Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Luge
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
VenueCanada Olympic Park
Dates14–19 February
Competitors90 from 22 nations
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Luge at the
1988 Winter Olympics
Singlesmenwomen
Doublesdoubles

Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Canada Olympic Park. The competition took place between 14 and 19 February 1988.[1][2]

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 East Germany3216
2 West Germany0112
3 Soviet Union0011
Totals (3 entries)3339

East Germany won all three gold medals, and six medals overall. All three countries that won medals in Calgary were participating in their last Winter Olympics, the two Germanys unifying and the Soviet Union splitting up before 1992.[1]

Events

Event[1] Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
details 		Jens Müller
 East Germany		 3:05.548 Georg Hackl
 West Germany		 3:05.916 Yury Kharchenko
 Soviet Union		 3:06.274
Women's singles
details 		Steffi Walter-Martin
 East Germany		 3:03.973 Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß
 East Germany		 3:04.105 Cerstin Schmidt
 East Germany		 3:04.181
Doubles
details 		 East Germany (GDR)
Jörg Hoffmann
Jochen Pietzsch		 1:31.940  East Germany (GDR)
Stefan Krauße
Jan Behrendt		 1:32.039  West Germany (FRG)
Thomas Schwab
Wolfgang Staudinger		 1:32.274

Participating NOCs

Twenty-three nations participated in Luge at the Calgary Games. The Netherlands Antilles, Bulgaria, the Philippines and the US Virgin Islands made their Olympic luge debuts.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Luge at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.