Luge World Championships

GDR postage stamp, 1973

At the Luge World Championships , the world champions of the individual luge disciplines are determined on the artificial track. The world championships have been held since 1955 in the single-seater men and women and doubles disciplines. Since 1989, a team competition has also been held as part of the world championships. From 2016 in Koenigssee three more competitions were added. Sprint competitions were held in Königssee for the first time in the three disciplines of women's singles, men's singles and doubles. The difference to the normal competitions is that the time is only measured after a distance of 100 meters and there is only one evaluation run.

The Luge World Championships usually take place annually and, at the end of the Luge World Cup, represent the climax of the luge season on the artificial track in non-Olympic years. The races of the world championships do not count towards the Luge World Cup. In years with the Olympic Winter Games , the World Championships are not held.

Results of previous Luge World Championships

World champion in the men's singles

WM	year	venue	winner	Second	Third
01.	1955	Oslo	Anton Salvesen	Josef Thaler	Josef Isser
02.	1956	World championships canceled
03.	1957	Davos	Hans Schaller	Bibi Torriani	Erich Raffl
04th	1958	Krynica-Zdrój	Jerzy Wojnar	Ryszard Pędrak	Reinhold Frosch
05.	1959	Villard-de-Lans	Herbert Thaler	Josef Feistmantl	David Moroder
06th	1960	Garmisch-P.	Helmut Berndt	Reinhold Frosch	Hans Plenk
07th	1961	Girenbad	Jerzy Wojnar	Hans Plenk	Reinhold Senn
08th.	1962	Krynica-Zdrój	Thomas Koehler	Jerzy Wojnar	Jochen Asche
09.	1963	Imst	Fritz Nachmann	Hans Plenk	Klaus-Michael Bonsack
10.	1965	Davos	Hans Plenk	Mieczysław Pawełkiewicz	Giovanni Graber
11.	1966	Friedrichroda	World championships canceled (see Spießbergbahn )
12.	1967	Hammar Beach	Thomas Koehler	Klaus-Michael Bonsack	Josef Feistmantl
13.	1969	Koenigssee	Josef Feistmantl	Manfred Schmid	Wolfgang Scheidel
14th	1970	Koenigssee	Josef Fendt	Josef Feistmantl	Wolfgang Scheidel
15th	1971	Olang	Karl Brunner	Leonhard Nagenrauft	Josef Feistmantl
16.	1973	Oberhof	Hans Rinn	Wolfram Fiedler	Harald Ehrig
17th	1974	Koenigssee	Josef Fendt	Hans Rinn	Horst Mueller
18th	1975	Hammar Beach	Wolfram Fiedler	Manfred Schmid	Harald Ehrig
19th	1977	Igls	Hans Rinn	Horst Mueller	Anton Winkler
20th	1978	Imst	Paul Hildgartner	Anton Winkler	Manfred Schmid
21st	1979	Koenigssee	Dettlef Günther	Karl Brunner	Paul Hildgartner
22nd	1981	Hammar Beach	Sergei Danilin	Michael Walther	Ernst Haspinger
23.	1983	Lake Placid	Miroslav Zajonc	Sergei Danilin	Paul Hildgartner
24.	1985	Oberhof	Michael Walther	Jörg Hoffmann	Jens Müller
25th	1987	Igls	Markus Prock	Jens Müller	Sergei Danilin
26th	1989	Winterberg	Georg Hackl	Jens Müller	Johannes Schettel
27.	1990	Calgary	Georg Hackl	Markus Prock	Jens Müller
28.	1991	Winterberg	Arnold Huber	Georg Hackl	Markus Prock
29	1993	Calgary	Wendel Suckow	Georg Hackl	Wilfried Huber
30th	1995	Lillehammer	Armin Zöggeler	Georg Hackl	Markus Prock
31.	1996	Altenberg	Markus Prock	Georg Hackl	Jens Müller
32.	1997	Igls	Georg Hackl	Markus Prock	Gerhard Gleirscher
33.	1999	Koenigssee	Armin Zöggeler	Jens Müller	Norbert Huber
34.	2000	St. Moritz	Jens Müller	Armin Zöggeler	Georg Hackl
35.	2001	Calgary	Armin Zöggeler	Georg Hackl	Markus Prock
36.	2003	Sigulda	Armin Zöggeler	Mārtiņš Rubenis	Rainer Margreiter
37.	2004	Nagano	David Möller	Georg Hackl	Mārtiņš Rubenis
38.	2005	Park City	Armin Zöggeler	Georg Hackl	David Möller
39.	2007	Igls	David Möller	Armin Zöggeler	Jan Eichhorn
40.	2008	Oberhof	Felix Hole	David Möller	Andi Langenhan
41.	2009	Lake Placid	Felix Hole	Armin Zöggeler	Daniel Pfister
42.	2011	Cesana Torinese	Armin Zöggeler	Felix Hole	Andi Langenhan
43.	2012	Altenberg	Felix Hole	Albert Demchenko	Armin Zöggeler
44.	2013	Whistler	Felix Hole	Andi Langenhan	Johannes Ludwig
45.	2015	Sigulda	Semyon Pavlichenko	Felix Hole	Wolfgang Kindl
46.	2016	Koenigssee	Felix Hole	Ralf Palik	Wolfgang Kindl
47.	2017	Igls	Wolfgang Kindl	Roman Repilow	Dominik Fischnaller
48.	2019	Winterberg	Felix Hole	Reinhard Egger	Semyon Pavlichenko
49.	2020	Sochi	Roman Repilow	Jonas Müller	Wolfgang Kindl

World champion in women's singles

WM	year	venue	winner	Second	Third
01.	1955	Oslo	Karla Kienzl	Maria Isser	Marianne Bauer
02.	1956	World championships canceled
03.	1957	Davos	Maria Isser	Helga Müller	Brigitte Fink
04th	1958	Krynica-Zdrój	Maria Semczyszak	Helena Boettcher	Barbara Gorgón
05.	1959	Villard-de-Lans	Elly dear	Maria Isser	Agnes Neuerer
06th	1960	Garmisch-P.	Maria Isser	Hannelore Possmoser	Erika Leitner
07th	1961	Girenbad	Elisabeth Nagele	Marianne Winkler	Helene Thurner
08th.	1962	Krynica-Zdrój	Ilse Geisler	Gerda Rieser-Cegnar	Danuta Nycz
09.	1963	Imst	Ilse Geisler	Helene Thurner	Janina Susczewska
10.	1965	Davos	Ortrun Enderlein	Petra Animally	Ilse Geisler
11.	1966	Friedrichroda	World championships canceled (see Spießbergbahn )
12.	1967	Hammar Beach	Ortrun Enderlein	Petra Animally	Helene Thurner
13.	1969	Koenigssee	Petra Animally	Anna-Maria Müller	Christa jewelry
14th	1970	Koenigssee	Barbara Piecha	Christa jewelry	Elisabeth Demleitner
15th	1971	Olang	Elisabeth Demleitner	Erika Lechner	Barbara Piecha
16.	1973	Oberhof	Margit Schumann	Ute Rührold	Eva-Maria Wernicke
17th	1974	Koenigssee	Margit Schumann	Elisabeth Demleitner	Ute Rührold
18th	1975	Hammar Beach	Margit Schumann	Ute Rührold	Dana Spalenská
19th	1977	Igls	Margit Schumann	Vera Zozuļa	Margit Graf
20th	1978	Imst	Vera Zozuļa	Andrea Fendt	Angelika Schafferer
21st	1979	Koenigssee	Melitta Sollmann	Elisabeth Demleitner	Maria-Luise Rainer
22nd	1981	Hammar Beach	Melitta Sollmann	Cerstin Schmidt	Vera Zozuļa
23.	1983	Lake Placid	Steffi Martin	Melitta Sollmann	Ute white
24.	1985	Oberhof	Steffi Martin	Cerstin Schmidt	Birgit Weise
25th	1987	Igls	Cerstin Schmidt	Gabriele Kohlisch	Ute Oberhoffner
26th	1989	Winterberg	Susi Erdmann	Gerda Weissensteiner	Ute Oberhoffner
27.	1990	Calgary	Gabriele Kohlisch	Yulia Antipova	Jana Bode
28.	1991	Winterberg	Susi Erdmann	Gabriele Kohlisch	Jana Bode
29	1993	Calgary	Gerda Weissensteiner	Gabriele Kohlisch	Doris Neuner
30th	1995	Lillehammer	Gabriele Kohlisch	Susi Erdmann	Gerda Weissensteiner
31.	1996	Altenberg	Jana Bode	Susi Erdmann	Gerda Weissensteiner
32.	1997	Igls	Susi Erdmann	Jana Bode	Angelika Neuner
33.	1999	Koenigssee	Sonja Wiedemann	Barbara Niedernhuber	Sylke Otto
34.	2000	St. Moritz	Sylke Otto	Barbara Niedernhuber	Sonja Wiedemann
35.	2001	Calgary	Sylke Otto	Silke Kraushaar	Barbara Niedernhuber
36.	2003	Sigulda	Sylke Otto	Silke Kraushaar	Barbara Niedernhuber
37.	2004	Nagano	Silke Kraushaar	Barbara Niedernhuber	Sylke Otto
38.	2005	Park City	Sylke Otto	Barbara Niedernhuber	Anke Wischnewski
39.	2007	Igls	Tatjana Huefner	Anke Wischnewski	Silke Kraushaar-Pielach
40.	2008	Oberhof	Tatjana Huefner	Natalie Geisenberger	Silke Kraushaar-Pielach
41.	2009	Lake Placid	Erin Hamlin	Natalie Geisenberger	Natalja Jakuschenko
42.	2011	Cesana Torinese	Tatjana Huefner	Natalie Geisenberger	Alex Gough
43.	2012	Altenberg	Tatjana Huefner	Tatiana Ivanova	Natalie Geisenberger
44.	2013	Whistler	Natalie Geisenberger	Tatjana Huefner	Alex Gough
45.	2015	Sigulda	Natalie Geisenberger	Tatiana Ivanova	Tatjana Huefner
46.	2016	Koenigssee	Natalie Geisenberger	Martina Kocher	Tatiana Ivanova
47.	2017	Igls	Tatjana Huefner	Erin Hamlin	Kimberley McRae
48.	2019	Winterberg	Natalie Geisenberger	Julia Taubitz	Emily Sweeney
49.	2020	Sochi	Ekaterina Katnikova	Julia Taubitz	Viktoria Demchenko

World champion in two-seater

WM	year	venue	winner	Second	Third
01.	1955	Oslo	Hans Krausner Josef Thaler	Josef Isser Maria Isser	Fritz Nachmann Josef Strillinger
02.	1956	World championships canceled
03.	1957	Davos	Fritz Nachmann Josef Strillinger	Giorgio Pichler Hubert Ebner	Erich Raffl Ewald Walch
04th	1958	Krynica-Zdrój	Fritz Nachmann Josef Strillinger	Jerzy Koszla Janina Suszczewska	Ryszard Pedrak Halina Lacheta
05.	1959	Villard-de-Lans	The competition was canceled due to the dangerous nature of the railway!
06th	1960	Garmisch-P.	Reinhold Frosch Ewald Walch	Herbert Thaler Helmut Thaler	Horst Tiedge Hans Plenk
07th	1961	Girenbad	Roman Pichler Karl Prinoth	David Moroder Raimondo Prinoth	Helmut Thaler Reinhold Senn
08th.	1962	Krynica-Zdrój	Giovanni Graber Gianpaolo Ambrosi	Fritz Nachmann Max Leo	Manfred Novotny Petr Skrabalek
09.	1963	Imst	Ryszard Pedrak Lucjan Kudzia	Edward Fender Mieczysław Pawełkiewicz	Anton Venier Ewald Walch
10.	1965	Davos	Wolfgang Scheidel Michael Koehler	Klaus-Michael Bonsack Thomas Koehler	Horst Hörnlein Rolf Fuchs
11.	1966	Friedrichroda	World championships canceled (see Spießbergbahn )
12.	1967	Hammar Beach	Klaus-Michael Bonsack Thomas Koehler	Manfred Schmid Ewald Walch	Siegfried Maier Ernesto Maier
13.	1969	Koenigssee	Manfred Schmid Ewald Walch	Horst Hörnlein Reinhard Bredow	Klaus-Michael Bonsack Michael Koehler
14th	1970	Koenigssee	Manfred Schmid Ewald Walch	Klaus-Michael Bonsack Michael Koehler	Horst Hörnlein Reinhard Bredow
15th	1971	Olang	Paul Hildgartner Walter Plaikner	Manfred Schmid Ewald Walch	Horst Hörnlein Reinhard Bredow
16.	1973	Oberhof	Horst Hörnlein Reinhard Bredow	Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn	Paul Hildgartner Walter Plaikner
17th	1974	Koenigssee	Bernd Hahn Ulrich Hahn	Henning Schulze Hans-Jürgen Neumann	Rudolf Schmid Franz Schachner
18th	1975	Hammar Beach	Bernd Hahn Ulrich Hahn	Horst Müller Hans-Jürgen Neumann	Rudolf Schmid Franz Schachner
19th	1977	Igls	Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn	Peter Gschnitzer Karl Brunner	Hans Brandner Balthasar Schwarm
20th	1978	Imst	Dainis brake Aigars Krikis	Valery Yakushin Vladimir Shitov	Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn
21st	1979	Koenigssee	Hans Brandner Balthasar Schwarm	Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn	Anton Winkler Franz Wembacher
22nd	1981	Hammar Beach	Bernd Hahn Ulrich Hahn	Bernd Oberhoffner Jörg-Dieter Ludwig	Hans Stanggassinger Franz Wembacher
23.	1983	Lake Placid	Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch	Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber	Hans Stanggassinger Franz Wembacher
24.	1985	Oberhof	Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch	René Keller Lutz Kühnlenz	Vitali Melnik Dimitri Alexejew
25th	1987	Igls	Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch	Stefan Ilsanker Georg Hackl	Thomas Schwab Wolfgang Staudinger
26th	1989	Winterberg	Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt	Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber	Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch
27.	1990	Calgary	Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber	Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber	Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch
28.	1991	Winterberg	Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt	Yves Mankel Thomas Rudolph	Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber
29	1993	Calgary	Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt	Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber	Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber
30th	1995	Lillehammer	Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt	Chris Thorpe Gordy Sheer	Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber
31.	1996	Altenberg	Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl	Chris Thorpe Gordy Sheer	Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder
32.	1997	Igls	Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl	Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt	Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller
33.	1999	Koenigssee	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin
34.	2000	St. Moritz	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin
35.	2001	Calgary	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller	Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl
36.	2003	Sigulda	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger	Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch
37.	2004	Nagano	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin
38.	2005	Park City	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin
39.	2007	Igls	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin
40.	2008	Oberhof	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl
41.	2009	Lake Placid	Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin
42.	2011	Cesana Torinese	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Andris Šics Juris Šics
43.	2012	Altenberg	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	Peter Penz Georg Fischler
44.	2013	Whistler	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger
45.	2015	Sigulda	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Peter Penz Georg Fischler	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber
46.	2016	Koenigssee	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber
47.	2017	Igls	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Robin Geueke David Gamm
48.	2019	Winterberg	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller
49.	2020	Sochi	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	Alexander Denisjew Vladislav Antonov	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt

World champion in relay and team competition

Team competition added up to 2009, team relay since 2011.

WM	year	venue	winner	Second	Third
26th	1989	Winterberg	Italy Norbert Huber Gerhard Plankensteiner Gerda Weißensteiner Veronika Oberhuber Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber	GDR Jens Müller René Friedl Susi Erdmann Ute Oberhoffner Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt	Soviet Union Sergei Danilin Yuri Chartschenko Julija Antipowa Irina Kussakina Evgeni Belousov Alexander Belyakov
27.	1990	Calgary	GDR Jens Müller Thomas Jacob Gabriele Kohlisch Susi Erdmann Jörg Hoffmann Jochen Pietzsch	Italy Arnold Huber Norbert Huber Nadia Prinoth Gerda Weißensteiner Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber	Soviet Union Sergei Danilin Andrej Rochilov Julija Antipowa Natalja Jakuschenko Igor Lubanov Genadi Belikov
28.	1991	Winterberg	Germany Georg Hackl Jens Müller Susi Erdmann Gabriele Kohlisch Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt	Austria Robert Manzenreiter Markus Prock Doris Neuner Andrea Tagwerker Gerhard Gleirscher Markus Schmidt	Italy Arnold Huber Gerhard Plankensteiner Natalie Obkircher Gerda Weißensteiner Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber
29	1993	Calgary	Germany Georg Hackl René Friedl Gabriele Kohlisch Susi Erdmann Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt	Austria Robert Manzenreiter Markus Prock Angelika Neuner Doris Neuner Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl	Italy Arnold Huber Gerhard Plankensteiner Natalie Obkircher Gerda Weißensteiner Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber
30th	1995	Lillehammer	Germany Georg Hackl Jens Müller Gabriele Kohlisch Susi Erdmann Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt	Italy Norbert Huber Armin Zöggeler Natalie Obkircher Gerda Weißensteiner Kurt Brugger Wilfried Huber	Austria Markus Kleinheinz Markus Prock Angelika Neuner Doris Neuner Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl
31.	1996	Altenberg	Austria Markus Prock Markus Schmidt Angelika Neuner Andrea Tagwerker Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl	Germany Georg Hackl Jens Müller Jana Bode Gabriele Kohlisch Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt	Italy Wilfried Huber Armin Zöggeler Natalie Obkircher Gerda Weißensteiner Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder
32.	1997	Igls	Austria Markus Prock Gerhard Gleirscher Andrea Tagwerker Angelika Neuner Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl	Germany Georg Hackl Jens Müller Silke Kraushaar Sylke Otto Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt	Italy Wilfried Huber Armin Zöggeler Natalie Obkircher Gerda Weißensteiner Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder
33.	1999	Koenigssee	Austria Andrea Tagwerker Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl Markus Prock	Germany II Silke Kraushaar André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich Robert Fegg	Germany I. Sylke Otto Patric Leitner Alexander Resch Georg Hackl
34.	2000	St. Moritz	Germany II Silke Kraushaar Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller Georg Hackl	Germany I. Sylke Otto Patric Leitner Alexander Resch Jens Müller	Austria Angelika Neuner Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl Markus Prock
35.	2001	Calgary	Germany I. Silke Kraushaar Patric Leitner Alexander Resch Georg Hackl	Germany II Sylke Otto Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller Karsten Albert	USA I Becky Wilczak Mark Grimmette Brian Martin Tony Benshoof
36.	2003	Sigulda	Germany Sylke Otto Patric Leitner Alexander Resch Georg Hackl	Latvia Anna Orlova Zigmars Berkolds Sandris Berzins Mārtiņš Rubenis	Austria Sonja Manzenreiter Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger Rainer Margreiter
37.	2004	Nagano	Germany Barbara Niedernhuber Patric Leitner Alexander Resch David Möller	United States Ashley Hayden Mark Grimmette Brian Martin Tony Benshoof	Italy Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonova Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Armin Zöggeler
38.	2005	Park City	Germany Sylke Otto André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich Georg Hackl	United States Ashley Hayden Mark Grimmette Brian Martin Tony Benshoof	Italy Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonova Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Armin Zöggeler
39.	2007	Igls	Germany Silke Kraushaar-Pielach Patric Leitner Alexander Resch David Möller	Italy Sandra Gasparini Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Armin Zöggeler	Austria Nina Reithmayer Peter Penz Georg Fischler Daniel Pfister
40.	2008	Oberhof	Germany Tatjana Hüfner Felix Loch André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Austria Nina Reithmayer Martin's entertainment Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl	Latvia Maija Tīruma Guntis Rēķis Juris Šics Andris Šics
41.	2009	Lake Placid	Germany Felix Loch Natalie Geisenberger André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Austria Daniel Pfister Nina Reithmayer Peter Penz Georg Fischler	Latvia Guntis Rēķis Maija Tīruma Juris Šics Andris Šics
42.	2011	Cesana Torinese	Competition canceled due to technical problems
43.	2012	Altenberg	Germany Felix Loch Tatjana Hüfner Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	Russia Albert Demtschenko Tatiana Ivanova Wladislaw Yushakow Vladimir Machnutin	Canada Samuel Edney Alex Gough Tristan Walker Justin Snith
44.	2013	Whistler	Germany Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Canada Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker Justin Snith	Latvia Elīza Tīruma Inārs Kivlenieks Juris Šics Andris Šics
45.	2015	Sigulda	Germany Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Russia Semyon Pavlitschenko Tatiana Ivanova Andrei Bogdanow Andrei Medvedev	Canada Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker Justin Snith
46.	2016	Koenigssee	Germany Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Latvia Elīza Cauce Inārs Kivlenieks Juris Šics Andris Šics	Canada Alex Gough Mitchel Malyk Tristan Walker Justin Snith
47.	2017	Igls	Germany Tatjana Hüfner Johannes Ludwig Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	United States Erin Hamlin Tucker West Matt Mortensen Jayson Terdiman	Russia Tatiana Iwanowa Roman Repilow Alexander Denisjew Wladislaw Antonow
48.	2019	Winterberg	Russia Tatiana Ivanova Semyon Pavlichenko Vladislav Yushakov Yuri Prokhorov	Austria Hannah Prock Reinhard Egger Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller	Germany Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken
49.	2020	Sochi	Germany Julia Taubitz Johannes Ludwig Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	Latvia Kendija Aparjode Kristers Apardjods Juris Šics Andris Šics	United States Summer Britcher Tucker West Christopher Mazdzer Jayson Terdiman

World champion in the men's single-seater sprint

WM	year	venue	winner	Second	Third
46.	2016	Koenigssee	Felix Hole	Andi Langenhan	Ralf Palik
47.	2017	Igls	Wolfgang Kindl	Roman Repilow	Dominik Fischnaller
48.	2019	Winterberg	Jonas Müller	Felix Hole	Semyon Pavlichenko
49.	2020	Sochi	Roman Repilow	David Gleirscher	Dominik Fischnaller

World champion in the women's single-seater sprint

WM	year	venue	winner	Second	Third
46.	2016	Koenigssee	Martina Kocher	Natalie Geisenberger	Dajana Eitberger
47.	2017	Igls	Erin Hamlin	Martina Kocher	Tatjana Huefner
48.	2019	Winterberg	Natalie Geisenberger	Julia Taubitz	Dajana Eitberger
49.	2020	Sochi	Ekaterina Katnikova	Tatiana Ivanova	Elīza Cauce

World champion in the two-seater sprint

WM	year	venue	winner	Second	Third
46.	2016	Koenigssee	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Peter Penz Georg Fischler	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber
47.	2017	Igls	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Peter Penz Georg Fischler	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken
48.	2019	Winterberg	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller
49.	2020	Sochi	Alexander Denisjew Vladislav Antonov	Simon Kainzwaldner Emanuel Rieder	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt

Eternal medal table

Up to and including 2020:

rank	country
1	Germany (thereof GDR )   (thereof BR Germany )	114 (35) (12)	93 (27) (12)	67 (23) (14)	274 (85) (38)
2	Austria	23	31	38	92
3	Italy	16	18th	31	65
4th	Russia (of which Soviet Union )	10 (3)	13 (4)	10 (5)	33 (12)
5	Poland	5	6th	5	16
6th	United States	3	6th	9	18th
7th	Switzerland	2	3	-	5
8th	Canada	1	1	6th	8th
9	Norway	1	-	-	1
10	Latvia	-	4th	6th	10
11	Czechoslovakia	-	-	2	2
12	Ukraine	-	-	1	1
total		175	175	175	525

See also

• List of Olympic champions in luge
• Luge World Cup

Web links

• Luge World Championships since 1955 (PDF; 42 kB)