FIL European Luge Championships 1976
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The FIL European Luge Championships 1976 took place in Hammarstrand, Sweden for the second time after previously hosted the championships in 1970. A record five countries won medals at these championships, breaking the previous record set in 1971 that was equalled in 1974.
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[edit] Men's singles
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold |  Wolfram Fiedler (GDR) |
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| Silver |  Michael Gärdebäck (SWE) |
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| Bronze | Hans-Heinrich Winkler (GDR) |
[edit] Women's singles
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold |  Vera Zozula (URS) |
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| Silver | Agneta Lindskog (SWE) |
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| Bronze |  Halina Biegun (POL) |
Zozula is the first Soviet to win at the European championships.
[edit] Men's doubles
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | (Bernd Dreyer, Roland Herdmann) (GDR) |
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| Silver |  (Alse Strand, Helge Svensen) (NOR) |
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| Bronze | (Dainis Bremse, Algars Kirkis) (URS) |
Norway earned its first medal at the championships since 1937.
[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | East Germany |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Soviet Union |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Sweden |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Norway |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Poland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
[edit] References
- FIL-Luge.org list of European luge champions (German) - Accessed January 31, 2008.
- Men's doubles European champions
- Men's singles European champions
- Women's singles European champions
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