Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Luge; at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run
Dates	13–16 February
Competitors	80 from 14 nations

Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run. The competition took place between 13 and 16 February 1980.[1][2]

Medal summary


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany	2	1	0	3
2	Soviet Union	1	0	1	2
3	Italy	0	2	0	2
4	Austria	0	0	1	1
4	West Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		3	3	3	9

East Germany led the medal table with three medals, two gold.[1]

Event[1]	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's singles	Bernhard Glass East Germany	2:54.796	Paul Hildgartner Italy	2:55.372	Anton Winkler West Germany	2:56.545
Women's singles	Vera Zozuļa Soviet Union	2:36.537	Melitta Sollmann East Germany	2:37.657	Ingrīda Amantova Soviet Union	2:37.817
Doubles	East Germany (GDR) Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn	1:19.331	Italy (ITA) Peter Gschnitzer Karl Brunner	1:19.606	Austria (AUT) Georg Fluckinger Karl Schrott	1:19.795

Fourteen nations participated in Luge at the Lake Placid Games. Romania made their Olympic luge debut.[1]

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"The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
"Luge at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

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