Luge at the Winter Olympics explained

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Luge is a winter sport featured at the Winter Olympic Games where a competitor or two-person team rides a flat sled while lying supine (face up) and feet first. The sport is usually contested on a specially designed ice track that allows gravity to increase the sled's speed. The winner normally completes the route with the fastest overall time. It was first contested at the 1964 Winter Olympics, with both men's and women's events and a doubles event. Doubles is technically considered an open event since 1994, but only men have competed in it.[1] [2] [3] German lugers (competing under the IOC country codes of EUA, GDR, FRG and GER at different times since 1964) have dominated the competition, winning 87 medals of 153 possible.

Summary

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Events

Event 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 Year
Men's singles 17
Men’s doubles 17
Women's singles 17
Women's doubles 1
Team relay 4
Total events 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5

Medal leaders

Athletes who won at least two gold medals or three medals in total are listed below.

AthleteNOCEventOlympicsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Women's singles
Team relay
2010–20226 0 1 7
Doubles
Team relay
2014–20226 0 0 6
Doubles
Team relay
2014–20226 0 0 6
Men's singles1994–20142 1 3 6

Men's singles1988–20063 2 0 5

Doubles1988–19982 1 1 4

Doubles1988–19982 1 1 4

Men's singles
Doubles
1964–19721 1 2 4
Men's singles
Team relay
2010–20143 0 0 3

Men's singles
Doubles
1964–19682 1 0 3
Men's singles
Doubles
1972–19882 1 0 3
Doubles2006–20142 1 0 3
Doubles2006–20142 1 0 3
Men's singles
Doubles
1976–19802 0 1 3
Women's singles1998–20061 1 1 3
Women's singles2006–20141 1 1 3
Men's singles
Team relay
1994–20140 3 0 3
Men's singles1984–20020 2 1 3
Doubles
Team relay
2006–20140 1 2 3
Doubles
Team relay
2006–20140 1 2 3
Doubles1976–19802 0 0 2
Women's singles1984–19882 0 0 2
Women's singles1992
2002–2006
2 0 0 2

Medal table

Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics):[4]
Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics.

Note: two gold medals handed in the 1972 doubles competition.

Number of lugers by nation

Nations - - - - - - - - 12 14 13 16 14 17 22 22 25 24 26 24 24 24 24 26
Lugers - - - - - - - - 68 85 83 94 80 81 90 89 92 93 110 108 110 108 110 106

See also

References

Specific

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Luge . Australian Olympic Committee . February 16, 2018.
  2. Web site: Women & the Winter Olympics . topend sports . February 16, 2018.
  3. Web site: Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang . fil-luge.org . February 16, 2018.
  4. Web site: Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries . olympanalyt.com . 2022-02-20.