The FIL World Luge Championships 1987 took place in Igls, Austria for the second time, having done so previously in 1977.
Men's singles
editMedal | Athlete | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | Markus Prock (AUT) | |
Silver | Jens Müller (GDR) | |
Bronze | Sergey Danilin (URS) |
Prock wins Austria's first medal at the world championships since 1978.
Women's singles
editMedal | Athlete | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | Cerstin Schmidt (GDR) | |
Silver | Gabriele Kohlisch (GDR) | |
Bronze | Ute Oberhoffner-Weiss (GDR) |
Men's doubles
editMedal | Athlete | Time |
---|---|---|
Gold | East Germany (Jörg Hoffmann, Jochen Pietzsch) | |
Silver | West Germany (Stefan Ilsanker, Georg Hackl) | |
Bronze | West Germany (Thomas Schwab, Wolfgang Staudinger) |
Hoffmann and Pietzsch become the first lugers to win three straight World Championship events.
Medal table
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
2 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (4 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |