Luge World Cup 1978/79

The 2nd Luge World Cup 1978/79 began on January 13, 1979 on the track in Hammarstrand, Sweden and ended on March 4, 1979 in Winterberg .

World Cup results

discipline	winner	Second	Third
Hammarstrand , Sweden (January 13-14, 1979)
Ladies - single seaters	Margit Schumann	Melitta Sollmann	Gunilla Nilsson
Men - singles	Hans Rinn	Bernhard Glass	Paul Hildgartner
Men - two-seater	Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn	Bernd Hahn Ulrich Hahn	Peter Gschnitzer Karl Brunner
Imst , Austria (January 20-21, 1979)
Ladies - single seaters	Marie-Luise Rainer	Angelika Schafferer	Annefried Göllner
Men - singles	Paul Hildgartner	Karl Brunner	Georg Fluckinger
Men - two-seater	Georg Fluckinger Karl scrap	Peter Gschnitzer Karl Brunner	Johannes Schettel Jürgen Pilz
Igls , Austria (February 17-18, 1979)
Ladies - single seaters	Angelika Schafferer	Monika Auer	Marie-Luise Göllner
Men - singles	Paul Hildgartner	Karl Brunner	Ernst Haspinger
Men - two-seater	Hans Brandner Balthasar swarm	Peter Gschnitzer Karl Brunner	Johannes Schettel Jürgen Pilz
Winterberg , Federal Republic of Germany (March 4, 1979)
Ladies - single seaters	Angelika Schafferer	Elke Djan	Christine Brunner
Men - singles	Ernst Haspinger	Peter Gschnitzer	Gerhard Böhmer
Men - two-seater	Hans Brandner Balthasar swarm	Johannes Schettel Jürgen Pilz	Georg Fluckinger Karl scrap

World Cup stands

discipline	winner	Second	Third
Ladies - single seaters	Angelika Schafferer	Marie-Luise Rainer	Christine Brunner
Men - singles	Paul Hildgartner	Peter Gschnitzer	Karl Brunner
Men - two-seater	Peter Gschnitzer Karl Brunner	Georg Fluckinger Karl scrap	Hans Brandner Balthasar swarm

Web links

• Luge World Cup women
• Luge World Cup men
• Luge World Cup doubles
• World Cup total standings (PDF; 33 kB)

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 .