FIL European Luge Championships 1978

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The FIL European Luge Championships 1978 took place in Hammarstrand, Sweden for the third time after hosting the event previously in 1970 and 1976.

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[edit] Men's singles

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Flag of Italy Paul Hildgartner (ITA)
Silver Flag of the German Democratic Republic Hans Rinn (GDR)
Bronze Flag of the Soviet Union Vladimir Zhitov (URS)

[edit] Women's singles

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Flag of Germany Elisabeth Demleitner (FRG)
Silver Flag of the Soviet Union Anna Mayevskaya (URS)
Bronze Flag of the Soviet Union Vera Zozula (URS)

[edit] Men's doubles

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Flag of the German Democratic Republic (Hans Rinn, Norbert Hahn) (GDR)
Silver Flag of the German Democratic Republic (Bernd Hahn, Ulrich Hahn) (GDR)
Bronze Flag of Czechoslovakia (Jindrich Zeman, Vladimir Resl) (TCH)

Czechoslovakia earned their first championship medal since 1939.

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany 1 2 0 3
2 Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union 0 1 2 3
3 Flag of Italy Italy 1 0 0 1
4 Flag of West Germany West Germany 1 0 0 1
5 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 0 0 1 1

[edit] References