Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

The men's singles luge competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano was held on 8 and 9 February, at Spiral.[1][2]

Men's singles
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueSpiral
Dates8–9 February
Competitors34 from 18 nations
Winning time3:18.436
Medalists
Georg Hackl  Germany
Armin Zöggeler  Italy
Jens Müller  Germany

Summary

The event was won by Georg Hackl, who became the first luger to win the gold medal in 3 successive Winter Olympics after winning the event in Albertville and Lillehammer. Armin Zöggeler of Italy took silver and Jens Müller - the bronze medal. Markus Prock, the silver medalist from Lillehammer, finished outside medal position in 4th.[1]

Event schedule

All times are (UTC+9).

Date Time Event
8 February 14:00 Run 1
8 February Run 2
9 February 14:00 Run 3
9 February Run 4

Results

Rank BibAthleteCountryRun 1 RankRun 2 RankRun 3 RankRun 4 RankTotal Deficit
3Georg Hackl Germany49.619 149.573 149.614 149.630 13:18.436
8Armin Zöggeler Italy49.715 249.690 249.737 349.797 33:18.939 +0.503
11Jens Müller Germany49.954 449.700 349.729 249.710 23:19.093 +0.657
4 4Markus Prock Austria49.861 349.732 449.863 450.200 113:19.656 +1.220
5 9Markus Kleinheinz Austria50.016 549.779 549.918 850.011 93:19.724 +1.288
6 1Wendel Suckow United States50.069 649.871 749.908 649.880 53:19.728 +1.292
7 10Gerhard Gleirscher Austria50.161 949.816 649.911 749.897 73:19.785 +1.349
8 7Reinhold Rainer Italy50.105 850.008 949.897 549.936 83:19.946 +1.510
9 12Adam Heidt United States50.401 1349.899 849.971 949.827 43:20.098 +1.662
10 5Norbert Huber Italy50.100 750.129 1150.026 1049.883 63:20.138 +1.702
11 6Mikael Holm Sweden50.324 1150.197 1450.146 1350.131 103:20.798 +2.362
12 2Karsten Albert Germany50.353 1250.172 1350.080 1150.499 173:21.104 +2.668
13 20Larry Dolan United States50.558 1550.163 1250.140 1250.267 123:21.128 +2.692
14 34Mārtiņš Rubenis Latvia50.758 2250.491 1950.603 1650.300 133:22.152 +3.716
15 15Clay Ives Canada50.632 1750.348 1650.858 2150.437 163:22.275 +3.839
16 13Shigeaki Ushijima Japan50.747 2050.405 1750.716 1950.435 153:22.303 +3.867
17 21Guntis Rēķis Latvia50.676 1850.296 1550.545 1550.798 223:22.315 +3.879
18 17Tyler Seitz Canada50.689 1950.948 2350.400 1450.405 143:22.442 +4.006
19 18Bengt Walden Sweden50.750 2150.479 1850.722 2050.601 183:22.552 +4.116
20 19Aleksandr Zubkov Russia50.488 1450.944 2250.650 1750.619 193:22.701 +4.265
21 31Anders Söderberg Sweden50.878 2350.696 2150.708 1850.747 213:23.029 +4.593
22 14Reto Gilly Switzerland50.594 1650.646 2051.485 2550.627 203:23.352 +4.916
23 34Ismar Biogradlić Bosnia and Herzegovina51.252 2551.170 2551.384 2451.363 243:25.169 +6.733
24 29Spyros Pinas Greece51.628 2851.123 2451.335 2251.294 233:25.380 +6.944
25 30Sandris Berzinš Latvia51.220 2451.370 2651.341 2351.460 253:25.391 +6.955
26 32Ion Cristian Stanciu Romania51.608 2751.386 2751.927 2751.602 263:26.523 +8.087
27 33Patrick Singleton Bermuda51.434 2651.579 2851.839 2652.243 283:27.095 +8.659
28 25Shiva Keshavan India52.315 2952.127 2952.043 2851.900 273:28.385 +9.949
29 23Lee Gi-ro South Korea54.299 3252.875 3053.472 3054.075 293:34.721 +16.285
30 28Hsieh Hsiang-chun Chinese Taipei54.192 3153.093 3153.325 2954.159 303:34.769 +16.333
31 22Gang Gwang-bae South Korea53.492 3053.829 3253.685 3154.952 313:35.958 +17.522
32 26Lee Yong South Korea54.842 3354.838 3354.731 3255.996 323:40.407 +21.971
- 16Albert Demchenko Russia50.224 1050.011 1050.118 -DQ -- N/A
- 27Andrus Paul EstoniaDQ -- -- -- -- N/A

References

  1. "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  2. "Luge at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's Singles". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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