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Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

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Men's singles
at the XIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueMt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run
Dates13–16 February
Competitors30 from 13 nations
Winning time2:54.796
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bernhard Glass  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paul Hildgartner  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anton Winkler  West Germany
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The men's singles luge competition at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid was held from 13 to 16 February, at Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run.[1][2]

Results

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Rank[1] Athlete Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bernhard Glass  East Germany 43.609 43.780 43.925 43.482 2:54.796
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paul Hildgartner  Italy 43.652 44.000 43.708 44.012 2:55.372
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anton Winkler  West Germany 43.885 44.045 44.310 44.305 2:56.545
4 Dettlef Günther  East Germany 43.199 43.555 46.879 43.530 2:57.163
5 Gerhard Sandbichler  Austria 44.128 44.711 44.305 44.307 2:57.451
6 Franz Wilhelmer  Austria 44.162 44.783 44.159 44.379 2:57.483
7 Gerhard Böhmer  West Germany 44.010 44.741 44.434 44.584 2:57.769
8 Anton Wembacher  West Germany 44.308 44.549 44.835 44.320 2:58.012
9 Albert Graf  Austria 44.253 44.524 44.815 44.431 2:58.023
10 Jindřich Zeman  Czechoslovakia 44.901 45.438 45.571 45.025 3:00.935
11 Bruce Smith  Canada 45.442 45.305 45.479 44.848 3:01.074
12 Jeff Tucker  United States 45.158 45.311 45.427 45.400 3:01.296
13 Rainer Gassner  Liechtenstein 45.283 45.956 45.907 44.927 3:02.073
14 Neil Townshend  Great Britain 46.726 45.037 45.037 45.278 3:02.078
15 John Fee  United States 45.328 45.407 46.032 45.345 3:02.112
16 Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson  Great Britain 45.191 46.947 45.060 45.066 3:02.264
17 Mark Jensen  Canada 45.150 46.218 45.363 46.079 3:02.810
18 Stefan Kjernholm  Sweden 44.565 44.905 44.900 48.538 3:02.908
19 Koji Kuriyama  Japan 45.820 45.872 45.852 45.538 3:03.082
20 Richard Stithem  United States 45.418 45.938 46.245 45.491 3:03.092
21 Ernst Haspinger  Italy 43.435 43.833 43.592 52.556 3:03.416
22 Derek Prentice  Great Britain 45.502 45.880 46.425 46.715 3:04.522
23 Takashi Takagi  Japan 45.294 51.003 45.575 47.692 3:09.564
- Wolfgang Schädler  Liechtenstein 45.751 48.568 DNS - -
- Dainis Bremze  Soviet Union 43.559 1:21.445 DNS - -
- Hans Rinn  East Germany 43.802 1:24.301 DNS - -
- Vladimír Resl  Czechoslovakia 44.255 DNF - - -
- Markus Kägi  Switzerland 54.224 DNS - - -
- Karl Brunner  Italy DNF - - - -
- Ueli Schenkel  Switzerland DNF - - - -

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results" (PDF). Lake Placid Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1980. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Luge at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's Singles". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.