World Luge Championships

Editions

Edition	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1955 World Luge Championships	Oslo	NOR	5 – 6 February 1955	3	9	3
1957 World Luge Championships	Davos	SUI	26 – 27 January 1957	3	11	4
1958 World Luge Championships	Krynica	POL	1 – 2 February 1958	3	11	3
1959 World Luge Championships	Villard-de-Lans	FRA	7 – 8 February 1959	2	6	2
1960 World Luge Championships	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	GER	13 – 14 February 1960	3	10	3
1961 World Luge Championships	Girenbad	SUI	28 – 29 January 1961	3	11	5
1962 World Luge Championships	Krynica	POL	10 – 11 February 1962	3	12	6
1963 World Luge Championships	Imst	AUT	26 – 27 January 1963	3	12	4
1965 World Luge Championships	Davos	SUI	6 – 7 February 1965	3	12	4
1967 World Luge Championships	Hammarstrand	SWE	18 – 19 February 1967	3	10	3
1969 World Luge Championships	Königssee	GER	1 – 2 February 1969	3	11	3
1970 World Luge Championships	Königssee	GER	31 January – 1 February 1970	3	12	4
1971 World Luge Championships	Olang	ITA	30 – 31 January 1971	3	12	5
1973 World Luge Championships	Oberhof	GDR	17 – 18 February 1973	3	11	2
1974 World Luge Championships	Königssee	GER	16 – 17 February 1974	3	12	3
1975 World Luge Championships	Hammarstrand	SWE	10 – 16 February 1975	3	12	3
1977 World Luge Championships	Innsbruck	AUT	19 – 20 February 1977	3	11	5
1978 World Luge Championships	Imst	AUT	21 – 22 January 1978	3	12	5
1979 World Luge Championships	Königssee	GER	27 – 28 January 1979	3	12	3
1981 World Luge Championships	Hammarstrand	SWE	7 – 8 February 1981	3	12	4
1983 World Luge Championships	Lake Placid	USA	5 – 6 February 1983	3	12	5
1985 World Luge Championships	Oberhof	GDR	26 – 27 January 1985	3	11	2
1987 World Luge Championships	Innsbruck	AUT	23 – 25 January 1987	3	12	4
1989 World Luge Championships	Winterberg	GER	10 – 12 February 1989	4	21	4
1990 World Luge Championships	Calgary	CAN	21 – 25 February 1990	4	22	5
1991 World Luge Championships	Winterberg	GER	26 – 27 January 1991	4	21	3
1993 World Luge Championships	Calgary	CAN	20 – 21 February 1993	4	21	4
1995 World Luge Championships	Lillehammer	NOR	4 – 5 February 1995	4	20	4
1996 World Luge Championships	Altenberg	GER	3 – 4 February 1996	4	21	4
1997 World Luge Championships	Innsbruck	AUT	17 – 19 February 1997	4	22	3
1999 World Luge Championships	Königssee	GER	29 – 31 January 1999	4	19	4
2000 World Luge Championships	St.Moritz	SUI	4 – 6 February 2000	4	17	4
2001 World Luge Championships	Calgary	CAN	23 – 25 February 2001	4	19	4
2003 World Luge Championships	Sigulda	LAT	21 – 23 February 2003	4	17	4
2004 World Luge Championships	Nagano	JPN	13 – 15 February 2004	4	18	4
2005 World Luge Championships	Park City	USA	18 – 20 February 2005	4	17	3
2007 World Luge Championships	Innsbruck	AUT	2 – 4 February 2007	4	19	4
2008 World Luge Championships	Oberhof	GER	25 – 27 January 2008	4	18	3
2009 World Luge Championships	Lake Placid	USA	6 – 8 February 2009	4	19	6
2011 World Luge Championships	Cesana	ITA	29 – 30 January 2011	3	12	5
2012 World Luge Championships	Altenberg	GER	10 – 12 February 2012	4	18	5
2013 World Luge Championships	Whistler	CAN	1 – 2 February 2013	4	19	4
2015 World Luge Championships	Sigulda	LAT	14 – 15 February 2015	4	18	5
2016 World Luge Championships	Königssee	GER	29 – 31 January 2016	7	24	7
2017 World Luge Championships	Innsbruck	AUT	27 – 29 January 2017	7	22	7
2019 World Luge Championships	Winterberg	GER	25 – 27 January 2019	7	116	23
2020 World Luge Championships	Sochi	RUS	14 – 16 February 2020	7	100	17
2021 World Luge Championships	Königssee	GER	29 – 31 January 2021	7	20	4
2022 World Luge Championships	Winterberg	GER	30 January 2022	1	6	2
2023 World Luge Championships	Oberhof	GER	27 – 29 January 2023	9	24	4
2024 World Luge Championships	Altenberg	GER	26 – 28 January 2024	9	33	6

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Germany	GER	95	79	52	226
2	East Germany	GDR	35	27	23	85
3	Austria	AUT	30	38	45	113
4	Italy	ITA	17	18	33	68
5	Russia	RUS	8	10	5	23
6	Poland	POL	5	6	5	16
7	United States	USA	3	7	11	21
8	Soviet Union	URS	3	4	5	12
9	Switzerland	SUI	2	4	0	6
10	Latvia	LAT	1	7	13	21
11	Canada	CAN	1	1	6	8
12	Norway	NOR	1	0	0	1
13	Czechoslovakia	TCH	0	0	2	2
14	Ukraine	UKR	0	0	1	1