FIL World Luge Championships 1979

The FIL World Luge Championships 1979 took place in Königssee, West Germany for a record fourth time. Königssee had hosted the event previously in 1969, 1970, and 1974. The track also hosted the bobsleigh world championships that same year, the first time that had ever happened in both bobsleigh and luge in a non-Winter Olympic year (Igls hosted both bobsleigh and luge events at the 1976 games held in neighboring Innsbruck.).

Men's singles

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Detlef Günther (GDR)
Silver	Karl Brunner (ITA)
Bronze	Paul Hildgartner (ITA)

Women's singles

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Melitta Sollmann (GDR)
Silver	Elisabeth Demleitner (GER)
Bronze	Marie-Louise Rainer (ITA)

Men's doubles

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	West Germany (Hans Brandner, Balthasar Schwarm)
Silver	East Germany (Hans Rinn, Norbert Hahn)
Bronze	West Germany (Anton Winkler, Franz Wembacher)

Medal table

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

References

FIL World Luge Championships

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