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The
men's
luge
at the
2018 Winter Olympics
was held between 10 and 11 February 2018 at the
Alpensia Sliding Centre
near
Pyeongchang
,
South Korea
.
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The event was won by
David Gleirscher
, who became the first Austrian to win men's luge since 1968.
Chris Mazdzer
won the silver medal, whereas
Johannes Ludwig
won the bronze. For all of them, this was the first Olympic medal, and the Mazdzer's medal is the first ever medal for the United States in men's singles luge. This is the first time since 1988 than none of the medalists in men's luge had a medal of previous Olympics. The favorite and the defending Olympic champion,
Felix Loch
, was leading the field after three runs, but in the last run made a mistake which cost him a medal.
Qualifying athletes
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The field included the 2010 and the 2014 Olympic champion
Felix Loch
, who is also the
2017?18 Luge World Cup
winner, the
2016?17 Luge World Cup
winner
Roman Repilov
, and
Wolfgang Kindl
who finished second in the 2017?18 Luge World Cup. None of them won a medal.
Competition schedule
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All times are (
UTC+9
).
Date
|
Time
|
Event
|
10 February
|
19:10
|
Run 1
|
10 February
|
|
Run 2
|
11 February
|
18:50
|
Run 3
|
11 February
|
|
Run 4
|
Results
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Four runs, split over two days, were used to determine the winner.
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References
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