The FIL European Luge Championships 1978 took place in Hammarstrand, Sweden for the third time after hosting the event previously in 1970 and 1976.
Men's singles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold |  Paul Hildgartner (ITA)
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| Silver |  Hans Rinn (GDR)
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| Bronze |  Vladimir Shitov (URS)
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Women's singles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold |  Elisabeth Demleitner (FRG)
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| Silver | Anna Mayevskaya (URS)
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| Bronze | Vera Zozula (URS)
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Men's doubles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | East Germany (Hans Rinn, Norbert Hahn)
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| Silver | East Germany (Bernd Hahn, Ulrich Hahn)
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| Bronze |  Czechoslovakia (Jindrich Zeman, Vladimir Resl)
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Czechoslovakia earned their first championship medal since 1939.
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |