Natural Track Luge World Championship 1996
The 10th FIL - natural track luge World Cup took place from 26 to 28 January 1996, Oberperfuss in Austria instead.
Single seater men
Date: January 27 (1st race) and January 28, 1996 (2nd and 3rd race)
The Austrian Gerhard Pilz became world champion in single-seater for the fifth time in a row and thus set a record that is still unbroken today. The Italian Anton Blasbichler reached second place and won his first medal at world championships after becoming European champion in 1993. In third place, Franz Obrist , was another Italian. He had won the silver medal at the last World Cup and had become European champion in 1991.
Single-seater women
| space | Surname | time |
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| 1 |
 Irene Zechner
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| 2 |
Elvira Holzknecht
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| 3 |
Sandra Mariner
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| 4th |
 Lyubov Panjutina
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| 5 |
Nicole Greener
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| 6th |
 Christa Gietl
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| 7th |
Irene Mitterstieler
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| 8th |
Simona Martin
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| 9 |
 Sonja Dobson
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| 10 |
Polina Danilevskaya
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| 11 |
Viva Wolf
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| 12 |
 Jenny Hultmann
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| 13 |
 Maria Assenova
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| 14th |
 Hanna Ristola
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| - |
 Tina Tolar
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| - |
Sonja Steinacher
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DNS |
Date: January 27 (1st race) and January 28, 1996 (2nd and 3rd race)
In the women's singles, the Austrian Irene Zechner became world champion, who had previously been European champion twice. Second place went to her teammate Elvira Holzknecht , who had already won several medals at world and European championships. Sandra Mariner , also from Austria, won the bronze medal. For them it was the first medal at a world championship. For the first time, three Austrians stood on the podium at a world championship.
Two-seater
| space | Surname | time |
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| 1 |
Reinhard Beer - Herbert Kögl
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| 2 |
Helmut Ruetz - Andi Ruetz
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| 3 |
Martin Psenner - Arthur Künig
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| 4th |
Roland Niedermair - Hubert Burger
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| 5 |
Jürgen Pezzi - Christian Hafner
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| 6th |
Martin Schneebauer - Peter Lechner
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| 7th |
 Marcin Pawlus - Andrzej Laszczak
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| 8th |
Tscheslav Schumilow - Andrei Tschernezow
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| 9 |
Ari Tuominen - Timo Heikkilä
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| 10 |
Michael Kolesow - Roman Kuznetsov
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Date: January 27, 1996 (both races)
The Austrians Reinhard Beer and Herbert Kögl won the gold medal in the two-seater . This made them the first world champions in doubles that did not come from Italy. The reigning European champions Andi and Helmut Ruetz from Austria won the silver medal . Third place went to the Italians Martin Psenner and Arthur Künig , for whom it was the only medal at world championships.
Medal table
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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| 1. |
Austria
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3 | 2 | 1 | 6th |
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Italy
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- | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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. 295 .
- Harald Steyrer, Herbert Wurzer, Egon Theiner: 50 years of FIL 1957–2007. The history of the International Luge Federation in three volumes . tape III . Egoth Verlag, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902480-46-0 , p. 252 .
