The FIL World Luge Championships 1960 took place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany. This was an extraordinary event because, the sport dèbut at the Winter Olympics was delayed 4 years, as track was not constructed for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Helmut Berndt (GER)
Silver	Reinhold Frosch (AUT)
Bronze	Hans Plenk (GER)

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Maria Isser (AUT)
Silver	Hannelore Possmoser (AUT)
Bronze	Erika Leitner (ITA)

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Austria (Reinhold Frosch, Ewald Walch)
Silver	Austria (Herbert Thaler, Helmut Thaler)
Bronze	West Germany (Horst Tiedge, Hans Plenk)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria (AUT)	2	3	0	5
2	West Germany (FRG)	1	0	2	3
3	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		3	3	3	9

• Doubles World Champions
• Men's singles World Champions
• Women's singles World Champions^{[permanent dead link‍]}