| Men's singles at the 2020 FIL European Luge Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track | |||||||||
| Location | Lillehammer, Norway | |||||||||
| Dates | 19 January | |||||||||
| Competitors | 26 from 10 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:37.737 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The Men's singles competition at the 2020 FIL European Luge Championships was held on 19 January 2020. [1]
All times are (UTC+1).
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 19 January | 09:20 | Run 1 |
| 19 January | 10:55 | Run 2 |
Two runs in one day, were used to determine the winner. [2]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 30 | Dominik Fischnaller |  Italy | 48.763 | 2 | 48.974 | 1 | 1:37.737 | |
 | 25 | Semen Pavlichenko |  Russia | 48.761 TR | 1 | 49.150 | 4 | 1:37.911 | +0.174 |
 | 32 | Roman Repilov | Russia | 48.889 | 3 | 49.076 | 2 | 1:37.965 | +0.228 |
| 4 | 28 | David Gleirscher |  Austria | 48.944 | 4 | 49.260 | 6 | 1:38.204 | +0.467 |
| 5 | 23 | Kevin Fischnaller | Italy | 49.003 | 5 | 49.407 | 9 | 1:38.410 | +0.673 |
| 6 | 15 | Stepan Fedorov | Russia | 49.015 | 6 | 49.425 | 12 | 1:38.440 | +0.703 |
| 7 | 20 | Johannes Ludwig |  Germany | 49.032 | 7 | 49.438 | 13 | 1:38.470 | +0.733 |
| 8 | 24 | Wolfgang Kindl | Austria | 49.305 | 9 | 49.262 | 7 | 1:38.567 | +0.830 |
| 9 | 29 | Kristers Aparjods |  Latvia | 49.206 | 8 | 49.418 | 11 | 1:38.624 | +0.887 |
| 10 | 27 | Jonas Müller | Austria | 49.386 | 11 | 49.320 | 8 | 1:38.706 | +0.969 |
| 11 | 21 | Max Langenhan | Germany | 49.341 | 10 | 49.412 | 10 | 1:38.753 | +1.016 |
| 12 | 22 | Maksim Aravin | Russia | 49.558 | 15 | 49.258 | 5 | 1:38.816 | +1.079 |
| 13 | 26 | Felix Loch | Germany | 49.668 | 18 | 49.149 | 3 | 1:38.817 | +1.080 |
| 14 | 10 | Nico Gleirscher | Austria | 49.541 | 14 | 49.486 | 15 | 1:39.027 | +1.290 |
| 15 | 13 | Riks Kristens Rozītis | Latvia | 49.441 | 13 | 49.564 | 16 | 1:39.095 | +1.358 |
| 16 | 16 | Jozef Ninis |  Slovakia | 49.656 | 17 | 49.484 | 14 | 1:39.140 | +1.403 |
| 17 | 19 | Inārs Kivlenieks | Latvia | 49.436 | 12 | 49.795 | 19 | 1:39.231 | +1.494 |
| 18 | 6 | Arturs Dārznieks | Latvia | 49.600 | 16 | 49.883 | 20 | 1:39.483 | +1.746 |
| 19 | 5 | Valentin Crețu |  Romania | 49.742 | 20 | 49.765 | 18 | 1:39.507 | +1.770 |
| 20 | 17 | Sebastian Bley | Germany | 49.675 | 19 | 50.067 | 22 | 1:39.742 | +2.005 |
| 21 | 4 | Svante Kohala |  Sweden | 49.853 | 22 | 50.193 | 23 | 1:40.046 | +2.309 |
| 22 | 3 | Mateusz Sochowicz |  Poland | 49.800 | 21 | 50.435 | 24 | 1:40.235 | +2.498 |
| 23 | 9 | Jakub Simonak | Slovakia | 50.511 | 24 | 49.757 | 17 | 1:40.268 | +2.531 |
| 24 | 1 | Leon Felderer | Italy | 50.606 | 25 | 50.546 | 25 | 1:41.152 | +3.415 |
| 25 | 7 | Andriy Mandziy |  Ukraine | 50.040 | 23 | 1:13.166 | 26 | 2:03.206 | +25.469 |
| 26 | 12 | Anton Dukach | Ukraine | 1:16.012 | 26 | 49.977 | 21 | 2:05.989 | +28.252 |
| 27 | Aleksander Melaas |  Norway | Did not qualify via Nationscup | ||||||
| 28 | Jan Čežík |  Czech Republic | |||||||
| 29 | Lukas Gufler | Italy | |||||||
| 30 | Kacper Tarnawski | Poland | |||||||
| 31 | Andrei Turea | Romania | |||||||
| 32 | Michael Lejsek | Czech Republic | |||||||
| 33 | Mirza Nikolajev |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||
| 34 | Tsvetelin Ivanov |  Bulgaria | |||||||
| 35 | Anel Čirkinagić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||
| 36 | Zlatan Jakić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||
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