Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Sapporo Teine. The competition took place between 4 and 7 February 1972.^[1][2]

Luge at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Sapporo Teine
Dates	4–7 February 1972
Competitors	83 from 13 nations
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Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany	3	2	3	8
2	Italy	1	0	0	1
Totals (2 entries)		4	2	3	9

East Germany led the medal table with eight medals, including three golds. The only non East-German medal came in the doubles, where Italy tied the Germans, with both teams receiving gold medals.^[1]

Events

Event[1]	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's singles details	Wolfgang Scheidel  East Germany	3:27.58	Harald Ehrig  East Germany	3:28.39	Wolfram Fiedler  East Germany	3:28.73
Women's singles details	Anna-Maria Müller  East Germany	2:59.18	Ute Rührold  East Germany	2:59.49	Margit Schumann  East Germany	2:59.54
Doubles details	East Germany (GDR) Horst Hörnlein Reinhard Bredow  Italy (ITA) Paul Hildgartner Walter Plaikner	1:28.35[a]			East Germany (GDR) Klaus Bonsack Wolfram Fiedler	1:29.16

1. The two teams finished tied, and it was decided that gold medals would be awarded to both.

Participating NOCs

Thirteen nations participated in Luge at the Sapporo Games. Japan and the Soviet Union made their Olympic luge debut.^[1]

•  Austria (8)
•  Canada (4)
•  France (1)
•  West Germany (10)
•  Great Britain (6)
•  East Germany (9)
•  Italy (9)
•  Japan (7)
•  Liechtenstein (1)
•  Norway (3)
•  Poland (8)
•  Soviet Union (7)
•  United States (10)