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

Singles| men| women|
Doubles| | | open

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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

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### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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

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Event[1] | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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 (GER)
Stefan Krauße
Jan Behrendt | 1:41.105  |  United States (USA)
Chris Thorpe
Gordy Sheer | 1:41.127  |  United States (USA)
Mark Grimmette
Brian Martin | 1:41.217

## Participating NOCs

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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

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1. ^ a b c d "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.

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Events at the 1998 Winter Olympics (Nagano)

* Alpine skiing
* Biathlon
* Bobsleigh
* Cross-country skiing
* Curling
* Figure skating
* Freestyle skiing
* Ice hockey
* Luge
* Nordic combined
* Short-track speed skating
* Ski jumping
* Snowboarding
* Speed skating

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