FIL European Luge Championships 1955
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The FIL European Luge Championships 1955 took place in Hahnenklee, West Germany under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT - International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation in (in French)) under their "Section de Luge", a trend that would continue until the International Luge Federation (FIL) was formed in 1957.
Men's singles
Medal | Athlete | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | Paul Aste (AUT) | |
Silver | Albert Krauss (FRG) | |
Bronze | Johann Stangl (AUT) |
Women's singles
Medal | Athlete | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | Maria Isser (AUT) | |
Silver | Karla Kienzl (AUT) | |
Bronze | Erika Leitner (ITA) |
Isser won her fourth straight European championship at this event.
Men's doubles
Medal | Athlete | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | Austria (Paul Aste, Heinrich Isser) | |
Silver | West Germany (Hermann Küppel, Dietrich Schmidt) | |
Bronze | West Germany (Hermann Mayr, Erhard Grundmann) |
Prior to World War II, Grundmann competed for Czechoslovakia, winning a bronze in this event in 1938.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Austria (AUT) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |