The men's luge

Luge

A Luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine and feet-first. Steering is done by flexing the sled's runners with the calf of each leg or exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh 21-25 kilograms for singles and 25-30 kilograms for doubles. Luge...

at the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...

began on February 10, and was completed on February 11 at Utah Olympic Park

Utah Olympic Park

The Utah Olympic Park is a winter sports park built for the 2002 Winter Olympics, and is located east of Salt Lake City near Park City, Utah, United States. During the 2002 games the park hosted the bobsleigh, skeleton, luge, ski jumping, and nordic combined events. It still serves a training...

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Results

The men's singles luge event was run over two days, with the first two runs on February 10, and the second two runs on February 11. 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
	Armin Zöggeler Armin Zöggeler Armin Zöggeler is a luger and double Olympic champion who is an Italian national. He is one of the most successful men in the sport, nicknamed Il Cannibale , for his notable series of victories, or The Iceblood Champion, for his always cold, rational approach to the races.Zöggeler was born in...		44.546	44.521	44.296	44.578	2:57.941	—
	Georg Hackl Georg Hackl Georg Hackl is a German former luger who was three time Olympic and World Champion. He is known affectionately as Hackl-Schorsch or as the Speeding Weißwurst a reference to what he looks like in his white bodysuit coming down the luge at fast speeds.Hackl was born in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria.He won...		44.614	44.494	44.487	44.675	2:58.270	+0.329
	Markus Prock Markus Prock Markus Prock is an Austrian luger who competed between 1983 and 2002. Born in Innsbruck, Prock competed in six Winter Olympics winning three medals in the men's singles event with two silvers and one bronze .At the FIL World Luge Championships, Prock won 13 medals, including five gold Markus...		44.698	44.640	44.271	44.674	2:58.283	+0.342
4	Adam Heidt		44.660	44.750	44.421	44.775	2:58.606	+0.665
5	Albert Demtschenko Albert Demtschenko Albert Demtschenko is a Russian luger who has competed since 1992. A six-time Winter Olympian, he finally won his first medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin with a silver in the men's singles event...		44.756	44.732	44.534	44.974	2:58.996	+1.055
6	Karsten Albert Karsten Albert Karsten Albert is a German luger who competed from 1998 to 2003. He won a silver medal in the mixed team event at the 2001 FIL World Luge Championships in Calgary, Alberta, Canada....		44.718	44.767	44.467	45.094	2:59.046	+1.105
7	Denis Geppert Denis Geppert Denis Geppert is a German luger who competed between 1996 and 2006. He earned two silver medals at the 2002 FIL European Luge Championships in Altenberg, Germany in the men's singles and mixed team events....		44.846	44.874	44.417	45.017	2:59.154	+1.213
8	Markus Kleinheinz Markus Kleinheinz Markus Kleinheinz is an Austrian luger who competed between 1994 and 2006. He won a bronze medal in the mixed team event at the 1995 FIL World Luge Championships in Lillehammer, Norway....		44.875	44.857	44.558	44.921	2:59.211	+1.270
9	Wilfried Huber Wilfried Huber Wilfried Huber is an Italian luger who has competed since 1985. Together with Kurt Brugger, he won the men's doubles event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer....		44.851	44.814	44.611	45.043	2:59.319	+1.378
10	Reiner Margreiter Reiner Margreiter Reiner Margreiter is an Austrian Luger who competed from 1995 to 2006. He won two bronze medals at the 2003 FIL World Luge Championships in Sigulda, Latvia in both the men's singles and the mixed team events....		45.034	45.076	44.626	44.901	2:59.637	+1.696
11	Kyle Connelly		44.945	44.922	44.712	45.144	2:59.723	+1.782
12	Reinhold Rainer Reinhold Rainer Reinhold Rainer is an Italian luger who has competed since 1994. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of eighth in the men's singles event both in 1998 and in 2006....		44.927	44.801	44.814	45.212	2:59.754	+1.813
13	Stefan Höhener Stefan Höhener Stefan Höhener is a Swiss luger who has competed since 1999. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 13th in the men's singles event at Salt Lake City in 2002....		45.101	45.254	44.534	44.911	2:59.800	+1.859
14	Chris Moffat Chris Moffat Chris Moffat is a Canadian luger who has competed since 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the men's doubles event at Salt Lake City in 2002....		45.116	45.145	44.651	45.088	3:00.000	+2.059
15	Johan Rousseau		44.999	45.025	44.766	45.243	3:00.033	+2.092
16	Jaroslav Slavík Jaroslav Slavík Jaroslav Slavík is a Slovak luger who competed from 1990 to 2006. He won the bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 2004 FIL European Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany....		45.104	45.017	44.762	45.180	3:00.063	+2.122
17	Tony Benshoof Tony Benshoof Tony Benshoof is an American luger from White Bear Lake, Minnesota who has been competing since 1990...		44.776	45.653	44.787	44.886	3:00.102	+2.161
18	Yann Fricheteau		45.240	45.009	44.869	45.060	3:00.178	+2.237
19	Tyler Seitz		45.051	45.169	44.756	45.245	3:00.221	+2.280
20	Viktor Kneib Viktor Kneib Viktor Ivanovich Kneib is a Russian luger who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 9th in the men's doubles event at Nagano in 1998....		45.333	45.034	44.796	45.102	3:00.265	+2.324
21	Alexei Gorlatschev		45.156	45.131	45.010	45.271	3:00.568	+2.627
22	Nauris Skaraustins		45.335	45.389	44.904	45.061	3:00.689	+2.748
23	Bengt Walden Bengt Walden Bengt Walden is a Swedish-born, American luger who has competed since 1985, internationally since 1988, when he joined the Swedish national team. He married American luger Ashley Hayden in 2006, and joined the United States national team in 2007...		45.455	45.189	45.081	45.561	3:01.286	+3.345
24	Reto Gilly		46.220	45.053	45.079	44.959	3:01.311	+3.370
25	Mark Hatton		45.391	45.509	45.107	45.559	3:01.566	+3.625
26	Nick Sullivan		45.439	45.309	45.726	45.619	3:02.093	+4.152
27	Shigeaki Ushijima Shigeaki Ushijima is a Japanese luger who has competed since 1996. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 16th in the men's singles event at Nagano in 1998....		45.905	45.260	45.283	45.651	3:02.099	+4.158
28	Anders Söderberg		46.624	45.228	45.064	45.298	3:02.214	+4.273
29	Guntis Rēķis Guntis Rekis Guntis Rēķis is a Latvian luger who has competed since 1997. He won two bronze medals in the mixed team event at the FIL World Luge Championships, earning them in 2008 and 2009....		45.898	45.644	45.446	45.716	3:02.704	+4.763
30	Michal Kvicala		46.659	45.932	46.001	45.681	3:04.273	+6.332
31	Christopher Hoeger		46.167	46.097	45.818	46.231	3:04.313	+6.372
32	Cristian Stanciu		46.176	46.203	46.080	46.155	3:04.614	+6.673
33	Shiva Keshavan Shiva Keshavan Shiva Keshavan is the first Indian representative to compete in luge at the Winter Olympic Games.-Background and education:...		45.881	45.977	46.700	46.425	3:04.983	+7.042
34	Marian Tican		46.486	46.346	46.115	46.352	3:05.299	+7.358
35	Ľubomír Mick Lubomír Mick Ľubomír Mick is a Slovakian luger who competed from 1993 to 2006. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of ninth in the men's doubles event at Salt Lake City in 2002....		47.207	46.333	45.803	46.475	3:05.818	+7.877
36	Lee Hak-Jin		46.942	47.245	46.558	46.454	3:07.199	+9.258
37	Patrick Singleton Patrick Singleton Patrick Singleton , is a Bermudian luger who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s before going into skeleton since 2002. In 1998, Singleton finished 27th in the men's singles event while he finished 37th in the same event four years later.He finished 19th in the men's skeleton event at the...		47.015	48.690	45.769	46.298	3:07.772	+9.831
38	Constantin-Liviu Cepoi Constantin-Liviu Cepoi Constantin-Liviu Cepoi is a Romanian-Moldovan luger who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s.He was born in Broşteni, Drăguşeni, Suceava County....		47.161	47.353	46.604	46.825	3:07.943	+10.002
39	Julio Cesar Camacho		47.193	46.676	47.627	46.579	3:08.075	+10.134
40	Werner Hoeger Werner Hoeger Werner Hoeger is a professor emeritus of exercise science at Boise State University. He has published 51 editions of Fitness & Wellness college textbooks. He is one of the most widely read fitness and wellness college authors in the United States...		47.234	47.071	46.934	47.039	3:08.278	+10.337
41	Rubén González Rubén González (luger) Rubén González is an Argentine luger who competed from 1984 to 2010. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he holds the record for being the first athlete to participate in four different Winter Olympic games in four different decades...		48.180	47.819	48.533	48.276	3:12.808	+14.867
42	Kim Min-Kyu		46.159	47.656	47.800	52.190	3:13.805	+15.864
43	Marcelo Gonzalez		47.314	46.931	46.883	53.431	3:14.559	+16.618
44	Eugen Radu Eugen Radu Eugen Radu is a Romanian luger who has competed since 1994.He was born in Tulcea.Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 15th in the men's doubles event both in 2002 and 2006....		56.608	46.096	46.299	46.324	3:15.327	+17.386
45	Ricardo Raschini Ricardo Raschini Ricardo Raschini is a Brazillian bobsledder and luger who competed in luge from the late 1990s to the early 2000s and in bobsleigh from 2002 to 2006...		46.309	46.977	46.464	56.897	3:16.647	+18.706
46	Renato Mizoguchi Renato Mizoguchi Renato Mizoguchi is a Brazillian luger who competed from 2001 to 2005. He is best known for his severe injuries suffered during the homologation process of Cesana Pariol, the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, in January 2005...		47.773	50.036	53.349	48.742	3:19.900	+21.959
47	Lin Chui-Bin		49.602	50.328	52.277	51.509	3:23.716	+25.775
48	Li Chia-Hsun		55.390	49.092	51.888	49.616	3:25.986	+28.045
	Lee Chang-Yong		DNF
	Mārtiņš Rubenis Martinš Rubenis Mārtiņš Rubenis is a Latvian luger who has competed since 1998. He won the bronze medal at the men's singles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, becoming the first Latvian Mārtiņš Rubenis (born 26 September 1978 in Riga) is a Latvian luger who has competed since 1998. He won the bronze...		45.022	49.671	DNS