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Luge at the Winter Olympics

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. Doubles is technically considered an open event since 1994, but only men have competed in it.[1][2][3] German lugers (competing under the IOC country codes of EUA, GDR, FRG and GER at different times since 1964) have dominated the competition, winning 87 medals of 153 possible.

Luge at the Winter Olympics
IOC CodeLUG
Governing bodyFIL
Events4 (men: 1; women: 1; mixed: 2)
Winter Olympics
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1932
  • 1936
  • 1948
  • 1952

Summary

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Games Year Events Best Nation
1 → 8
9 1964 3   United Team of Germany (1)
10 1968 3   East Germany (1)
11 1972 3   East Germany (2)
12 1976 3   East Germany (3)
13 1980 3   East Germany (4)
14 1984 3   East Germany (5)
15 1988 3   East Germany (6)
16 1992 3   Germany (1)
Games Year Events Best Nation
17 1994 3   Italy (1)
18 1998 3   Germany (2)
19 2002 3   Germany (3)
20 2006 3   Germany (4)
21 2010 3   Germany (5)
22 2014 4   Germany (6)
23 2018 4   Germany (7)
24 2022 4   Germany (8)
25 5

Events

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Event 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 26 Year
Men's singles • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 17
Men’s doubles • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 17
Women's singles • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 17
Women's doubles • 1
Team relay • • • • 4
Total events 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5

Medal leaders

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Natalie Geisenberger of Germany is the most successful Olympic luger, having won six gold medals and a bronze attained in four consecutive Olympics (three golds and a bronze in singles, and 3 golds in team relay).
 
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
Natalie Geisenberger   Germany (GER) Women's singles
Team relay 		2010–2022 6 0 1 7
Tobias Arlt   Germany (GER) Doubles
Team relay 		2014–2022 6 0 0 6
Tobias Wendl   Germany (GER) Doubles
Team relay 		2014–2022 6 0 0 6
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
Felix Loch   Germany (GER) Men's singles
Team relay 		2010–2014 3 0 0 3
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
Andreas Linger   Austria (AUT) Doubles 2006–2014 2 1 0 3
Wolfgang Linger   Austria (AUT) Doubles 2006–2014 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
Tatjana Hüfner   Germany (GER) Women's singles 2006–2014 1 1 1 3
Albert Demchenko   Russia (RUS) Men's singles
Team relay 		1994–2014 0 3 0 3
Markus Prock   Austria (AUT) Men's singles 1984–2002 0 2 1 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
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

Medal table

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Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics):[4]
Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany (GER)2212943
2  East Germany (GDR)138829
3  Italy (ITA)74718
4  Austria (AUT)610925
5  United Team of Germany (EUA)2215
6  West Germany (FRG)14510
7  Soviet Union (URS)1236
8  United States (USA)0336
9  Russia (RUS)0303
10  Latvia (LAT)0145
11  Canada (CAN)0112
12  ROC (ROC)0011
Totals (12 entries)525051153

Note: two gold medals handed in the 1972 doubles competition.

Number of lugers by nation

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Nation 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
  Argentina (ARG)                 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 8
  Australia (AUS)                 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
  Austria (AUT)                 9 9 8 7 10 7 7 7 8 8 10 10 9 10 10 10 16
  Bermuda (BER)                 1 1 1 1 4
  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)                 2 1 1 3
  Brazil (BRA)                 2 1
  Bulgaria (BUL)                 3 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 8
  Canada (CAN)                 1 7 4 8 4 2 9 6 2 2 7 10 10 8 8 6 16
  China (CHN)                 4 1
  Chinese Taipei (TPE)                 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 10
  Croatia (CRO)                 1 1
  Czech Republic (CZE)                 2 4 4 4 6 4 6
  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 2 1 1 4
  Germany (GER)                 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9
  Great Britain (GBR)                 2 2 6 4 7 4 4 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 14
  Greece (GRE)                 2 1 2
  India (IND)                 1 1 1 1 1 5
  Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)                 1 1
  Ireland (IRL)                 1 1
  Italy (ITA)                 7 9 9 8 9 9 9 8 8 10 10 9 8 10 9 8 16
  Japan (JPN)                 7 5 2 4 5 3 3 6 4 5 3 1 1 13
  Kazakhstan (KAZ)                 1 1 2
  Latvia (LAT)                 6 8 10 8 8 10 9 10 10 9
  Liechtenstein (LIE)                 3 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 8
  Moldova (MDA)                 1 1 1 1 1 5
  Netherlands Antilles (AHO)                 1 1
  New Zealand (NZL)                 1 1 2
  Norway (NOR)                 4 2 3 7 2 2 3 3 8
  Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)                 8 1
  Philippines (PHI)                 1 1
  Poland (POL)                 8 9 8 8 2 2 2 3 2 5 6 4 12
  Puerto Rico (PUR)                 1 2 2
  ROC                 10 1
  Romania (ROU)                 4 3 1 3 4 3 4 4 8 2 5 4 12
  Russia (RUS)                 8 7 10 10 10 10 6
  Slovakia (SVK)                 2 1 4 6 5 6 5 5 8
  Slovenia (SLO)                 1 1 1 3
  South Korea (KOR)                 3 3 1 1 4 5 5 7
  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 2 10
  Switzerland (SUI)                 9 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 10
  Tonga (TGA)                 1 1
  Ukraine (UKR)                 3 6 4 6 6 6 6 6 8
  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 10 8 16
  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 24 26
Lugers - - - - - - - - 68 85 83 94 80 81 90 89 92 93 110 108 110 108 110 106
Year 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Luge". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. ^ "Women & the Winter Olympics". topend sports. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  3. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang" (PDF). fil-luge.org. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  4. ^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
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