Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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The 1968 Winter Olympic Games Luge results

[edit] Men's singles

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Manfred Schmid (AUT) 2:52.48
Silver Thomas Köhler (GDR) 2:52.66
Bronze Klaus Bonsack (GDR) 2:53.33

[edit] Doubles

Medal Athlete Time
Gold (Klaus Bonsack, Thomas Köhler) (GDR) 1:35.85
Silver (Manfred Schmid, Ewald Walch) (AUT) 1:36.34
Bronze (Wolfgang Winkler, Fritz Nachman) (FRG) 1:37.29

With his win in the doubles, Thomas Köhler becomes the first person to win in both men's singles (1964) and doubles.

[edit] Women's singles

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Erica Lechner (ITA) 2:28.66
Silver Christa Schmuck (FRG) 2:29.37
Bronze Angelika Dünhaupt (FRG) 2:29.56

The East German team was disqualified after it was discovered they had heated their runners. Ortrun Enderlein (2:28.04) and Anna-Maria Müller (2:28.06) had their gold and silver medals stripped.


Luge at the Winter Olympics
1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006
See also: List of Olympic medalists in luge
Events at the 1968 Winter Olympics (Grenoble)
Alpine skiing • Biathlon • Bobsleigh • Cross‑country skiing • Figure skating • Ice hockey • Luge • Nordic combined • Ski jumping • Speed skating
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