# List of Olympic medalists in luge

Luge is one of the seven Olympic sports currently contested at the Winter Olympic Games. It has been a constant presence in the Olympic program since its introduction at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, in the form of three events: men's singles, women's singles, and doubles. A mixed team relay event was contested for the first time at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

## History

Italian luger Armin Zöggeler is the overall medal leader in the sport, having collected a total of six medals (two gold, one silver, and three bronze) in the men's singles, during the six Winter Games in which he competed (1994–2014). As of 2021, he is the only Olympian to receive six medals in the same event. German luger Georg Hackl was the first Olympian to receive a medal in five consecutive Olympics, from 1988 to 2002, including three consecutive gold medals.
In the women's event, Germany's Silke Kraushaar leads the medal count with three, one of each color. Steffi Martin and Sylke Otto—at 36, the oldest female individual gold medalist at the Winter Games—are the only lugers with two gold medals in their career. Ortrun Enderlein, representing the United Team of Germany, was the first woman to win the singles event in 1964. She was on the verge of defending her title at the 1968 Grenoble Games, having the best overall time after all the runs, but was disqualified together with fellow countrywomen Anna-Maria Müller (2nd) and Angela Knösel (4th) when it was discovered that the runners in their sleds had been illegally heated before the runs. Müller made up for this by taking the gold medal at the following Games, in Sapporo, Japan.
The most successful pair in the history of the Olympic doubles event was Stefan Krauße and Jan Behrendt, who represented East Germany in 1988 and the reunified German Olympic team from 1992 to 1998, winning four medals: two golds, one silver, and one bronze. East Germany's Hans Rinn and Norbert Hahn, and Austrian brothers Andreas and Wolfgang Linger, are the other pairs to have won two times, both of them in consecutive Olympics. In 1972, two gold medals were awarded to an East German (Horst Hörnlein and Reinhard Bredow) and an Italian pair (Paul Hildgartner and Walter Plaikner), who finished with exactly the same time. To prevent similar situations in future Olympics, the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course introduced timing equipment that measured accurately to one thousandth of a second, to replace the old equipment that measured in hundredths of a second.
As of the 2018 Winter Olympics, 141 medals (48 gold, 46 silver, and 47 bronze, with two golds in the 1972 doubles event) have been awarded, representing 11 National Olympic Committees (NOC). German lugers—representing the United Team of Germany (1964), West Germany (1968–1988), East Germany (1968–1988), and Germany (1992–2018)—have dominated this sport, collecting a total of 81 medals. There were seven occasions when a single NOC filled the podium with its athletes and in all of them they were German. After 2018, Germany is the current medal-leading NOC in the sport with 37 medals (18 gold, 10 silver, and 9 bronze), followed by East Germany's 29 medals.

## Medalists
### Men's singles

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1964 Innsbruck details | Thomas Köhler United Team of Germany | Klaus Bonsack United Team of Germany | Hans Plenk United Team of Germany |
| 1968 Grenoble details | Manfred Schmid Austria | Thomas Köhler East Germany | Klaus Bonsack East Germany |
| 1972 Sapporo details | Wolfgang Scheidel East Germany | Harald Ehrig East Germany | Wolfram Fiedler East Germany |
| 1976 Innsbruck details | Dettlef Günther East Germany | Josef Fendt West Germany | Hans Rinn East Germany |
| 1980 Lake Placid details | Bernhard Glass East Germany | Paul Hildgartner Italy | Anton Winkler West Germany |
| 1984 Sarajevo details | Paul Hildgartner Italy | Sergey Danilin Soviet Union | Valery Dudin Soviet Union |
| 1988 Calgary details | Jens Müller East Germany | Georg Hackl West Germany | Yuri Kharchenko Soviet Union |
| 1992 Albertville details | Georg Hackl Germany | Markus Prock Austria | Markus Schmidt Austria |
| 1994 Lillehammer details | Georg Hackl Germany | Markus Prock Austria | Armin Zöggeler Italy |
| 1998 Nagano details | Georg Hackl Germany | Armin Zöggeler Italy | Jens Müller Germany |
| 2002 Salt Lake City details | Armin Zöggeler Italy | Georg Hackl Germany | Markus Prock Austria |
| 2006 Turin details | Armin Zöggeler Italy | Albert Demchenko Russia | Mārtiņš Rubenis Latvia |
| 2010 Vancouver details | Felix Loch Germany | David Möller Germany | Armin Zöggeler Italy |
| 2014 Sochi details | Felix Loch Germany | Albert Demchenko Russia | Armin Zöggeler Italy |
| 2018 Pyeongchang details | David Gleirscher Austria | Chris Mazdzer United States | Johannes Ludwig Germany |
| 2022 Beijing details | Johannes Ludwig Germany | Wolfgang Kindl Austria | Dominik Fischnaller Italy |
* Medals:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 10 nations | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |

### Women's singles

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1964 Innsbruck details | Ortrun Enderlein United Team of Germany | Ilse Geisler United Team of Germany | Helene Thurner Austria |
| 1968 Grenoble details | Erica Lechner Italy | Christina Schmuck West Germany | Angelika Dünhaupt West Germany |
| 1972 Sapporo details | Anna-Maria Müller East Germany | Ute Rührold East Germany | Margit Schumann East Germany |
| 1976 Innsbruck details | Margit Schumann East Germany | Ute Rührold East Germany | Elisabeth Demleitner West Germany |
| 1980 Lake Placid details | Vera Zozulya Soviet Union | Melitta Sollmann East Germany | Ingrīda Amantova Soviet Union |
| 1984 Sarajevo details | Steffi Martin East Germany | Bettina Schmidt East Germany | Ute Weiss East Germany |
| 1988 Calgary details | Steffi Walter East Germany | Ute Oberhoffner East Germany | Cerstin Schmidt East Germany |
| 1992 Albertville details | Doris Neuner Austria | Angelika Neuner Austria | Susi Erdmann Germany |
| 1994 Lillehammer details | Gerda Weissensteiner Italy | Susi Erdmann Germany | Andrea Tagwerker Austria |
| 1998 Nagano details | Silke Kraushaar Germany | Barbara Niedernhuber Germany | Angelika Neuner Austria |
| 2002 Salt Lake City details | Sylke Otto Germany | Barbara Niedernhuber Germany | Silke Kraushaar Germany |
| 2006 Turin details | Sylke Otto Germany | Silke Kraushaar Germany | Tatjana Hüfner Germany |
| 2010 Vancouver details | Tatjana Hüfner Germany | Nina Reithmayer Austria | Natalie Geisenberger Germany |
| 2014 Sochi details | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | Tatjana Hüfner Germany | Erin Hamlin United States |
| 2018 Pyeongchang details | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | Dajana Eitberger Germany | Alex Gough Canada |
| 2022 Beijing details | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | Anna Berreiter Germany | Tatiana Ivanova ROC |
* Medals:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 2 | East Germany | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Italy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Austria | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Soviet Union | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | West Germany | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | ROC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 10 nations | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |

### Men’s doubles

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1964 Innsbruck details | Josef Feistmantl and Manfred Stengl (AUT) | Reinhold Senn and Helmut Thaler (AUT) | Walter Aussendorfer and Sigisfredo Mair (ITA) |
| 1968 Grenoble details | Klaus Bonsack and Thomas Köhler (GDR) | Manfred Schmid and Ewald Walch (AUT) | Wolfgang Winkler and Fritz Nachmann (FRG) |
| 1972 Sapporo details | Horst Hörnlein and Reinhard Bredow (GDR) Paul Hildgartner and Walter Plaikner (ITA) | None awarded | Klaus Bonsack and Wolfram Fiedler (GDR) |
| 1976 Innsbruck details | Hans Rinn and Norbert Hahn (GDR) | Hans Brandner and Balthasar Schwarm (FRG) | Rudolf Schmid and Franz Schachner (AUT) |
| 1980 Lake Placid details | Hans Rinn and Norbert Hahn (GDR) | Peter Gschnitzer and Karl Brunner (ITA) | Georg Fluckinger and Karl Schrott (AUT) |
| 1984 Sarajevo details | Hans Stangassinger and Franz Wembacher (FRG) | Yevgeny Belousov and Aleksandr Belyakov (URS) | Jörg Hoffmann and Jochen Pietzsch (GDR) |
| 1988 Calgary details | Jörg Hoffmann and Jochen Pietzsch (GDR) | Stefan Krauße and Jan Behrendt (GDR) | Thomas Schwab and Wolfgang Staudinger (FRG) |
| 1992 Albertville details | Stefan Krauße and Jan Behrendt (GER) | Yves Mankel and Thomas Rudolph (GER) | Hansjörg Raffl and Norbert Huber (ITA) |
| 1994 Lillehammer details | Kurt Brugger and Wilfried Huber (ITA) | Hansjörg Raffl and Norbert Huber (ITA) | Stefan Krauße and Jan Behrendt (GER) |
| 1998 Nagano details | Stefan Krauße and Jan Behrendt (GER) | Chris Thorpe and Gordon Sheer (USA) | Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin (USA) |
| 2002 Salt Lake City details | Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch (GER) | Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin (USA) | Chris Thorpe and Clay Ives (USA) |
| 2006 Turin details | Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger (AUT) | André Florschütz and Torsten Wustlich (GER) | Gerhard Plankensteiner and Oswald Haselrieder (ITA) |
| 2010 Vancouver details | Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger (AUT) | Andris Šics and Juris Šics (LAT) | Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch (GER) |
| 2014 Sochi details | Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt (GER) | Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger (AUT) | Andris Šics and Juris Šics (LAT) |
| 2018 Pyeongchang details | Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt (GER) | Peter Penz and Georg Fischler (AUT) | Sascha Benecken and Toni Eggert (GER) |
| 2022 Beijing details | Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt (GER) | Sascha Benecken and Toni Eggert (GER) | Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller (AUT) |
* Medals:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Austria (AUT) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 8 nations | 17 | 15 | 16 | 48 |

### Team relay

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2014 Sochi details | Germany (GER) Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt | Russia (RUS) Tatiana Ivanova Albert Demchenko Alexander Denisyev Vladislav Antonov | Latvia (LAT) Elīza Tīruma Mārtiņš Rubenis Andris Šics Juris Šics |
| 2018 Pyeongchang details | Germany (GER) Natalie Geisenberger Johannes Ludwig Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt | Canada (CAN) Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker Justin Snith | Austria (AUT) Madeleine Egle David Gleirscher Peter Penz Georg Fischler |
| 2022 Beijing details | Germany (GER) Natalie Geisenberger Johannes Ludwig Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt | Austria (AUT) Madeleine Egle Wolfgang Kindl Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller | Latvia (LAT) Elīza Tīruma Kristers Aparjods Mārtiņš Bots Roberts Plūme |
Medals :
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 5 nations | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |

## Statistics
### Medal leaders

Athletes that have won at least two medals are listed below. Medalists are sorted first by the total number of medals, then successively by the number of gold, silver and bronze medals. If a tie is still verified, medalists are ordered chronologically by their first medal.

#### Men

| Athlete | NOC | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Tobias Arlt | Germany (GER) | 2014-2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Tobias Wendl | Germany (GER) | 2014-2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Armin Zöggeler | Italy (ITA) | 1994–2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Georg Hackl | West Germany (FRG) Germany (GER) | 1988–2002 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Johannes Ludwig | Germany (GER) | 2018–2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Stefan Krauße | East Germany (GDR) Germany (GER) | 1988–1998 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Jan Behrendt | East Germany (GDR) Germany (GER) | 1988–1998 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Klaus Bonsack | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 1964–1972 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Felix Loch | Germany (GER) | 2010–2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Thomas Köhler | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 1964–1968 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Paul Hildgartner | Italy (ITA) | 1972–1984 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Andreas Linger | Austria (AUT) | 2006–2014 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Wolfgang Linger | Austria (AUT) | 2006–2014 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Albert Demchenko | Russia (RUS) | 2006–2014 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Markus Prock | Austria (AUT) | 1992–2002 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Andris Šics | Latvia (LAT) | 2010–2014 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Juris Šics | Latvia (LAT) | 2010–2014 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Hans Rinn | East Germany (GDR) | 1976–1980 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Norbert Hahn | East Germany (GDR) | 1976–1980 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jörg Hoffmann | East Germany (GDR) | 1984–1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jochen Pietzsch | East Germany (GDR) | 1984–1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jens Müller | East Germany (GDR) Germany (GER) | 1988–1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Patric Leitner | Germany (GER) | 2002–2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alexander Resch | Germany (GER) | 2002–2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| David Gleirscher | Austria (AUT) | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Hansjörg Raffl | Italy (ITA) | 1992–1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Norbert Huber | Italy (ITA) | 1992–1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Chris Thorpe | United States (USA) | 1998–2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mark Grimmette | United States (USA) | 1998–2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Martin | United States (USA) | 1998–2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Peter Penz | Austria (AUT) | 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Georg Fischler | Austria (AUT) | 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mārtiņš Rubenis | Latvia (LAT) | 2006-2014 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

#### Women

| Athlete | NOC | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Natalie Geisenberger | Germany (GER) | 2010–2022 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Silke Kraushaar | Germany (GER) | 1998–2006 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Tatjana Hüfner | Germany (GER) | 2006–2014 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Steffi Martin | East Germany (GDR) | 1984–1988 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sylke Otto | Germany (GER) | 2002–2006 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Margit Schumann | East Germany (GDR) | 1972–1976 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ute Rührold | East Germany (GDR) | 1972–1976 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Barbara Niedernhuber | Germany (GER) | 1998–2002 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Susi Erdmann | Germany (GER) | 1992–1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Angelika Neuner | Austria (AUT) | 1992–1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Gough | Canada (CAN) | 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

### Medals per year

| × | NOC did not exist | # | Number of medals won by the NOC | – | NOC did not win any medals |
| NOC | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | Total |
| Austria (AUT) | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
| Canada (CAN) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| United Team of Germany (EUA) | 5 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 5 |
| East Germany (GDR) | × | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 29 |
| West Germany (FRG) | × | 3 | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 10 |
| Germany (GER) | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 37 |
| Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 17 |
| Latvia (LAT) | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 4 |
| Russia (RUS) | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | × | 3 |
| Soviet Union (URS) | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 6 |
| United States (USA) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 5 |

### Medal sweep events

These are events in which athletes from one NOC won all three medals.
| Games | Event | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1964 Innsbruck | Men's Singles | United Team of Germany (EUA) | Thomas Köhler | Klaus-Michael Bonsack | Hans Plenk |
| 1972 Sapporo | Men's Singles * | East Germany (GDR) | Wolfgang Scheidel | Harald Ehrig | Wolfram Fiedler |
| 1972 Sapporo | Women's Singles | East Germany (GDR) | Anna-Maria Müller | Ute Rührold | Margit Schumann |
| 1984 Sarajevo | Women's Singles | East Germany (GDR) | Steffi Walter-Martin | Bettina Schmidt | Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß |
| 1988 Calgary | Women's Singles | East Germany (GDR) | Steffi Walter-Martin | Ute Oberhoffner-Weiß | Cerstin Schmidt |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Women's Singles | Germany (GER) | Sylke Otto | Barbara Niedernhuber | Silke Kraushaar |
| 2006 Turin | Women's Singles | Germany (GER) | Sylke Otto | Silke Kraushaar | Tatjana Hüfner |
* $^*$ In addition to sweeping the podium, the country also had the fourth-place finisher.