List of Olympic medalists in luge

Main article: Luge at the Winter Olympics

Four smiling people carrying medals around their neck are aligned shoulder-to-shoulder in an outdoor location with pine trees in the background. On the left, a man wears a shiny jacket and winter cap. Next to him, a second man with short dark hair wears a dark jacket with a badge. The third person is a woman wearing a jacket and an embroidered winter cap, and holds a trophy in her hands. The last person, on the right, is another man, also wearing a jacket and a winter cap.

Olympic medalists from East Germany at the 1988 Winter Olympics: Jörg Hoffmann (far left) and Jochen Pietzsch (second from left), doubles champions; Cerstin Schmidt (second from right), women's singles bronze medalist; and Jens Müller (far right), gold medalist in the men's singles.

Luge is one of the seven Olympic sports currently contested at the Winter Olympic Games.^[1] It has been a constant presence in the Olympic program since its introduction at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria,^[2] in the form of three events: men's singles, women's singles, and doubles.^{[lower-alpha 1]} A mixed team relay event was contested for the first time at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.^[4]

History

German luger Georg Hackl is the overall medal leader in the sport, having collected a total of five medals (three golds and two silvers) in the men's singles, during the six Winter Games in which he competed (1988–2006).^[5] Following his victory at the 1992 Winter Olympics, Hackl was the first male luger to successfully defend an Olympic title, in 1994.^[5] By repeating this feat in Nagano 1998, he joined two other men (Swedish figure skater Gillis Grafström and German skier Ulrich Wehling) and two women (Norwegian figure skater Sonja Henie and American speed skater Bonnie Blair) who had won the same individual event in three consecutive Olympic Games. Hackl was also the first-ever Olympian to win at least one medal in five consecutive Olympics.^[5] This effort was matched by Armin Zöggeler of Italy, who won his fifth straight Olympic medal (bronze) in the men's singles at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. In 2002, Zöggeler outperformed Hackl and prevented him from reaching a unique fourth successive gold medal. Four years later, in Turin, Zöggeler became the second male luger to win back-to-back titles. Ten-time World Cup champion Markus Prock of Austria never fulfilled his success at Olympic level: in 1992 and 1994, Prock beat Georg Hackl to the World Cup title,^[6] but ended up losing the Olympic gold medal to the German.

In the women's event, Germany's Silke Kraushaar leads the medal count with three, one of each color. Steffi Martin and Sylke Otto—at 36, the oldest female individual gold medalist at the Winter Games^[7]—are the only lugers with two gold medals in their career. Ortrun Enderlein, representing the Unified Team of Germany, was the first woman to win the singles event in 1964. She was on the verge of defending her title at the 1968 Grenoble Games, having the best overall time after all the runs, but was disqualified together with fellow countrywomen Anna-Maria Müller (2nd) and Angela Knösel (4th) when it was discovered that the runners in their sleds had been illegally heated before the runs.^[8] Müller made up for this by taking the gold medal at the following Games, in Sapporo, Japan.

The most successful pair in the history of the Olympic doubles event was Stefan Krausse and Jan Behrendt, who represented East Germany in 1988 and the reunified German Olympic team from 1992 to 1998, winning four medals: two golds, one silver, and one bronze. East Germany's Hans Rinn and Norbert Hahn, and Austrian brothers Andreas and Wolfgang Linger, are the other pairs to have won two times, both of them in consecutive Olympics. In 1972, two gold medals were awarded to an East German (Horst Hörnlein and Reinhard Bredow) and an Italian pair (Paul Hildgartner and Walter Plaikner), who finished with exactly the same time. To prevent similar situations in future Olympics, the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course introduced timing equipment that measured accurately to one thousandth of a second, to replace the old equipment that measured in hundredths of a second.^[9]

As of the 2010 Winter Olympics, 117 medals (40 gold, 38 silver, and 39 bronze) have been awarded to 105 lugers (53 in the singles and 52 in the doubles) representing nine National Olympic Committees (NOC).^[10] German lugers—representing the Unified Team of Germany (1964), West Germany (1968–1988), East Germany (1968–1988), and Germany (1992–2010)—have dominated this sport, collecting a total of 70 medals (27 gold, 22 silver, and 21 bronze).^[10] There were seven occasions when a single NOC filled the podium with its athletes and in all of them they were German. After the Vancouver Games, Germany is the current medal-leading NOC in the sport with 31 medals (13 gold, 10 silver, and 8 bronze), surpassing East Germany's 29 medals.^[10]

As the Italian luge team is completely recruited from South Tyrol, nearly all medal winners, except those from Soviet Union, Russia, United States and Latvia, are ethnically Germanic.

Medalists

Men's singles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1964 Innsbruck	Thomas Köhler United Team of Germany	Klaus Bonsack United Team of Germany	Hans Plenk United Team of Germany
1968 Grenoble	Manfred Schmid Austria	Thomas Köhler East Germany	Klaus Bonsack East Germany
1972 Sapporo	Wolfgang Scheidel East Germany	Harald Ehrig East Germany	Wolfram Fiedler East Germany
1976 Innsbruck	Dettlef Günther East Germany	Josef Fendt West Germany	Hans Rinn East Germany
1980 Lake Placid	Bernhard Glass East Germany	Paul Hildgartner Italy	Anton Winkler West Germany
1984 Sarajevo	Paul Hildgartner Italy	Sergey Danilin Soviet Union	Valery Dudin Soviet Union
1988 Calgary	Jens Müller East Germany	Georg Hackl West Germany	Yuri Kharchenko Soviet Union
1992 Albertville	Georg Hackl Germany	Markus Prock Austria	Markus Schmidt Austria
1994 Lillehammer	Georg Hackl Germany	Markus Prock Austria	Armin Zöggeler Italy
1998 Nagano	Georg Hackl Germany	Armin Zöggeler Italy	Jens Müller Germany
2002 Salt Lake City	Armin Zöggeler Italy	Georg Hackl Germany	Markus Prock Austria
2006 Turin	Armin Zöggeler Italy	Albert Demchenko Russia	Mārtiņš Rubenis Latvia
2010 Vancouver	Felix Loch Germany	David Möller Germany	Armin Zöggeler Italy
2014 Sochi	Felix Loch Germany	Albert Demchenko Russia	Armin Zöggeler Italy

Women's singles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1964 Innsbruck	Ortrun Enderlein United Team of Germany	Ilse Geisler United Team of Germany	Helene Thurner Austria
1968 Grenoble	Erica Lechner Italy	Christina Schmuck West Germany	Angelika Dünhaupt West Germany
1972 Sapporo	Anna-Maria Müller East Germany	Ute Rührold East Germany	Margit Schumann East Germany
1976 Innsbruck	Margit Schumann East Germany	Ute Rührold East Germany	Elisabeth Demleitner West Germany
1980 Lake Placid	Vera Zozulya Soviet Union	Melitta Sollmann East Germany	Ingrīda Amantova Soviet Union
1984 Sarajevo	Steffi Martin East Germany	Bettina Schmidt East Germany	Ute Weiss East Germany
1988 Calgary	Steffi Walter East Germany	Ute Oberhoffner East Germany	Cerstin Schmidt East Germany
1992 Albertville	Doris Neuner Austria	Angelika Neuner Austria	Susi Erdmann Germany
1994 Lillehammer	Gerda Weissensteiner Italy	Susi Erdmann Germany	Andrea Tagwerker Austria
1998 Nagano	Silke Kraushaar Germany	Barbara Niedernhuber Germany	Angelika Neuner Austria
2002 Salt Lake City	Sylke Otto Germany	Barbara Niedernhuber Germany	Silke Kraushaar Germany
2006 Turin	Sylke Otto Germany	Silke Kraushaar Germany	Tatjana Hüfner Germany
2010 Vancouver	Tatjana Hüfner Germany	Nina Reithmayer Austria	Natalie Geisenberger Germany
2014 Sochi	Natalie Geisenberger Germany	Tatjana Hüfner Germany	Erin Hamlin United States

Doubles

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1964 Innsbruck	Josef Feistmantl and Manfred Stengl Austria	Reinhold Senn and Helmut Thaler Austria	Walter Aussendorfer and Sigisfredo Mair Italy
1968 Grenoble	Klaus Bonsack and Thomas Köhler East Germany	Manfred Schmid and Ewald Walch Austria	Wolfgang Winkler and Fritz Nachmann West Germany
1972 Sapporo	Horst Hörnlein and Reinhard Bredow East Germany	None awarded	Klaus Bonsack and Wolfram Fiedler East Germany
1972 Sapporo	Paul Hildgartner and Walter Plaikner Italy	None awarded	Klaus Bonsack and Wolfram Fiedler East Germany
1976 Innsbruck	Hans Rinn and Norbert Hahn East Germany	Hans Brandner and Balthasar Schwarm West Germany	Rudolf Schmid and Franz Schachner Austria
1980 Lake Placid	Hans Rinn and Norbert Hahn East Germany	Peter Gschnitzer and Karl Brunner Italy	Georg Fluckinger and Karl Schrott Austria
1984 Sarajevo	Hans Stangassinger and Franz Wembacher West Germany	Yevgeny Belousov and Aleksandr Belyakov Soviet Union	Jörg Hoffmann and Jochen Pietzsch East Germany
1988 Calgary	Jörg Hoffmann and Jochen Pietzsch East Germany	Stefan Krausse and Jan Behrendt East Germany	Thomas Schwab and Wolfgang Staudinger West Germany
1992 Albertville	Stefan Krausse and Jan Behrendt Germany	Yves Mankel and Thomas Rudolph Germany	Hansjörg Raffl and Norbert Huber Italy
1994 Lillehammer	Kurt Brugger and Wilfried Huber Italy	Hansjörg Raffl and Norbert Huber Italy	Stefan Krausse and Jan Behrendt Germany
1998 Nagano	Stefan Krausse and Jan Behrendt Germany	Chris Thorpe and Gordon Sheer United States	Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin United States
2002 Salt Lake City	Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch Germany	Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin United States	Chris Thorpe and Clay Ives United States
2006 Turin	Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger Austria	André Florschütz and Torsten Wustlich Germany	Gerhard Plankensteiner and Oswald Haselrieder Italy
2010 Vancouver	Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger Austria	Andris Šics and Juris Šics Latvia	Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch Germany
2014 Sochi	Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt Germany	Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger Austria	Andris Šics and Juris Šics Latvia

Team relay

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2014 Sochi	Germany (GER) Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Russia (RUS) Tatiana Ivanova Albert Demchenko Alexander Denisyev Vladislav Antonov	Latvia (LAT) Elīza Tīruma Mārtiņš Rubenis Andris Šics Juris Šics

Statistics

Medal leaders

Athletes that have won at least two medals are listed below. Medalists are sorted first by the total number of medals, then successively by the number of gold, silver and bronze medals. If a tie is still verified, medalists are ordered chronologically by their first medal.

Men

Athlete	NOC	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Zöggeler, ArminArmin Zöggeler	Italy (ITA)	1994–2014	2	1	3	6
Hackl, GeorgGeorg Hackl	West Germany (FRG) Germany (GER)	1988–2002	3	2	0	5
Krausse, StefanStefan Krausse	East Germany (GDR) Germany (GER)	1988–1998	2	1	1	4
Behrendt, JanJan Behrendt	East Germany (GDR) Germany (GER)	1988–1998	2	1	1	4
Bonsack, KlausKlaus Bonsack	United Team of Germany (EUA)	1964–1972	1	1	2	4
Loch, FelixFelix Loch	Germany (GER)	2010–2014	3	0	0	3
Köhler, ThomasThomas Köhler	United Team of Germany (EUA)	1964–1968	2	1	0	3
Hildgartner, PaulPaul Hildgartner	Italy (ITA)	1972–1984	2	1	0	3
Linger, AndreasAndreas Linger	Austria (AUT)	2006–2014	2	1	0	3
Linger, WolfgangWolfgang Linger	Austria (AUT)	2006–2014	2	1	0	3
Demchenko, AlbertAlbert Demchenko	Russia (RUS)	2006–2014	0	3	0	3
Prock, MarkusMarkus Prock	Austria (AUT)	1992–2002	0	2	1	3
Šics, AndrisAndris Šics	Latvia (LAT)	2010–2014	0	1	2	3
Šics, JurisJuris Šics	Latvia (LAT)	2010–2014	0	1	2	3
Rinn, HansHans Rinn	East Germany (GDR)	1976–1980	2	0	0	2
Hahn, NorbertNorbert Hahn	East Germany (GDR)	1976–1980	2	0	0	2
Wendl, TobiasTobias Wendl	Germany (GER)	2014	2	0	0	2
Arlt, TobiasTobias Arlt	Germany (GER)	2014	2	0	0	2
Hoffmann, JörgJörg Hoffmann	East Germany (GDR)	1984–1988	1	0	1	2
Pietzsch, JochenJochen Pietzsch	East Germany (GDR)	1984–1988	1	0	1	2
Müller, JensJens Müller	East Germany (GDR) Germany (GER)	1988–1998	1	0	1	2
Leitner, PatricPatric Leitner	Germany (GER)	2002–2010	1	0	1	2
Resch, AlexanderAlexander Resch	Germany (GER)	2002–2010	1	0	1	2
Raffl, HansjörgHansjörg Raffl	Italy (ITA)	1992–1994	0	1	1	2
Huber, NorbertNorbert Huber	Italy (ITA)	1992–1994	0	1	1	2
Thorpe, ChrisChris Thorpe	United States (USA)	1998–2002	0	1	1	2
Grimmette, MarkMark Grimmette	United States (USA)	1998–2002	0	1	1	2
Martin, BrianBrian Martin	United States (USA)	1998–2002	0	1	1	2

Women

Athlete	NOC	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Geisenberger, NatalieNatalie Geisenberger	Germany (GER)	2010–2014	2	0	1	3
Kraushaar, SilkeSilke Kraushaar	Germany (GER)	1998–2006	1	1	1	3
Hüfner, TatjanaTatjana Hüfner	Germany (GER)	2006–2014	1	1	1	3
Martin, SteffiSteffi Martin	East Germany (GDR)	1984–1988	2	0	0	2
Otto, SylkeSylke Otto	Germany (GER)	2002–2006	2	0	0	2
Schumann, MargitMargit Schumann	East Germany (GDR)	1972–1976	1	0	1	2
Rührold, UteUte Rührold	East Germany (GDR)	1972–1976	0	2	0	2
Niedernhuber, BarbaraBarbara Niedernhuber	Germany (GER)	1998–2002	0	2	0	2
Erdmann, SusiSusi Erdmann	Germany (GER)	1992–1994	0	1	1	2
Neuner, AngelikaAngelika Neuner	Austria (AUT)	1992–1998	0	1	1	2

Medals per year

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Number of medals won by the NOC

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NOC did not win any medals

NOC	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	Total
Austria (AUT)	3	2	0 !–	1	1	0 !–	0 !–	4	2	1	1	1	2	1	19
United Team of Germany (EUA)	5	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	5
East Germany (GDR)	×	3	8	5	3	4	6	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	29
West Germany (FRG)	×	3	0 !–	3	1	1	2	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	10
Germany (GER)	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	4	3	5	5	4	5	5	31
Italy (ITA)	1	1	1	0 !–	2	1	0 !–	1	4	1	1	2	1	1	17
Latvia (LAT)	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	1	1	2	4
Russia (RUS)	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	1	0 !–	2	3
Soviet Union (URS)	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	2	3	1	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	6
United States (USA)	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	2	2	0 !–	0 !–	1	5

Medal sweep events

These are events in which athletes from one NOC won all three medals.

Games	Event	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1964 Innsbruck	Men's Singles	United Team of Germany (EUA)	Thomas Köhler	Klaus-Michael Bonsack	Hans Plenk
1972 Sapporo	Men's Singles *	East Germany (GDR)	Wolfgang Scheidel	Harald Ehrig	Wolfram Fiedler
1972 Sapporo	Women's Singles		Anna-Maria Müller	Ute Rührold	Margit Schumann
1984 Sarajevo	Women's Singles		Steffi Walter-Martin	Bettina Schmidt	Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß
1988 Calgary	Women's Singles		Steffi Walter-Martin	Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß	Cerstin Schmidt
2002 Salt Lake City	Women's Singles	Germany (GER)	Sylke Otto	Barbara Niedernhuber	Silke Kraushaar
2006 Turin	Women's Singles	Germany (GER)	Sylke Otto	Silke Kraushaar	Tatjana Hüfner

^* In addition to sweeping the podium, the country also had the fourth-place finisher.

Notes

↑ Technically, the doubles event is considered a mixed event, open for male, female and mixed duos, but since its debut it has been traditionally entered only by male pairs.^[3]

References

Medalists

"Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.

Citations

↑ "Luge Equipment and History". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
↑ Kubatko, Justin. "Luge at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
↑ "International Luge Federation". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
↑ "Luge: About discipline". sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
1 2 3 Kubatko, Justin. "Georg Hackl Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
↑ "Rodel Weltcup: 1977/78 bis 2008/09 Herren" (PDF). Official Website of the Fédération Internationale de Luge de course (in German). FIL. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
↑ "Records and medals at the Olympic Winter Games" (PDF). Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. October 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
↑ Kubatko, Justin. "Luge at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
↑ "Preview: Doubles luge". Canadian Luge Association. 16 February 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
1 2 3 Kubatko, Justin. "Luge". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2 April 2010.

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