The 1996/97 Luge World Cup season began on November 30, 1996 in Sigulda in Latvia and ended on February 16, 1997 in Nagano , Japan. Overall World Cup winner was the Austrian Markus Prock , his compatriot Andrea Tagwerker , and the American doubles Christopher Thorpe and Gordon Sheer .
The season was held at seven World Cup stations.
World Cup results
| date |
place |
discipline |
winner |
Second |
Third
|
| 30. 11. to 01.12.1996
|
Latvia Sigulda
|
Single seater (F)
|
Germany Silke Kraushaar
|
Austria Andrea Tagwerker
|
United States Cammy Myler Angelika Neuner
Austria
|
| Single seater (M)
|
Austria Markus Prock
|
Italy Armin Zöggeler
|
United States Duncan Kennedy
|
| Double (M)
|
United States Christopher Thorpe Gordon Sheer
United States
|
Germany Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt
Germany
|
Germany Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller
Germany
|
| December 7th to 8th, 1996
|
Norway Lillehammer
|
Single seater (F)
|
Germany Silke Kraushaar
|
Germany Jana Bode
|
Austria Angelika Neuner
|
| Single seater (M)
|
Italy Armin Zöggeler
|
Austria Markus Prock
|
United States Duncan Kennedy
|
| Double (M)
|
United States Christian Niccum Matt McClain
United States
|
United States Christopher Thorpe Gordon Sheer
United States
|
United States Mark Grimmette Brian Martin
United States
|
| December 14th to 15th, 1996
|
Germany Altenberg
|
Single seater (F)
|
Germany Jana Bode
|
Germany Silke Kraushaar
|
Austria Andrea Tagwerker
|
| Single seater (M)
|
Austria Markus Prock
|
Germany Jens Müller
|
Austria Gerhard Gleirscher
|
| Double (M)
|
United States Christopher Thorpe Gordon Sheer
United States
|
Italy Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder
Italy
|
Germany Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt
Germany
|
| December 21-22, 1997
|
Germany Koenigssee
|
Single seater (F)
|
Germany Silke Kraushaar
|
Germany Susi Erdmann
|
Germany Barbara Niedernhuber
|
| Single seater (M)
|
Austria Markus Prock
|
United States Duncan Kennedy
|
Germany Jens Müller
|
| Double (M)
|
United States Christopher Thorpe Gordon Sheer
United States
|
Italy Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder
Italy
|
Germany Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt
Germany
|
| January 25th to 26th, 1997
|
Germany Oberhof
|
Single seater (F)
|
Austria Andrea Tagwerker
|
Austria Angelika Neuner
|
Germany Susi Erdmann
|
| Single seater (M)
|
Austria Markus Prock
|
Germany Jens Müller
|
Italy Wilfried Huber Norbert Huber
Italy
|
| Double (M)
|
Italy Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber
Italy
|
Austria Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl
Austria
|
Italy Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder
Italy
|
| February 1st to 2nd, 1997
|
Germany Winterberg
|
Single seater (F)
|
Germany Sylke Otto
|
Austria Andrea Tagwerker
|
Germany Jana Bode
|
| Single seater (M)
|
Germany Georg Hackl
|
Germany Jens Müller
|
Austria Markus Prock
|
| Double (M)
|
Germany Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt
Germany
|
Austria Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl
Austria
|
United States Christian Niccum Matt McClain
United States
|
| February 15 to 16, 1997
|
Japan Nagano
|
Single seater (F)
|
Austria Angelika Neuner
|
Germany Jana Bode
|
Austria Andrea Tagwerker
|
| Single seater (M)
|
United States Wendel Suckow
|
Germany Jens Müller
|
Germany Georg Hackl
|
| Double (M)
|
Italy Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder
Italy
|
Austria Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl
Austria
|
United States Christopher Thorpe Gordon Sheer
United States
|
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Winter sports world cup 1996/97
