Luge
at the X Olympic Winter Games
VenueVillard-de-Lans
Dates11–18 February
Competitors85 from 14 nations

Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Villard-de-Lans. The competition took place between 11 and 18 February 1968.[1][2]

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 East Germany1113
2 Austria1102
3 Italy1001
4 West Germany0123
Totals (4 entries)3339

East Germany led the medal table with three medals, one of each type. This was the first separate Games for East and West Germany, and thus each country's first luge medals.[1]

Events

Event[1] Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
Manfred Schmid
 Austria		2:52.48 Thomas Köhler
 East Germany		2:52.66 Klaus Bonsack
 East Germany		2:53.33
Women's singles
[lower-alpha 1]		 Erika Lechner
 Italy		2:28.66 Christa Schmuck
 West Germany		2:29.37 Angelika Dünhaupt
 West Germany		2:29.56
Doubles
 East Germany (GDR)
Klaus Bonsack
Thomas Köhler		1:35.85  Austria (AUT)
Manfred Schmid
Ewald Walch		1:36.34  West Germany (FRG)
Wolfgang Winkler
Fritz Nachmann		1:37.29
  1. ↑ Two East Germans, Ortrun Enderlein and Anna-Maria Müller, led after three runs, but with the fourth run cancelled, were position to win medals. However, the East Germans were accused of heating the runners of their sleds, and disqualified, promoting Lechner to the gold medal position.

Participating NOCs

Fourteen nations participated in Luge at the Grenoble Games. Spain, France, Sweden and East and West Germany made their Olympic luge debuts.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Jacqueline Barasinski represented France in the women's singles event.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Luge at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jacqueline Barasinski Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
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