Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics
| Luge at the XIV Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Sarajevo Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track |
| Dates | 9–12 February |
| Competitors | 81 from 17 nations |
| Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Singles | men | women |
| Doubles | men | |
Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Sarajevo Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track. The competition took place between 9 and 12 February 1984.[1][2]
Medal summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  East Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 |  Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 West Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 |  Soviet Union | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
East Germany led the medal table with four medals, one gold.[1]
Events
[edit]| Event[1] | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |
Paul Hildgartner Italy |
3:04.258 | 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
[edit]Seventeen nations participated in Luge at the Sarajevo Games. Puerto Rico and Yugoslavia made their Olympic luge debuts.[1]
Austria (7)
Canada (2)- West Germany (8)
Great Britain (4)- East Germany (10)
- Italy (9)
Japan (5)
Liechtenstein (1)
Norway (2)
Puerto Rico (1)
Romania (3)
Sweden (2)
Czechoslovakia (3)
Chinese Taipei (3)- Soviet Union (10)
United States (9)
Yugoslavia (3)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sarajevo 1984 Official Report" (PDF). Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ "Luge at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
