European Natural Track Luge Championships 1985
The 11th FIL Natural Track Luge European Championship took place from February 20 to 24, 1985 in Szczyrk , Poland . It was the first European championship that was not held in Austria or Italy.
Technical data of the natural toboggan run
| begin | 795 m npm |
| target | 640 m npm |
| Height difference | 155 m |
| Average gradient | 14.7% |
| length | 1050 m |
Single seater men
After the Italian team had won the European championship five times in a row, Manfred Danklmaier brought the men's singles title back to Austria this year . The silver medal was won by the 1979 European champion, Damiano Lugon from Italy. Bronze went to the Austrian Robert Tomelitsch .
Single-seater women
| space | Surname | time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Delia Vaudan
|
3: 55.62 min |
| 2 |
Irmgard Lanthaler
|
+ 3.67 s |
| 3 |
Herta Hafner
|
+ 4.10 s |
| 4th |
 Ida Huber
|
? |
| 5 |
 Małgorzata Kabat
|
? |
| 6th |
Helga Pichler
|
? |
| 7th |
Irene Koch
|
? |
| 8th |
Anita Blum
|
? |
| 9 |
Nelly Chapellu
|
? |
| 10 |
Małgorzata Konior
|
? |
| 11 |
Paula Peintner
|
? |
| 12 |
Hilde Fuchs
|
? |
| 13 |
Eva Dietrich
|
? |
| 14th |
Małgorzata Bittel
|
? |
| 15th |
Ewa Kierepka
|
? |
| 16 |
Elżbieta Chmielewska
|
? |
| 17th |
 Manuela Daller
|
? |
| 18th |
Petra Leitinger
|
? |
| 19th |
Mirosława Ogrodzka
|
? |
| 20th |
.svg){kind=small} Tina Tolar
|
? |
| 21st |
 Marie Bigert
|
? |
| - |
Britta Jernström
|
DNS |
The reigning world champion Delia Vaudan from Italy became the European single-seater champion for the second time since 1981. As at the last European Championship, the silver medal was won by her compatriot Irmgard Lanthaler . Another Italian, Herta Hafner, took third place . Hafner was world champion in 1982 and had already won the bronze medal at the 1979 European championship. This was the second time since 1979 that only Italians stood on the podium at a natural track luge European championship.
Two-seater
| space | Surname | time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Raimund Pigneter - Georg Antholzer
|
2: 35.54 min |
| 2 |
Almir Betemps - Corrado Herin
|
+ 1.01 s |
| 3 |
Andreas Jud - Ernst Oberhammer
|
+ 1.62 s |
| 4th |
Ireneusz Mendelewski - Krzysztof Niewiadomski
|
? |
| 5 |
Ernst Marmsoler - Richard Marmsoler
|
? |
| 6th |
Giuseppe Cerise - Lauro Pont
|
? |
| 7th |
Roland Trattnig - Harald Rabitsch
|
? |
| 8th |
 Stelmaszek - Szwed |
? |
| 9 |
Piotr Szkaradnik - Wacław Kubica
|
? |
| 10 |
Paweł Goryl - Roman Frączek
|
? |
| 11 |
Gerhard Pilz - Christian Klackl
|
? |
| 12 |
Johann Höfer - Raimund Höfer
|
? |
| - |
Johan Myrvoll - Lars Ake Sandström
|
DNS |
| - |
Paweł Jędrzejko - Roman Majka
|
DNS |
| - |
Matthäus Hofer - Gerhard Hirzegger
|
DNS |
| - |
Mirosław Janica - Jerzy Sidoruk
|
DNF |
| - |
Arthur Gatt - August Strickner
|
DNF |
| - |
Walter Mauracher - Helmut Troger
|
DNF |
As in the women's singles, there was also an Italian triple victory in the doubles. European champions were Raimund Pigneter and Georg Antholzer . You were second at the last European Championship. The silver medal went to Almir Betemps and Corrado Herin . For them it was the first medal in championships. Bronze went to the reigning world champions Andreas Jud and Ernst Oberhammer .
Medal table
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Italy
|
2 | 3 | 2 | 7th |
| 2. |
Austria
|
1 | - | 1 | 2 |
literature
- Harald Steyrer, Herbert Wurzer, Egon Theiner: 50 years of FIL 1957–2007. The history of the International Luge Federation in three volumes . tape II . Egoth Verlag, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902480-46-0 , p. 323 .
- Manfred Seifert: Sport85. A yearbook of GDR sports . Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-328-00129-8 , p. 277 .
