Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics
| Luge at the XVII Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track |
| Dates | 13–18 February 1994 |
| No. of events | 3 |
| Competitors | 92 from 25 nations |
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| Singles | men | women | |
| Doubles | open | ||
Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track. The competition took place between 13 and 18 February 1994.[1][2]
Medal summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Italy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 |  Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Austria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Italy led the medal table, with its four medals the most won by that country in luge, as of 2010.[1]
Events
[edit]| Event[1] | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |
Georg Hackl Germany | 3:21.571 | Markus Prock Austria | 3:21.584 | Armin Zöggeler Italy | 3:21.833 |
| Women's singles |
Gerda Weissensteiner Italy | 3:15.517 | Susi Erdmann Germany | 3:16.276 | Andrea Tagwerker Austria | 3:16.652 |
| Doubles |
Italy Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber | 1:36.720 | Italy Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber | 1:36.769 | Germany Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt | 1:36.945 |
Participating NOCs
[edit]Twenty-five nations participated in Luge at the Lillehammer Games. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine made their Olympic luge debuts.[1]
Australia (1)- Austria (8)
Bermuda (1)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
Bulgaria (2)
Canada (2)
Estonia (1)
Great Britain (1)
Georgia (2)- Germany (10)
Greece (2)
Virgin Islands (2)- Italy (8)
Japan (3)
Latvia (8)
Liechtenstein (1)
Norway (3)
Poland (2)
Romania (4)
Russia (8)
Switzerland (1)
Slovakia (1)
Sweden (5)
Ukraine (3)
United States (10)
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ↑ "Luge at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
