FIL World Luge Championships 1959

The FIL World Luge Championships 1959 took place in Villard-de-Lans, France. The men's doubles event was cancelled to poor weather conditions. It was the first time an event has been entirely cancelled in the history of the World Championships, European Championships, or Winter Olympics, but its happened again at the World Championships 2011.

Men's singles

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Herbert Thaler (AUT)
Silver	Josef Feistmantl (AUT)
Bronze	David Moroder (ITA)

Women's singles

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Elly Lieber (AUT)
Silver	Maria Isser (AUT)
Bronze	Agnes Neuerer (AUT)

Men's doubles

The event was cancelled due to weather conditions.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria (AUT)	2	2	1	5
2	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (2 entries)		2	2	2	6

References

• Men's doubles World Champions
• Men's singles World Champions
• Women's singles World Champions^{[permanent dead link]}

This page was last edited on 30 July 2019, at 09:09