Luge World Cup 2003/04

The World Cup season 2003/04 in luge started on 10 November 2003 at the Latvian Sigulda and ended on 1 February 2004 in Koenigssee . The highlight of the season was the 37th Luge World Championships from 9 to 15 February 2004 at the Japanese Nagano .

The season was held at eight World Cup stations. Four team competitions were held during the season.

World Cup results

date	place	discipline	winner	Second	Third
November 10 to 16, 2003	Sigulda	Single seater (F)	Silke Kraushaar	Sylke Otto	Veronika Halder
		Single seater (M)	Armin Zöggeler	Rainer Margreiter	Markus Kleinheinz
		Double (M)	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl
		team	Germany Jan Eichhorn Sylke Otto Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Italy Armin Zöggeler Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonowa Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder	Austria Martin's adventure Sonja Manzenreiter Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl
November 17 to 23, 2003	Altenberg	Single seater (F)	Silke Kraushaar	Sylke Otto	Barbara Niedernhuber
		Single seater (M)	Armin Zöggeler	Markus Kleinheinz	Tony Benshoof
		Double (M)	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich
December 5th to 7th, 2003	Calgary	Single seater (F)	Sylke Otto	Barbara Niedernhuber	Veronika Halder
		Single seater (M)	David Möller	Armin Zöggeler	Tony Benshoof
		Double (M)	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber
		team	Germany Silke Kraushaar Jan Eichhorn Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Austria Veronika Halder Markus Kleinheinz Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger	Italy Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonowa Armin Zöggeler Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder
13th to 14th December 2003	Park City	Single seater (F)	Silke Kraushaar	Sylke Otto	Barbara Niedernhuber
		Single seater (M)	Reinhold Rainer	Denis Geppert	Tony Benshoof
		Double (M)	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich
15th to 21st December 2003	Lake Placid	Single seater (F)	Sylke Otto	Silke Kraushaar	Barbara Niedernhuber
		Single seater (M)	Armin Zöggeler	Georg Hackl	David Möller
		Double (M)	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Sebastian Schmidt André Forker	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich
		team	Germany David Möller Sylke Otto Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Italy Armin Zöggeler Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonowa Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	United States Tony Benshoof Courtney Zablocki Christian Niccum Brian Wohlleb
January 12th to 18th, 2004	Winterberg	Single seater (F)	Sylke Otto	Silke Kraushaar	Barbara Niedernhuber
		Single seater (M)	Georg Hackl	David Möller	Armin Zöggeler
		Double (M)	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder
January 19 to 25, 2004	Igls	Single seater (F)	Sylke Otto	Tatjana Huefner	Silke Kraushaar
		Single seater (M)	Georg Hackl	Armin Zöggeler	David Möller
		Double (M)	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich
		team	Germany David Möller Sylke Otto André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Austria Sonja Manzenreiter Markus Kleinheinz Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl	United States Ashley Hayden Tony Benshoof Mark Grimmette Brian Martin
31/01 until 02/01/2004	Koenigssee	Single seater (F)	Sylke Otto	Silke Kraushaar	Barbara Niedernhuber
		Single seater (M)	Armin Zöggeler	Georg Hackl	David Möller
		Double (M)	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin

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	SIG	OLD	CAL	PAC	LAP	WIN	IGL	CAN	! Points
01.	Sylke Otto	Germany	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	755
02.	Silke Kraushaar	Germany	1	1	8th	1	2	2	3	2	667
03.	Barbara Niedernhuber	Germany	-	3	2	3	3	3	5	3	490
04th	Sonja Manzenreiter	Austria	5	5	4th	7th	6th	5	4th	5	436
05.	Veronika Halder	Austria	3	11	3	12	4th	8th	10	7th	390
06th	Anna Orlova	Latvia	4th	8th	4th	9	16	4th	7th	8th	374
07th	Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonowa	Italy	10	10	6th	11	7th	17th	11	11	294
08th.	Ashley Hayden	United States	11	-	9	5	12	9	8th	13	271
09.	Nina Reithmayer	Austria	8th	6th	11	10	13	10	9	-	267
10.	Anke Wischnewski	Germany	6th	4th	10	4th	5	-	-	-	261

Final score in the men's singles

rank	Surname	country	SIG	OLD	CAL	PAC	LAP	WIN	IGL	CAN	Points
01.	Armin Zöggeler	Italy	1	1	2	7th	1	3	2	1	686
02.	Georg Hackl	Germany	9	10	4th	5	2	1	1	2	560
03.	David Möller	Germany	4th	15th	1	4th	3	2	3	3	541
04th	Tony Benshoof	United States	8th	3	3	3	4th	8th	4th	4th	474
05.	Markus Kleinheinz	Austria	3	2	9	6th	5	6th	12	5	436
06th	Reinhold Rainer	Italy	7th	13	20th	1	7th	4th	5	10	394
07th	Denis Geppert	Germany	12	6th	7th	2	9	11	6th	8th	378
08th.	Rainer Margreiter	Austria	2	4th	8th	9	8th	13	10	9	373
09.	Albert Demchenko	Russia	6th	7th	5	8th	10	12	11	6th	345
10.	Wilfried Huber	Italy	11	9	19th	10	10	24	8th	7th	272

Final score in the men's doubles

rank	Names	country	SIG	OLD	CAL	PAC	LAP	WIN	IGL	CAN	Points
01.	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Germany	7th	2	2	2	8th	2	1	1	628
02.	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Germany	11	3	1	3	3	1	3	2	599
03.	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Italy	2	4th	3	4th	1	5	4th	4th	550
04th	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger	Austria	1	1	5	9	6th	9	7th	6th	479
05.	Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder	Italy	4th	7th	4th	5	5	3	5	7th	447
06th	Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl	Austria	3	6th	9	7th	9	4th	2	5	444
07th	Grant Albrecht Eric Pothier	Canada	10	12	13	8th	10	8th	9	10	293
08th.	Sebastian Schmidt André Forker	Germany	5	5	6th	10	2	-	-	-	281
09.	Michail Kuzmitsch Juri Weselow	Russia	15th	10	11	13	12	12	10	11	260
10.	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin	United States	-	-	-	1	11	dnf	6th	3	254

Final result in the team competition

For the team competition, the race is in the 37th Luge World Championships in Japan Nagano counted.

rank	country	SIG	CAL	LAP	IGL	NAG	Points
01.	Germany	1	1	1	1	1	500
02.	Italy	2	3	2	4th	3	370
03.	Austria	3	2	5	2	4th	355
04th	United States	7th	6th	3	3	2	321
05.	Canada	5	4th	4th	5	7th	276
06th	Russia	6th	5	6th	6th	8th	247
07th	Romania	12	7th	7th	dnf	11	158
08th.	Latvia	4th	-	-	-	6th	110
09.	Slovakia	11	-	-	-	5	089
10.	Poland	8th	-	-	7th	-	088
11.	Japan	10	-	-	-	10	072
12.	Sweden	-	-	-	-	9	039
12.	Ukraine	9	-	-	-	-	039

Web links

• Results luge 2003/04 on www.bsd-portal.de
• Results in luge on www.fil-luge.org