Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

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Men's singles
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Luge pictogram.svg
Venue Sapporo Teine
Dates4–7 February
Competitors45 from 13 nations
Winning time3:27.58
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Wolfgang Scheidel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Harald Ehrig Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Wolfram Fiedler Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
  1968
1976  

The men's singles luge competition at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo took place from 4 to 7 February, at Sapporo Teine. [1] [2]

Results

Rank [1] AthleteCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
Gold medal icon.svg Wolfgang Scheidel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 52.1752.0651.5851.773:27.58
Silver medal icon.svg Harald Ehrig Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 52.6052.3251.7451.733:28.39
Bronze medal icon.svg Wolfram Fiedler Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 53.0452.5551.6151.533:28.73
4 Klaus-Michael Bonsack Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 52.9852.7251.5451.923:29.16
5 Leonhard Nagenrauft Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 53.0052.7951.9751.913:29.67
6 Josef Fendt Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 53.0352.7352.2552.023:30.03
7 Manfred Schmid Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 53.0652.8052.1952.003:30.05
8 Paul Hildgartner Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 53.6652.7651.9452.193:30.55
9 Karl Brunner Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 53.1453.2652.2852.193:30.87
10 Josef Feistmantl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 53.1853.1152.5252.513:31.32
11 Emilio Lechner Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 53.5953.4952.2052.133:31.41
12 Janusz Grzemowski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 53.0753.1252.6652.593:31.44
13 Lucjan Kudzia Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 54.1453.5852.3652.753:32.83
14 Christian Strøm Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 53.7953.6852.4653.083:33.01
15 Wolfgang Winkler Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 54.0753.5352.6652.823:33.08
16 Rudolf Schmid Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 54.3353.9352.7452.763:33.76
17 Hans Wimmer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 54.0953.8252.6253.273:33.80
18 Masako Eguchi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 54.0953.3752.7853.573:33.81
19 Ryszard Gawior Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 54.7254.0953.2652.873:34.94
20 Kazuaki Ichikawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 54.0954.2153.2953.403:34.99
21 Leo Atzwanger Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 54.4154.3253.3853.223:35.33
22 Stephen Sinding Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 54.9854.0553.1953.193:35.41
23 Franz Schachner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 54.6754.3853.4053.173:35.62
24 Masatoshi Kobayashi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 55.3054.4353.0053.663:36.39
25 Larry Arbuthnot Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 54.1154.1754.1754.123:36.57
26 Satoru Arai Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 54.7655.0753.7553.733:37.31
27 Mirosław Więckowski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 54.4354.8254.6153.753:37.61
28 James Murray Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.3155.2253.9453.463:37.93
29 Yury Yegorov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 55.0854.5854.6453.703:38.00
30 Bjørn Dyrdahl Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 54.7355.1354.6753.523:38.05
31 Terry O'Brien Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.4155.1754.0253.643:38.24
32 Ralph Havens Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.1754.8454.3154.003:38.32
33 Sergey Osipov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 55.4855.2754.0654.183:38.99
34 Jonnie Woodall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 55.1155.2154.7855.053:40.15
35 David McComb Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 55.2056.1454.5254.573:40.43
36 Pierre Larchier Flag of France.svg  France 55.8656.2854.6854.943:41.76
37 Viktor Ilyin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 56.1255.5055.2155.253:42.08
38 Doug Hansen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 55.7355.9455.2055.353:42.22
39 Werner Sele Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein 56.3956.0455.0354.923:42.38
40 Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 57.2355.5955.3655.433:43.61
41 Yury Svetikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:00.8255.0154.0853.783:43.69
42 Richard Liversedge Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 57.3857.0855.7156.323:46.49
43 Rupert Deen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 59.2159.6558.0058.583:55.44
44 Bob Rock Jr. Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.9855.2553.851:13.963:59.04
- Paul Nielsen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNF----

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