Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Luge at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Spiral
Dates	8–11 February 1998
No. of events	3
Competitors	93 from 24 nations
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Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Spiral. The competition took place between 8 and 11 February 1998. ^{[1] [2]}

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	3	1	1	5
2	United States	0	1	1	2
3	Italy	0	1	0	1
4	Austria	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		3	3	3	9

Germany led the medal table, with five medals, including a sweep of the gold medals. The two medals for the United States, both in the doubles event, were the first won by a country outside of Europe or the Soviet Union. ^[1]

Events

Event [1]	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's singles details	Georg Hackl   Germany	3:18.436	Armin Zöggeler   Italy	3:18.939	Jens Müller   Germany	3:19.093
Women's singles details	Silke Kraushaar   Germany	3:23.779	Barbara Niedernhuber   Germany	3:23.781	Angelika Neuner   Austria	3:24.253
Doubles details	Germany Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt	1:41.105	United States Chris Thorpe Gordy Sheer	1:41.127	United States Mark Grimmette Brian Martin	1:41.217

Participating NOCs

Twenty-four nations participated in Luge at the Nagano Games. India, South Korea, New Zealand and Venezuela made their Olympic luge debuts. ^[1]

•   Austria  (8)
•   Bermuda  (1)
•   Bosnia and Herzegovina  (1)
•   Canada  (2)
•   Estonia  (2)
•   Germany  (10)
•   Greece  (1)
•   India  (1)
•   Virgin Islands  (1)
•   Italy  (10)
•   Japan  (9)
•   South Korea  (3)
•   Latvia  (10)
•   New Zealand  (1)
•   Poland  (2)
•   Romania  (3)
•   Russia  (1)
•   Switzerland  (1)
•   Slovakia  (1)
•   Sweden  (3)
•   Chinese Taipei  (2)
•   Ukraine  (6)
•   United States  (10)
•   Venezuela  (1)

References

1. "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
2. "Luge at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.