FIL World Luge Championships 1965

The FIL World Luge Championships 1965 took place in Davos, Switzerland. This is the second time the city has hosted the event, having done so in 1957.

Men's singles

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Hans Plenk (GER)
Silver	Mieczysław Pawełkiewicz (POL)
Bronze	Erich Graber (ITA)

Women's singles

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Ortrun Enderlein (GDR)
Silver	Petra Tierlich (GDR)
Bronze	Ilse Geisler (GDR)

Doubles

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	East Germany (Wolfgang Scheidel, Thomas Köhler)
Silver	East Germany (Klaus Bonsack, Thomas Köhler)
Bronze	East Germany (Horst Hömlein, Rolf Fuchs)

The East German doubles sweep at these championships would lead the International Luge Federation (FIL) to limit a country's doubles team to a maximum of two teams.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany	2	2	2	6
2	West Germany	1	0	0	1
3	Poland	0	1	0	1
4	Italy	0	0	1	1

References

FIL World Luge Championships

1955 1956 (cancelled) 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1965 1966 (cancelled) 1967 1969 1970 1971 1973 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1990 1991 1993 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2015 2016

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