 luge at the 1998 winter olympics consisted of three events at spiral. the competition took place between february 8 and february 11, 1998. ==medal summary== ===medal table=== {|  |- | 1 ||align="left"|  || 3 || 1 || 1 || 5 |- | 2 ||align="left"|  || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 |- | 3 ||align="left"|  || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 |- | 4 ||align="left"|  || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 |- class="sortbottom" ! || total || 3 || 3 || 3 || 9 |} germany led the medal table, with five medals, including a sweep of the gold medals. the two medals for the united states, both in the doubles event, were the first won by a country outside of europe or the soviet union. ===events=== {|  |- | men's singles  | || 3:18.436 | || 3:18.939 | || 3:19.093 |- | women's singles  | || 3:23.779 | || 3:23.781 | || 3:24.253 |- | doubles  | stefan krauÃe jan behrendt|| 1:41.105 | chris thorpe gordy sheer|| 1:41.127 | mark grimmette brian martin || 1:41.217 |} ==participating nocs== twenty-four nations participated in luge at the nagano games. india, south korea, new zealand and venezuela made their olympic luge debuts.   *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *   *  *  * {{flagioc|jpn
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