Luge at the XII Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck |
Dates | 4–7 February |
Competitors | 94 from 16 nations |
Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics | ||
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Singles | men | women |
Doubles | men | |
Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck. The competition took place between 4 and 7 February 1976. [1] [2]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | East Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2 | West Germany | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Germany dominated the medal table with eight medals (with an exception of an Austrian bronze medal), including an East German sweep of the gold medals. [1]
Event [1] | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's singles |
Dettlef Günther East Germany |
3:27.688 |
Josef Fendt West Germany |
3:28.196 |
Hans Rinn East Germany |
3:28.574 |
Women's singles |
Margit Schumann East Germany |
2:50.621 |
Ute Rührold East Germany |
2:50.846 |
Elisabeth Demleitner West Germany |
2:51.056 |
Doubles |
East Germany (GDR) Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn |
1:25.604 |
West Germany (FRG) Hans Brandner Balthasar Schwarm |
1:25.889 |
Austria (AUT) Rudolf Schmid Franz Schachner |
1:25.919 |
Sixteen nations participated in Luge at the Innsbruck Games. Chinese Taipei made their Olympic luge debut. [1]