Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's singles explained

Event:	Women's singles
Games:	1994 Winter
Venue:	Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track
Dates:	15–16 February
Competitors:	25
Nations:	14
Win Value:	3:15.517
Gold:	Gerda Weissensteiner
Goldnoc:	ITA
Silver:	Susi Erdmann
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Andrea Tagwerker
Bronzenoc:	AUT
Prev:	1992
Next:	1998

The Women's singles luge competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer was held on 15 and 16 February, at Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track.^{[1] [2]}

Weissensteiner, the defending world champion, had the fastest times in each of the four runs to win the gold medal. Less than three weeks later, the medal was stolen while she was at her brother's funeral when her home in Bolzano was burgled. The Olympic Organizing Committee of Lillehammer gave her a replacement.

Results

Rank	Bib	Athlete	Country	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total
	1			48.740	48.890	48.950	48.937	3:15.517
	12			48.989	48.893	49.340	49.054	3:16.276
	4			48.961	49.157	49.277	49.257	3:16.652
4	3			49.055	49.152	49.315	49.379	3:16.901
5	8			49.046	49.252	49.181	49.458	3:16.937
6	6			48.988	49.323	49.301	49.585	3:17.197
7	5			49.167	49.231	49.376	49.424	3:17.198
8	11			49.233	49.304	49.413	49.428	3:17.378
9	2			49.301	49.526	49.297	49.363	3:17.487
10	20			49.331	49.717	49.319	49.459	3:17.826
11	7			49.201	49.763	49.324	49.546	3:17.834
12	17			49.733	49.542	49.304	49.426	3:18.005
13	13			49.367	49.490	49.720	49.470	3:18.047
14	19			50.099	49.296	49.467	49.239	3:18.101
15	21			49.411	50.351	49.276	49.418	3:18.456
16	14			49.795	49.819	49.625	49.718	3:18.957
17	10			49.973	49.736	49.636	49.704	3:19.049
18	23			49.860	50.044	49.842	50.231	3:19.977
19	15			50.160	50.172	49.808	50.193	3:20.333
20	16			50.698	50.190	49.776	50.167	3:20.831
21	24			50.324	50.588	50.393	50.556	3:21.861
22	25			51.324	50.800	50.572	50.508	3:23.204
23	18			50.586	51.707	51.365	51.121	3:24.779
24	22			1:43.585	50.824	49.777	49.955	4:14.141
-	9			DNF	-	-	-	-

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3 . LA84 Foundation . Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee . 1994 . 20 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101202195105/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1994/E_BOOK4.PDF . 2 December 2010 .
2. Web site: Luge at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Women's Singles . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001507/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/LUG/womens-singles.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 7 April 2020 . Sports Reference.