Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics
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| Luge at the XII Olympic Winter Games
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| Venue | Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck |
| Dates | 4-7 February |
| Competitors | 95 from 16 nations |
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Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck. The competition took place between February 4 and February 7, 1976.[1]
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  East Germany |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |  West Germany |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Austria |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
East Germany led the medal table with five medals, including a sweep of the gold medals.
Events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Men's singles |
Dettlef Günther East Germany |
3:27.688 | Josef Fendt West Germany |
3:28.196 | Hans Rinn East Germany |
3:28.574 |
| Women's singles |
Margit Schumann East Germany |
2:50.621 | Ute Rührold East Germany |
2:50.846 | Elisabeth Demleitner West Germany |
2:51.056 |
| Doubles |
 East Germany (GDR)Hans Rinn Norbert Hahn |
1:25.604 |  West Germany (FRG)Hans Brandner Balthasar Schwarm |
1:25.889 |  Austria (AUT)Rudolf Schmid Franz Schachner |
1:25.919 |
Participating NOCs
Sixteen nations participated in Luge at the Innsbruck Games. Chinese Taipei made their Olympic luge debut.
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