Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Luge
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueSarajevo Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track
Dates9-12 February
Competitors81 from 17 nations

Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Sarajevo Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track. The competition took place between February 9 and February 12, 1984.[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

[1]

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 East Germany 1 1 2 4
2 West Germany 1 0 0 1
2 Italy 1 0 0 1
4 Soviet Union 0 2 1 3
Total 3 3 3 9

East Germany led the medal table with four medals, one gold.

Events

[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
 Paul Hildgartner
Italy (ITA)
3:04.549  Sergey Danilin
Soviet Union (URS)
3:04.962  Valery Dudin
Soviet Union (URS)
3:05.012
Women's singles
 Steffi Walter-Martin
East Germany (GDR)
2:46.570  Bettina Schmidt
East Germany (GDR)
2:46.873  Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß
East Germany (GDR)
2:47.248
Doubles
 West Germany (FRG)
Hans Stanggassinger
Franz Wembacher
1:23.620  Soviet Union (URS)
Yevgeny Belousov
Aleksandr Belyakov
1:23.660  East Germany (GDR)
Jörg Hoffmann
Jochen Pietzsch
1:23.887

Participating NOCs

[1]

Seventeen nations participated in Luge at the Sarajevo Games. Puerto Rico and Yugoslavia made their Olympic luge debuts.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Sarajevo 1984 Official Report". Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. Retrieved January 20, 2014.

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