FIL World Luge Championships 1960

The FIL World Luge Championships 1960 took place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany. This was an extraordinary event because a luge track was not constructed for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.

Men's singles

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Helmut Berndt (GER)
Silver  Reinhold Frosch (AUT)
Bronze  Hans Plenk (GER)

Women's singles

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Maria Isser (AUT)
Silver  Hannelore Possmoser (AUT)
Bronze  Erika Leitner (ITA)

Doubles

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Austria (Reinhold Frosch, Ewald Walch)
Silver  Austria (Herbert Thaler, Helmut Thaler)
Bronze  West Germany (Horst Tiedge, Hans Plenk)

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Austria 2 3 0 5
2  West Germany 1 0 2 3
3  Italy 0 0 1 1

References