The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1998 took place in
Rautavaara
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,
Finland
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. It marked the first time the championships were held outside the traditional locations of
Austria
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,
Germany
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, or
Italy
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.
Men's singles
Reinhard Gruber ended
Gerhard Pilz
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's reign of five straight World Championships in men's singles natural track luge.
Women's singles
Panyutina won her third medal of the championships in the 1990s representing her third different country (
1990
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: bronze for the
Soviet Union
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,
1992
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: gold for the
Commonwealth of Independent States
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).
Men's doubles
Medal table
References
Men's doubles natural track World Champions
{{Natural Track Luge World Championships
FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships
1998 in luge
1998 in Finnish sport
Luge in Finland