Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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| Venue | Cesana Pariol |
| Dates | 11–15 February |
| No. of events | 3 |
| Competitors | 108 from 24 nations |
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| Singles | men | women | |
| Doubles | open | ||
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
[edit]Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 |  Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |  Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Events
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's singles |
Armin Zöggeler Italy
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Albert Demtschenko Russia
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Mārtiņš Rubenis Latvia
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| Women's singles |
Sylke Otto Germany
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Silke Kraushaar Germany
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Tatjana Hüfner Germany
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| Doubles |
Austria (AUT) Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger |
Germany (GER) André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich |
Italy (ITA) Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder |
Participating NOCs
[edit]Twenty-four nations competed in the luge events at Torino.
Argentina (1)
Australia (1)- Austria (10)
Bulgaria (1)
Canada (10)
Czech Republic (4)- Germany (10)
Great Britain (2)
India (1)- Italy (9)
Japan (5)
South Korea (1)- Latvia (8)
Moldova (1)
Poland (3)
Romania (4)- Russia (10)
Slovenia (1)
Switzerland (2)
Slovakia (6)
Chinese Taipei (1)
Ukraine (6)
United States (10)
Venezuela (1)
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
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