FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1998

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The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1998 took place in Rautavaara, Finland. It marked the first time the championships were held outside of the traditional locations of Austria, Germany, or Italy.

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[edit] Men's singles

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Flag of Italy Reinhard Gruber (ITA)
Silver Flag of Italy Martin Gruber (ITA)
Bronze Flag of Italy Anton Blasbichler (ITA)

Reinhard Gruber ended Gerhard Pilz's reign of five straight World Championships in men's singles natural track luge.

[edit] Women's singles

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Flag of Russia Lyubov Panyutina (RUS)
Silver Flag of Italy Christa Gietl (ITA)
Bronze Flag of Italy Sonja Steinacher (ITA)

Panyutina won her third medal of the championships in the 1990s representing her third different country (1990: bronze for the Soviet Union, 1992: gold for the Commonwealth of Independent States).

[edit] Men's doubles

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Flag of Austria (Andi Kütz, Helmut Kütz) (AUT)
Silver Flag of Italy (Manfred Graber, Hubert Burger) (ITA)
Bronze Flag of Austria (Reinhard Beer, Herbert Kögl) (AUT)

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of Italy Italy 1 3 2 6
2 Flag of Austria Austria 1 0 1 2
3 Flag of Russia Russia 1 0 0 1

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