| Luxembourg at the 1936 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | LUX |
| NOC | Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Garmisch-Partenkirchen | |
| Competitors | 4 (men) in 2 sports |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Luxembourg competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The nation returned to the Winter Games after missing the 1932 Winter Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||||
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| Time | Rank | Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Total points | Rank | ||
| Raoul Weckbecker | Combined | DNF | – | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| LUX-1 | Raoul Weckbecker Géza Wertheim | Two-man | 1:45.41 | 23 | 1:33.95 | 23 | 1:35.96 | 22 | 1:37.47 | 22 | 6:32.79 | 22 |
| LUX-2 | Henri Koch Gustav Wagner | Two-man | 1:42.02 | 22 | 1:31.91 | 21 | 1:29.76 | 12 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as St. Moritz 1948, were a winter multi-sport event held from 30 January to 8 February 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the first to be celebrated after World War II; it had been twelve years since the last Winter Games in 1936.
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