Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Luge
at the IX Olympic Winter Games
Luge pictogram.svg
VenueOlympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
Dates30 January – 4 February
Competitors68 from 12 nations
1968 →

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United Team of Germany2215
2 Austria1113
3 Italy0011
Totals (3 entries)3339

Germany won five of the nine medals available, including two gold medals.

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
details
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
details
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
details
 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.


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