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Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

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Men's singles
at the X Olympic Winter Games
VenueVillard-de-Lans
Dates11–13 February 1968
Competitors50 from 14 nations
Winning time2:52.48
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Manfred Schmid  Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Thomas Köhler  East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Klaus-Michael Bonsack  East Germany
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Luge at the
1968 Winter Olympics
Singlesmenwomen
Doublesmen

The men's singles luge competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble was held from 11 to 13 February, at Villard-de-Lans.[1] Originally, four runs were scheduled, but poor weather meant that the competition was delayed, and the fourth run was eventually cancelled.[2]

Results

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Rank[1] Athlete Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Manfred Schmid  Austria 57.16 57.73 57.59 2:52.48
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Thomas Köhler  East Germany 57.68 57.47 57.51 2:52.66
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Klaus-Michael Bonsack  East Germany 57.90 57.63 57.80 2:53.33
4 Zbigniew Gawior  Poland 57.55 58.35 57.61 2:53.51
5 Josef Feistmantl  Austria 57.78 58.06 57.73 2:53.57
6 Hans Plenk  West Germany 57.30 58.37 58.00 2:53.67
7 Horst Hörnlein  East Germany 57.49 58.04 58.57 2:54.10
8 Jerzy Wojnar  Poland 58.16 58.38 58.08 2:54.62
9 Leonhard Nagenrauft  West Germany 57.87 58.45 58.39 2:54.71
10 Emilio Lechner  Italy 57.94 58.63 58.53 2:55.10
11 Wolfgang Winkler  West Germany 58.08 58.86 58.41 2:55.35
12 Giovanni Graber  Italy 58.09 58.59 58.88 2:55.56
13 Lucjan Kudzia  Poland 59.27 58.46 58.18 2:55.91
14 Helmut Thaler  Austria 58.42 59.03 58.60 2:56.05
15 Jan Hamřík  Czechoslovakia 58.43 58.56 59.07 2:56.06
16 Sigisfredo Mair  Italy 58.22 59.51 58.45 2:56.18
17 Fritz Nachmann  West Germany 58.54 59.05 58.82 2:56.41
18 Raimondo Prinoth  Italy 58.80 59.16 58.89 2:56.85
19 Rolf Greger Strøm  Norway 59.04 59.28 58.67 2:56.99
20 František Halíř  Czechoslovakia 59.07 59.10 58.93 2:57.10
21 Jan-Axel Strøm  Norway 58.84 59.26 59.04 2:57.14
22 Tadeusz Radwan  Poland 59.03 59.01 59.19 2:57.23
23 Jan Nilsson  Sweden 59.00 59.67 59.24 2:57.91
24 Horst Urban  Czechoslovakia 58.93 59.54 59.91 2:58.38
25 Hans Sahlin  Sweden 59.12 59.36 59.98 2:58.46
26 Kim Layton  United States 59.73 59.45 59.46 2:58.64
27 Roland Urban  Czechoslovakia 59.20 59.59 00.24 2:59.03
28 James Murray  United States 00.34 59.94 59.72 3:00.00
29 Georges Tresallet  France 59.75 00.41 00.21 3:00.37
30 Mike Hessel  United States 00.00 00.46 00.16 3:00.62
31 Roger Eddy  Canada 00.69 00.30 00.40 3:01.39
32 Ivar Bjare  Sweden 00.73 01.44 00.63 3:02.80
33 Larry Arbuthnot  Canada 00.10 00.92 01.99 3:03.01
34 Per-Ulf Helander  Sweden 00.25 01.67 01.20 3:03.12
35 Jean-Pierre De Petro  France 01.03 01.24 01.26 3:03.53
36 Werner Sele  Liechtenstein 00.92 01.27 01.69 3:03.88
37 Colin Nelson  Canada 01.13 01.90 01.53 3:04.56
38 Ion Pervilhac  France 01.98 02.99 01.45 3:06.42
39 Richard Liversedge  Great Britain 02.83 02.81 01.40 3:07.04
40 James Manclark  Great Britain 02.99 03.12 01.83 3:07.94
41 Simon Beck  Liechtenstein 03.52 04.54 03.59 3:11.65
42 Jesús Gatell  Spain 03.15 04.38 04.25 3:11.78
43 Jorge Monjo  Spain 05.18 03.35 05.12 3:13.65
44 Jorge Roura  Spain 04.01 05.54 04.42 3:13.97
45 Luis Omedes  Spain 14.43 04.89 05.82 3:25.14
46 Robin Partch  United States 30.36 59.78 59.53 3:29.67
47 D'Arcy Coulson  Canada 02.69 31.24 02.19 3:36.12
- Julius Schädler  Liechtenstein DNF - - -
- Peter Kretauer  Austria DQ - - -
- Wolfgang Scheidel  East Germany DQ - - -

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF), Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver, LA84 Foundation, 1968, retrieved 20 January 2014
  2. ^ "Luge at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's Singles". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
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