Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics
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| Luge at the X Olympic Winter Games
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| Venue | Villard-de-Lans |
| Dates | 11-18 February |
| Competitors | 85 from 14 nations |
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Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Villard-de-Lans. The competition took place between February 11 and February 18, 1968.[1]
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  East Germany |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 |  Austria |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Italy |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | West Germany |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
East Germany led the medal table with three medals, one of each type. This was the first separate Games for East and West Germany, and thus each country's first luge medals.
Events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Men's singles |
Manfred Schmid Austria |
2:52.48 | Thomas Köhler East Germany |
2:52.66 | Klaus-Michael Bonsack East Germany |
2:53.33 |
| Women's singles [lower-alpha 1] |
Erika Lechner Italy |
2:28.66 | Christa Schmuck West Germany |
2:29.37 | Angelika Dünhaupt West Germany |
2:29.56 |
| Doubles |
 East Germany (GDR)Klaus-Michael Bonsack Thomas Köhler |
1:35.85 |  Austria (AUT)Manfred Schmid Ewald Walch |
1:36.34 | West Germany (FRG) Wolfgang Winkler Fritz Nachmann |
1:37.29 |
- ↑ Two East Germans, Ortrun Enderlein and Anna-Maria Müller, led after three runs, but with the fourth run cancelled, were position to win medals. However, the East Germans were accused of heating the runners of their sleds, and disqualified, promoting Lechner to the gold medal position.
Participating NOCs
Fourteen nations participated in Luge at the Grenoble Games. Spain, France, Sweden and East and West Germany made their Olympic luge debuts.
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