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Luge

Games: 13 games in 8 countries
Events: 3

Sports:

Participants: 709 (502 men and 207 women) from 46 countries
Youngest Participant: ITA Sarah Felder (15 years, 321 days), 1972 Winter Games
Oldest Participant: VEN Werner Hoeger (52 years, 59 days), 2006 Winter Games
Top Athlete Medalist(s): FRG GER Georg Hackl and ITA Armin Zöggeler (5 medals)
Top Country Medalist(s): GER Germany and GDR East Germany (29 medals)

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Country Medal Leaders

Rk Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Germany 13 9 7 29
2 East Germany 13 8 8 29
3 Austria 5 6 7 18
4 Italy 7 4 5 16
5 West Germany 1 4 5 10
6 Soviet Union 1 2 3 6
7 United States 0 2 2 4
8 Latvia 0 1 1 2
9 Russia 0 1 0 1

Athlete Medal Leaders

Rk Athlete Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Georg Hackl (GER, FRG) 3 2 0 5
2 Armin Zöggeler (ITA) 2 1 2 5
3 Jan Behrendt (GER, GDR) 2 1 1 4
4 Stefan Krauße (GER, GDR) 2 1 1 4
5 Paul Hildgartner (ITA) 2 1 0 3
6 Thomas Köhler (GER, GDR) 2 1 0 3
7 Hans Rinn (GDR) 2 0 1 3
8 Silke Kraushaar (GER) 1 1 1 3
9 Klaus-Michael Bonsack (GDR) 1 0 2 3
10 Markus Prock (AUT) 0 2 1 3
11 Steffi Walter-Martin (GDR) 2 0 0 2
12 Sylke Otto (GER) 2 0 0 2
13 Norbert Hahn (GDR) 2 0 0 2
14 Andreas Linger (AUT) 2 0 0 2
15 Wolfgang Linger (AUT) 2 0 0 2
16 Manfred Schmid (AUT) 1 1 0 2
17 Margit Schumann (GDR) 1 0 1 2
18 Jörg Hoffmann (GDR) 1 0 1 2
19 Jens Müller (GER, GDR) 1 0 1 2
20 Jochen Pietzsch (GDR) 1 0 1 2
21 Patric Leitner (GER) 1 0 1 2
22 Alexander Resch (GER) 1 0 1 2
23 Tatjana Hüfner (GER) 1 0 1 2
24 Ute Rührold (GDR) 0 2 0 2
25 Barbara Niedernhuber (GER) 0 2 0 2
26 Susi Erdmann (GER) 0 1 1 2
27 Angelika Neuner (AUT) 0 1 1 2
28 Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß (GDR) 0 1 1 2
29 Mark Grimmette (USA) 0 1 1 2
30 Norbert Huber (ITA) 0 1 1 2
31 Hansjörg Raffl (ITA) 0 1 1 2
32 Chris Thorpe (USA) 0 1 1 2
33 Brian Martin (USA) 0 1 1 2
34 Wolfram Fiedler (GDR) 0 0 2 2

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