Major achievements in luge by nation

This article contains lists of achievements in major senior-level international luge tournaments according to first-place, second-place and third-place results obtained by teams representing different nations. The objective is not to create combined medal tables; the focus is on listing the best positions achieved by teams in major international tournaments, ranking the nations according to the most number of podiums accomplished by teams of these nations.

Results

For the making of these lists, results from following major international tournaments were consulted:

Governing body Tournament Track
FIL & IOC Luge at the Winter Olympics (since 1964, quadrennially) Artificial track
FIL FIL World Luge Championships (since 1955, annually) Artificial track
Luge World Cup (since 1977, annually[a]) Artificial track
FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships (since 1979, biennially) Natural track

Medals earned by athletes from defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are NOT merged with the results achieved by their immediate successor states. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) do NOT combine medals of these nations or teams.[1]

The conventions used on this table are M for men's singles event, MSp for men's sprint event, W for women's singles event, WSp for women's sprint event, D for doubles event, DSp for doubles' sprint event, T for mixed team event.

The tables are pre-sorted by total number of first-place results, second-place results and third-place results, respectively. When equal ranks are given, nations are listed in alphabetical order.

Artificial and natural track events

All competitive disciplines

Last updated after the 2018โ€“19 Luge World Cup (As of 16 July 2019)
Artificial track Natural track Number of
Olympic Games World Championships World Cup World Championships
Rk. Nation M W D T M W D T MSp WSp DSp M W D T M W D T 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  Austria 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 15 2 1 18
2  Italy 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 15 0 2 17
3  Germany 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 15 0 0 15
4  Russia 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 8 0 13
5  United States 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 7 1 12
6  Soviet Union* 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 3 2 11
7  East Germany* 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 10 0 0 10
8  West Germany* 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 2 0 9
9  Latvia 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 4 4 8
10  Canada 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 3 2 7
11  Poland 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 0 1 4
12  Switzerland 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 1 0 3
13  United Team of Germany* 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 0 0 2
14  Czechoslovakia* 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 0 2 2
15  CIS* 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
15  Norway 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
17  Liechtenstein 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 0 1 1
17  Ukraine 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 0 1 1

*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.

Artificial track events

All competitive disciplines

Last updated after the 2018โ€“19 Luge World Cup (As of 16 July 2019)
Artificial track Number of
Olympic Games World Championships World Cup
Rk. Nation M W D T M W D T MSp WSp DSp M W D T 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  Germany 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 15 0 0 15
2  Austria 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 11 2 1 14
3  Italy 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 11 0 2 13
4  United States 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 7 1 12
5  East Germany* 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 10 0 0 10
6  Soviet Union* 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 3 1 10
7  West Germany* 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 2 0 9
8  Russia 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 6 0 9
9  Latvia 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 4 4 8
10  Canada 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 3 2 7
11  Poland 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 0 0 3
12  Switzerland 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 1 0 3
13  United Team of Germany* 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 0 0 2
14  Czechoslovakia* 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 0 2 2
15  Norway 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
16  Liechtenstein 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 0 1 1
16  Ukraine 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 0 1 1

*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.

Men

Last updated after the 2018โ€“19 Luge World Cup (As of 16 July 2019)
Artificial track Number of
Olympic Games World Championships World Cup
Rk. Nation Men's singles Men's singles Men's sprint Men's singles 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  Austria 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 0 0 4
1  Germany 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 0 0 4
3  Italy 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 0 1 4
4  Russia 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 2 0 4
5  East Germany* 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 0 0 3
6  West Germany* 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 1 0 3
7  Soviet Union* 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 2 0 3
8  United States 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 2 0 3
9  Latvia 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 1 1 2
10  Canada 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
10  Norway 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
10  Poland 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
10  United Team of Germany* 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
14  Switzerland 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 1 0 1
15  Liechtenstein 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 0 1 1

*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.

Women

Last updated after the 2018โ€“19 Luge World Cup (As of 16 July 2019)
Artificial track Number of
Olympic Games World Championships World Cup
Rk. Nation Women's singles Women's singles Women's sprint Women's singles 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  Germany 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 0 0 4
2  United States 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 1 1 4
3  Austria 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 0 0 3
3  East Germany* 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 0 0 3
3  Italy 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 0 0 3
3  Soviet Union* 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 0 0 3
7  West Germany* 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 1 0 3
8  Canada 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 1 2 3
9  Switzerland 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 0 0 2
10  Russia 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 2 0 2
11  Poland 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
11  United Team of Germany* 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
13  Czechoslovakia* 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 0 1 1
13  Ukraine 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 0 1 1

*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.

Doubles

Last updated after the 2018โ€“19 Luge World Cup (As of 16 July 2019)
Artificial track Number of
Olympic Games World Championships World Cup
Rk. Nation Doubles Doubles Doubles' sprint Doubles 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  Germany 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 0 0 4
2  Austria 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 1 0 4
3  Italy 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 0 1 4
4  East Germany* 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 0 0 3
4  West Germany* 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 0 0 3
6  Soviet Union* 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 1 0 3
7  United States 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 2 0 3
8  Latvia 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 1 2 3
9  Poland 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
10  Czechoslovakia* 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 0 1 1

*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.

Mixed team

Last updated after the 2018โ€“19 Luge World Cup (As of 16 July 2019)
Artificial track Number of
Olympic Games World Championships World Cup
Rk. Nation Mixed team Mixed team Mixed team 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  Germany 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 0 0 3
2  Canada 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 2 0 3
2  Russia 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 2 0 3
4  Austria 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 1 1 3
5  Latvia 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 2 1 3
6  Italy 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 0 0 2
7  United States 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 2 0 2
8  East Germany* 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
9  Soviet Union* 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 0 1 1

*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.

Natural track events

All competitive disciplines

Last updated after the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2019 (As of 16 July 2019)
Natural track Number of
World Championships
Rk. Nation Men's singles Women's singles Doubles Mixed team 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  Austria 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 0 0 4
1  Italy 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 0 0 4
3  Russia 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 2 0 4
4  CIS* 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 0 0 1
5  Poland 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 0 1 1
5  Soviet Union* 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 0 1 1

*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The FIL World Luge Championships have taken place on an almost annual basis in non-Winter Olympics years since 1955.

References

General

Specific

  1. ^ "Olympic Results, Gold Medalists and Official Records". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 November 2018.