Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Spiral. The competition took place between 8 and 11 February 1998.

Luge at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Spiral
Dates	8–11 February
No. of events	3
Competitors	93 from 24 nations

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	3	1	1	5
2	United States	0	1	1	2
3	Italy	0	1	0	1
4	Austria	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's singles	Georg Hackl  Germany	3:18.436	Armin Zöggeler  Italy	3:18.939	Jens Müller  Germany	3:19.093
Women's singles	Silke Kraushaar  Germany	3:23.779	Barbara Niedernhuber  Germany	3:23.781	Angelika Neuner  Austria	3:24.253
Doubles	Germany (GER) Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt	1:41.105	United States (USA) Chris Thorpe Gordy Sheer	1:41.127	United States (USA) 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.

•  Austria (8)
•  Bermuda (1)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
•  Canada (2)
•  Estonia (2)
•  Germany (10)
•  Greece (1)
•  India (1)
•  Virgin Islands (1)
•  Italy (10)
•  Japan (9)
•  South Korea (3)
•  Latvia (10)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Poland (2)
•  Romania (3)
•  Russia (1)
•  Switzerland (1)
•  Slovakia (1)
•  Sweden (3)
•  Chinese Taipei (2)
•  Ukraine (6)
•  United States (10)
•  Venezuela (1)