Luge World Cup 1998/99

The World Cup season 1998/99 in luge started on 16 November 1998 in the Austrian Igls and ended on 14 February 1999 at the Japanese Nagano . The highlight of the season was the 33rd Luge World Championships from January 25th to 31st, 1999 in Königssee, Bavaria .

The season was held at seven World Cup stations.

World Cup results

date	place	discipline	winner	Second	Third
November 16-22, 1998	Austria Igls	Single seater (F)	Germany Sylke Otto	Germany Barbara Niedernhuber	Austria Angelika Neuner
		Single seater (M)	Germany Georg Hackl	Austria Markus Prock	Austria Gerhard Gleirscher
		Double (M)	United States Christian Niccum Matt McClain United States	United States Mark Grimmette Brian Martin United States	Italy Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder Italy
November 23rd to 29th, 1998	Germany Altenberg	Single seater (F)	Germany Barbara Niedernhuber	Germany Sylke Otto	Germany Silke Kraushaar
		Single seater (M)	Italy Armin Zöggeler	Italy Norbert Huber	Austria Markus Prock
		Double (M)	Austria Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl Austria	Italy Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder Italy	United States Chris Thorpe Gordy Sheer United States
December 7th to 13th, 1998	Latvia Sigulda	Single seater (F)	Germany Silke Kraushaar	Germany Sylke Otto	Austria Angelika Neuner
		Single seater (M)	Italy Armin Zöggeler	Germany Jens Müller	Germany Georg Hackl
		Double (M)	United States Christian Niccum Matt McClain United States	United States Mark Grimmette Brian Martin United States	Austria Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl Austria
19 to 20 December 1998	Germany Winterberg	Single seater (F)	Germany Silke Kraushaar	Germany Susi Erdmann	Germany Barbara Niedernhuber
		Single seater (M)	Germany Georg Hackl	Austria Markus Prock	United States Adam Heidt
		Double (M)	United States Mark Grimmette Brian Martin United States	Austria Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl Austria	Germany Patric Leitner Alexander Resch Germany
11th to 17th January 1999	Germany Oberhof	Single seater (F)	Germany Silke Kraushaar	Germany Susi Erdmann	Germany Sylke Otto
		Single seater (M)	Austria Markus Prock	Germany Jens Müller	Germany Georg Hackl
		Double (M)	Germany Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller Germany	United States Chris Thorpe Gordy Sheer United States	Germany André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich Germany
February 5th to 6th, 1999	Switzerland St. Moritz	Single seater (F)	Germany Silke Kraushaar	Germany Sylke Otto	Austria Andrea Tagwerker
		Single seater (M)	Austria Markus Prock	Austria Rainer Margreiter	Austria Gerhard Gleirscher
		Double (M)	Germany Patric Leitner Alexander Resch Germany	United States Mark Grimmette Brian Martin United States	Austria Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl Austria
February 8th to 14th, 1999	Japan Nagano	Single seater (F)	Germany Sylke Otto	Germany Barbara Niedernhuber	Germany Silke Kraushaar
		Single seater (M)	Germany Georg Hackl	Austria Markus Prock	Austria Rainer Margreiter
		Double (M)	Germany Patric Leitner Alexander Resch Germany	Austria Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl Austria	United States Mark Grimmette Brian Martin United States

World Cup results and placements

- = no participation | dsq = disqualified | dnf = did not finish ("did not finish") | dns = did not start ("not started" - reported, but no start)

Final result in the women's singles

rank	Surname	country	IGL	OLD	SIG	WIN	OBE	STM	NAG	Points
01.	Silke Kraushaar	Germany Germany	7th	3	1	1	1	1	3	586
02.	Sylke Otto	Germany Germany	1	2	2	6th	3	2	1	575
03.	Barbara Niedernhuber	Germany Germany	2	1	7th	3	4th	8th	2	488
04th	Angelika Neuner	Austria Austria	3	5	3	7th	5	6th	4th	406
05.	Andrea Tagwerker	Austria Austria	5	6th	5	4th	6th	3	5	395
06th	Susi Erdmann	Germany Germany	4th	4th	6th	2	2	-	-	340
07th	Iluta Gaile	Latvia Latvia	9	10	10	9	7th	7th	-	242
08th.	Natalie Obkircher	Italy Italy	8th	8th	8th	5	-	4th	-	241
09.	Sonja Manzenreiter	Austria Austria	10	13	13	12	10	11	-	198
10.	Simone Eder	Austria Austria	11	11	14th	13	9	14th	-	193


25th	Sonja Wiedemann	Germany Germany	-	-	-	-	-	5	13	085

Final score in the men's singles

rank	Surname	country	IGL	OLD	SIG	WIN	OBE	STM	NAG	Points
01.	Markus Prock	Austria Austria	2	3	6th	2	1	1	2	575
02.	Georg Hackl	Germany Germany	1	9	3	1	3	12	1	511
03.	Jens Müller	Germany Germany	6th	7th	2	5	2	6th	6th	421
04th	Adam Heidt	United States United States	7th	10	7th	3	5	8th	5	350
05.	Rainer Margreiter	Austria Austria	10	8th	11	12	10	2	3	335
06th	Gerhard Gleirscher	Austria Austria	3	5	10	6th	8th	3	-	323
07th	Armin Zöggeler	Italy Italy	5	1	1	11	-	15th	-	315
07th	Norbert Huber	Italy Italy	4th	2	5	4th	-	5	-	315
09.	Albert Demchenko	Russia Russia	11	4th	4th	14th	11	10	9	291
10.	Markus Kleinheinz	Austria Austria	8th	13	14th	16	4th	4th	-	245

Final score in the men's doubles

rank	Names	country	IGL	OLD	SIG	WIN	OBE	STM	NAG	! Points
1.	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin	United States United States	2	8th	2	1	7th	2	3	513
2.	Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl	Austria Austria	7th	1	3	2	5	3	2	511
3.	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Germany Germany	6th	13	10	3	4th	1	1	446
4th	Chris Thorpe Gordy Sheer	United States United States	4th	3	5	4th	2	5	5	440
5.	Christian Niccum Matt McClain	United States United States	1	4th	1	15th	14th	8th	4th	416
6th	Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller	Germany Germany	5	5	4th	6th	1	-	-	320
7th	Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder	Italy Italy	3	2	6th	7th	-	4th	-	311
8th.	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Germany Germany	8th	6th	8th	5	3	10	-	295
9.	Roberts Suharevs Dainis Leksis	Latvia Latvia	10	-	7th	12	6th	12	-	196
9.	Söderberg Bengt Walden is different	Sweden Sweden	9	-	-	11	11	9	6th	196

Web links

Results in luge on www.fil-luge.org