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 GamesYear EventsBest Nation1 → 8 9 1964 3 (1)10 1968 3 (1)11 1972 3 (2)12 1976 3 (3)13 1980 3 (4)14 1984 3 (5)15 1988 3 (6)16 1992 3 (1)GamesYear EventsBest Nation17 1994 3 (1)18 1998 3 (2)19 2002 3 (3)20 2006 3 (4)21 2010 3 (5)22 2014 4 (6)23 2018 4 (7)24 2022 4 (8)25 2026 5 (9)
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
Athletes who won at least two gold medals or three medals in total are listed below. Athlete NOC Event Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total DoublesTeam relay 2014–20267 0 1 8 DoublesTeam relay 2014–20267 0 1 8 Women's singlesTeam relay 2010–20226 0 1 7 Men's singles 1994–20142 1 3 6 Men's singles 1988–20063 2 0 5 Doubles 1988–19982 1 1 4 Doubles 1988–19982 1 1 4 Men's singlesDoubles 1964–19721 1 2 4 Men's singlesTeam relay 2010–20143 0 0 3 Men's singlesDoubles 1964–19682 1 0 3 Men's singlesDoubles 1972–19882 1 0 3 Doubles 2006–20142 1 0 3 Doubles 2006–20142 1 0 3 Men's singlesDoubles 1976–19802 0 1 3 Women's singles 1998–20061 1 1 3 Women's singles 2006–20141 1 1 3 Men's singlesTeam relay 1994–20140 3 0 3 Men's singles 1984–20020 2 1 3 DoublesTeam relay 2006–20140 1 2 3 DoublesTeam relay 2006–20140 1 2 3 Doubles 1976–19802 0 0 2 Women's singles 1984–19882 0 0 2 Women's singles 19922002–20062 0 0 2
Medal table Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics): Accurate as of 2026 Winter Olympics.
Note: two gold medals handed in the 1972 doubles competition.
Number of lugers by nation Nations - - - - - - - - 12 14 13 16 14 17 22 22 25 24 26 24 24 24 24 26 19 Lugers - - - - - - - - 68 85 83 94 80 81 90 89 92 93 110 108 110 108 110 106 106
See also List of Olympic medalists in luge 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.
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