FIL World Luge Championships 1981
Appearance
The FIL World Luge Championships 1981 took place in Hammarstrand, Sweden for the third time. Hammarstrand had hosted the event previously in 1967 and 1975. It also marked the last time the event took place on a natural track until 2000 with events now moving to the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships which debutted in 1979.
Men's singles
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Sergey Danilin (URS) | |
Silver | Michael Walter (GDR) | |
Bronze | Ernst Haspinger (ITA) |
Women's singles
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | Melitta Sollmann (GDR) | |
Silver | Cerstin Schmidt (GDR) | |
Bronze | Vera Zozula (URS) |
Men's doubles
Medal | Athlete | Time |
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Gold | (Bernd Hahn, Ulrich Hahn) (GDR) | |
Silver | (Bernd Oberhoffner, Jörg-Dieter Ludwig) (GDR) | |
Bronze | (Hans Stangassinger, Anton Weimbacher) (GER) |
Medal table
1 | East Germany | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
2 | Soviet Union | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4 | West Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |