Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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2002 Winter Olympic Games Luge

Contents 1 Medal table 2 Men's singles 3 Doubles 4 Women's singles

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	2	2	1	5
2	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
3	United States (USA)	0	1	1	2
4	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1

[edit] Men's singles

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Armin Zöggeler (ITA)	2:57.941
Silver	Georg Hackl (GER)	2:58.270
Bronze	Markus Prock (AUT)	2:58.283

Hackl's fifth medal in a row, but not fourth gold in a row. He becomes the first person to win 5 medals in one event in either the summer or winter games. Zöggeler gold gave him a complete set of medals in the Winter Olympics.

[edit] Doubles

Medal	Athletes	Time
Gold	Patric-Fritz Leitner / Alexander Resch (GER)	1:26.082
Silver	Brian Martin / Mark Grimmette (USA)	1:26.216
Bronze	Chris Thorpe / Clay Ives (USA)	1:26.220

Germany (1st, 4th) and the USA (2nd, 3rd) dominate the event.

[edit] Women's singles

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Sylke Otto (GER)	2:52.464
Silver	Barbara Niedernhuber (GER)	2:52.785
Bronze	Silke Kraushaar (GER)	2:52.865

The German women sweep the podium in the sport for the fifth time in history.

Luge at the Winter Olympics
1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 See also: List of Olympic medalists in luge

Events at the 2002 Winter Olympics (Salt Lake City)
Alpine skiing • Biathlon • Bobsleigh • Cross‑country skiing • Curling • Figure skating • Freestyle skiing • Ice hockey • Luge • Nordic combined • Short track speed skating • Skeleton • Ski jumping • Snowboarding • Speed skating