| Men's singles at the X Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Villard-de-Lans | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 11–13 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 50 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:52.48 | ||||||||||||
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| Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Singles | men | women |
| Doubles | men | |
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]
| Rank [1] | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Manfred Schmid |  Austria | 57.16 | 57.73 | 57.59 | 2:52.48 |
 | Thomas Köhler |  East Germany | 57.68 | 57.47 | 57.51 | 2:52.66 |
 | 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 | - | - | - |
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The Men's giant slalom competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse.
The Men's slalom competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse.
The Women's giant slalom competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse.
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The men's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 16 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.
The men's 5000 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 15 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.
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