Luge World Cup 1977/78

The Luge World Cup 1977/78 began on December 3, 1977 at Königssee in Germany and ended on March 5, 1978 at the same location.

World Cup results

date	place	discipline	winner	Second	Third
December 3-4, 1977	Königssee , BR Germany	Women	Andrea Fendt	Elisabeth Demleitner	Amanda Pfeiffer
		Men	Paul Hildgartner	Anton Winkler	Karl Brunner
		Two-seater	Peter Gschnitzer Karl Brunner	Hans Stanggassinger Franz Wembacher	Hans Brandner Balthasar Schwarm
January 28-29, 1978	Igls , Austria	Women	Andrea Fendt	Elke Djan	Regina King
		Men	Karl Brunner	Anton Winkler	Paul Hildgartner
		Two-seater	Hans Brandner Balthasar Schwarm	Stefan Hölzlwimmer Rudolf Großwang	Rudolf Schmid Albert Graf
February 4-5, 1978	Hammarstrand , Sweden	Women	Roswitha Stenzel	Margit Schumann	Elisabeth Demleitner
		Men	Dettlef Günther	Hans Rinn	Anton Winkler
		Two-seater	Bernd Hahn Ulrich Hahn	Peter Gschnitzer Karl Brunner	Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn
March 4-5, 1978	Königssee , BR Germany	Women	Margit Schumann	Roswitha Stenzel	Angelika Schafferer
		Men	Hans Rinn	Dettlef Günther	Anton Winkler
		Two-seater	Hans Stanggassinger Franz Wembacher	Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn	Peter Gschnitzer Karl Brunner

Due to the onset of a foehn and heavy snowfall, only two races were held at the event in Igls. The event in Hammarstrand took place as a Scandinavian Cup and dress rehearsal for the EM 1977. The second event in Königssee took place as an Alpine Country Cup.

Overall ratings

Overall ranking in the women's singles

rank	Surname	country	CAN 1	IGL	HAM	CAN 2	Points
1.	Regina King	BR Germany		3		4th
2.	Andrea Fendt	BR Germany	1	1
3.	Angelika Schafferer	Austria				3
	Margit Schumann	German Democratic Republic			2	1
	Roswitha Stenzel	German Democratic Republic			1	2
	Elisabeth Demleitner	BR Germany	2		3
	Elke Djan	BR Germany		2
	Amanda Pfeiffer	BR Germany	3
	Anna Majewskaya	Soviet Union			5
	Vera Zozuļa	Soviet Union			4th

Overall ranking in the men's singles

rank	Surname	country	CAN 1	IGL	HAM	CAN 2	Points
1.	Anton Winkler	BR Germany	2	2	3	3
2.	Paul Hildgartner	Italy	1	3	5	4th
3.	Manfred Schmid	Austria
	Gerhard Böhmer	BR Germany
	Karl Brunner	Italy	3	1
	Dettlef Günther	German Democratic Republic			1	2
	Hans Rinn	German Democratic Republic			2	1
	Hans-Heinrich Winkler	German Democratic Republic			4th

Overall ranking in the men's doubles

rank	Surname	country	CAN 1	IGL	HAM	CAN 2	Points
1.	Peter Gschnitzer Karl Brunner	Italy	1		2	3
2.	Hans Brandner Balthasar Schwarm	BR Germany	3	1		4th
3.	Stefan Hölzlwimmer Rudolf Großwang	BR Germany		2
	Bernd Hahn Ulrich Hahn	German Democratic Republic			1
	Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn	German Democratic Republic			3	2
	Rudolf Schmid Albert Graf	Austria		3
	Hans Stanggassinger Franz Wembacher	BR Germany	2			1

Web links

• Luge results artificial track: FIL World Cups since 1977/1978. In: fil-luge.org (March 6, 2017).
• Luge World Cup 1977/78 to 2008/09: women. ( Memento of January 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) In: fil-luge.org (January 7, 2010).
• Luge World Cup 1977/78 to 2008/09: men. ( Memento of January 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) In: fil-luge.org (January 7, 2010).
• Luge World Cup 1977/78 to 2008/09: doubles. ( Memento of January 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) In: fil-luge.org (January 7, 2010).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Briefly reported. In: Neues Deutschland from December 5, 1977, p. 7.
2. ↑ Briefly reported. In: Neues Deutschland from January 30, 1978, p. 8.
3. ^ GDR victories in Hammarstrand. In: Neue Zeit of February 7, 1978, p. 6.
4. ↑ Double success in racing sled competition. In: Neues Deutschland from March 6, 1978, p. 7.

literature

• Harald Steyrer, Herbert Wurzer, Egon Theiner: 50 years of FIL 1957–2007. The history of the International Luge Federation in three volumes. Volume II, Egoth Verlag, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902480-46-0 , pp. 164-165.