| Men's singles at the IV Winter Youth Olympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Alpensia Sliding Centre | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 21 January | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 22 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:32.356 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Luge at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics | ||
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| Singles | men | women |
| Doubles | men | women |
| Relay | mixed | |
The men's singles luge at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics will take place on 21 January at the Alpensia Sliding Centre. [1]
The first run was held at 08:30 and the second run at 09:40. [2]
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Rank 1 | Run 2 | Rank 2 | Total | Behind |
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 | 1 | Leon Haselrieder |  Italy | 46.294 | 2 | 46.062 | 1 | 1:32.356 | |
 | 3 | Paul Socher |  Austria | 46.226 | 1 | 46.315 | 2 | 1:32.541 | +0.185 |
 | 12 | Philipp Brunner | Italy | 46.653 | 3 | 46.588 | 3 | 1:33.241 | +0.885 |
| 4 | 9 | Edvards Marts Markitāns |  Latvia | 46.809 | 4 | 46.612 | 4 | 1:33.421 | +1.065 |
| 5 | 11 | Johannes Scharnagl | Austria | 46.815 | 5 | 46.789 | 5 | 1:33.604 | +1.248 |
| 6 | 4 | Ola Brandstandmoen |  Norway | 47.131 | 6 | 47.247 | =7 | 1:34.378 | +2.022 |
| 7 | 8 | Bruno Mick |  Slovakia | 47.376 | 7 | 47.309 | 9 | 1:34.685 | +2.329 |
| 8 | 13 | Bastian van Wouw |  Canada | 47.450 | 8 | 47.247 | =7 | 1:34.697 | +2.341 |
| 9 | 6 | Silas Sartor |  Germany | 47.486 | 10 | 47.378 | 10 | 1:34.864 | +2.508 |
| 10 | 5 | Vlad Florin Mușei |  Romania | 47.648 | 13 | 47.383 | 11 | 1:35.031 | +2.675 |
| 11 | 19 | Kim Bo-keun |  South Korea | 47.572 | 11 | 47.474 | 13 | 1:35.046 | +2.690 |
| 12 | 20 | Anton Shevchuk |  Ukraine | 47.642 | 12 | 47.410 | 12 | 1:35.046 | +2.696 |
| 13 | 18 | Saba Khachidze |  Georgia | 47.485 | 9 | 47.651 | 14 | 1:35.136 | +2.780 |
| 14 | 7 | Orson Colby |  United States | 47.973 | 14 | 48.141 | 17 | 1:36.114 | +3.758 |
| 15 | 10 | Michał Gancarczyk |  Poland | 48.047 | 15 | 48.117 | 16 | 1:36.164 | +3.808 |
| 16 | 2 | Hannes Röder | Germany | 49.402 | 21 | 46.956 | 6 | 1:36.358 | +4.002 |
| 17 | 16 | Filip Pavlata |  Czech Republic | 48.133 | 16 | 48.442 | 18 | 1:36.575 | +4.219 |
| 18 | 21 | Miha Vozelj |  Slovenia | 48.863 | 19 | 47.794 | 15 | 1:36.657 | +4.301 |
| 19 | 22 | Wang Qingxiu |  China | 48.169 | 17 | 48.572 | 19 | 1:36.741 | +4.385 |
| 20 | 15 | Thiraphat Sata |  Thailand | 48.779 | 18 | 48.769 | 20 | 1:37.548 | +5.192 |
| 21 | 17 | Angel Stefanov |  Bulgaria | 49.277 | 20 | 49.677 | 22 | 1:38.954 | +6.598 |
| 22 | 14 | Mees van Buren |  Netherlands | 50.177 | 22 | 49.547 | 21 | : 1:39.724 | +7.368 |
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Youth Olympic champions in Luge – boys' singles | |
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