Junior Luge World Championships 1988
The 4th Junior World Luge Championship was held in January 1988 in the South Tyrolean municipality of Olang . The junior doubles were decided on January 24th; at temperatures around - 7 ° C the conditions are described as “good”. The starting field included participants from 13 nations, including Italy , the German Democratic Republic , the Federal Republic of Germany , the United States and the Soviet Union .
Results
Junior women singles
| rank | sportswoman | nationality | End time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerda Weissensteiner |
 Italy
|
1: 44.116 min |
| 2 | Dana Riedel |
 German Democratic Republic ( SC Traktor Oberwiesenthal ) |
1: 44.173 min |
| 3 | Svetlana Wargas |
 Soviet Union
|
1: 44.471 min |
| 4th | Lilia Ludan |
Soviet Union
|
|
| 5 | Christina Knauer |
German Democratic Republic
|
1: 44.771 min |
| 6th | Sylke Otto |
German Democratic Republic
|
1: 44.905 min |
| 21st | Silke Kraushaar |
German Democratic Republic
|
1: 47.935 min |
Junior singles
| rank | athlete | nationality | End time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kurt Brugger |
Italy
|
1: 51.335 min |
| 2 | Wilfried Huber |
Italy
|
1: 51.482 min |
| 3 | Gerhard Plankensteiner |
Italy
|
1: 51.704 min |
| 4th | Daniel Ray |
 United States
|
|
| 5 | Mario Swieder |
German Democratic Republic
|
1: 52.157 min |
| 8th | Ronny Schneider |
German Democratic Republic
|
1: 52.679 min |
| 12 | Jörg Schöler |
German Democratic Republic
|
1: 53.346 min |
| 17th | Alexander construction |
German Democratic Republic
|
1: 54.643 min |
Juniors' two-seater
| rank | athlete | nationality | End time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Marco Ernst Olaf Paschold |
German Democratic Republic ( ASK Vorwärts Oberhof ) |
1: 08.786 min |
| 2 |
Jason Mully Lance Kirley |
United States
|
1: 09.158 min |
| 3 |
Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber |
Italy
|
1: 09.377 min |
| 6th |
Yves Mankel Thomas Rudolph |
German Democratic Republic
|
1: 09.975 min |
| 10 |
Mario Langenhan Andreas Bernhardt |
German Democratic Republic
|
1: 10.078 min |
Medal table
| rank | nation | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Italy
|
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 |
German Democratic Republic
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |
United States
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4th |
Soviet Union
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
literature
- Junior World Championships for sled athletes: Oberhofer duo twice with fastest load. In: Neues Deutschland , January 25, 1988, p. 8.
Web links
- Luge results artificial track: World Junior Championships since 1982 on the homepage of the International Luge Federation (FIL) , accessed on February 1, 2014.
- Luge - World Junior Championships on the-sports.org homepage , accessed on February 2, 2014 (English).