Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Luge at the IX Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck |
Dates | 30 January – 4 February |
Competitors | 68 from 12 nations |
Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics | ||
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Singles | men | women |
Doubles | men | |
Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck. The competition took place between 30 January and 4 February 1964.
This was the first appearance of Luge in the Winter Olympics. It was originally scheduled to be added in 1960, but as there was no venue built for it in Squaw Valley, the sport's debut came in 1964.
Medal summary
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United Team of Germany | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
2 | Austria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Germany won five of the nine medals available, including two gold medals.
Events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's singles |
Thomas Köhler United Team of Germany |
3:26.77 | Klaus-Michael Bonsack United Team of Germany |
3:27.04 | Hans Plenk United Team of Germany |
3:30.15 |
Women's singles |
Ortrun Enderlein United Team of Germany |
3:24.67 | Ilse Geisler United Team of Germany |
3:27.42 | Leni Thurner Austria |
3:29.06 |
Doubles |
Austria (AUT) Josef Feistmantl Manfred Stengl |
1:41.62 | Austria (AUT) Reinhold Senn Helmut Thaler |
1:41.91 | Italy (ITA) Walter Außendorfer Sigisfredo Mair |
1:42.87 |
Participating NOCs
Twelve nations participated in Luge at the Innsbruck Games.
- Argentina (1)
- Austria (9)
- Canada (1)
- Great Britain (2)
- United Team of Germany (9)
- Italy (7)
- Liechtenstein (3)
- Norway (4)
- Poland (8)
- Switzerland (9)
- Czechoslovakia (6)
- United States (9)