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Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics

==== 2002 Winter Olympic Games Luge ====

Singles Men:

  1. Armin Zöggeler[?] (ITA)
  2. Georg Hackl (GER)
  3. Markus Prock[?] (AUT)

Hackl's fifth medal in a row, but no fourth gold in a row. He becomes the first person to win 5 medals in one event in either the summer or winter games.

Singles Women:

  1. Sylke Otto[?] (GER)
  2. Barbara Niedernhuber[?] (GER)
  3. Silke Kraushaar[?] (GER)

The German women sweep the podium in the sport for the fifth time in history.

Doubles

  1. Patric-Fritz Leitner[?]/Alexander Resch[?] (GER)
  2. Brian Martin[?]/Mark Grimmette[?] (USA)
  3. Chris Thorpe[?]/Clay Ives[?] (USA)

Germany (1st, 4th) and the USA (2nd, 3rd) dominate the event.

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