List of Olympic medalists in luge
Luge is one of the seven Olympic sports currently contested at the Winter Olympic Games.[1] It has been a constant presence in the Olympic program since its introduction at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria,[2] in the form of three events: men's singles, women's singles, and doubles.[lower-alpha 1] A mixed team relay event was contested for the first time at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.[4]
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History
Italian luger Armin Zöggeler is the overall medal leader in the sport, having collected a total of six medals (two gold, one silver, and three bronze) in the men's singles, during the six Winter Games in which he competed (1994–2014). As of 2021, he is the only Olympian to receive six medals in the same event. German luger Georg Hackl was the first Olympian to receive a medal in five consecutive Olympics, from 1988-2002, including three consecutive gold medals.
In the women's event, Germany's Silke Kraushaar leads the medal count with three, one of each color. Steffi Martin and Sylke Otto—at 36, the oldest female individual gold medalist at the Winter Games[5]—are the only lugers with two gold medals in their career. Ortrun Enderlein, representing the United Team of Germany, was the first woman to win the singles event in 1964. She was on the verge of defending her title at the 1968 Grenoble Games, having the best overall time after all the runs, but was disqualified together with fellow countrywomen Anna-Maria Müller (2nd) and Angela Knösel (4th) when it was discovered that the runners in their sleds had been illegally heated before the runs.[6] Müller made up for this by taking the gold medal at the following Games, in Sapporo, Japan.
The most successful pair in the history of the Olympic doubles event was Stefan Krauße and Jan Behrendt, who represented East Germany in 1988 and the reunified German Olympic team from 1992 to 1998, winning four medals: two golds, one silver, and one bronze. East Germany's Hans Rinn and Norbert Hahn, and Austrian brothers Andreas and Wolfgang Linger, are the other pairs to have won two times, both of them in consecutive Olympics. In 1972, two gold medals were awarded to an East German (Horst Hörnlein and Reinhard Bredow) and an Italian pair (Paul Hildgartner and Walter Plaikner), who finished with exactly the same time. To prevent similar situations in future Olympics, the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course introduced timing equipment that measured accurately to one thousandth of a second, to replace the old equipment that measured in hundredths of a second.[7]
As of the 2018 Winter Olympics, 141 medals (48 gold, 46 silver, and 47 bronze, with two golds in the 1972 doubles event) have been awarded, representing 11 National Olympic Committees (NOC). German lugers—representing the United Team of Germany (1964), West Germany (1968–1988), East Germany (1968–1988), and Germany (1992–2018)—have dominated this sport, collecting a total of 81 medals. There were seven occasions when a single NOC filled the podium with its athletes and in all of them they were German. After 2018, Germany is the current medal-leading NOC in the sport with 37 medals (18 gold, 10 silver, and 9 bronze), followed by East Germany's 29 medals.
Medalists
Men's singles
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1964 Innsbruck |
Thomas Köhler![]() |
Klaus Bonsack![]() |
Hans Plenk![]() |
1968 Grenoble |
Manfred Schmid![]() |
Thomas Köhler![]() |
Klaus Bonsack![]() |
1972 Sapporo |
Wolfgang Scheidel![]() |
Harald Ehrig![]() |
Wolfram Fiedler![]() |
1976 Innsbruck |
Dettlef Günther![]() |
Josef Fendt![]() |
Hans Rinn![]() |
1980 Lake Placid |
Bernhard Glass![]() |
Paul Hildgartner![]() |
Anton Winkler![]() |
1984 Sarajevo |
Paul Hildgartner![]() |
Sergey Danilin![]() |
Valery Dudin![]() |
1988 Calgary |
Jens Müller![]() |
Georg Hackl![]() |
Yuri Kharchenko![]() |
1992 Albertville |
Georg Hackl![]() |
Markus Prock![]() |
Markus Schmidt![]() |
1994 Lillehammer |
Georg Hackl![]() |
Markus Prock![]() |
Armin Zöggeler![]() |
1998 Nagano |
Georg Hackl![]() |
Armin Zöggeler![]() |
Jens Müller![]() |
2002 Salt Lake City |
Armin Zöggeler![]() |
Georg Hackl![]() |
Markus Prock![]() |
2006 Turin |
Armin Zöggeler![]() |
Albert Demchenko![]() |
Mārtiņš Rubenis![]() |
2010 Vancouver |
Felix Loch![]() |
David Möller![]() |
Armin Zöggeler![]() |
2014 Sochi |
Felix Loch![]() |
Albert Demchenko![]() |
Armin Zöggeler![]() |
2018 Pyeongchang |
David Gleirscher![]() |
Chris Mazdzer![]() |
Johannes Ludwig![]() |
2022 Beijing |
Johannes Ludwig![]() |
Wolfgang Kindl![]() |
Dominik Fischnaller![]() |
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 10 nations | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
Women's singles
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1964 Innsbruck |
Ortrun Enderlein![]() |
Ilse Geisler![]() |
Helene Thurner![]() |
1968 Grenoble |
Erica Lechner![]() |
Christina Schmuck![]() |
Angelika Dünhaupt![]() |
1972 Sapporo |
Anna-Maria Müller![]() |
Ute Rührold![]() |
Margit Schumann![]() |
1976 Innsbruck |
Margit Schumann![]() |
Ute Rührold![]() |
Elisabeth Demleitner![]() |
1980 Lake Placid |
Vera Zozulya![]() |
Melitta Sollmann![]() |
Ingrīda Amantova![]() |
1984 Sarajevo |
Steffi Martin![]() |
Bettina Schmidt![]() |
Ute Weiss![]() |
1988 Calgary |
Steffi Walter![]() |
Ute Oberhoffner![]() |
Cerstin Schmidt![]() |
1992 Albertville |
Doris Neuner![]() |
Angelika Neuner![]() |
Susi Erdmann![]() |
1994 Lillehammer |
Gerda Weissensteiner![]() |
Susi Erdmann![]() |
Andrea Tagwerker![]() |
1998 Nagano |
Silke Kraushaar![]() |
Barbara Niedernhuber![]() |
Angelika Neuner![]() |
2002 Salt Lake City |
Sylke Otto![]() |
Barbara Niedernhuber![]() |
Silke Kraushaar![]() |
2006 Turin |
Sylke Otto![]() |
Silke Kraushaar![]() |
Tatjana Hüfner![]() |
2010 Vancouver |
Tatjana Hüfner![]() |
Nina Reithmayer![]() |
Natalie Geisenberger![]() |
2014 Sochi |
Natalie Geisenberger![]() |
Tatjana Hüfner![]() |
Erin Hamlin![]() |
2018 Pyeongchang |
Natalie Geisenberger![]() |
Dajana Eitberger![]() |
Alex Gough![]() |
2022 Beijing |
Natalie Geisenberger![]() |
Anna Berreiter![]() |
Tatiana Ivanova![]() |
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 10 nations | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
Men’s doubles
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1964 Innsbruck |
![]() and Manfred Stengl (AUT) |
![]() and Helmut Thaler (AUT) |
![]() and Sigisfredo Mair (ITA) |
1968 Grenoble |
![]() and Thomas Köhler (GDR) |
![]() and Ewald Walch (AUT) |
![]() and Fritz Nachmann (FRG) |
1972 Sapporo |
![]() and Reinhard Bredow (GDR) ![]() and Walter Plaikner (ITA) |
None awarded | ![]() and Wolfram Fiedler (GDR) |
1976 Innsbruck |
![]() and Norbert Hahn (GDR) |
![]() and Balthasar Schwarm (FRG) |
![]() and Franz Schachner (AUT) |
1980 Lake Placid |
![]() and Norbert Hahn (GDR) |
![]() and Karl Brunner (ITA) |
![]() and Karl Schrott (AUT) |
1984 Sarajevo |
![]() and Franz Wembacher (FRG) |
![]() and Aleksandr Belyakov (URS) |
![]() and Jochen Pietzsch (GDR) |
1988 Calgary |
![]() and Jochen Pietzsch (GDR) |
![]() and Jan Behrendt (GDR) |
![]() and Wolfgang Staudinger (FRG) |
1992 Albertville |
![]() and Jan Behrendt (GER) |
![]() and Thomas Rudolph (GER) |
![]() and Norbert Huber (ITA) |
1994 Lillehammer |
![]() and Wilfried Huber (ITA) |
![]() and Norbert Huber (ITA) |
![]() and Jan Behrendt (GER) |
1998 Nagano |
![]() and Jan Behrendt (GER) |
![]() and Gordon Sheer (USA) |
![]() and Brian Martin (USA) |
2002 Salt Lake City |
![]() and Alexander Resch (GER) |
![]() and Brian Martin (USA) |
![]() and Clay Ives (USA) |
2006 Turin |
![]() and Wolfgang Linger (AUT) |
![]() and Torsten Wustlich (GER) |
![]() and Oswald Haselrieder (ITA) |
2010 Vancouver |
![]() and Wolfgang Linger (AUT) |
![]() and Juris Šics (LAT) |
![]() and Alexander Resch (GER) |
2014 Sochi |
![]() and Tobias Arlt (GER) |
![]() and Wolfgang Linger (AUT) |
![]() and Juris Šics (LAT) |
2018 Pyeongchang |
![]() and Tobias Arlt (GER) |
![]() and Georg Fischler (AUT) |
![]() and Toni Eggert (GER) |
2022 Beijing |
![]() and Tobias Arlt (GER) |
![]() and Toni Eggert (GER) |
![]() and Lorenz Koller (AUT) |
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 8 nations | 17 | 15 | 16 | 48 |
Team relay
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
2014 Sochi |
![]() Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt |
![]() Tatiana Ivanova Albert Demchenko Alexander Denisyev Vladislav Antonov |
![]() Elīza Tīruma Mārtiņš Rubenis Andris Šics Juris Šics |
2018 Pyeongchang |
![]() Natalie Geisenberger Johannes Ludwig Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt |
![]() Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker Justin Snith |
![]() Madeleine Egle David Gleirscher Peter Penz Georg Fischler |
2022 Beijing |
![]() Natalie Geisenberger Johannes Ludwig Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt |
![]() Madeleine Egle Wolfgang Kindl Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller |
![]() Elīza Tīruma Kristers Aparjods Mārtiņš Bots Roberts Plūme |
Medals | |||||
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Total | 5 nations | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Statistics
Medal leaders
Athletes that have won at least two medals are listed below. Medalists are sorted first by the total number of medals, then successively by the number of gold, silver and bronze medals. If a tie is still verified, medalists are ordered chronologically by their first medal.
Men
Athlete | NOC | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tobias Arlt | ![]() |
2014-2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Tobias Wendl | ![]() |
2014-2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Armin Zöggeler | ![]() |
1994–2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Georg Hackl | ![]() ![]() |
1988–2002 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Stefan Krauße | ![]() ![]() |
1988–1998 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Jan Behrendt | ![]() ![]() |
1988–1998 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Klaus Bonsack | ![]() |
1964–1972 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Felix Loch | ![]() |
2010–2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Thomas Köhler | ![]() |
1964–1968 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Paul Hildgartner | ![]() |
1972–1984 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Andreas Linger | ![]() |
2006–2014 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Wolfgang Linger | ![]() |
2006–2014 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Albert Demchenko | ![]() |
2006–2014 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Markus Prock | ![]() |
1992–2002 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Andris Šics | ![]() |
2010–2014 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Juris Šics | ![]() |
2010–2014 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Hans Rinn | ![]() |
1976–1980 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Norbert Hahn | ![]() |
1976–1980 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Jörg Hoffmann | ![]() |
1984–1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Jochen Pietzsch | ![]() |
1984–1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Jens Müller | ![]() ![]() |
1988–1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Patric Leitner | ![]() |
2002–2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Alexander Resch | ![]() |
2002–2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
David Gleirscher | ![]() |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Johannes Ludwig | ![]() |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Hansjörg Raffl | ![]() |
1992–1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Norbert Huber | ![]() |
1992–1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Chris Thorpe | ![]() |
1998–2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Mark Grimmette | ![]() |
1998–2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Brian Martin | ![]() |
1998–2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Peter Penz | ![]() |
2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Georg Fischler | ![]() |
2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Mārtiņš Rubenis | ![]() |
2006-2014 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Women
Athlete | NOC | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Natalie Geisenberger | ![]() |
2010–2022 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Silke Kraushaar | ![]() |
1998–2006 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Tatjana Hüfner | ![]() |
2006–2014 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Steffi Martin | ![]() |
1984–1988 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Sylke Otto | ![]() |
2002–2006 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Margit Schumann | ![]() |
1972–1976 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Ute Rührold | ![]() |
1972–1976 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Barbara Niedernhuber | ![]() |
1998–2002 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Susi Erdmann | ![]() |
1992–1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Angelika Neuner | ![]() |
1992–1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Alex Gough | ![]() |
2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Medals per year
× | NOC did not exist | # | Number of medals won by the NOC | – | NOC did not win any medals |
NOC | 1924–60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 22 | |
![]() | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
![]() | 5 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 5 | |
![]() | × | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 29 | |
![]() | × | 3 | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 10 | |
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 37 | |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 17 | |
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | |
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | × | 3 | |
![]() | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 6 | |
![]() | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Medal sweep events
These are events in which athletes from one NOC won all three medals.
Games | Event | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1964 Innsbruck | Men's Singles | ![]() |
Thomas Köhler | Klaus-Michael Bonsack | Hans Plenk |
1972 Sapporo | Men's Singles * | ![]() |
Wolfgang Scheidel | Harald Ehrig | Wolfram Fiedler |
Women's Singles | Anna-Maria Müller | Ute Rührold | Margit Schumann | ||
1984 Sarajevo | Women's Singles | Steffi Walter-Martin | Bettina Schmidt | Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß | |
1988 Calgary | Women's Singles | Steffi Walter-Martin | Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß | Cerstin Schmidt | |
2002 Salt Lake City | Women's Singles | ![]() |
Sylke Otto | Barbara Niedernhuber | Silke Kraushaar |
2006 Turin | Women's Singles | Sylke Otto | Silke Kraushaar | Tatjana Hüfner |
- * In addition to sweeping the podium, the country also had the fourth-place finisher.
See also
- FIL World Luge Championships
- FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships
Notes
- Technically, the doubles event is considered a mixed event, open for male, female and mixed duos, but since its debut it has been traditionally entered only by male pairs.[3]
References
- Medalists
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- Citations
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- "Luge: About discipline". sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- "Records and medals at the Olympic Winter Games" (PDF). Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. October 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
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