Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Luge
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueSarajevo Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track
Dates9-12 February
Competitors81 from 17 nations

Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Sarajevo Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track. The competition took place between February 9 and February 12, 1984.[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

[1]

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 East Germany 1 1 2 4
2 West Germany 1 0 0 1
2 Italy 1 0 0 1
4 Soviet Union 0 2 1 3
Total 3 3 3 9

East Germany led the medal table with four medals, one gold.

Events

[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
Paul Hildgartner
 Italy
3:04.549 Sergey Danilin
 Soviet Union
3:04.962 Valery Dudin
 Soviet Union
3:05.012
Women's singles
Steffi Walter-Martin
 East Germany
2:46.570 Bettina Schmidt
 East Germany
2:46.873 Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß
 East Germany
2:47.248
Doubles
 West Germany (FRG)
Hans Stanggassinger
Franz Wembacher
1:23.620  Soviet Union (URS)
Yevgeny Belousov
Aleksandr Belyakov
1:23.660  East Germany (GDR)
Jörg Hoffmann
Jochen Pietzsch
1:23.887

Participating NOCs

[1]

Seventeen nations participated in Luge at the Sarajevo Games. Puerto Rico and Yugoslavia made their Olympic luge debuts.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sarajevo 1984 Official Report" (PDF). Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. Retrieved January 20, 2014.

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