Major achievements in luge by nation

This article contains lists of achievements in major senior-level international luge tournaments according to first-place, second-place and third-place results obtained by teams representing different nations. The objective is not to create combined medal tables; the focus is on listing the best positions achieved by teams in major international tournaments, ranking the nations according to the most number of podiums accomplished by teams of these nations.

Results edit

For the making of these lists, results from following major international tournaments were consulted:

Governing body Tournament Track
FIL & IOC Luge at the Winter Olympics (since 1964, quadrennially) Artificial track
FIL FIL World Luge Championships (since 1955, annually) Artificial track
Luge World Cup (since 1977, annually[a]) Artificial track
FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships (since 1979, biennially) Natural track

Medals earned by athletes from defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are NOT merged with the results achieved by their immediate successor states. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) do NOT combine medals of these nations or teams.[1]

The conventions used on this table are M for men's singles event, MSp for men's sprint event, W for women's singles event, WSp for women's sprint event, D for doubles event, DSp for doubles' sprint event, T for mixed team event.

The tables are pre-sorted by total number of first-place results, second-place results and third-place results, respectively. When equal ranks are given, nations are listed in alphabetical order.

Artificial and natural track events edit

All competitive disciplines edit

Last updated after the 2018–19 Luge World Cup (As of 16 July 2019)
Artificial track Natural track Number of
Olympic Games World Championships World Cup World Championships
Rk. Nation M W D T M W D T MSp WSp DSp M W D T M W D T       Total
1   Austria                                     15 2 1 18
2   Italy                                   15 0 2 17
3   Germany                               15 0 0 15
4   Russia                           5 8 0 13
5   United States                         4 7 1 12
6   Soviet Union*                       6 3 2 11
7   East Germany*                     10 0 0 10
8   West Germany*                   7 2 0 9
9   Latvia                 0 4 4 8
10   Canada               2 3 2 7
11   Poland         3 0 1 4
12   Switzerland       2 1 0 3
13   United Team of Germany*     2 0 0 2
14   Czechoslovakia*     0 0 2 2
15   CIS*   1 0 0 1
15   Norway   1 0 0 1
17   Liechtenstein   0 0 1 1
17   Ukraine   0 0 1 1

*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.

Artificial track events edit

All competitive disciplines edit

Last updated after the 2018–19 Luge World Cup (As of 16 July 2019)
Artificial track Number of
Olympic Games World Championships World Cup
Rk. Nation M W D T M W D T MSp WSp DSp M W D T       Total
1   Germany                               15 0 0 15
2   Austria                             11 2 1 14
3   Italy                           11 0 2 13
4   United States                         4 7 1 12
5   East Germany*                     10 0 0 10
6   Soviet Union*                     6 3 1 10
7   West Germany*                   7 2 0 9
8   Russia                   3 6 0 9
9   Latvia                 0 4 4 8
10   Canada               2 3 2 7
11   Poland       3 0 0 3
12   Switzerland       2 1 0 3
13   United Team of Germany*     2 0 0 2
14   Czechoslovakia*     0 0 2 2
15   Norway   1 0 0 1
16   Liechtenstein   0 0 1 1
16   Ukraine   0 0 1 1

*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.

Men edit

Last updated after the 2018–19 Luge World Cup (As of 16 July 2019)
Artificial track Number of
Olympic Games World Championships World Cup
Rk. Nation Men's singles Men's singles Men's sprint Men's singles       Total
1   Austria         4 0 0 4
1   Germany         4 0 0 4
3   Italy         3 0 1 4
4   Russia         2 2 0 4
5   East Germany*       3 0 0 3
6   West Germany*       2 1 0 3
7   Soviet Union*       1 2 0 3
8   United States       1 2 0 3
9   Latvia     0 1 1 2
10   Canada   1 0 0 1
10   Norway   1 0 0 1
10   Poland   1 0 0 1
10   United Team of Germany*   1 0 0 1
14   Switzerland   0 1 0 1
15   Liechtenstein   0 0 1 1

*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.

Women edit

Last updated after the 2018–19 Luge World Cup (As of 16 July 2019)
Artificial track Number of
Olympic Games World Championships World Cup
Rk. Nation Women's singles Women's singles Women's sprint Women's singles       Total
1   Germany         4 0 0 4
2   United States         2 1 1 4
3   Austria       3 0 0 3
3   East Germany*       3 0 0 3
3   Italy       3 0 0 3
3   Soviet Union*       3 0 0 3
7   West Germany*       2 1 0 3
8   Canada       0 1 2 3
9   Switzerland     2 0 0 2
10   Russia     0 2 0 2
11   Poland   1 0 0 1
11   United Team of Germany*   1 0 0 1
13   Czechoslovakia*   0 0 1 1
13   Ukraine   0 0 1 1

*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.

Doubles edit

Last updated after the 2018–19 Luge World Cup (As of 16 July 2019)
Artificial track Number of
Olympic Games World Championships World Cup
Rk. Nation Doubles Doubles Doubles' sprint Doubles       Total
1   Germany         4 0 0 4
2   Austria         3 1 0 4
3   Italy         3 0 1 4
4   East Germany*       3 0 0 3
4   West Germany*       3 0 0 3
6   Soviet Union*       2 1 0 3
7   United States       1 2 0 3
8   Latvia       0 1 2 3
9   Poland   1 0 0 1
10   Czechoslovakia*   0 0 1 1

*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.

Mixed team edit

Last updated after the 2018–19 Luge World Cup (As of 16 July 2019)
Artificial track Number of
Olympic Games World Championships World Cup
Rk. Nation Mixed team Mixed team Mixed team       Total
1   Germany       3 0 0 3
2   Canada       1 2 0 3
2   Russia       1 2 0 3
4   Austria       1 1 1 3
5   Latvia       0 2 1 3
6   Italy     2 0 0 2
7   United States     0 2 0 2
8   East Germany*   1 0 0 1
9   Soviet Union*   0 0 1 1

*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.

Natural track events edit

All competitive disciplines edit

Last updated after the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2019 (As of 16 July 2019)
Natural track Number of
World Championships
Rk. Nation Men's singles Women's singles Doubles Mixed team       Total
1   Austria         4 0 0 4
1   Italy         4 0 0 4
3   Russia         2 2 0 4
4   CIS*   1 0 0 1
5   Poland   0 0 1 1
5   Soviet Union*   0 0 1 1

*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ The FIL World Luge Championships have taken place on an almost annual basis in non-Winter Olympics years since 1955.

References edit

General edit

Specific edit

  1. ^ "Olympic Results, Gold Medalists and Official Records". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

External links edit