FIL World Luge Championships

FIL World Luge Championships
Status	active
Genre	sports event
Date	January–February
Frequency	annual
Location	various
Inaugurated	1955 (1955)
Organised by	FIL
2025 FIL World Luge Championships

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.

Host cities

• 1955: Oslo, Norway
• 1956: Event cancelled
• 1957: Davos, Switzerland
• 1958: Krynica, Poland
• 1959: Villard-de-Lans, France
• 1960: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
• 1961: Girenbad, Switzerland
• 1962: Krynica, Poland
• 1963: Imst, Austria
• 1965: Davos, Switzerland
• 1966: Friedrichroda, East Germany (cancelled)
• 1967: Hammarstrand, Sweden
• 1969: Königssee, West Germany
• 1970: Königssee, West Germany
• 1971: Olang, Italy
• 1973: Oberhof, East Germany
• 1974: Königssee, West Germany
• 1975: Hammarstrand, Sweden
• 1977: Innsbruck, Austria
• 1978: Imst, Austria
• 1979: Königssee, West Germany
• 1981: Hammarstrand, Sweden
• 1983: Lake Placid, United States
• 1985: Oberhof, East Germany
• 1987: Innsbruck, Austria
• 1989: Winterberg, West Germany
• 1990: Calgary, Canada
• 1991: Winterberg, Germany
• 1993: Calgary, Canada
• 1995: Lillehammer, Norway
• 1996: Altenberg, Germany
• 1997: Innsbruck, Austria
• 1999: Königssee, Germany
• 2000: St. Moritz, Switzerland
• 2001: Calgary, Canada
• 2003: Sigulda, Latvia
• 2004: Nagano, Japan
• 2005: Park City, United States
• 2007: Innsbruck, Austria
• 2008: Oberhof, Germany
• 2009: Lake Placid, United States
• 2011: Cesana, Italy
• 2012: Altenberg, Germany
• 2013: Whistler, Canada
• 2015: Sigulda, Latvia
• 2016: Königssee, Germany
• 2017: Innsbruck, Austria
• 2019: Winterberg, Germany
• 2020: Sochi, Russia
• 2021: Königssee, Germany (Originally awarded to Calgary and then to Whistler, Canada)
• 2022: Winterberg, Germany (only women's doubles)
• 2023: Oberhof, Germany
• 2024: Altenberg, Germany
• 2025: Whistler, Canada

Medal winners

Numbers in brackets denotes number of victories in corresponding disciplines. Boldface denotes record number of victories.

Men's singles

Debuted: 1955.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
1955 Oslo	Anton Salvesen   Norway	Josef Thaler   Austria	Josef Isser   Austria
1957 Davos	Hans Schaller   West Germany	Bibi Torriani   Switzerland	Errich Raffl   Austria
1958 Krynica	Jerzy Wojnar   Poland	Ryszard Pędrak-Janowicz   Poland	Reinhold Frosch   Austria
1959 Villard-de-Lans	Herbert Thaler   Austria	Josef Feistmantl   Austria	David Moroder   Italy
1960 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Helmut Berndt   West Germany	Reinhold Frosch   Austria	Hans Plenk   West Germany
1961 Girenbad	Jerzy Wojnar   Poland (2)	Hans Plenk   West Germany	Reinhold Senn   Austria
1962 Krynica	Thomas Köhler   East Germany	Jerzy Wojnar   Poland	Jochen Asche   East Germany
1963 Imst	Fritz Nachmann   West Germany	Hans Plenk   West Germany	Klaus Bonsack   East Germany
1965 Davos	Hans Plenk   West Germany	Mieczysław Pawełkiewicz   Poland	Erich Graber   Italy
1967 Hammarstrand	Thomas Köhler   East Germany (2)	Klaus Bonsack   East Germany	Josef Feistmantl   Austria
1969 Königssee	Josef Feistmantl   Austria	Manfred Schmid   Austria	Wolfgang Scheidel   East Germany
1970 Königssee	Josef Fendt   West Germany	Josef Feistmantl   Austria	Wolfgang Scheidel   East Germany
1971 Olang	Karl Brunner   Italy	Leonhard Nagenrauft   West Germany	Josef Feistmantl   Austria
1973 Oberhof	Hans Rinn   East Germany	Wolfram Fiedler   East Germany	Harald Ehrig   East Germany
1974 Königssee	Josef Fendt   West Germany (2)	Hans Rinn   East Germany	Horst Müller   East Germany
1975 Hammarstrand	Wolfram Fiedler   East Germany	Manfred Schmid   Austria	Harald Ehrig   East Germany
1977 Innsbruck	Hans Rinn   East Germany (2)	Horst Müller   East Germany	Anton Winkler   West Germany
1978 Imst	Paul Hildgartner   Italy	Anton Winkler   West Germany	Manfred Schmid   Austria
1979 Königssee	Dettlef Günther   East Germany	Karl Brunner   Italy	Paul Hildgartner   Italy
1981 Hammarstrand	Sergey Danilin   Soviet Union	Michael Walter   East Germany	Ernst Haspinger   Italy
1983 Lake Placid	Miroslav Zajonc   Canada	Sergey Danilin   Soviet Union	Paul Hildgartner   Italy
1985 Oberhof	Michael Walter   East Germany	Jörg Hoffmann   East Germany	Jens Müller   East Germany
1987 Innsbruck	Markus Prock   Austria	Jens Müller   East Germany	Sergey Danilin   Soviet Union
1989 Winterberg	Georg Hackl   West Germany	Jens Müller   East Germany	Johannes Schettel   West Germany
1990 Calgary	Georg Hackl   West Germany	Markus Prock   Austria	Jens Müller   East Germany
1991 Winterberg	Arnold Huber   Italy	Georg Hackl   Germany	Markus Prock   Austria
1993 Calgary	Wendel Suckow   United States	Georg Hackl   Germany	Wilfried Huber   Italy
1995 Lillehammer	Armin Zöggeler   Italy	Georg Hackl   Germany	Markus Prock   Austria
1996 Altenberg	Markus Prock   Austria (2)	Georg Hackl   Germany	Jens Müller   Germany
1997 Innsbruck	Georg Hackl   Germany (3)	Markus Prock   Austria	Gerhard Gleirscher   Austria
1999 Königssee	Armin Zöggeler   Italy	Jens Müller   Germany	Norbert Huber   Italy
2000 St.Moritz	Jens Müller   Germany	Armin Zöggeler   Italy	Georg Hackl   Germany
2001 Calgary	Armin Zöggeler   Italy	Georg Hackl   Germany	Markus Prock   Austria
2003 Sigulda	Armin Zöggeler   Italy	Mārtiņš Rubenis   Latvia	Reiner Margreiter   Austria
2004 Nagano	David Möller   Germany	Georg Hackl   Germany	Mārtiņš Rubenis   Latvia
2005 Park City	Armin Zöggeler   Italy	Georg Hackl   Germany	David Möller   Germany
2007 Innsbruck	David Möller   Germany (2)	Armin Zöggeler   Italy	Jan Eichhorn   Germany
2008 Oberhof	Felix Loch   Germany	David Möller   Germany	Andi Langenhan   Germany
2009 Lake Placid	Felix Loch   Germany	Armin Zöggeler   Italy	Daniel Pfister   Austria
2011 Cesana	Armin Zöggeler   Italy (6)	Felix Loch   Germany	Andi Langenhan   Germany
2012 Altenberg	Felix Loch   Germany	Albert Demchenko   Russia	Armin Zöggeler   Italy
2013 Whistler	Felix Loch   Germany	Andi Langenhan   Germany	Johannes Ludwig   Germany
2015 Sigulda	Semen Pavlichenko   Russia	Felix Loch   Germany	Wolfgang Kindl   Austria
2016 Königssee	Felix Loch   Germany	Ralf Palik   Germany	Wolfgang Kindl   Austria
2017 Innsbruck	Wolfgang Kindl   Austria	Roman Repilov   Russia	Dominik Fischnaller   Italy
2019 Winterberg	Felix Loch   Germany (6)	Reinhard Egger   Austria	Semen Pavlichenko   Russia
2020 Sochi	Roman Repilov   Russia	Jonas Müller   Austria	Wolfgang Kindl   Austria
2021 Königssee	Roman Repilov (RLF) (2)	Felix Loch   Germany	David Gleirscher   Austria
2023 Oberhof	Jonas Müller   Austria	Max Langenhan   Germany	David Gleirscher   Austria
2024 Altenberg	Max Langenhan   Germany	Nico Gleirscher   Austria	Felix Loch   Germany
2025 Whistler	Max Langenhan   Germany (2)	Felix Loch   Germany	Nico Gleirscher   Austria

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	12	16	8	36
2	Italy	9	4	9	22
3	West Germany	8	4	3	15
4	East Germany	7	8	9	24
5	Austria	6	11	19	36
6	Poland	2	3	0	5
7	Russia	2	2	1	5
8	Soviet Union	1	1	1	3
9	Canada	1	0	0	1
	Norway	1	0	0	1
	Russian Luge Federation	1	0	0	1
	United States	1	0	0	1
13	Latvia	0	1	1	2
14	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
Totals (14 entries)		51	51	51	153

Women's singles

Debuted: 1955.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
1955 Oslo	Karla Kienzl   Austria	Maria Isser   Austria	Marianne Bauer   West Germany
1957 Davos	Maria Isser   Austria	Helga Müller   West Germany	Brigitte Fink   Italy
1958 Krynica	Maria Semczyszak   Poland	Helena Boettcher   Poland	Barbara Gorgoń   Poland
1959 Villard-de-Lans	Elly Lieber   Austria	Maria Isser   Austria	Agnes Neururer   Austria
1960 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Maria Isser   Austria (2)	Hannelore Possmoser   Austria	Erika Leitner   Italy
1961 Girenbad	Elisabeth Nagele   Switzerland	Marianne Winkler   West Germany	Helene Thurner   Austria
1962 Krynica	Ilse Geisler   East Germany	Gerda Rieser-Cegnar   Austria	Danuta Nycz   Poland
1963 Imst	Ilse Geisler   East Germany (2)	Helene Thurner   Austria	Janina Susczewska   Poland
1965 Davos	Ortrun Enderlein   East Germany	Petra Tierlich   East Germany	Ilse Geisler   East Germany
1967 Hammarstrand	Ortrun Enderlein   East Germany (2)	Petra Tierlich   East Germany	Helene Thurner   Austria
1969 Königssee	Petra Tierlich   East Germany	Anna-Maria Müller   East Germany	Christa Schmuck   West Germany
1970 Königssee	Barbara Piecha   Poland	Christa Schmuck   West Germany	Elisabeth Demleitner   West Germany
1971 Olang	Elisabeth Demleitner   West Germany	Erica Lechner   Italy	Barbara Piecha   Poland
1973 Oberhof	Margit Schumann   East Germany	Ute Rührold   East Germany	Eva-Maria Wernicke   East Germany
1974 Königssee	Margit Schumann   East Germany	Elisabeth Demleitner   West Germany	Ute Rührold   East Germany
1975 Hammarstrand	Margit Schumann   East Germany	Ute Rührold   East Germany	Dana Spálenská   Czechoslovakia
1977 Innsbruck	Margit Schumann   East Germany (4)	Vera Zozulya   Soviet Union	Margit Graf   Austria
1978 Imst	Vera Zozulya   Soviet Union	Andrea Fendt   West Germany	Angelika Schafferer   Austria
1979 Königssee	Melitta Sollmann   East Germany	Elisabeth Demleitner   West Germany	Marie-Luise Rainer   Italy
1981 Hammarstrand	Melitta Sollmann   East Germany (2)	Cerstin Schmidt   East Germany	Vera Zozulya   Soviet Union
1983 Lake Placid	Steffi Martin   East Germany	Melitta Sollmann   East Germany	Ute Weiß   East Germany
1985 Oberhof	Steffi Martin   East Germany (2)	Cerstin Schmidt   East Germany	Birgit Weise   East Germany
1987 Innsbruck	Cerstin Schmidt   East Germany	Gabriele Kohlisch   East Germany	Ute Oberhoffner   East Germany
1989 Winterberg	Susi Erdmann   East Germany	Gerda Weissensteiner   Italy	Ute Oberhoffner   East Germany
1990 Calgary	Gabriele Kohlisch   East Germany	Yuliya Antipova   Soviet Union	Jana Bode   West Germany
1991 Winterberg	Susi Erdmann   Germany	Gabriele Kohlisch   Germany	Jana Bode   Germany
1993 Calgary	Gerda Weissensteiner   Italy	Gabriele Kohlisch   Germany	Doris Neuner   Austria
1995 Lillehammer	Gabriele Kohlisch   Germany (2)	Susi Erdmann   Germany	Gerda Weissensteiner   Italy
1996 Altenberg	Jana Bode   Germany	Susi Erdmann   Germany	Gerda Weissensteiner   Italy
1997 Innsbruck	Susi Erdmann   Germany (3)	Jana Bode   Germany	Angelika Neuner   Austria
1999 Königssee	Sonja Wiedemann   Germany	Barbara Niedernhuber   Germany	Sylke Otto   Germany
2000 St.Moritz	Sylke Otto   Germany	Barbara Niedernhuber   Germany	Sonja Wiedemann   Germany
2001 Calgary	Sylke Otto   Germany	Silke Kraushaar   Germany	Barbara Niedernhuber   Germany
2003 Sigulda	Sylke Otto   Germany	Silke Kraushaar   Germany	Barbara Niedernhuber   Germany
2004 Nagano	Silke Kraushaar   Germany	Barbara Niedernhuber   Germany	Sylke Otto   Germany
2005 Park City	Sylke Otto   Germany (4)	Barbara Niedernhuber   Germany	Anke Wischnewski   Germany
2007 Innsbruck	Tatjana Hüfner   Germany	Anke Wischnewski   Germany	Silke Kraushaar-Pielach   Germany
2008 Oberhof	Tatjana Hüfner   Germany	Natalie Geisenberger   Germany	Silke Kraushaar-Pielach   Germany
2009 Lake Placid	Erin Hamlin   United States	Natalie Geisenberger   Germany	Natalia Yakushenko   Ukraine
2011 Cesana	Tatjana Hüfner   Germany	Natalie Geisenberger   Germany	Alex Gough   Canada
2012 Altenberg	Tatjana Hüfner   Germany	Tatiana Ivanova   Russia	Natalie Geisenberger   Germany
2013 Whistler	Natalie Geisenberger   Germany	Tatjana Hüfner   Germany	Alex Gough   Canada
2015 Sigulda	Natalie Geisenberger   Germany	Tatiana Ivanova   Russia	Tatjana Hüfner   Germany
2016 Königssee	Natalie Geisenberger   Germany	Martina Kocher   Switzerland	Tatiana Ivanova   Russia
2017 Innsbruck	Tatjana Hüfner   Germany (5)	Erin Hamlin   United States	Kimberley McRae   Canada
2019 Winterberg	Natalie Geisenberger   Germany (4)	Julia Taubitz   Germany	Emily Sweeney   United States
2020 Sochi	Ekaterina Katnikova   Russia	Julia Taubitz   Germany	Victoria Demchenko   Russia
2021 Königssee	Julia Taubitz   Germany	Natalie Geisenberger   Germany	Dajana Eitberger   Germany
2023 Oberhof	Anna Berreiter   Germany	Julia Taubitz   Germany	Dajana Eitberger   Germany
2024 Altenberg	Lisa Schulte   Austria	Julia Taubitz   Germany	Madeleine Egle   Austria
2025 Whistler	Julia Taubitz   Germany (2)	Merle Fräbel   Germany	Emily Sweeney   United States

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	22	22	13	57
2	East Germany	16	9	7	32
3	Austria	5	5	8	18
4	Poland	2	1	4	7
5	West Germany	1	6	4	11
6	Italy	1	2	5	8
7	Russia	1	2	2	5
8	Soviet Union	1	2	1	4
9	United States	1	1	2	4
10	Switzerland	1	1	0	2
11	Canada	0	0	3	3
12	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		51	51	51	153

Men's doubles

Debuted: 1955 as open event to men and women. Cancelled due to weather conditions: 1959. Changed to men's doubles: 2023.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
1955 Oslo	Hans Krausner Josef Thaler   Austria	Josef Isser Maria Isser   Austria	Josef Strillinger Fritz Nachmann   West Germany
1957 Davos	Fritz Nachmann Josef Strillinger   West Germany	Giorgio Pichler Giovanni Graber   Italy	Erich Raffl Ewald Walch   Austria
1958 Krynica	Fritz Nachmann (2) Josef Strillinger (2)   West Germany	Jerzy Koszla Janina Susczewska   Poland	Ryszard Pędrak-Janowicz Halina Lacheta   Poland
1960 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Reinhold Frosch Ewald Walch   Austria	Herbert Thaler Helmut Thaler   Austria	Horst Tiedge Hans Plenk   West Germany
1961 Girenbad	Roman Pichler Enrico Prinot   Italy	David Moroder Raimondo Prinot   Italy	Helmut Thaler Reinhold Senn   Austria
1962 Krynica	Giovanni Graber Gianpaolo Ambrosi   Italy	Fritz Nachmann Max Leo   West Germany	Manfred Novotný Petr Škrabálek   Czechoslovakia
1963 Imst	Ryszard Pędrak-Janowicz Lucjan Kudzia   Poland	Edward Fender Mieczysław Pawełkiewicz   Poland	Anton Venier Ewald Walch   Austria
1965 Davos	Wolfgang Scheidel Michael Köhler   East Germany	Klaus Bonsack Thomas Köhler   East Germany	Horst Hörnlein Rolf Fuchs   East Germany
1967 Hammarstrand	Klaus Bonsack Thomas Köhler   East Germany	Manfred Schmid Ewald Walch   Austria	Siegfried Maier Ernesto Maier   Italy
1969 Königssee	Manfred Schmid Ewald Walch   Austria	Horst Hörnlein Reinhard Bredow   East Germany	Klaus Bonsack Michael Köhler   East Germany
1970 Königssee	Manfred Schmid (2) Ewald Walch (3)   Austria	Klaus Bonsack Michael Köhler   East Germany	Horst Hörnlein Reinhard Bredow   East Germany
1971 Olang	Paul Hildgartner Walter Plaikner   Italy	Manfred Schmid Ewald Walch   Austria	Horst Hörnlein Reinhard Bredow   East Germany
1973 Oberhof	Horst Hörnlein Reinhard Bredow   East Germany	Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn   East Germany	Paul Hildgartner Walter Plaikner   Italy
1974 Königssee	Bernd Hahn Ulrich Hahn   East Germany	Henning Schulze Hans-Jörg Neumann   East Germany	Rudolf Schmid Franz Schachner   Austria
1975 Hammarstrand	Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn   East Germany	Horst Müller Hans-Jörg Neumann   East Germany	Rudolf Schmid Franz Schachner   Austria
1977 Innsbruck	Hans Rinn (2) Norbert Hahn (2)   East Germany	Karl Brunner Peter Gschnitzer   Italy	Hans Brandner Balthasar Schwarm   West Germany
1978 Imst	Dainis Bremze Aigars Kriķis   Soviet Union	Valeriy Yakushin Vladimir Shitov   Soviet Union	Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn   East Germany
1979 Königssee	Hans Brandner Balthasar Schwarm   West Germany	Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn   East Germany	Anton Winkler Franz Wembacher   West Germany
1981 Hammarstrand	Bernd Hahn (2) Ulrich Hahn (2)   East Germany	Bernd Oberhoffner Jörg-Dieter Ludwig   East Germany	Hans Stangassinger Franz Wembacher   West Germany
1983 Lake Placid	Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch   East Germany	Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber   Italy	Hans Stangassinger Franz Wembacher   West Germany
1985 Oberhof	Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch   East Germany	René Keller Lutz Kühnlenz   East Germany	Vitaliy Melnik Dmitriy Alekseyev   Soviet Union
1987 Innsbruck	Jörg Hoffmann (3) Jochen Pietzsch (3)   East Germany	Stefan Ilsanker Georg Hackl   West Germany	Thomas Schwab Wolfgang Staudinger   West Germany
1989 Winterberg	Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt   East Germany	Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber   Italy	Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch   East Germany
1990 Calgary	Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber   Italy	Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber   Italy	Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch   East Germany
1991 Winterberg	Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt   Germany	Yves Mankel Thomas Rudolph   Germany	Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber   Italy
1993 Calgary	Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt   Germany	Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber   Italy	Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber   Italy
1995 Lillehammer	Stefan Krauße (4) Jan Behrendt (4)   Germany	Chris Thorpe Gordy Sheer   United States	Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber   Italy
1996 Altenberg	Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl   Austria	Chris Thorpe Gordon Sheer   United States	Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder   Italy
1997 Innsbruck	Tobias Schiegl (2) Markus Schiegl (2)   Austria	Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt   Germany	Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller   Germany
1999 Königssee	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch   Germany	Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl   Austria	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin   United States
2000 St. Moritz	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch   Germany	Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller   Germany	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin   United States
2001 Calgary	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich   Germany	Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller   Germany	Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl   Austria
2003 Sigulda	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger   Austria	Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl   Austria	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch   Germany
2004 Nagano	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch   Germany	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich   Germany	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin   United States
2005 Park City	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich   Germany	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch   Germany	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin   United States
2007 Innsbruck	Patric Leitner (4) Alexander Resch (4)   Germany	Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl   Austria	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin   United States
2008 Oberhof	André Florschütz (3) Torsten Wustlich (3)   Germany	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt   Germany	Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl   Austria
2009 Lake Placid	Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder   Italy	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich   Germany	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin   United States
2011 Cesana	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger   Austria	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber   Italy	Andris Šics Juris Šics   Latvia
2012 Altenberg	Andreas Linger (3) Wolfgang Linger (3)   Austria	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken   Germany	Peter Penz Georg Fischler   Austria
2013 Whistler	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt   Germany	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken   Germany	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger   Austria
2015 Sigulda	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt   Germany	Peter Penz Georg Fischler   Austria	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber   Italy
2016 Königssee	Tobias Wendl (3) Tobias Arlt (3)   Germany	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken   Germany	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber   Italy
2017 Innsbruck	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken   Germany	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt   Germany	Robin Johannes Geueke David Gamm   Germany
2019 Winterberg	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken   Germany	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt   Germany	Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller   Austria
2020 Sochi	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken   Germany	Alexander Denisyev Vladislav Antonov   Russia	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt   Germany
2021 Königssee	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken   Germany	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt   Germany	Andris Šics Juris Šics   Latvia
2023 Oberhof	Toni Eggert (5) Sascha Benecken (5)   Germany	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt   Germany	Yannick Müller Armin Frauscher   Austria
2024 Altenberg	Juri Gatt Riccardo Schöpf   Austria	Thomas Steu Wolfgang Kindl   Austria	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt   Germany
2025 Whistler	Hannes Orlamünder Paul Gubitz   Germany	Mārtiņš Bots Roberts Plūme   Latvia	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt   Germany

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	19	15	6	40
2	East Germany	11	9	7	27
3	Austria	10	9	11	30
4	Italy	5	8	8	21
5	West Germany	3	2	7	12
6	Poland	1	2	1	4
7	Soviet Union	1	1	1	3
8	United States	0	2	6	8
9	Latvia	0	1	2	3
10	Russia	0	1	0	1
11	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		50	50	50	150

Women's doubles

Debuted: 2022.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
2022 Winterberg	Jessica Degenhardt Cheyenne Rosenthal   Germany	Luisa Romanenko Pauline Patz   Germany	Chevonne Forgan Sophia Kirkby   United States
2023 Oberhof	Jessica Degenhardt (2) Cheyenne Rosenthal (2)   Germany	Selina Egle Lara Kipp   Austria	Andrea Vötter Marion Oberhofer   Italy
2024 Altenberg	Selina Egle Lara Kipp   Austria	Anda Upīte Zane Kaluma   Latvia	Chevonne Forgan Sophia Kirkby   United States
2025 Whistler	Selina Egle (2) Lara Kipp (2)   Austria	Jessica Degenhardt Cheyenne Rosenthal   Germany	Dajana Eitberger Magdalena Matschina   Germany

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	2	2	1	5
2	Austria	2	1	0	3
3	Latvia	0	1	0	1
4	United States	0	0	2	2
5	Italy	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		4	4	4	12

Mixed team

Debuted: 1989 as five sleds (up to six members) per mixed team. Changed to three sleds (up to four members) per mixed team: 1999.
Changed to relay format – three sleds (four members) per mixed team: 2008. Changed to four sleds (six members) per mixed relay team: 2024.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
1989 Winterberg	Norbert Huber Gerhard Plankensteiner Gerda Weissensteiner Veronika Oberhuber Hansjörg Raffl   Italy	Jens Müller René Friedl Susi Erdmann Ute Oberhoffner Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt   East Germany	Sergey Danilin Yuri Kharchenko Yuliya Antipova Irina Kusakina Yevgeny Belousov Aleksandr Belyakov   Soviet Union
1990 Calgary	Jens Müller Thomas Jacob Gabriele Kohlisch Susi Erdmann Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch   East Germany	Arnold Huber Norbert Huber Nadia Prinoth Gerda Weissensteiner Hansjörg Raffl   Italy	Sergey Danilin Andrey Rozhkov Yuliya Antipova Natalia Yakushenko Igor Lobanov Gennady Belyakov   Soviet Union
1991 Winterberg	Georg Hackl Jens Müller Susi Erdmann Gabriele Kohlisch Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt   Germany	Robert Manzenreiter Markus Prock Doris Neuner Andrea Tagwerker Gerhard Gleirscher Markus Schmidt   Austria	Arnold Huber Gerhard Plankensteiner Natalie Obkircher Gerda Weissensteiner Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber   Italy
1993 Calgary	Georg Hackl René Friedl Gabriele Kohlisch Susi Erdmann Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt   Germany	Robert Manzenreiter Markus Prock Angelika Neuner Doris Neuner Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl   Austria	Arnold Huber Gerhard Plankensteiner Natalie Obkircher Gerda Weissensteiner Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber   Italy
1995 Lillehammer	Georg Hackl Jens Müller (3) Gabriele Kohlisch (4) Susi Erdmann (4) Stefan Krauße (3) Jan Behrendt (3)   Germany	Arnold Huber Armin Zöggeler Natalie Obkircher Gerda Weissensteiner Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber   Italy	Markus Kleinheinz Markus Prock Angelika Neuner Doris Neuner Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl   Austria
1996 Altenberg	Markus Prock Markus Schmidt Angelika Neuner Andrea Tagwerker Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl   Austria	Georg Hackl Jens Müller Jana Bode Gabriele Kohlisch Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt   Germany	Wilfried Huber Armin Zöggeler Natalie Obkircher Gerda Weissensteiner Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder   Italy
1997 Innsbruck	Markus Prock Gerhard Gleirscher Andrea Tagwerker Angelika Neuner (2) Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl   Austria	Georg Hackl Jens Müller Silke Kraushaar Sylke Otto Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt   Germany	Wilfried Huber Armin Zöggeler Natalie Obkircher Gerda Weissensteiner Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder   Italy
1999 Königssee	Markus Prock (3) Andrea Tagwerker (3) Tobias Schiegl (3) Markus Schiegl (3)   Austria	Robert Fegg Silke Kraushaar André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich   Germany	Georg Hackl Sylke Otto Patric Leitner Alexander Resch   Germany
2000 St.Moritz	Georg Hackl Silke Kraushaar Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller   Germany	Jens Müller Sylke Otto Patric Leitner Alexander Resch   Germany	Markus Prock Angelika Neuner Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl   Austria
2001 Calgary	Georg Hackl Silke Kraushaar Patric Leitner Alexander Resch   Germany	Karsten Albert Sylke Otto Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller   Germany	Tony Benshoof Becky Wilczak Mark Grimmette Brian Martin   United States
2003 Sigulda	Georg Hackl Sylke Otto Patric Leitner Alexander Resch   Germany	Mārtiņš Rubenis Anna Orlova Zigmars Berkolds Sandris Bērziņš   Latvia	Reiner Margreiter Sonja Manzenreiter Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger   Austria
2004 Nagano	David Möller Barbara Niedernhuber Patric Leitner Alexander Resch   Germany	Tony Benshoof Ashley Hayden Mark Grimmette Brian Martin   United States	Armin Zöggeler Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonova Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber   Italy
2005 Park City	Georg Hackl (7) Sylke Otto (2) André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich   Germany	Tony Benshoof Ashley Hayden Mark Grimmette Brian Martin   United States	Armin Zöggeler Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonova Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber   Italy
2007 Innsbruck	David Möller (2) Silke Kraushaar-Pielach (3) Patric Leitner (4) Alexander Resch (4)   Germany	Armin Zöggeler Sandra Gasparini Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber   Italy	Daniel Pfister Nina Reithmeyer Peter Penz Georg Fischler   Austria
2008 Oberhof	Felix Loch Tatjana Hüfner André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich   Germany	Martin Abentung Nina Reithmeyer Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl   Austria	Guntis Rēķis Maija Tīruma Andris Šics Juris Šics   Latvia
2009 Lake Placid	Felix Loch Natalie Geisenberger André Florschütz (3) Torsten Wustlich (3)   Germany	Daniel Pfister Nina Reithmeyer Peter Penz Georg Fischler   Austria	Guntis Rēķis Maija Tīruma Andris Šics Juris Šics   Latvia
2011 Cesana	Cancelled
2012 Altenberg	Tatjana Hüfner Felix Loch Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken   Germany	Tatiana Ivanova Albert Demchenko Vladislav Yuzhakov Vladimir Makhnutin   Russia	Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker Justin Snith   Canada
2013 Whistler	Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt   Germany	Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker Justin Snith   Canada	Elīza Tīruma Inārs Kivlenieks Andris Šics Juris Šics   Latvia
2015 Sigulda	Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt   Germany	Tatiana Ivanova Semen Pavlichenko Andrey Bogdanov Andrey Medvedev   Russia	Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker Justin Snith   Canada
2016 Königssee	Natalie Geisenberger (4) Felix Loch (6) Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt   Germany	Elīza Cauce Inārs Kivlenieks Andris Šics Juris Šics   Latvia	Alex Gough Mitchel Malyk Tristan Walker Justin Snith   Canada
2017 Innsbruck	Tatjana Hüfner (3) Johannes Ludwig Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken   Germany	Erin Hamlin Tucker West Matt Mortensen Jayson Terdiman   United States	Tatiana Ivanova Roman Repilov Alexander Denisyev Vladislav Antonov   Russia
2019 Winterberg	Tatiana Ivanova Semen Pavlichenko Vladislav Yuzhakov Yuri Prokhorov   Russia	Hannah Prock Reinhard Egger Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller   Austria	Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken   Germany
2020 Sochi	Julia Taubitz Johannes Ludwig (2) Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken   Germany	Kendija Aparjode Kristers Aparjods Andris Šics Juris Šics   Latvia	Summer Britcher Tucker West Chris Mazdzer Jayson Terdiman   United States
2021 Königssee	Madeleine Egle David Gleirscher Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller   Austria	Julia Taubitz Felix Loch Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken   Germany	Kendija Aparjode Artūrs Dārznieks Andris Šics Juris Šics   Latvia
2023 Oberhof	Anna Berreiter Max Langenhan Toni Eggert (4) Sascha Benecken (4)   Germany	Madeleine Egle Jonas Müller Yannick Müller Armin Frauscher   Austria	Kendija Aparjode Kristers Aparjods Mārtiņš Bots Roberts Plūme   Latvia
2024 Altenberg	Julia Taubitz Tobias Wendl (4) Tobias Arlt (4) Max Langenhan Dajana Eitberger Saskia Schirmer   Germany	Summer Britcher Dana Kellogg Frank Ike Tucker West Chevonne Forgan Sophia Kirkby   United States	Elīna Ieva Vītola Mārtiņš Bots Roberts Plūme Kristers Aparjods Anda Upīte Zane Kaluma   Latvia
2025 Whistler	Julia Taubitz (3) Hannes Orlamünder Paul Gubitz Max Langenhan (3) Jessica Degenhardt Cheyenne Rosenthal   Germany	Madeleine Egle Thomas Steu Wolfgang Kindl Nico Gleirscher Selina Egle Lara Kipp   Austria	Embyr-Lee Susko Devin Wardrope Cole Zajanski Theo Downey Beattie Podulsky Kailey Allan   Canada

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	20	6	2	28
2	Austria	4	7	4	15
3	Italy	1	3	6	10
4	Russia	1	2	1	4
5	East Germany	1	1	0	2
6	United States	0	4	2	6
7	Latvia	0	3	6	9
8	Canada	0	1	4	5
9	Soviet Union	0	0	2	2
Totals (9 entries)		27	27	27	81

Mixed singles

Debuted: 2025 as two sleds (two members) per mixed relay team.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
2025 Whistler	Max Langenhan Julia Taubitz   Germany	Jonathan Gustafson Emily Sweeney   United States	David Gleirscher Madeleine Egle   Austria

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	1	0	0	1
2	United States	0	1	0	1
3	Austria	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		1	1	1	3

Mixed doubles

Debuted: 2025 as two sleds (four members) per mixed relay team.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
2025 Whistler	Thomas Steu Wolfgang Kindl Selina Egle Lara Kipp   Austria	Hannes Orlamünder Paul Gubitz Dajana Eitberger Magdalena Matschina   Germany	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Jessica Degenhardt Cheyenne Rosenthal   Germany

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria	1	0	0	1
2	Germany	0	1	1	2
Totals (2 entries)		1	1	1	3

Men's sprint

Debuted: 2016. Discontinued: 2024.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
2016 Königssee	Felix Loch   Germany	Andi Langenhan   Germany	Ralf Palik   Germany
2017 Innsbruck	Wolfgang Kindl   Austria	Roman Repilov   Russia	Dominik Fischnaller   Italy
2019 Winterberg	Jonas Müller   Austria	Felix Loch   Germany	Semen Pavlichenko   Russia
2020 Sochi	Roman Repilov   Russia	David Gleirscher   Austria	Dominik Fischnaller   Italy
2021 Königssee	Nico Gleirscher   Austria	Semen Pavlichenko (RLF)	David Gleirscher   Austria
2023 Oberhof	Felix Loch   Germany (2)	Jonas Müller   Austria	Max Langenhan   Germany
2024 Altenberg	David Gleirscher   Austria	Max Langenhan   Germany	Kristers Aparjods   Latvia

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria	4	2	1	7
2	Germany	2	3	2	7
3	Russia	1	1	1	3
4	Russian Luge Federation	0	1	0	1
5	Italy	0	0	2	2
6	Latvia	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		7	7	7	21

Women's sprint

Debuted: 2016. Discontinued: 2024.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
2016 Königssee	Martina Kocher   Switzerland	Natalie Geisenberger   Germany	Dajana Eitberger   Germany
2017 Innsbruck	Erin Hamlin   United States	Martina Kocher   Switzerland	Tatjana Hüfner   Germany
2019 Winterberg	Natalie Geisenberger   Germany	Julia Taubitz   Germany	Dajana Eitberger   Germany
2020 Sochi	Ekaterina Katnikova   Russia	Tatiana Ivanova   Russia	Elīza Cauce   Latvia
2021 Königssee	Julia Taubitz   Germany	Anna Berreiter   Germany	Dajana Eitberger   Germany
2023 Oberhof	Dajana Eitberger   Germany	Julia Taubitz   Germany	Anna Berreiter   Germany
2024 Altenberg	Julia Taubitz   Germany (2)	Natalie Maag   Switzerland	Elīna Ieva Vītola   Latvia

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	4	4	5	13
2	Switzerland	1	2	0	3
3	Russia	1	1	0	2
4	United States	1	0	0	1
5	Latvia	0	0	2	2
Totals (5 entries)		7	7	7	21

Men's doubles' sprint

Debuted: 2016 as open event to men and women. Changed to men's doubles' sprint: 2023. Discontinued: 2024.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
2016 Königssee	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt   Germany	Peter Penz Georg Fischler   Austria	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber   Italy
2017 Innsbruck	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt   Germany	Peter Penz Georg Fischler   Austria	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken   Germany
2019 Winterberg	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken   Germany	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt   Germany	Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller   Austria
2020 Sochi	Alexander Denisyev Vladislav Antonov   Russia	Emanuel Rieder Simon Kainzwaldner   Italy	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt   Germany
2021 Königssee	Tobias Wendl (3) Tobias Arlt (3)   Germany	Andris Šics Juris Šics   Latvia	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken   Germany
2023 Oberhof	Toni Eggert (2) Sascha Benecken (2)   Germany	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt   Germany	Yannick Müller Armin Frauscher   Austria
2024 Altenberg	Mārtiņš Bots Roberts Plūme   Latvia	Thomas Steu Wolfgang Kindl   Austria	Juri Gatt Riccardo Schöpf   Austria

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	5	2	3	10
2	Latvia	1	1	0	2
3	Russia	1	0	0	1
4	Austria	0	3	3	6
5	Italy	0	1	1	2
Totals (5 entries)		7	7	7	21

Women's doubles' sprint

Debuted: 2023. Discontinued: 2024.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
2023 Oberhof	Jessica Degenhardt Cheyenne Rosenthal   Germany	Selina Egle Lara Kipp   Austria	Andrea Vötter Marion Oberhofer   Italy
2024 Altenberg	Andrea Vötter Marion Oberhofer   Italy	Anda Upīte Zane Kaluma   Latvia	Marta Robežniece Kitija Bogdanova   Latvia

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	1	0	1	2
2	Germany	1	0	0	1
3	Latvia	0	1	1	2
4	Austria	0	1	0	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

Medal table

Updated after the 2025 FIL World Luge Championships.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	88	71	41	200
2	East Germany	35	27	23	85
3	Austria	32	39	47	118
4	Italy	17	18	33	68
5	West Germany	12	12	14	38
6	Russia	7	9	5	21
7	Poland	5	6	5	16
8	United States	3	8	12	23
9	Soviet Union	3	4	5	12
10	Switzerland	2	4	0	6
11	Latvia	1	8	13	22
12	Canada	1	1	7	9
13	Russian Luge Federation	1	1	0	2
14	Norway	1	0	0	1
15	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	2
16	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		208	208	208	624

Multiple medalists

Boldface denotes active lugers and highest medal count among all lugers (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Men

Rank	Luger	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Felix Loch	Germany	2008	2025	14	6	2	22
2	Sascha Benecken	Germany	2012	2023	11	4	3	18
	Toni Eggert	Germany	2012	2023	11	4	3	18
4	Georg Hackl	West Germany   Germany	1987	2005	10	10	2	22
5	Tobias Arlt	Germany	2008	2025	10	7	5	22
	Tobias Wendl	Germany	2008	2025	10	7	5	22
7	Patric Leitner	Germany	1999	2007	8	2	2	12
	Alexander Resch	Germany	1999	2007	8	2	2	12
9	Jan Behrendt	East Germany   Germany	1989	1997	7	4	–	11
	Stefan Krauße	East Germany   Germany	1989	1997	7	4	–	11

Women

Rank	Luger	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Natalie Geisenberger	Germany	2008	2021	9	5	2	16
2	Julia Taubitz	Germany	2019	2025	8	7	–	15
3	Tatjana Hüfner	Germany	2007	2017	8	1	2	11
4	Susi Erdmann	East Germany   Germany	1989	1997	7	3	–	10
5	Gabriele Kohlisch	East Germany   Germany	1987	1996	6	4	–	10
6	Sylke Otto	Germany	1997	2005	6	3	3	12
7	Silke Kraushaar-Pielach	Germany	1997	2008	4	4	2	10
8	Jessica Degenhardt	Germany	2022	2025	4	1	1	6
	Cheyenne Rosenthal	Germany	2022	2025	4	1	1	6
10	Margit Schumann	East Germany	1973	1977	4	–	–	4

References

• Overall Winners World Championship
• FIL-Luge.org list of World luge champions. (in German) – Accessed 31 January 2008.
• "Luge and Olympism". Olympic Review. December 1983. p. 862.
• Doubles World Champions
• Men's singles World Champions
• Mixed teams World Champions
• Women's singles World Champions ^{[ permanent dead link ]}