Luge at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run
Dates	13–16 February
Competitors	80 from 14 nations
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Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Singles	men	women
Doubles	men
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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

Medal table

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
	West Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		3	3	3	9

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

Events

Event [1]	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's singles details	Bernhard Glass   East Germany	2:54.796	Paul Hildgartner   Italy	2:55.372	Anton Winkler   West Germany	2:56.545
Women's singles details	Vera Zozuļa   Soviet Union	2:36.537	Melitta Sollmann   East Germany	2:37.657	Ingrīda Amantova   Soviet Union	2:37.817
Doubles details	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

Participating NOCs

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

References