Luge at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Spiral |
Dates | 8–11 February |
No. of events | 3 |
Competitors | 93 from 24 nations |
Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics | |||
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Singles | men | women | |
Doubles | open | ||
Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Spiral. The competition took place between 8 and 11 February 1998. [1] [2]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2 | United States | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (4 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Germany led the medal table, with five medals, including a sweep of the gold medals. The two medals for the United States, both in the doubles event, were the first won by a country outside of Europe or the Soviet Union. [1]
Event [1] | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's singles |
Georg Hackl Germany |
3:18.436 |
Armin Zöggeler Italy |
3:18.939 |
Jens Müller Germany |
3:19.093 |
Women's singles |
Silke Kraushaar Germany |
3:23.779 |
Barbara Niedernhuber Germany |
3:23.781 |
Angelika Neuner Austria |
3:24.253 |
Doubles |
Germany (GER) Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt |
1:41.105 |
United States (USA) Chris Thorpe Gordy Sheer |
1:41.127 |
United States (USA) Mark Grimmette Brian Martin |
1:41.217 |
Twenty-four nations participated in Luge at the Nagano Games. India, South Korea, New Zealand and Venezuela made their Olympic luge debuts. [1]