FIL European Luge Championships 1988

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The FIL European Luge Championships 1988 took place in Königssee, West Germany for a record fifth time after hosting the event previously in 1967, 1972, 1973, and 1977. The mixed team event debuted at these championships with two runs from men's singles, two runs from women's singles, and one run from men's doubles.

Schönau am Königsee Place in Bavaria, Germany

Schönau am Königssee is a municipality in the district of Berchtesgadener Land in the German state of Bavaria. It is located at the northern end of the Königssee lake.

West Germany Federal Republic of Germany in the years 1949–1990

West Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, and referred to by historians as the Bonn Republic, was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1949 to 1990, when the western portion of Germany was part of the Western bloc during the Cold War. It was created during the Allied occupation of Germany in 1949 after World War II, established from eleven states formed in the three Allied zones of occupation held by the United States, the United Kingdom and France. Its capital was the city of Bonn.

The FIL European Luge Championships 1967 took place in Königssee, West Germany. It was the first time the championships were held after being cancelled from 1963 to 1966.

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Men's singles

Medal Athlete Time
GoldFlag of Germany.svg  Georg Hackl  (FRG)
SilverFlag of Austria.svg  Markus Prock  (AUT)
BronzeFlag of Germany.svg  Johannes Schettel  (FRG)

Women's singles

Medal Athlete Time
GoldFlag of the German Democratic Republic.svg  Ute Oberhoffner-Weiss  (GDR)
SilverFlag of Germany.svg  Veronika Bilgeri  (FRG)
BronzeFlag of the German Democratic Republic.svg  Cerstin Schmidt  (GDR)

Men's doubles

Medal Athlete Time
GoldFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany (Thomas Schwab, Wolfgang Staudinger)
SilverFlag of Italy.svg  Italy (Hansjörg Raffl, Norbert Huber)
BronzeFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (Yevgeniy Belusov, Aleksandr Belyakov)

Mixed team

Medal Athlete Time
GoldFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany (Georg Hackl, Johannes Schettel, Kerstin Langkopf, Veronika Bilgeri, Thomas Schwab, Wolfgang Staudinger)
SilverFlag of the German Democratic Republic.svg  East Germany (Michael Walter, Jens Müller, Cerstin Schmidt, Ute Oberhoffner-Weiss, Marco Ernst, Olaf Paschold)
BronzeFlag of Italy.svg  Italy (Norbert Huber, Paul Hildgartner, Marie-Luise Rainer, Gerda Weissensteiner, Hansjörg Raffl)

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 3 1 1 5
2 Flag of the German Democratic Republic.svg  East Germany 1 1 1 3
3 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0 1 1 2
4 Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0 1 0 1
5 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 0 0 1 1

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