Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Luge
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
VenueCesana Pariol
Dates11–15 February
No. of events3
Competitors108 from 24 nations
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The Luge competition at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games was held at Cesana Pariol in Cesana, Italy. Three events were staged, taking place from February 11 to February 15. These were the first games where a qualifying system was used to determine the enterants into the games.

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany (GER)1214
2 Italy (ITA)1012
3 Austria (AUT)1001
4 Russia (RUS)0101
5 Latvia (LAT)0011
Totals (5 entries)3339

Events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
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Armin Zöggeler
 Italy
Albert Demtschenko
 Russia
Mārtiņš Rubenis
 Latvia
Women's singles
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Sylke Otto
 Germany
Silke Kraushaar
 Germany
Tatjana Hüfner
 Germany
Doubles
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 Austria (AUT)
Andreas Linger
Wolfgang Linger
 Germany (GER)
André Florschütz
Torsten Wustlich
 Italy (ITA)
Gerhard Plankensteiner
Oswald Haselrieder

Participating NOCs

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Twenty-four nations competed in the luge events at Torino.

References

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  1. ^ "Torino 2006 Official Report - Luge" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-12. Retrieved June 1, 2009.