IOC Winter Olympic Program Commission Report: Luge

The International Olympic Committee has released its report on the Winter Sports from the Turin Olympics. The report, prepared by the IOC Program Commission and IOC Sports Department, is a compilation of information on the seven sports of the Winter Games, including data on the popularity and cost of staging competitions. Here is information from the report on luge.

Federation: International Luge Federation

Number of Olympic Events: 3

Year introduced to Olympic Games: 1964

Number of Member Federations: 50

Tickets Soldat 2006 Turin Olympics: 11,646 (35.5% of total available luge tickets)

Television Coverage:

- Average number of viewer hours per day of competition for 2006 Olympics: 25,743,389

- Average number of prime-time viewer hours per day of competition for 2006 Olympics: 7,434,085

Published Articles from 1/27/06 – 3/12/06: 242 (5% of total articles about the Winter Olympics, based on a private marketing study used by the IOC)

Sport Page Visits on IOC Website during 2006 Olympics: 104,330 (8% of total views)

Gender in Sport:

- Percentage of national federations which took part in Turin qualifying events: Men – 58%; Women – 46%

- Federation’s Governing Body (16 members): Men – 14; Women – 2

Athletes’ Commission: Yes

Number of Doping Tests in 2005: 58 (no anti-doping violations)

Revenues (2002-2005):

- From Olympics: 51.1%

- Marketing & Broadcasting: 27.5%

Costs (as assessed by IOC experts; no benchmark figures are available):

- Venue: High

- Technology: Fairly High

- Technology complexity: Medium

- TV Production: $302,892 per day of competition

Click here to access the full report at the IOC website.

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