The FIL World Luge Championships 1971 took place in Olang, Italy.

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Karl Brunner (ITA)
Silver	Leonhard Nagenrauft (GER)
Bronze	Josef Feistmantl (AUT)

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Elisabeth Demleitner (GER)
Silver	Erica Lechner (ITA)
Bronze	Barbara Piecha (POL)

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Italy (Paul Hildgartner, Walter Plaikner)
Silver	Austria (Manfred Schmid, Ewald Walch)
Bronze	East Germany (Horst Hömlein, Reinhard Bredlow)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	2	1	0	3
2	West Germany (FRG)	1	1	0	2
3	Austria (AUT)	0	1	1	2
4	East Germany (GDR)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		3	3	3	9

• Men's doubles World Champions
• Men's singles World Champions
• Women's singles World Champions^{[permanent dead link‍]}