Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

Men's singles
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
VenueOlympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
DatesFebruary 4-7
Competitors43 from 15 nations
Winning time3:27.688
Medalists
 Dettlef Günther  East Germany
 Josef Fendt  West Germany
 Hans Rinn  East Germany
Luge at the
1976 Winter Olympics
Events
Singles men  women
Doubles  doubles

The men's singles luge competition at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck was held from 4 to 7 February, at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck.[1]

Silver medalist Josef Fendt is, as of 2014, the current President of the International Luge Federation (FIL).

Results

[1]

Rank Athlete Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
1st, gold medalist(s) Dettlef Günther East Germany 52.381 52.107 51.418 51.782 3:27.688
2nd, silver medalist(s) Josef Fendt West Germany 52.694 51.933 51.749 51.820 3:28.196
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Hans Rinn East Germany 52.916 51.968 51.690 52.000 3:28.574
4 Hans-Heinrich Winckler East Germany 52.848 52.328 52.069 52.209 3:29.454
5 Manfred Schmid Austria 52.973 52.073 52.113 52.352 3:29.511
6 Anton Winkler West Germany 52.755 52.194 52.219 52.352 3:29.520
7 Reinhold Sulzbacher Austria 53.137 52.491 52.204 52.566 3:30.398
8 Dainis Bremze Soviet Union 52.984 52.567 52.364 52.661 3:30.576
9 Rudolf Schmid Austria 52.933 53.806 52.361 52.319 3:31.419
10 Vladimir Shitov Soviet Union 53.485 53.025 52.927 53.133 3:32.570
11 Karl Brunner Italy 53.916 53.228 53.023 53.021 3:33.188
12 Jan Kasielski Poland 53.969 53.551 53.115 53.554 3:34.189
13 Aigars Krikis Soviet Union 54.243 53.415 53.273 53.764 3:34.695
14 Stanislav Ptáčník Czechoslovakia 54.450 53.810 53.207 53.371 3:34.838
15 Stefan Kjernholm Sweden 54.382 53.495 53.502 53.611 3:34.990
16 Mirosław Więckowski Poland 54.739 53.782 53.113 53.586 3:35.220
17 Michael Gårdebäck Sweden 54.662 53.887 53.701 53.898 3:36.148
18 Jindřich Zeman Czechoslovakia 54.377 53.974 53.748 54.068 3:36.167
19 Andrzej Piekoszewski Poland 54.474 54.166 53.502 54.117 3:36.259
20 Morten Nordeide Johansen Norway 54.460 53.899 54.155 54.365 3:36.879
21 Nils Vinberg Sweden 54.916 54.494 54.640 54.429 3:38.479
22 Christian Strøm Norway 55.125 54.603 54.347 54.717 3:38.792
23 Vladimír Resl Czechoslovakia 54.109 59.068 53.418 53.640 3:40.235
24 Hidetoshi Sato Japan 55.699 55.142 54.906 55.184 3:40.931
25 Richard Cavanaugh United States 56.186 55.669 54.572 54.930 3:41.357
26 James Murray United States 56.269 55.554 55.142 55.187 3:42.152
27 Kazuaki Ichikawa Japan 56.252 55.502 55.400 55.288 3:42.442
28 Terry O'Brien United States 56.366 55.647 55.172 55.351 3:42.536
29 Michel de Carvalho Great Britain 56.340 55.412 55.277 55.636 3:42.665
30 Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson Great Britain 57.056 54.881 54.959 55.828 3:42.724
31 Larry Arbuthnot Canada 56.691 55.380 55.085 55.628 3:42.784
32 Max Beck Liechtenstein 56.748 55.388 55.614 57.032 3:44.782
33 Richard Liversedge Great Britain 56.721 55.997 55.989 56.132 3:44.839
34 Shieh Wei-Cheng Republic of China 56.256 56.213 56.914 55.817 3:45.200
35 Michael Shragge Canada 57.950 55.812 56.656 55.828 3:46.246
36 Bjørn Dyrdahl Norway 04.969 54.185 53.911 53.979 3:47.044
37 Peter Gschnitzer Italy 54.051 53.812 53.357 27.540 4:08.760
38 Huang Liu-Chong Republic of China 55.405 42.821 49.520 54.900 5:22.646
- Stefan Hölzlwimmer West Germany 52.766 52.226 52.036 DNF -
- Paul Hildgartner Italy 54.300 53.400 53.800 DNF -
- Wolfgang Schädler Liechtenstein 56.858 56.185 55.755 DNF -
- Rainer Gassner Liechtenstein DNF - - - -
- Denis Michaud Canada DQ - - - -

References

  1. 1 2 "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved January 20, 2014.

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