Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Luge
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Luge; at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
Dates	4–7 February
Competitors	94 from 16 nations
	← 1972 1980 →

Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck. The competition took place between 4 and 7 February 1976.^[1]^[2]

Medal summary

Medal table

Germany dominated the medal table with eight medals (with an exception of an Austrian bronze medal), including an East German sweep of the gold medals.^[1]

Events

Event^[1]	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's singles details	Dettlef Günther East Germany	3:27.688	Josef Fendt West Germany	3:28.196	Hans Rinn East Germany	3:28.574
Women's singles details	Margit Schumann East Germany	2:50.621	Ute Rührold East Germany	2:50.846	Elisabeth Demleitner West Germany	2:51.056
Doubles details	East Germany (GDR) Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn	1:25.604	West Germany (FRG) Hans Brandner Balthasar Schwarm	1:25.889	Austria (AUT) Rudolf Schmid Franz Schachner	1:25.919

Participating NOCs

Sixteen nations participated in Luge at the Innsbruck Games. Chinese Taipei made their Olympic luge debut.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
^ "Luge at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.

[OfficialReport-1] "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved 20 January 2014.

[SR-2] "Luge at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.

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