Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

Men's singles
at the IX Olympic Winter Games
VenueOlympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
DatesJanuary 30-February 4
Competitors38 from 12 nations
Winning time3:26.77
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Thomas Köhler  United Team of Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Klaus-Michael Bonsack  United Team of Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hans Plenk  United Team of Germany

The men's singles luge competition at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck was held from 30 January to 4 February, at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck.[1] Tragedy affected the event as British luger Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypecki was killed during a practice run on January 23, seven days before the start of the competition.[2]

Results

Rank[1]AthleteCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)Thomas Köhler United Team of Germany51.2751.5351.5052.473:26.77
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Klaus-Michael Bonsack United Team of Germany51.6151.3351.6852.423:27.04
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Hans Plenk United Team of Germany52.1252.2552.3153.473:30.15
4Rolf Greger Strøm Norway52.6052.8152.6253.183:31.21
5Josef Feistmantl Austria52.1452.5853.5153.113:31.34
6Mieczysław Pawełkiewicz Poland54.0052.7052.6653.663:33.02
7Carlo Prinoth Italy53.0153.3653.7053.423:33.49
8Franz Tiefenbacher Austria53.3153.0454.0053.513:33.86
9Manfred Schmid Austria53.2752.8653.8254.093:34.04
10Jan Hamřík Czechoslovakia53.5753.2453.6553.913:34.37
11Lucjan Kudzia Poland53.1155.4452.3653.513:34.42
12Horst Urban Czechoslovakia53.3253.1354.1353.923:34.50
13Francis Feltman United States52.9153.4354.1354.583:35.05
14Mogens Christensen Norway54.4355.0053.8054.443:37.67
15Giampaolo Ambrosi Italy54.3154.5054.9655.293:39.06
16Walter Außendorfer Italy55.4755.0254.8554.833:40.17
17Tom Neely United States54.6255.4055.0455.123:40.18
18Emil Egli Switzerland55.0156.2454.8055.513:41.56
19Jan-Axel Strøm Norway55.7855.2755.1555.783:41.98
20Arnold Gartmann Switzerland55.1755.2755.7455.973:42.15
21Reinhold Senn Austria52.3263.8553.4353.373:42.97
22Mike Hessel United States55.3155.5056.1256.373:43.30
23Giovanni Graber Italy56.4461.6654.8055.503:48.40
24Jiří Hujer Czechoslovakia56.0555.1164.8057.443:53.40
25Keith Schellenberg Great Britain58.6959.0658.1458.873:54.76
26Ulrich Jucker Switzerland63.8155.9257.4158.103:55.24
27Hans Nägele Liechtenstein59.6564.5660.6561.434:06.29
28Jerzy Wojnar Poland64.4753.1470.7263.364:11.69
29George Farmer United States56.7886.8157.0056.014:16.60
30Magnus Schädler Liechtenstein63.1663.2665.7564.944:17.11
31Jean-Pierre Gottschall Switzerland63.0564.8261.8582.364:32.08
-Doug Anakin Canada ? ?DNS--
-Matiás Stinnes Argentina ? ?DNS--
-Gordon Porteus Great Britain60.98DQ---
-Johann Schädler Liechtenstein63.16DNF---
-Edward Fender PolandDNF----
-Fritz Nachmann United Team of GermanyDNF----
-Roland Urban CzechoslovakiaDNF----

References

  1. "Offizieller Bericht der IX. Olympischen Winterspiele Innsbruck 1964" (PDF), Austrian Federal Publishing House for Instruction, Science and Art, Vienna and Munich, LA84 Foundation, 1964, retrieved January 20, 2014
  2. "Luge at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's Singles". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
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