Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Luge
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for luge
VenueCesana Pariol
DatesFebruary 11–15
No. of events3
Competitors108 from 24 nations

The Luge competition at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games was held at Cesana Pariol in Cesana, Italy. Three events were staged, taking place from February 11 to February 15. These were the first games where a qualifying system was used to determine the enterants into the games.

Medal summary

Medal table

[1]

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Germany (GER) 1 2 1 4
2  Italy (ITA) 1 0 1 2
3  Austria (AUT) 1 0 0 1
4  Russia (RUS) 0 1 0 1
5  Latvia (LAT) 0 0 1 1

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
Armin Zöggeler
 Italy
Albert Demtschenko
 Russia
Mārtiņš Rubenis
 Latvia
Women's singles
Sylke Otto
 Germany
Silke Kraushaar
 Germany
Tatjana Hüfner
 Germany
Doubles
 Austria (AUT)
Andreas Linger
Wolfgang Linger
 Germany (GER)
André Florschütz
Torsten Wustlich
 Italy (ITA)
Gerhard Plankensteiner
Oswald Haselrieder

Participating NOCs

References

  1. "Torino 2006 Official Report - Luge" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
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