Luge at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
Dates	4?7 February
Competitors	94 from 16 nations
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Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Singles	men	women
Doubles	men
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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 [ edit ]

Medal table [ edit ]

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
Totals (3 entries)		3	3	3	9

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 [ edit ]

Event [1]	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's singles details	Dettlef Gunther   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 Ruhrold   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 [ edit ]

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

References [ edit ]