Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

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Men's singles
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Luge pictogram.svg
Venue Canada Olympic Park
Dates14–15 February
Competitors38 from 18 nations
Winning time3:05.548
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jens Müller Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Georg Hackl Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Yury Kharchenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1984
1992  

The men's singles luge competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary was held on 14 and 15 February, at Canada Olympic Park. [1] [2]

Results

Rank [1] AthleteCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
Gold medal icon.svg Jens Müller Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 46.30146.44446.43646.3673:05.548
Silver medal icon.svg Georg Hackl Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 46.35546.55346.59946.4093:05.916
Bronze medal icon.svg Yury Kharchenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 46.39146.60546.47546.8033:06.274
4 Thomas Jacob Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 46.42646.63846.43346.8613:06.358
5 Michael Walter Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 46.57846.75446.83846.7633:06.933
6 Sergey Danilin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 46.56446.82746.64847.0593:07.098
7 Johannes Schettel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 46.72546.92846.80546.9133:07.371
8 Hansjörg Raffl Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 46.59046.97146.89347.0713:07.525
9 Otto Mayregger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 46.77746.98646.92546.9313:07.619
10 Paul Hildgartner Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 46.84446.85446.76447.2343:07.696
11 Markus Prock Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 46.63746.63247.63746.8293:07.735
12 Frank Masley Flag of the United States.svg  United States 46.81346.89046.81347.4273:07.943
13 Max Burghardtswieser Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 46.87446.94947.08347.2803:08.186
14 Duncan Kennedy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 47.03247.06547.09347.2823:08.472
15 Kurt Brugger Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 47.08447.36247.04547.1303:08.621
16 Petr Urban Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 46.91747.21547.13347.3593:08.624
17 Valery Dudin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 47.81246.98247.06147.0253:08.880
18 Kazuhiko Takamatsu Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 47.27847.23547.32647.1763:09.015
19 Harington Telford Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 47.15247.56447.11947.4633:09.298
20 Mikael Holm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 47.40947.16547.42347.6613:09.658
21 Luboš Jíra Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 47.64747.56947.81947.8223:10.857
22 Macleod Nicol Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 47.70147.67947.56948.0003:10.949
23 Jon Owen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 47.67047.63247.83448.3283:11.464
24 Chris Wightman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 47.85547.85647.77348.1823:11.666
25 Anders Näsström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 47.51747.93148.08348.1913:11.722
26 Toru Ito Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 47.75347.88048.60148.4393:12.673
27 Nil Labrecque Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 47.46147.86649.30748.0933:12.727
28 Nick Ovett Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 48.18148.16348.51848.4463:13.308
29 Pablo García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 48.70247.95348.70848.1153:13.478
30 Stephen Brialey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 49.68948.68747.56847.6773:13.621
31 Raúl Muñiz Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 50.18449.84950.48050.4493:20.962
32 Sun Kuang-Ming Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 49.60151.58448.98651.4293:21.600
33 Rubén González Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 49.56749.62853.68548.9473:21.827
34 George Tucker Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 50.74850.24951.68854.4403:27.125
35 Raymond Ocampo Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 54.70351.61751.92649.4153:27.661
36 Bart Carpentier Alting Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg  Netherlands Antilles 50.80253.46853.50152.1423:29.913
- Gerhard Sandbichler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 46.91146.990DNF--
- Peter Beck Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 47.319DNF---

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References

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