Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's singles explained

Event:Men's singles
Games:1964 Winter
Venue:Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
Dates:January 30-February 4
Competitors:38
Nations:12
Win Value:3:26.77
Gold:Thomas Köhler
Goldnoc:EUA
Silver:Klaus-Michael Bonsack
Silvernoc:EUA
Bronze:Hans Plenk
Bronzenoc:EUA
Next:1968

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. 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.[1]

Results

Rank Athlete Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
51.27 51.53 51.50 52.47 3:26.77
51.61 51.33 51.68 52.42 3:27.04
52.12 52.25 52.31 53.47 3:30.15
4 52.60 52.81 52.62 53.18 3:31.21
5 52.14 52.58 53.51 53.11 3:31.34
6 54.00 52.70 52.66 53.66 3:33.02
7 53.01 53.36 53.70 53.42 3:33.49
8 53.31 53.04 54.00 53.51 3:33.86
9 53.27 52.86 53.82 54.09 3:34.04
10 53.57 53.24 53.65 53.91 3:34.37
11 53.11 55.44 52.36 53.51 3:34.42
12 53.32 53.13 54.13 53.92 3:34.50
13 52.91 53.43 54.13 54.58 3:35.05
14 54.43 55.00 53.80 54.44 3:37.67
15 54.31 54.50 54.96 55.29 3:39.06
16 55.47 55.02 54.85 54.83 3:40.17
17 Tom Neely 54.62 55.40 55.04 55.12 3:40.18
18 55.01 56.24 54.80 55.51 3:41.56
19 55.78 55.27 55.15 55.78 3:41.98
20 55.17 55.27 55.74 55.97 3:42.15
21 52.32 63.85 53.43 53.37 3:42.97
22 55.31 55.50 56.12 56.37 3:43.30
23 56.44 61.66 54.80 55.50 3:48.40
24 56.05 55.11 64.80 57.44 3:53.40
25 58.69 59.06 58.14 58.87 3:54.76
26 Ulrich Jucker 63.81 55.92 57.41 58.10 3:55.24
27 Hans Nägele 59.65 64.56 60.65 61.43 4:06.29
28 64.47 53.14 70.72 63.36 4:11.69
29 56.78 86.81 57.00 56.01 4:16.60
30 Magnus Schädler 63.16 63.26 65.75 64.94 4:17.11
31 Jean-Pierre Gottschall 63.05 64.82 61.85 82.36 4:32.08
- ? ? DNS - -
- Matiás Stinnes ? ? DNS - -
- Gordon Porteus 60.98 DQ - - -
- Johann Schädler 63.16 DNF - - -
- DNF - - - -
- DNF - - - -
- DNF - - - -

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Luge at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's Singles . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022450/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1964/LUG/mens-singles.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 2 April 2020 . Sports Reference.