| Men's singles at the XIX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Utah Olympic Park | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 10–11 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 50 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
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| Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics | |||
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| Doubles | open | ||
The men's luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics began on 10 February, and was completed on 11 February at Utah Olympic Park. [1]
The men's singles luge event was run over two days, with the first two runs on 10 February, and the second two runs on 11 February. The total time was the combined time of all four runs. Hackl's fifth medal in a row, but not fourth gold in a row. He becomes the first person to win 5 medals in one event in either the summer or winter games. Zöggeler's gold gave him a complete set of medals at the Winter Olympics.
| Place | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Behind |
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 | Armin Zöggeler |  Italy | 44.546 | 44.521 | 44.296 | 44.578 | 2:57.941 | — |
 | Georg Hackl |  Germany | 44.614 | 44.494 | 44.487 | 44.675 | 2:58.270 | +0.329 |
 | Markus Prock |  Austria | 44.698 | 44.640 | 44.271 | 44.674 | 2:58.283 | +0.342 |
| 4 | Adam Heidt |  United States | 44.660 | 44.750 | 44.421 | 44.775 | 2:58.606 | +0.665 |
| 5 | Albert Demtschenko |  Russia | 44.756 | 44.732 | 44.534 | 44.974 | 2:58.996 | +1.055 |
| 6 | Karsten Albert | Germany | 44.718 | 44.767 | 44.467 | 45.094 | 2:59.046 | +1.105 |
| 7 | Denis Geppert | Germany | 44.846 | 44.874 | 44.417 | 45.017 | 2:59.154 | +1.213 |
| 8 | Markus Kleinheinz | Austria | 44.875 | 44.857 | 44.558 | 44.921 | 2:59.211 | +1.270 |
| 9 | Wilfried Huber | Italy | 44.851 | 44.814 | 44.611 | 45.043 | 2:59.319 | +1.378 |
| 10 | Reiner Margreiter | Austria | 45.034 | 45.076 | 44.626 | 44.901 | 2:59.637 | +1.696 |
| 11 | Kyle Connelly |  Canada | 44.945 | 44.922 | 44.712 | 45.144 | 2:59.723 | +1.782 |
| 12 | Reinhold Rainer | Italy | 44.927 | 44.801 | 44.814 | 45.212 | 2:59.754 | +1.813 |
| 13 | Stefan Höhener |  Switzerland | 45.101 | 45.254 | 44.534 | 44.911 | 2:59.800 | +1.859 |
| 14 | Chris Moffat | Canada | 45.116 | 45.145 | 44.651 | 45.088 | 3:00.000 | +2.059 |
| 15 | Johan Rousseau |  France | 44.999 | 45.025 | 44.766 | 45.243 | 3:00.033 | +2.092 |
| 16 | Jaroslav Slavík |  Slovakia | 45.104 | 45.017 | 44.762 | 45.180 | 3:00.063 | +2.122 |
| 17 | Tony Benshoof | United States | 44.776 | 45.653 | 44.787 | 44.886 | 3:00.102 | +2.161 |
| 18 | Yann Fricheteau | France | 45.240 | 45.009 | 44.869 | 45.060 | 3:00.178 | +2.237 |
| 19 | Tyler Seitz | Canada | 45.051 | 45.169 | 44.756 | 45.245 | 3:00.221 | +2.280 |
| 20 | Viktor Kneib | Russia | 45.333 | 45.034 | 44.796 | 45.102 | 3:00.265 | +2.324 |
| 21 | Aleksey Gorlachov | Russia | 45.156 | 45.131 | 45.010 | 45.271 | 3:00.568 | +2.627 |
| 22 | Nauris Skraustiņš |  Latvia | 45.335 | 45.389 | 44.904 | 45.061 | 3:00.689 | +2.748 |
| 23 | Bengt Walden |  Sweden | 45.455 | 45.189 | 45.081 | 45.561 | 3:01.286 | +3.345 |
| 24 | Reto Gilly | Switzerland | 46.220 | 45.053 | 45.079 | 44.959 | 3:01.311 | +3.370 |
| 25 | Mark Hatton |  Great Britain | 45.391 | 45.509 | 45.107 | 45.559 | 3:01.566 | +3.625 |
| 26 | Nick Sullivan | United States | 45.439 | 45.309 | 45.726 | 45.619 | 3:02.093 | +4.152 |
| 27 | Shigeaki Ushijima |  Japan | 45.905 | 45.260 | 45.283 | 45.651 | 3:02.099 | +4.158 |
| 28 | Anders Söderberg | Sweden | 46.624 | 45.228 | 45.064 | 45.298 | 3:02.214 | +4.273 |
| 29 | Guntis Rēķis | Latvia | 45.898 | 45.644 | 45.446 | 45.716 | 3:02.704 | +4.763 |
| 30 | Michal Kvicala |  Czech Republic | 46.659 | 45.932 | 46.001 | 45.681 | 3:04.273 | +6.332 |
| 31 | Christopher Hoeger |  Venezuela | 46.167 | 46.097 | 45.818 | 46.231 | 3:04.313 | +6.372 |
| 32 | Cristian Stanciu |  Romania | 46.176 | 46.203 | 46.080 | 46.155 | 3:04.614 | +6.673 |
| 33 | Shiva Keshavan |  India | 45.881 | 45.977 | 46.700 | 46.425 | 3:04.983 | +7.042 |
| 34 | Marian Tican | Romania | 46.486 | 46.346 | 46.115 | 46.352 | 3:05.299 | +7.358 |
| 35 | Ľubomír Mick | Slovakia | 47.207 | 46.333 | 45.803 | 46.475 | 3:05.818 | +7.877 |
| 36 | Lee Hak-jin |  South Korea | 46.942 | 47.245 | 46.558 | 46.454 | 3:07.199 | +9.258 |
| 37 | Patrick Singleton |  Bermuda | 47.015 | 48.690 | 45.769 | 46.298 | 3:07.772 | +9.831 |
| 38 | Constantin-Liviu Cepoi |  Moldova | 47.161 | 47.353 | 46.604 | 46.825 | 3:07.943 | +10.002 |
| 39 | Julio Cesar Camacho | Venezuela | 47.193 | 46.676 | 47.627 | 46.579 | 3:08.075 | +10.134 |
| 40 | Werner Hoeger | Venezuela | 47.234 | 47.071 | 46.934 | 47.039 | 3:08.278 | +10.337 |
| 41 | Rubén González |  Argentina | 48.180 | 47.819 | 48.533 | 48.276 | 3:12.808 | +14.867 |
| 42 | Kim Min-Kyu | South Korea | 46.159 | 47.656 | 47.800 | 52.190 | 3:13.805 | +15.864 |
| 43 | Marcelo Gonzalez | Argentina | 47.314 | 46.931 | 46.883 | 53.431 | 3:14.559 | +16.618 |
| 44 | Eugen Radu | Romania | 56.608 | 46.096 | 46.299 | 46.324 | 3:15.327 | +17.386 |
| 45 | Ricardo Raschini |  Brazil | 46.309 | 46.977 | 46.464 | 56.897 | 3:16.647 | +18.706 |
| 46 | Renato Mizoguchi | Brazil | 47.773 | 50.036 | 53.349 | 48.742 | 3:19.900 | +21.959 |
| 47 | Lin Chui-bin |  Chinese Taipei | 49.602 | 50.328 | 52.277 | 51.509 | 3:23.716 | +25.775 |
| 48 | Li Chia-hsun | Chinese Taipei | 55.390 | 49.092 | 51.888 | 49.616 | 3:25.986 | +28.045 |
| Lee Chang-yong | South Korea | DNF | ||||||
| Mārtiņš Rubenis | Latvia | 45.022 | 49.671 | DNS |
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