The FIL World Luge Championships 1961 took place in Girenbad, Switzerland.
Men's singles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold |  Jerzy Wojnar (POL)
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| Silver |  Hans Plenk (FRG)
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| Bronze |  Reinhold Senn (AUT)
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Women's singles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold |  Elisabeth Nagele (SUI)
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| Silver | Marianne Winkler (FRG)
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| Bronze | Helene Thurner (AUT)
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Men's doubles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold |  Italy (Roman Pichler, Karl Prinoth)
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| Silver | Italy (David Moroder, Raimondo Prinoth)
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| Bronze | Austria (Helmut Thaler, Reinhold Senn)
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Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |