Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Luge at the XII Olympic Winter Games

Venue	Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
Dates	4-7 February
Competitors	95 from 16 nations

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

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany	3	1	1	5
2	West Germany	0	2	1	3
3	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Total	3	3	3	9

East Germany led the medal table with five medals, including a sweep of the gold medals.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's singles	Dettlef Günther East Germany	3:27.688	Josef Fendt West Germany	3:28.196	Hans Rinn East Germany	3:28.574
Women's singles	Margit Schumann East Germany	2:50.621	Ute Rührold East Germany	2:50.846	Elisabeth Demleitner West Germany	2:51.056
Doubles	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

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

1 2 3 4 "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved January 20, 2014.

Luge at the Winter Olympics

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List of medalists List of venues

Events at the 1976 Winter Olympics (Innsbruck)

Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross‑country skiing Figure skating Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Ski jumping Speed skating

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