Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics explained

Event:	Luge
Games:	1998 Winter
Venue:	Spiral
Dates:	8–11 February
Num Events:	3
Competitors:	93
Nations:	24
Prev:	1994
Next:	2002

Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Spiral. The competition took place between 8 and 11 February 1998.^{[1] [2]}

Medal summary

Medal table

Germany led the medal table, with five medals, including a sweep of the gold medals. The two medals for the United States, both in the doubles event, were the first won by a country outside of Europe or the Soviet Union.

Events

Men's singles		3:18.436		3:18.939		3:19.093
Women's singles		3:23.779		3:23.781		3:24.253
Doubles	Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt	1:41.105	Chris Thorpe Gordy Sheer	1:41.127		1:41.217

Participating NOCs

Twenty-four nations participated in Luge at the Nagano Games. India, South Korea, New Zealand and Venezuela made their Olympic luge debuts.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3 . LA84 Foundation . Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee . 1998 . 30 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202657/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf . 26 February 2008.
2. Web site: Luge at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041406/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/LUG/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 8 April 2020 . Sports Reference.