Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck. The competition took place between 4 and 7 February 1976.[1][2]

Luge
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
VenueOlympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
Dates4–7 February
Competitors94 from 16 nations
Luge at the
1976 Winter Olympics
Singlesmenwomen
Doublesmen

Medal summary

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 East Germany3115
2 West Germany0213
3 Austria0011
Totals (3 nations)3339

Germany dominated the medal table with eight medals (with an exception of an Austrian bronze medal), including an East German sweep of the gold medals.[1]

Events
Event[1] Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
Dettlef Günther
 East Germany		3:27.688 Josef Fendt
 West Germany		3:28.196 Hans Rinn
 East Germany		3:28.574
Women's singles
Margit Schumann
 East Germany		2:50.621 Ute Rührold
 East Germany		2:50.846 Elisabeth Demleitner
 West Germany		2:51.056
Doubles
 East Germany (GDR)
Hans Rinn
Norbert Hahn		1:25.604  West Germany (FRG)
Hans Brandner
Balthasar Schwarm		1:25.889  Austria (AUT)
Rudolf Schmid
Franz Schachner		1:25.919

Participating NOCs

Sixteen nations participated in Luge at the Innsbruck Games. Chinese Taipei made their Olympic luge debut.[1]

References
  1. "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  2. "Luge at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
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