Luge World Championships 1963

The 1963 Luge World Championships took place on January 26th and 27th, 1963 in Imst , Austria .

Due to the rise in temperature from January 25th to January 26th, the train had become slower and the route was shortened.

Women's singles

space	country	athlete	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Ilse Geisler	3: 02.87
2	Austria	Helene Thurner	3: 06.75
3	Poland	Janina Susczewska	3: 06.75
4th	German Democratic Republic	Ute Gähler	3: 06.93
...
24	German Democratic Republic	Ortrun Enderlein

Geisler already set the best time in the first two runs. Thurner followed behind. The South Tyrolean Erika Außenendorfer fell badly on January 26th, started with a torn muscle and was 3rd after the first day, but then fell to 6th (3: 07.45) behind the Polish Anna Zrobikowa (3:07, 13) back.

Men's single seaters

space	country	athlete	time
1	BR Germany	Fritz Nachmann	2: 18.61
2	BR Germany	Hans Plenk	2: 19.03
3	German Democratic Republic	Klaus Bonsack	2: 19.05
4th	Austria	Reinhold Senn	2: 19.65
5	Poland	Lucjan Kudzian	2: 19.71
6th	Poland	Ryszard Pedrak	2: 19.79
7th	Austria	Helmut Thaler	2: 19.85
8th	BR Germany	Max Leo	2: 19.87
9	German Democratic Republic	Walter Eggert	2: 19.98
10	BR Germany	Josef Fleischmann	2: 20.35
...
14th	German Democratic Republic	Jochen Asche	2: 21.38
26th	German Democratic Republic	Wolfgang Scheidel	2: 24.63
28	German Democratic Republic	Helmut Vollprecht	2: 26.14
29	German Democratic Republic	Michael Koehler	2: 26.29

After the first day (January 26), Nachmann was already leading in front of Plenk, while Bonsack and Senn were third. In the late evening of January 26th, heavy snowfall prevented a third round of qualifications (it was canceled), so that there were only three rounds.

Men's two-seater

space	country	athlete	time
1	Poland	Ryszard Pedrak , Lucjan Kudzia	1: 22.76
2	Poland	Edward Fender , Mieczysław Pawełkiewicz	1: 23.62
3	Austria	Anton Venier , Ewald Walch	1: 23.74
4th	German Democratic Republic	Klaus Bonsack , Jochen Asche	1: 23.86
5	Austria	Reinhold Frosch , Ludwig Gassner	1: 24.28
6th	German Democratic Republic	Wolfgang Scheidel , Michael Köhler	1: 24.46

This competition was completed on January 27th in two runs.

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Poland	1	1	1	3
2	BR Germany	1	1	0	2
3	German Democratic Republic	1	0	1	2
4th	Austria	0	1	1	2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Column 1, middle: «Shortened railway in Imst» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 26, 1963, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
2. ↑ "Thurner Second, Senn Third" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 27, 1963, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
3. ↑ "No luge title for Austria" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 29, 1963, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).