Luge at the XIII Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run |
Dates | 13–16 February |
Competitors | 80 from 14 nations |
Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics | ||
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Singles | men | women |
Doubles | men | |
Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run. The competition took place between 13 and 16 February 1980.[1][2]
Medal summary
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
East Germany led the medal table with three medals, two gold.[1]
Events
Event[1] | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's singles |
Bernhard Glass![]() |
2:54.796 | Paul Hildgartner![]() |
2:55.372 | Anton Winkler![]() |
2:56.545 |
Women's singles |
Vera Zozuļa![]() |
2:36.537 | Melitta Sollmann![]() |
2:37.657 | Ingrīda Amantova![]() |
2:37.817 |
Doubles |
![]() Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn |
1:19.331 | ![]() Peter Gschnitzer Karl Brunner |
1:19.606 | ![]() Georg Fluckinger Karl Schrott |
1:19.795 |
Participating NOCs
Fourteen nations participated in Luge at the Lake Placid Games. Romania made their Olympic luge debut.[1]
Austria (10)
Canada (4)
West Germany (7)
Great Britain (7)
East Germany (9)
Italy (9)
Japan (2)
Liechtenstein (2)
Romania (4)
Switzerland (2)
Sweden (4)
Czechoslovakia (3)
Soviet Union (7)
United States (10)
References
- ^ a b c d "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ "Luge at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.