The men's luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held between 10 and 11 February 2018 at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea.[1]
| Men's singles at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 10–11 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:10.702 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The event was won by David Gleirscher, who became the first Austrian to win men's luge since 1968. Chris Mazdzer won the silver medal, whereas Johannes Ludwig won the bronze. For all of them, this was the first Olympic medal, and the Mazdzer's medal is the first ever medal for the United States in men's singles luge. This is the first time since 1988 than none of the medalists in men's luge had a medal of previous Olympics. The favorite and the defending Olympic champion, Felix Loch, was leading the field after three runs, but in the last run made a mistake which cost him a medal.
Qualifying athletes
The field included the 2010 and the 2014 Olympic champion Felix Loch, who is also the 2017–18 Luge World Cup winner, the 2016–17 Luge World Cup winner Roman Repilov, and Wolfgang Kindl who finished second in the 2017–18 Luge World Cup. None of them won a medal.
Alexander Ferlazzo (AUS)
David Gleirscher (AUT)- Reinhard Egger (AUT)
- Wolfgang Kindl (AUT)
Pavel Angelov (BUL)
Mitchel Malyk (CAN)- Reid Watts (CAN)
- Samuel Edney (CAN)
Ondřej Hyman (CZE)
Adam Rosen (GBR)- Rupert Staudinger (GBR)
Giorgi Sogoiani (GEO)
Andi Langenhan (GER)- Felix Loch (GER)
- Johannes Ludwig (GER)
Shiva Keshavan (IND)
Dominik Fischnaller (ITA)- Emanuel Rieder (ITA)
- Kevin Fischnaller (ITA)
Nikita Kopyrenko (KAZ)
Lim Nam-kyu (KOR)
Arturs Dārznieks (LAT)- Inārs Kivlenieks (LAT)
- Kristers Aparjods (LAT)
Roman Repilov (OAR)- Semen Pavlichenko (OAR)
- Stepan Fedorov (OAR)
Maciej Kurowski (POL)- Mateusz Sochowicz (POL)
Andrei Turea (ROU)- Valentin Crețu (ROU)
Tilen Sirše (SLO)
Jakub Šimoňák (SVK)- Jozef Ninis (SVK)
Lien Te-an (TPE)
Andriy Mandziy (UKR)- Anton Dukach (UKR)
Chris Mazdzer (USA)- Taylor Morris (USA)
- Tucker West (USA)
Competition schedule
All times are (UTC+9).
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 10 February | 19:10 | Run 1 |
| 10 February | Run 2 | |
| 11 February | 18:50 | Run 3 |
| 11 February | Run 4 |
Results
Four runs, split over two days, were used to determine the winner.[2][3]
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Run 3 | Rank | Run 4 | Rank | Total | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11 | David Gleirscher |  Austria | 47.652 | 1 | 47.835 | 7 | 47.584 | 4 | 47.631 | 4 | 3:10.702 | — |
 | 13 | Chris Mazdzer |  United States | 47.800 | 5 | 47.717 | 2 | 47.534 | 1 | 47.677 | 7 | 3:10.728 | +0.026 |
 | 3 | Johannes Ludwig |  Germany | 47.764 | 3 | 47.940 | 14 | 47.625 | 6 | 47.603 | 3 | 3:10.932 | +0.230 |
| 4 | 4 | Dominik Fischnaller |  Italy | 47.930 | 10 | 47.967 | 16 | 47.562 | 3 | 47.475 | 1 | 3:10.934 | +0.232 |
| 5 | 5 | Felix Loch | Germany | 47.674 | 2 | 47.625 | 1 | 47.560 | 2 | 48.109 | 19 | 3:10.968 | +0.266 |
| 6 | 19 | Samuel Edney |  Canada | 47.862 | 9 | 47.755 | 4 | 47.759 | 10 | 47.645 | 6 | 3:11.021 | +0.319 |
| 7 | 14 | Kevin Fischnaller | Italy | 47.853 | 8 | 47.793 | 5 | 47.596 | 5 | 47.812 | 8 | 3:11.054 | +0.352 |
| 8 | 6 | Roman Repilov |  Olympic Athletes from Russia | 47.776 | 4 | 47.740 | 3 | 47.948 | 15 | 47.644 | 5 | 3:11.108 | +0.406 |
| 9 | 2 | Wolfgang Kindl | Austria | 47.955 | 11 | 47.858 | 9 | 47.799 | 12 | 47.521 | 2 | 3:11.133 | +0.431 |
| 10 | 10 | Andi Langenhan | Germany | 48.083 | 18 | 47.850 | 8 | 47.630 | 7 | 47.870 | 13 | 3:11.433 | +0.731 |
| 11 | 8 | Kristers Aparjods |  Latvia | 47.822 | 6 | 47.834 | 6 | 47.858 | 13 | 47.942 | 17 | 3:11.456 | +0.754 |
| 12 | 24 | Reid Watts | Canada | 47.960 | 12 | 47.895 | 10 | 47.787 | 11 | 47.848 | 11 | 3:11.490 | +0.788 |
| 13 | 22 | Stepan Fedorov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 48.035 | 13 | 47.936 | 13 | 47.755 | 9 | 47.882 | 14 | 3:11.608 | +0.906 |
| 14 | 1 | Semen Pavlichenko | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 48.337 | 24 | 47.923 | 12 | 47.716 | 8 | 47.883 | 15 | 3:11.859 | +1.157 |
| 15 | 7 | Reinhard Egger | Austria | 48.221 | 20 | 47.903 | 11 | 47.963 | 17 | 47.840 | 10 | 3:11.927 | +1.225 |
| 16 | 25 | Mitchel Malyk | Canada | 48.075 | 17 | 48.050 | 18 | 47.952 | 16 | 47.869 | 12 | 3:11.946 | +1.244 |
| 17 | 20 | Emanuel Rieder | Italy | 48.040 | 14 | 48.047 | 17 | 47.972 | 18 | 48.082 | 18 | 3:12.141 | +1.439 |
| 18 | 23 | Taylor Morris | United States | 48.072 | 15 | 48.793 | 32 | 47.858 | 13 | 47.824 | 9 | 3:12.547 | +1.845 |
| 19 | 26 | Maciej Kurowski |  Poland | 48.103 | 19 | 48.467 | 24 | 48.158 | 22 | 47.885 | 16 | 3:12.613 | +1.911 |
| 20 | 17 | Inārs Kivlenieks | Latvia | 48.274 | 21 | 48.370 | 22 | 48.066 | 20 | 48.112 | 20 | 3:12.822 | +2.120 |
| 21 | 16 | Ondřej Hyman |  Czech Republic | 48.324 | 23 | 48.276 | 20 | 48.313 | 25 | did not advance | 2:24.913 | N/A | |
| 22 | 31 | Adam Rosen |  Great Britain | 48.477 | 25 | 48.410 | 23 | 48.280 | 23 | 2:25.167 | |||
| 23 | 35 | Anton Dukach |  Ukraine | 48.888 | 27 | 48.307 | 21 | 48.303 | 24 | 2:25.498 | |||
| 24 | 21 | Arturs Dārznieks | Latvia | 48.305 | 22 | 48.671 | 29 | 48.602 | 28 | 2:25.578 | |||
| 25 | 12 | Jozef Ninis |  Slovakia | 47.833 | 7 | 50.014 | 37 | 48.095 | 21 | 2:25.942 | |||
| 26 | 9 | Tucker West | United States | 48.484 | 26 | 47.942 | 15 | 49.593 | 37 | 2:26.019 | |||
| 27 | 15 | Mateusz Sochowicz | Poland | 49.047 | 29 | 48.203 | 19 | 48.930 | 31 | 2:26.180 | |||
| 28 | 27 | Alexander Ferlazzo |  Australia | 48.073 | 16 | 48.587 | 27 | 49.351 | 36 | 2:26.191 | |||
| 29 | 18 | Valentin Crețu |  Romania | 49.030 | 28 | 49.085 | 33 | 48.424 | 26 | 2:26.539 | |||
| 30 | 29 | Lim Nam-kyu |  South Korea | 49.461 | 31 | 48.591 | 28 | 48.620 | 29 | 2:26.672 | |||
| 31 | 39 | Andrei Turea | Romania | 49.482 | 32 | 48.489 | 26 | 49.314 | 35 | 2:27.285 | |||
| 32 | 36 | Giorgi Sogoiani |  Georgia | 49.300 | 30 | 49.151 | 34 | 49.008 | 33 | 2:27.459 | |||
| 33 | 34 | Rupert Staudinger | Great Britain | 49.626 | 33 | 49.259 | 35 | 48.957 | 32 | 2:27.842 | |||
| 34 | 37 | Shiva Keshavan |  India | 50.578 | 36 | 48.710 | 31 | 48.900 | 30 | 2:28.188 | |||
| 35 | 33 | Jakub Šimoňák | Slovakia | 51.724 | 38 | 48.690 | 30 | 48.522 | 27 | 2:28.936 | |||
| 36 | 40 | Nikita Kopyrenko |  Kazakhstan | 50.147 | 35 | 50.327 | 38 | 49.244 | 34 | 2:29.718 | |||
| 37 | 28 | Pavel Angelov |  Bulgaria | 51.569 | 37 | 49.449 | 36 | 50.094 | 39 | 2:31.112 | |||
| 38 | 38 | Lien Te-an |  Chinese Taipei | 52.121 | 39 | 51.472 | 39 | 50.545 | 40 | 2:34.138 | |||
| 39 | 30 | Tilen Sirše |  Slovenia | 49.887 | 34 | 58.776 | 40 | 49.646 | 38 | 2:38.309 | |||
| 40 | 32 | Andriy Mandziy | Ukraine | 1:02.935 | 40 | 48.473 | 25 | 47.981 | 19 | 2:39.389 | |||
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