FIL World Luge Championships 2007

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The FIL World Luge Championships 2007 took place February 2-4, 2007 at the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Igls, Austria for the fourth time after having hosted the event in 1977, 1987, and 1997.

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Men's singles

MedalAthleteTime
GoldFlag of Germany.svg  David Möller  (GER)1:38.052
SilverFlag of Italy.svg  Armin Zöggeler  (ITA)+0.007
BronzeFlag of Germany.svg  Jan Eichhorn  (GER)+0.111

Women's singles

MedalAthleteTime
GoldFlag of Germany.svg  Tatjana Hüfner  (GER)1:19.808
SilverFlag of Germany.svg  Anke Wischnewski  (GER)+0.140
BronzeFlag of Germany.svg  Silke Kraushaar-Pielach  (GER)+0.172

Hüfner followed her Winter Olympic bronze medal at Turin with a gold at this championship event.

Men's doubles

MedalAthleteTime
GoldFlag of Germany.svg  Germany (Patric Leitner, Alexander Resch)1:19.285
SilverFlag of Austria.svg  Austria (Tobias Schiegl, Markus Schiegl)+0.116
BronzeFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States (Mark Grimmette, Brian Martin)+0.215

Grimette and Martin of the United States won their third straight bronze medal in this event at the World Championships while Leitner and Resch won their sixth overall medal in this event in the championships, including their fourth gold. Scheigl and Schiegl also won their sixth overall medal in this event.

Mixed team

MedalAthleteTime
GoldFlag of Germany.svg  Germany (David Möller, Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, Patric Leitner, Alexander Resch)2:09.159
SilverFlag of Italy.svg  Italy (Armin Zöggeler, Sandra Gasparini, Christian Oberstolz, Patrick Gruber)+0.682
BronzeFlag of Austria.svg  Austria (Daniel Pfister, Nina Reithmeyer, Peter Penz, Georg Fischler)+0.823

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)4127
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)0202
3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)0112
4Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)0011
Totals (4 entries)44412

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