Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Luge at the IX Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
Dates	30 January – 4 February 1964
Competitors	68 from 12 nations
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Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck. The competition took place between 30 January and 4 February 1964. ^[1]

This was the first appearance of Luge in the Winter Olympics. It was originally scheduled to be added in 1960, but as there was no venue built for it in Squaw Valley, the sport's debut came in 1964. ^[2]

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United Team of Germany	2	2	1	5
2	Austria	1	1	1	3
3	Italy	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		3	3	3	9

Germany won five of the nine medals available, including two gold medals. ^[1]

Events

Event [1]	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's singles details	Thomas Köhler   United Team of Germany	3:26.77	Klaus Bonsack   United Team of Germany	3:27.04	Hans Plenk   United Team of Germany	3:30.15
Women's singles details	Ortrun Enderlein   United Team of Germany	3:24.67	Ilse Geisler   United Team of Germany	3:27.42	Leni Thurner   Austria	3:29.06
Doubles details	Austria  (AUT) Josef Feistmantl Manfred Stengl	1:41.62	Austria  (AUT) Reinhold Senn Helmut Thaler	1:41.91	Italy  (ITA) Walter Aussendorfer Sigisfredo Mair	1:42.87

Participating NOCs

Twelve nations participated in Luge at the Innsbruck Games. ^[1]

•   Argentina  (1)
•   Austria  (9)
•   Canada  (1)
•   Czechoslovakia  (6)
•   United Team of Germany  (9)
•   Great Britain  (2)
•   Italy  (7)
•   Liechtenstein  (3)
•   Norway  (4)
•   Poland  (8)
•   Switzerland  (9)
•   United States  (9)

References

1. "Offizieller Bericht der IX. Olympischen Winterspiele Innsbruck 1964" (PDF). Austrian Federal Publishing House for Instruction, Science and Art, Vienna and Munich. LA84 Foundation. 1964. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
2. "Luge at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.