Luge competitions at the 1984 Winter Olympics were held on the Trebevich sled bobsleigh track , among men - in single sleighs and doubles, among women - only in single sleighs.
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Overall medal standings
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | GDR | one | one | 2 | four |
| 2 | the USSR | 0 | 2 | one | 3 |
| 3 | Italy | one | 0 | 0 | one |
| four | Germany | one | 0 | 0 | one |
Medalists
Men
Loners
At the five previous Olympics, the Germans from the United Team of Germany, Germany and the German Democratic Republic won 13 of the 15 medals played in this discipline, but they did not win a single one in Sarajevo - the Italian became the champion, and the second and third places were taken by the Soviet luge (neither Danilin, before the last race, Dudin was not in the top three). The German from the GDR, Michael Walter , ended up in 4th place, lagging behind Dudin by 0.019 seconds. Another East German sleigh Torsten Görlitzer was in the lead after two races, but then rolled back to sixth place.
| A place | Sportsman | Time |
|---|---|---|
| one | Paul Hildgartner Italy | 3: 04.258 |
| 2 | Sergey Danilin the USSR | 3: 04.962 |
| 3 | Valery Dudin the USSR | 3: 05.012 |
Deuces
The Soviet sledges Belousov and Belyakov were in the lead after the first race with an advantage of 0.067 seconds, but the Germans from Germany managed to get ahead of them the second, winning as a result of 0.040 seconds.
| A place | Sportsman | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Germany ( Hans Stangassinger , Franz Wembacher ) | 1: 23.620 |
| 2 | USSR ( Eugene Belousov , Alexander Belyakov ) | 1: 23.660 |
| 3 | GDR ( Jörg Hoffmann , Jochen Pitsch ) | 1: 23.887 |
Women
Loners
| A place | Sportsman | Time |
|---|---|---|
| one | Steffi Martin GDR | 2: 46.570 |
| 2 | Bettina Schmidt GDR | 2: 46.873 |
| 3 | Ute Weiss GDR | 2: 47.248 |