The FIL World Luge Championships 1978 took place in Imst, Austria.
Men's singles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold |  Paul Hildgartner (ITA)
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| Silver |  Anton Winkler (GER)
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| Bronze |  Manfred Schmid (AUT)
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Women's singles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold |  Vera Zozula (URS)
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| Silver | Andrea Fendt (GER)
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| Bronze | Angelika Schafferer (AUT)
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Men's doubles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | Soviet Union (Dainis Bremse, Algars Kirkis)
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| Silver | Soviet Union (Valeriy Yakuzhin, Vladimir Zhitov)
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| Bronze |  East Germany (Hans Rinn, Norbert Hahn)
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Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |