FIL European Luge Championships 1978

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The FIL European Luge Championships 1978 took place in Hammarstrand, Sweden for the third time after hosting the event previously in 1970 and 1976.

Hammarstrand Place in Jämtland, Sweden

Hammarstrand is a locality and the seat of Ragunda Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden with 1,052 inhabitants in 2010. The town is host to a bobsleigh and luge track. It was built on the dry bed of the former lake Ragundasjön, which drained suddenly catastrophically in 1796.

Sweden constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

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The FIL European Luge Championships 1970 took place in Hammarstrand, Sweden. This event was dominated by the rise of the East German team, who won six of the nine available medals at this championship. It was the first time the championships were held after being cancelled in 1968 and 1969 which were also the last cancellation of the European championships.

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Men's singles

Medal Athlete Time
GoldFlag of Italy.svg  Paul Hildgartner  (ITA)
SilverFlag of the German Democratic Republic.svg  Hans Rinn  (GDR)
BronzeFlag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Vladimir Shitov  (URS)

Women's singles

Medal Athlete Time
GoldFlag of Germany.svg  Elisabeth Demleitner  (FRG)
SilverFlag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Anna Mayevskaya  (URS)
BronzeFlag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Vera Zozula  (URS)

Men's doubles

Medal Athlete Time
GoldFlag of the German Democratic Republic.svg  East Germany (Hans Rinn, Norbert Hahn)
SilverFlag of the German Democratic Republic.svg  East Germany (Bernd Hahn, Ulrich Hahn)
BronzeFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia (Jindrich Zeman, Vladimir Resl)

Czechoslovakia earned their first championship medal since 1939.

Czechoslovakia 1918–1992 country in Central Europe, predecessor of the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Czechoslovakia, or Czecho-Slovakia, was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993.

The FIL European Luge Championships 1939 took place in Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia for the second time under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing under their "Section de Luge", a trend that would continue until the International Luge Federation (FIL) was formed in 1957. Reichenberg hosted the first European championships in 1914. It would also mark the last time these championships would be held prior to the outbreak of World War II later that year.

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of the German Democratic Republic.svg  East Germany 1 2 0 3
2 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1 0 0 1
2 Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1 0 0 1
4 Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 0 1 2 3
5 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 0 0 1 1

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