Men's singles
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Georg Hackl (FRG) | |
| Silver |  Markus Prock (AUT) | |
| Bronze |  Jens Müller (GDR) |
Hackl becomes the first person to win the world championships in consecutive years in this event.
The FIL World Luge Championships 1990 took place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Georg Hackl (FRG) | |
| Silver | Markus Prock (AUT) | |
| Bronze | Jens Müller (GDR) |
Hackl becomes the first person to win the world championships in consecutive years in this event.
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Gabriele Kohlisch (GDR) | |
| Silver |  Yuliya Antipova (URS) | |
| Bronze | Jana Bode (FRG) |
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Italy (Hansjorg Raffl, Norbert Huber) | |
| Silver | Italy (Kurt Brugger, Wilfried Huber) | |
| Bronze | East Germany (Jörg Hoffmann, Jochen Pietzsch) |
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | East Germany (Jens Müller, Thomas Jacob, Gabriele Kohlisch, Susi Erdmann, Jörg Hoffmann, Jochen Pietzsch) | |
| Silver | Italy (Arnold Huber, Norbert Huber, Nadia Prinoth, Gerda Weissensteiner, Hansjorg Raffl) | |
| Bronze | Soviet Union (Sergey Danilin, Andrey Rochilov, Yuliya Antipova, Natalya Yakuchenko, Igor Lobanov, Genadiy Belikov) |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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