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.
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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 (07:00 UTC)
This was Zöggeler's second European championship in this event and fifth straight medal at the championships.
Women's singles
January 12, 2008 at 9 AM CET (08:00 UTC)
Geisenberger won her first ever championship. The event was delayed one hour to heavy snowfall in the area. Hadler is the first non-German to medal in this event at the Winter Olympic, world, or European level since fellow Austrian Angelika Neuner won a bronze at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Men's doubles
January 12, 2008 at 3 PM CET (14:00 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 (11:00 UTC)
For the first time since the event debuted at the 1988 championships, Germany did not medal, finishing fourth.