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 (located at the women's singles/ men's doubles start house), then run down to the finish and tap on a relay marker to exchange from one slider on a team to the next (men's doubles to women's singles to men's singles) 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 (5 PM UTC) 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 (7 AM UTC)

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 (11 AM UTC)

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

Medal table

References

* [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/article/european-champions-ships-at-cesana-pariol.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=45&cHash=3ad2866f7f Latvia wins mixed team relay.]
* [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/article/european-champion-ships-at-cesana-pariol.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=45&cHash=cf9df8cabc Zöggeler win men's singles event]
* [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/article/-2efbc980d2.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=45&cHash=3f4f3d1e95 Oberstolz and Gruber wins men's doubles event]
* [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/article/-5884c9e238.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=45&cHash=f928b18f8a Geisenberger wins women's singles European championships]
* [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/article/due-to-heavy-snowfall.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=45&cHash=b339bc1751 FIL-Luge news on snowfall delaying the women's singles event.]
* [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/article/41st-fil-luge-european-championships-in-cesana-pariol.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=45&cHash=b0231da770 FIL European Luge Championships 2008 preview] - Accessed January 8, 2008.
* [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/article/schedule-of-the-41st-fil-luge-european-championship-in-cesana-pariol.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=45&cHash=f9bc7b0e45 FIL European Luge Championships 2008 detailed schedule released] - Accessed January 10, 2008.
* [http://www.sportresult.com/federations/Fil/Eventdocs/EM-Cesana.pdf FIL European Luge Championships 2008 program] en icon & de icon - Accessed January 7, 2008.
* [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/article/jubilee-congress-awards-2011-world-championships-to-cesana-pariol.html?tx_ttnews%5BpS%5D=1180648800&tx_ttnews%5BpL%5D=2591999&tx_ttnews%5Barc%5D=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=157&cHash=47822f0b23 FIL awards FIL World Luge Championships 2011 to Cesana, Italy (lists 2008 European championships that the venue will also host).]
* [http://www.fil-luge.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/Kalender/2007-2008_Kalender_KB.pdf FIL artificial track schedule for 2007-08, including the European championships at Cesana.]
* [http://sports123.com/lug/me-d.html Men's doubles European champions]
* [http://sports123.com/lug/me-s.html Men's singles European champions]
* [http://sports123.com/lug/xe-t.html Mixed teams European champions]
* [http://sports123.com/lug/we-s.html Women's singles European champions]