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Asian Luge Championship (Asian Luge Cup before 2015) is annual luge competition for Asian countries, which held since 1998. There are men's and women's single events and men's double event. Most part of editions of Asian Luge Championship held by Spiral track at Nagano, Japan.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 |  Hidenari Kanayama (JPN) |  Shiva Keshavan (IND) |  Kim Dong-hyeon (KOR) |
| 2016 | Shiva Keshavan (IND) | Shohei Tanaka (JPN) |  Lien Te-An (TPE) |
| 2017 | Shiva Keshavan (IND) | Lien Te-An (TPE) | Kang Doung Kyu (KOR) |
| 2018 | Shiva Keshavan (IND) | Lien Te-An (TPE) | Kang Doung Kyu (KOR) |
| 2018–2021 | Not held | ||
| 2022 | Seiya Kobayasi (JPN) |  Li Jing (CHN) | Liu Shaonan (CHN) |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Choi Eun-Ju (KOR)} | Sung Eun-Ryung (KOR) | — |
| 2016 | Not held | ||
| 2017 | Sung Eun-Ryung (KOR) |  Anastassiya Bogacheva (KAZ) | Choi Eun-Ju (KOR) |
| 2018–2021 | Not held | ||
| 2022 | Wang Jiaxue (CHN) | Zhou Liangztting (CHN) | Zhao Jiaying (CHN) |
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Nagano 1998, was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the nearby mountain communities of Hakuba, Karuizawa, Nozawa Onsen, and Yamanouchi. The city of Nagano had previously been a candidate to host the 1940 Winter Olympics, as well as the 1972 Winter Olympics, but had been eliminated at the national level by Sapporo on both occasions.
Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Spiral. The competition took place between 8 and 11 February 1998.
Nagano Olympic Memorial Arena, or M-Wave, is a covered speed skating oval in the city of Nagano, Japan. M-Wave, which opened in November, 1996, was constructed for the speed skating events at the 1998 Winter Olympics. It was Japan's first International Skating Union (ISU) standard indoor 400m double-track, and only second indoor track speed skating in Japan. The other, Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval, is located in Obihiro, Hokkaido.
The FIL World Luge Championships, part of the International Luge Federation (FIL) have taken place on an almost annual basis in non-Winter Olympics years since 1955. These championships are shown for artificial tracks. See FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships for all natural track events that have taken place since 1979.
Iizuna is a town located in the Kamiminochi District of norther Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 March 2019, the town had an estimated population of 11,115 in 4187 households, and a population density of 150 persons per km2. the total area of the town is 75.00 square kilometres (28.96 sq mi).
Bermuda sent a delegation to compete at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan from 7–22 February 1998. This marked the territory's third appearance at a Winter Olympic Games with their first coming in the 1992 Albertville Games. Bermuda's delegation consisted of a single athlete, the luge competitor Patrick Singleton. In the men's singles, he came in 27th place.
Venezuela sent a delegation to compete in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan from 7–22 February 1998. The delegation consisted of a single luge competitor, Iginia Boccalandro. In the women's singles she came in 28th place out of 29 competitors.
The International Luge Federation is the main international federation for all luge sports. Founded by 13 nations at Davos, Switzerland in 1957, it has members of 53 national luge associations as of 2009 and is based in Berchtesgaden, Germany. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, in March 2022 the FIL banned all Russian athletes, coaches, and officials from its events, suspended all Russian officials appointed to its Commissions and Working Groups, and deemed Russia ineligible to host any of its events.
The FIL World Luge Championships 2004 took place February 13-15, 2004 at the Spiral track in Nagano, Japan. This marked the first time the event took place in Asia.
Josef "Sepp" Lenz was a West German luger who competed in the 1960s. He won the gold medal in the men's singles event at the 1962 FIL European Luge championships in Weissenbach, Austria.
Shiva Keshavan, is a six-time Olympian and the first Indian representative to compete in luge at the Winter Olympic Games. He set a new Asian speed record at 134.3 km/h (83.5 mph) after beating the previous record of 131.9 km/h (82.0 mph) and won a gold medal in the 2011 Asian Luge Cup at Nagano in Japan.
Shigeaki Ushijima is a Japanese luger who has competed since 1996. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 16th in the men's singles event at Nagano in 1998.
The Spiral is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Iizuna village, located north of Nagano, Japan. Used for the bobsleigh and luge competitions for the 1998 Winter Olympics, it is the first permanent bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Asia and the first of its type in the world with two or more uphill sections. It is officially referred to as the Nagano Bobsleigh-Luge Park in Japan.
The All Japan Bobsleigh Championships are annual bobsledding championships organized by the Japan Bobsleigh and Luge Federation (JBLF) at the Spiral in Nagano, Japan. They were first held in 1938.
For the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, a total of twelve sports venues were used. A thirteenth venue which was a reserved luge course was constructed, but never used in actual competition. Construction on all of the venues used took place between 1968 and early 1971 in time for the test events. The Tsuskisamu Indoor Skating Rink was not completed until late 1971 or early 1972 because the number of teams scheduled to compete at the 1972 Games was not known. At the actual luge venue used, a malfunctioning starting gate during the first run led to the results being cancelled and rerun being ordered. The results of this event led to the only tie in Olympic luge history. The ski jumps at Miyanomori and Okurayama served as host venues for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships thirty-five years later.
For the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, a total of fifteen sports venues were used. Nagano had attempted twice to host the Winter Olympics, losing out to Sapporo, host of the 1972 Winter Olympics. The third time, in 1991, Nagano edged out Salt Lake City to host the 1998 Games. The biathlon venue was adjusted in accordance with the Washington Convention over endangered species. The biggest venue controversy was at Happo'one resort on the length of the men's downhill and the battle that ensued to the point where skiing officials threatened to pull the event entirely before a compromise was reached three months before the Olympics. M-Wave has hosted three World Speed Skating Championships since the Olympics, while the Spiral has hosted a couple of world championships in bobsleigh, luge and skeleton.
Sapporo Teine (サッポロテイネ) is a recreational center in Teine-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. It comprises many facilities, such as the ski resort, the Teineyama Ropeway, and the Sapporo Teine Golf Club fields.
The men's singles luge competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano was held on 8 and 9 February, at Spiral.
The Women's singles luge competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano was held on 10 and 11 February, at Spiral.
The Doubles luge competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano was held on 13 February, at Spiral.
