Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Luge; at the X Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Villard-de-Lans
Dates	11–18 February
Competitors	85 from 14 nations

Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Villard-de-Lans. The competition took place between 11 and 18 February 1968.[1][2]

Medal summary

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany	1	1	1	3
2	Austria	1	1	0	2
3	Italy	1	0	0	1
4	West Germany	0	1	2	3
Totals (4 nations)		3	3	3	9

East Germany led the medal table with three medals, one of each type. This was the first separate Games for East and West Germany, and thus each country's first luge medals.[1]

Events

Event[1]	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's singles	Manfred Schmid Austria	2:52.48	Thomas Köhler East Germany	2:52.66	Klaus-Michael Bonsack East Germany	2:53.33
Women's singles [lower-alpha 1]	Erika Lechner Italy	2:28.66	Christa Schmuck West Germany	2:29.37	Angelika Dünhaupt West Germany	2:29.56
Doubles	East Germany (GDR) Klaus-Michael Bonsack Thomas Köhler	1:35.85	Austria (AUT) Manfred Schmid Ewald Walch	1:36.34	West Germany (FRG) Wolfgang Winkler Fritz Nachmann	1:37.29

Two East Germans, Ortrun Enderlein and Anna-Maria Müller, led after three runs, but with the fourth run cancelled, were position to win medals. However, the East Germans were accused of heating the runners of their sleds, and disqualified, promoting Lechner to the gold medal position.

Participating NOCs

Fourteen nations participated in Luge at the Grenoble Games. Spain, France, Sweden and East and West Germany made their Olympic luge debuts.[1]

References

"Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
"Luge at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

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[3] Two East Germans, Ortrun Enderlein and Anna-Maria Müller, led after three runs, but with the fourth run cancelled, were position to win medals. However, the East Germans were accused of heating the runners of their sleds, and disqualified, promoting Lechner to the gold medal position.

[OfficialReport-1] "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved 20 January 2014.

[SR-2] "Luge at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.