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

Practice dates for the events took place January 7-11 with event draws taking place on the 11th.
Opening ceremonies took place at 6 PM CET on January 10.
To avoid direct sunlight, the events were conducted in the early morning both days.

Competitors

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

Medal

Athlete

Time

Gold

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Women's singles

January 12, 2008 at 9 AM CET

Medal

Athlete

Time

Gold

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Men's doubles

January 12, 2008 at 3 PM CET

Medal	Athlete	Time
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

Medal	Athlete	Time
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.