Luge World Championships 1963
The 1963 Luge World Championships took place on January 26th and 27th, 1963 in Imst , Austria .
Due to the rise in temperature from January 25th to January 26th, the train had become slower and the route was shortened.
Women's singles
space | country | athlete | time |
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1 |
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Ilse Geisler | 3: 02.87 |
2 |
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Helene Thurner | 3: 06.75 |
3 |
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Janina Susczewska | 3: 06.75 |
4th |
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Ute Gähler | 3: 06.93 |
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24 |
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Ortrun Enderlein |
Geisler already set the best time in the first two runs. Thurner followed behind. The South Tyrolean Erika Außenendorfer fell badly on January 26th, started with a torn muscle and was 3rd after the first day, but then fell to 6th (3: 07.45) behind the Polish Anna Zrobikowa (3:07, 13) back.
Men's single seaters
space | country | athlete | time |
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1 |
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Fritz Nachmann | 2: 18.61 |
2 |
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Hans Plenk | 2: 19.03 |
3 |
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Klaus Bonsack | 2: 19.05 |
4th |
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Reinhold Senn | 2: 19.65 |
5 |
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Lucjan Kudzian | 2: 19.71 |
6th |
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Ryszard Pedrak | 2: 19.79 |
7th |
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Helmut Thaler | 2: 19.85 |
8th |
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Max Leo | 2: 19.87 |
9 |
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Walter Eggert | 2: 19.98 |
10 |
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Josef Fleischmann | 2: 20.35 |
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14th |
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Jochen Asche | 2: 21.38 |
26th |
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Wolfgang Scheidel | 2: 24.63 |
28 |
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Helmut Vollprecht | 2: 26.14 |
29 |
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Michael Koehler | 2: 26.29 |
After the first day (January 26), Nachmann was already leading in front of Plenk, while Bonsack and Senn were third. In the late evening of January 26th, heavy snowfall prevented a third round of qualifications (it was canceled), so that there were only three rounds.
Men's two-seater
space | country | athlete | time |
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1 |
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Ryszard Pedrak , Lucjan Kudzia | 1: 22.76 |
2 |
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Edward Fender , Mieczysław Pawełkiewicz | 1: 23.62 |
3 |
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Anton Venier , Ewald Walch | 1: 23.74 |
4th |
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Klaus Bonsack , Jochen Asche | 1: 23.86 |
5 |
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Reinhold Frosch , Ludwig Gassner | 1: 24.28 |
6th |
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Wolfgang Scheidel , Michael Köhler | 1: 24.46 |
This competition was completed on January 27th in two runs.
Medal table
space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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1 |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
2 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4th |
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0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Column 1, middle: «Shortened railway in Imst» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 26, 1963, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ↑ "Thurner Second, Senn Third" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 27, 1963, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ↑ "No luge title for Austria" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 29, 1963, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).