Luge at the Winter Olympics

Template:Short description Template:Infobox Olympic sport Luge is a winter sport featured at the Winter Olympic Games where a competitor or two-person team rides a flat sled while lying supine (face up) and feet first. The sport is usually contested on a specially designed ice track that allows gravity to increase the sled's speed. The winner normally completes the route with the fastest overall time. It was first contested at the 1964 Winter Olympics, with both men's and women's events and a doubles event. Doubles is technically considered an open event since 1994, but only men have competed in it. German lugers (competing under the IOC country codes of EUA, GDR, FRG and GER at different times since 1964) have dominated the competition, winning 87 medals of 153 possible.

Summary

Games Year Events Best Nation 1 → 8 9 1964 3 Template:FlagIOC2 (1) 10 1968 3 Template:FlagIOC2 (1) 11 1972 3 Template:FlagIOC2 (2) 12 1976 3 Template:FlagIOC2 (3) 13 1980 3 Template:FlagIOC2 (4) 14 1984 3 Template:FlagIOC2 (5) 15 1988 3 Template:FlagIOC2 (6) 16 1992 3 Template:FlagIOC2 (1)

Games Year Events Best Nation 17 1994 3 Template:FlagIOC2 (1) 18 1998 3 Template:FlagIOC2 (2) 19 2002 3 Template:FlagIOC2 (3) 20 2006 3 Template:FlagIOC2 (4) 21 2010 3 Template:FlagIOC2 (5) 22 2014 4 Template:FlagIOC2 (6) 23 2018 4 Template:FlagIOC2 (7) 24 2022 4 Template:FlagIOC2 (8) 25 5

Events

Event	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	22	26	Year
Men's singles									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	17
Men’s doubles									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	17
Women's singles									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	17
Women's doubles																									•	1
Team relay																						•	•	•	•	4
Total events									3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5

Medal leaders

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Natalie Geisenberger of Germany is the most successful Olympic luger, having won six gold medals and a bronze attained in four consecutive Olympics (three golds and a bronze in singles, and 3 golds in team relay).

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Armin Zöggeler is the only athlete to have won one medal in a single individual event in six Olympics (furthermore consecutive).

Athletes who won at least two gold medals or three medals in total are listed below.

Athlete	NOC	Event	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	Template:FlagIOCteam	Women's singles Team relay	2010–2022	6	0	1	7
	Template:FlagIOCteam	Doubles Team relay	2014–2022	6	0	0	6
	Template:FlagIOCteam	Doubles Team relay	2014–2022	6	0	0	6
	Template:FlagIOCteam	Men's singles	1994–2014	2	1	3	6
	Template:FlagIOCteam Template:FlagIOCteam	Men's singles	1988–2006	3	2	0	5
	Template:FlagIOCteam Template:FlagIOCteam	Doubles	1988–1998	2	1	1	4
	Template:FlagIOCteam Template:FlagIOCteam	Doubles	1988–1998	2	1	1	4
	Template:FlagIOCteam Template:FlagIOCteam	Men's singles Doubles	1964–1972	1	1	2	4
	Template:FlagIOCteam	Men's singles Team relay	2010–2014	3	0	0	3
	Template:FlagIOCteam Template:FlagIOCteam	Men's singles Doubles	1964–1968	2	1	0	3
	Template:FlagIOCteam	Men's singles Doubles	1972–1988	2	1	0	3
	Template:FlagIOCteam	Doubles	2006–2014	2	1	0	3
	Template:FlagIOCteam	Doubles	2006–2014	2	1	0	3
	Template:FlagIOCteam	Men's singles Doubles	1976–1980	2	0	1	3
	Template:FlagIOCteam	Women's singles	1998–2006	1	1	1	3
	Template:FlagIOCteam	Women's singles	2006–2014	1	1	1	3
	Template:FlagIOCteam	Men's singles Team relay	1994–2014	0	3	0	3
	Template:FlagIOCteam	Men's singles	1984–2002	0	2	1	3
	Template:FlagIOCteam	Doubles Team relay	2006–2014	0	1	2	3
	Template:FlagIOCteam	Doubles Team relay	2006–2014	0	1	2	3
	Template:FlagIOCteam	Doubles	1976–1980	2	0	0	2
	Template:FlagIOCteam	Women's singles	1984–1988	2	0	0	2
	Template:FlagIOCteam	Women's singles	1992 2002–2006	2	0	0	2

Medal table

Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics):
Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics. Template:Medals table

Note: two gold medals handed in the 1972 doubles competition.

Number of lugers by nation

Nation	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	22	Years
									1						1	1			2	1	1		1	1	8
																1	1			1	1	1	1	1	7
									9	9	8	7	10	7	7	7	8	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	16
																1	1	1	1						4
																	2	1						1	3
																			2						1
															3	3	2			1	2	1	1	1	8
									1	7	4	8	4	2	9	6	2	2	7	10	10	8	8	6	16
																								4	1
												2		3	2			2	2	1	1	1	1	1	10
																							1		1
																			2	4	4	4	6	4	6
									6	6		4	3	3	2	4									7
										8	9	9	9	10	10										6
																	1	2							2
										5	1	1			1	3			3		1	1			8
																	2				2		1	1	4
																10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
									2	2	6	4	7	4	4	2	1		1	2	1		2	1	14
																	2	1							2
																		1	1	1	1		1		5
																						1			1
																								1	1
									7	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	10	10	9	8	10	9	8	16
											7	5	2	4	5	3	3	6	4	5	3	1		1	13
																						1	1		2
																6	8	10	8	8	10	9	10	10	9
									3	3	1	3	2	1	1		1								8
																			1	1	1	1		1	5
															1										1
																		1	1						2
									4	2	3	7		2		2	3					3			8
																							8		1
															1										1
									8	9	8	8				2	2	2		3	2	5	6	4	12
														1	2										2
																								10	1
													4	3	1	3	4	3	4	4	8	2	5	4	12
																	8	7	10	10	10	10			6
																	2	1	4	6	5	6	5	5	8
																				1	1		1		3
																		3	3	1	1	4	5	5	7
											7	6	7	10	10										5
										4					1	1									3
										5		5	4	2	2	3	5	3	2					2	10
									9				2				1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	10
																						1			1
																	3	6	4	6	6	6	6	6	8
																10									1
									9																1
									9	8	10	9	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	16
																		1	4	1					3
															1	2	2	1	2						5
										8	10	8	7	8	7										6
														3		2									2
Nations	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	14	13	16	14	17	22	22	25	24	26	24	24	24	24	26
Lugers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	68	85	83	94	80	81	90	89	92	93	110	108	110	108	110	106
Year	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	22

See also

• List of Olympic venues in luge
• List of multiple Olympic medalists in one event
• Luge at the Youth Olympic Games

References

• List of Olympic medalists in luge from the IOC. - accessed 17 February 2010.

Specific