Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

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Luge men's singles
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Luge pictogram.svg
Luge pictogram
Venue Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track
Date5, 6 February
Competitors34 from 21 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Johannes Ludwig Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Wolfgang Kindl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Bronze medal icon.svg Dominik Fischnaller Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  2018
2026  

The men's singles competition in luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 5 February (heats 1 and 2) and 6 February (heats 3 and 4), at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track in Yanqing District. [1] Johannes Ludwig of Germany won the event. For him this was the first individual Olympic gold medal. Wolfgang Kindl of Austria won the silver, and Dominik Fischnaller of Italy bronze. For Kindl and Fischnaller, these were their first Olympic medals.

The defending champion was David Gleirscher, who was standing in the 10th position at the 2021–22 Luge World Cup before the Olympics and qualified for the competition. [2] Chris Mazdzer, the 2018 silver medalist, qualified as well. Johannes Ludwig, the 2018 bronze medalist, was leading the 2021–22 Luge World Cup before the Olympics and considered the top favorite. [3] Wolfgang Kindl was the second in the World Cup, and the 2010 and 2014 Olympic champion Felix Loch was the third.

Ludwig won three runs out of four, in two of them setting the track record. Kindl won the second run and was second in the other three. Fischnaller was third in three runs.

Qualification

The qualification is based on the cumulative points of the Olympic Season from 1 July 2021 to January 10, 2022. A total of 35 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. Each NOC can enter a maximum of three athletes.

In the men's singles, all nations with an athlete in the top 50 qualified one slot. If there were remaining spots left, the second best athlete of each nation in the top 32 was awarded an additional quota, with the third best being awarded a quota if there were any remaining spots.

On December 17, 2021, the International Luge Federation announced that the qualification system was changed. The qualification system was changed due to training runs being cancelled at the first World Cup, and equipment not being delivered to the following World Cups. The new system will see athletes qualify based on their top four results during the World Cup season, (as opposed to the previous all seven results counting). [4]

On January 19, 2022 the International Luge Federation announced the list of qualified athletes. [5]

Summary

Number of sledsAthletes totalNation
318Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Olympic flag.svg  ROC
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
24Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
113Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea [lower-alpha 1]
3535
  1. quota allocated to participate in the team relay.

Results

RankBibAthleteCountryRun 1RankRun 2RankRun 3RankRun 4RankTotal [6] Behind
Gold medal icon.svg4 Johannes Ludwig Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 57.063 TR157.438257.043 TR157.19113:48.735
Silver medal icon.svg1 Wolfgang Kindl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 57.110257.430157.117257.23823:48.895+0.160
Bronze medal icon.svg10 Dominik Fischnaller Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 57.361357.444357.461557.42033:49.686+0.951
42 Felix Loch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 57.383557.500457.510757.48563:49.878+1.143
53 Kristers Aparjods Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 57.364457.597657.399457.69393:50.053+1.318
65 Max Langenhan Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 57.606957.536557.521857.42943:50.092+1.357
77 Gints Bērziņš Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 57.414757.709757.480657.57073:50.173+1.438
818 Chris Mazdzer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.7801058.039957.7791057.779103:51.377+2.642
912 Roman Repilov Olympic flag.svg  ROC 57.594858.6791657.714957.64783:51.634+2.899
108 Semen Pavlichenko Olympic flag.svg  ROC 57.7861158.1151057.9551357.793113:51.649+2.914
1124 Leon Felderer Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 57.8141258.2111157.8551157.960143:51.840+3.105
126 Nico Gleirscher Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 59.1102758.3511457.370357.45253:52.283+3.548
1321 Tucker West Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.0791557.831858.5342157.916133:52.360+3.625
1416 Aleksandr Gorbatcevich Olympic flag.svg  ROC 58.1391658.3391358.0801458.043153:52.601+3.866
1511 David Gleirscher Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 57.407658.2401258.9082658.617203:53.172+4.437
1622 Alexander Ferlazzo Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.2161958.9942458.1221657.887123:53.219+4.484
1714 Reid Watts Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 58.0491459.0712558.1081558.065163:53.293+4.558
1823 Artūrs Dārznieks Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 58.1661759.3702857.9321258.241173:53.709+4.974
1919 Jonathan Gustafson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.8451359.3302758.4962058.275183:53.946+5.211
2034 Svante Kohala Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 58.5172158.7792058.3681858.333193:53.997+5.262
2115 Jozef Ninis Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 58.2051858.7641958.85623Did not advance2:55.825N/A
2220 Anton Dukach Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 58.8732558.7261858.408192:56.007
2326 Rupert Staudinger Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 58.7312258.9602258.622222:56.313
2425 Fan Duoyao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 58.8482358.8832158.895252:56.626
2535 Mateusz Sochowicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 58.8632459.1962658.867242:56.926
2632 Marián Skupek Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 58.9562658.9762359.051272:56.983
2713 Andriy Mandziy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:01.0823258.7061758.346172:58.134
2833 Pavel Angelov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 59.5552959.7532959.545292:58.853
2917 Valentin Creţu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 58.3492058.362151:02.223342:58.934
3030 Michael Lejsek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 59.5422859.945311:00.080322:59.567
3127 Saba Kumaritashvili Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 1:00.211301:00.146321:00.036313:00.393
3228 Seiya Kobayashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:00.856311:00.9193359.859303:01.634
3329 Lim Nam-kyu Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1:02.4383459.7943059.538283:01.770
3431 Mirza Nikolajev Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:01.667331:02.507341:01.175333:05.349
9 Kevin Fischnaller Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Did not start

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