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.
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.
Competition schedule All times are (UTC+9). Date Time Event10 February 19:10 Run 110 February Run 211 February 18:50 Run 311 February Run 4
Results Four runs, split over two days, were used to determine the winner.Results after run 2Final results
RankBibAthlete CountryRun 1 Rank Run 2 RankRun 3 RankRun 4 RankTotalBehind11David Gleirscher47.652147.835747.584447.63143:10.702—13Chris Mazdzer47.800547.717247.534147.67773:10.728 +0.0263Johannes Ludwig47.764347.9401447.625647.60333:10.932 +0.2304Dominik Fischnaller47.9301047.9671647.562347.47513:10.934 +0.2325Felix Loch47.674247.625147.560248.109193:10.968 +0.26619Samuel Edney47.862947.755447.7591047.64563:11.021 +0.31914Kevin Fischnaller47.853847.793547.596547.81283:11.054 +0.3526Roman Repilov47.776447.740347.9481547.64453:11.108 +0.4062Wolfgang Kindl47.9551147.858947.7991247.52123:11.133 +0.4311010Andi Langenhan48.0831847.850847.630747.870133:11.433 +0.731118Kristers Aparjods47.822647.834647.8581347.942173:11.456 +0.7541224Reid Watts47.9601247.8951047.7871147.848113:11.490 +0.7881322Stepan Fedorov48.0351347.9361347.755947.882143:11.608 +0.906141Semen Pavlichenko48.3372447.9231247.716847.883153:11.859 +1.157157Reinhard Egger48.2212047.9031147.9631747.840103:11.927 +1.2251625Mitchel Malyk48.0751748.0501847.9521647.869123:11.946 +1.2441720Emanuel Rieder48.0401448.0471747.9721848.082183:12.141 +1.4391823Taylor Morris48.0721548.7933247.8581347.82493:12.547 +1.8451926Maciej Kurowski48.1031948.4672448.1582247.885163:12.613 +1.9112017Inārs Kivlenieks48.2742148.3702248.0662048.112203:12.822 +2.1202116Ondřej Hyman48.3242348.2762048.31325did not advance2:24.913N/A2231Adam Rosen48.4772548.4102348.280232:25.1672335Anton Dukach48.8882748.3072148.303242:25.4982421Arturs Dārznieks48.3052248.6712948.602282:25.5782512Jozef Ninis47.833750.0143748.095212:25.942269Tucker West48.4842647.9421549.593372:26.019271549.0472948.2031948.930312:26.1802827Alexander Ferlazzo48.0731648.5872749.351362:26.1912918Valentin Crețu49.0302849.0853348.424262:26.5393029Lim Nam-kyu49.4613148.5912848.620292:26.6723139Andrei Turea49.4823248.4892649.314352:27.2853236Giorgi Sogoiani49.3003049.1513449.008332:27.4593334Rupert Staudinger49.6263349.2593548.957322:27.8423437Shiva Keshavan50.5783648.7103148.900302:28.1883533Jakub Šimoňák51.7243848.6903048.522272:28.9363640Nikita Kopyrenko50.1473550.3273849.244342:29.7183728Pavel Angelov51.5693749.4493650.094392:31.1123838Lien Te-an52.1213951.4723950.545402:34.1383930Tilen Sirše49.8873458.7764049.646382:38.3094032Andriy Mandziy4048.4732547.981192:39.389
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