Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Luge at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run
Dates	13–16 February 1980
Competitors	80 from 14 nations
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Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run. The competition took place between 13 and 16 February 1980. ^{[1] [2]}

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany	2	1	0	3
2	Soviet Union	1	0	1	2
3	Italy	0	2	0	2
4	Austria	0	0	1	1
	West Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		3	3	3	9

East Germany led the medal table with three medals, two gold. ^[1]

Events

Event [1]	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's singles details	Bernhard Glass   East Germany	2:54.796	Paul Hildgartner   Italy	2:55.372	Anton Winkler   West Germany	2:56.545
Women's singles details	Vera Zozuļa   Soviet Union	2:36.537	Melitta Sollmann   East Germany	2:37.657	Ingrīda Amantova   Soviet Union	2:37.817
Doubles details	East Germany Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn	1:19.331	Italy Peter Gschnitzer Karl Brunner	1:19.606	Austria Georg Fluckinger Karl Schrott	1:19.795

Participating NOCs

Fourteen nations participated in Luge at the Lake Placid Games. Romania made their Olympic luge debut. ^[1]

•   Austria  (10)
•   Canada  (4)
•   West Germany  (7)
•   Great Britain  (7)
•   East Germany  (9)
•   Italy  (9)
•   Japan  (2)
•   Liechtenstein  (2)
•   Romania  (4)
•   Switzerland  (2)
•   Sweden  (4)
•   Czechoslovakia  (3)
•   Soviet Union  (7)
•   United States  (10)

References

1. "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
2. "Luge at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.