Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Luge at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run
Dates	13-16 February
Competitors	80 from 14 nations

Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run. The competition took place between February 13 and February 16, 1980.^[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany	2	1	0	3
2	Soviet Union	1	0	1	2
3	Italy	0	2	0	2
4	Austria	0	0	1	1
4	West Germany	0	0	1	1
	Total	3	3	3	9

East Germany led the medal table with three medals, two gold. The two medals won by the Soviet Union in the women's singles were the first won by the country in luge, and the first won by non-German speaking athletes.^[2] The East Germans had won gold medals in every Olympic luge race since 1968, until the Soviet victory in the women's race.

Events

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's singles	Bernhard Glass  East Germany	2:54.796	Paul Hildgartner  Italy	2:55.372	Anton Winkler  West Germany	2:56.545
Women's singles	Vera Zozuļa  Soviet Union	2:36.537	Melitta Sollmann  East Germany	2:37.657	Ingrīda Amantova  Soviet Union	2:37.817
Doubles	East Germany (GDR) Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn	1:19.331	Italy (ITA) Peter Gschnitzer Karl Brunner	1:19.606	Austria (AUT) Georg Fluckinger Karl Schrott	1:19.795

Participating NOCs

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Fourteen nations participated in Luge at the Lake Placid Games. Romania made their Olympic luge debut.

References

Sports-Reference - 1980 Olympics - Luge

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