FIL European Luge Championships 2008


The FIL European Luge Championships 2008 took place January 7-13, 2008 at the Cesana Pariol track in Cesana, Italy. The relay competition took the place of the team event that had been held at every European championship since 1988. This event had all teams start at the same part of the track, then run down to the finish and tap on a relay marker to exchange from one slider on a team to the next with the fastest time winning.

Time table

80 competitors from 15 nations competed at these championships. This included ten relay teams which took place on the 13th.

Men's singles

January 13, 2008 at 8 AM CET
MedalAthleteTime
Gold1:44.341
Silver+ 0.341
Bronze+ 0.403
4th+ 0.428
5th+ 0.474
6th+ 0.509
7th+ 0.556
8th+ 0.806
9th+ 0.808
10th+ 0.876

This was Zöggeler's second European championship in this event and fifth straight medal at the championships.

Women's singles

January 12, 2008 at 9 AM CET
MedalAthleteTime
Gold1:35.364
Silver+0.160
Bronze+0.167
4th+ 0.176
5th+ 0.320
6th+ 0.412
7th+ 0.735
8th+ 0.779
9th+ 1.019
10th+ 1.037

Geisenberger won her first ever championship. The event was delayed one hour to heavy snowfall in the area. Hadler is the first non-German to medal in this event at the Winter Olympic, world, or European level since fellow Austrian Angelika Neuner won a bronze at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men's doubles

January 12, 2008 at 3 PM CET
MedalAthleteTime
Gold 1:33.779
Silver +0.159
Bronze +0.183
Bronze +0.183
5th +0.408
6th +0.591
7th +0.638
8th +0.896
9th +1.151
10th +1.174

The tie for the bronze was the first in a Winter Olympic, world championship, or European championship event since they started timing luge in the 1/1000ths of a second following the tie between Italy and East Germany in the men's doubles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. Oberstolz and Gruber won their first ever title, ending Leitner and Resch's four-time championships reign in this event.

Mixed team relay

January 13, 2008 at 12 PM CET
MedalAthleteTime
Gold 2:40.863
Silver + 0.008
Bronze + 0.050

For the first time since the event debuted at the 1988 championships, Germany did not medal, finishing fourth.

Medal table