and Munich. LA84 Foundation. 1964. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Luge at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.