| Luge at the XII Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck |
| Dates | 4–7 February |
| Competitors | 94 from 16 nations |
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| Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Singles | men | women |
| Doubles | men | |
Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck. The competition took place between 4 and 7 February 1976.
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  East Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |  West Germany | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Germany dominated the medal table with eight medals (with an exception of an Austrian bronze medal), including an East German sweep of the gold medals.
Events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Men's singles details |
Dettlef Günther East Germany |
3:27.688 | Josef Fendt West Germany |
3:28.196 | Hans Rinn East Germany |
3:28.574 |
| Women's singles details |
Margit Schumann East Germany |
2:50.621 | Ute Rührold East Germany |
2:50.846 | Elisabeth Demleitner West Germany |
2:51.056 |
| Doubles details |
East Germany (GDR) Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn |
1:25.604 | West Germany (FRG) Hans Brandner Balthasar Schwarm |
1:25.889 | Austria (AUT) Rudolf Schmid Franz Schachner |
1:25.919 |
Participating NOCs
Sixteen nations participated in Luge at the Innsbruck Games. Chinese Taipei made their Olympic luge debut.
- Austria (7)
Canada (8)
France (1)- West Germany (8)
Great Britain (4)- East Germany (9)
Italy (8)
Japan (5)
Liechtenstein (3)
Norway (7)
Poland (9)
Republic of China (2)
Sweden (5)
Czechoslovakia (4)
Soviet Union (6)
United States (9)
References
- ^ "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- "Luge at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
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