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 81 medals of 141 possible.

Luge at the Winter Olympics
Governing body	FIL
Events	4 (men: 1; women: 1; mixed: 2)
Games
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Medalists

Events

Event	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	Year
Men's singles									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	15
Doubles									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	15
Women's singles									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	15
Team relay																						•	•	2
Total events									3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4

Medal leaders

Georg Hackl of Germany is the most successful Olympic luger, having won three gold medals attained in three consecutive Olympics.

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
Armin Zöggeler	Italy (ITA)	Men's singles	1994–2014	2	1	3	6
Natalie Geisenberger	Germany (GER)	Women's singles Team relay	2010–2018	4	0	1	5
Georg Hackl	West Germany (FRG)  Germany (GER)	Men's singles	1988–2006	3	2	0	5
Tobias Arlt	Germany (GER)	Doubles Team relay	2014–2018	4	0	0	4
Tobias Wendl	Germany (GER)	Doubles Team relay	2014–2018	4	0	0	4
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

Updated after 2018 Winter Olympics.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	18	10	9	37
2	East Germany (GDR)	13	8	8	29
3	Italy (ITA)	7	4	6	17
4	Austria (AUT)	6	8	8	22
5	United Team of Germany (EUA)	2	2	1	5
6	West Germany (FRG)	1	4	5	10
7	Soviet Union (URS)	1	2	3	6
8	United States (USA)	0	3	3	6
9	Russia (RUS)	0	3	0	3
10	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	3	4
11	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
Totals (11 nations)		48	46	47	141

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

Number of lugers by nation

Nation	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	Years
Argentina (ARG)									1						1	1			2	1	1		1	7
Australia (AUS)																1	1			1	1	1	1	6
Austria (AUT)									9	9	8	7	10	7	7	7	8	8	10	10	9	10	10	15
Bermuda (BER)																1	1	1	1					4
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)																	2	1						2
Brazil (BRA)																			2					2
Bulgaria (BUL)															3	3	2			1	2	1	1	7
Canada (CAN)									1	7	4	8	4	2	9	6	2	2	7	10	10	8	8	15
Chinese Taipei (TPE)												2		3	2			2	2	1	1	1	1	9
Croatia (CRO)																							1	1
Czech Republic (CZE)																			2	4	4	4	6	5
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	3
Germany (GER)																10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8
Great Britain (GBR)									2	2	6	4	7	4	4	2	1		1	2	1		2	13
Greece (GRE)																	2	1						2
India (IND)																		1	1	1	1		1	5
Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)																						1		1
Italy (ITA)									7	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	10	10	9	8	10	9	15
Japan (JPN)											7	5	2	4	5	3	3	6	4	5	3	1		12
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																						1	1	2
Latvia (LAT)																6	8	10	8	8	10	9	10	8
Liechtenstein (LIE)									3	3	1	3	2	1	1		1							8
Moldova (MDA)																			1	1	1	1		4
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	11
Puerto Rico (PUR)														1	2									2
Romania (ROU)													4	3	1	3	4	3	4	4	8	2	5	11
Russia (RUS)																	8	7	10	10	10	10		6
Slovakia (SVK)																	2	1	4	6	5	6	5	7
Slovenia (SLO)																				1	1		1	3
South Korea (KOR)																		3	3	1	1	4	5	6
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					9
Switzerland (SUI)									9				2				1	1	2	2	2	2	1	9
Tonga (TGA)																						1		1
Ukraine (UKR)																	3	6	4	6	6	6	6	7
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	15
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
Lugers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	68	85	83	94	80	81	90	89	92	93	110	108	110	108	110
Year	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	18

See also

• List of Olympic venues in luge
• List of multiple Olympic medalists in one event
• Luge at the Youth Olympic Games

References

• List of Olympic medalists in luge from the IOC. - accessed 17 February 2010.

Specific

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.

External links

Media related to Luge at the Olympics at Wikimedia Commons