# Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

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.
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

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.
* Alexander Ferlazzo (AUS)
* David Gleirscher (AUT)
* Reinhard Egger (AUT)
* Wolfgang Kindl (AUT)
* Pavel Angelov (BUL)
* Mitchel Malyk (CAN)
* Reid Watts (CAN)
* Samuel Edney (CAN)
* Ondřej Hyman (CZE)
* Adam Rosen (GBR)
* Rupert Staudinger (GBR)
* Giorgi Sogoiani (GEO)
* Andi Langenhan (GER)
* Felix Loch (GER)
* Johannes Ludwig (GER)
* Shiva Keshavan (IND)
* Dominik Fischnaller (ITA)
* Emanuel Rieder (ITA)
* Kevin Fischnaller (ITA)
* Nikita Kopyrenko (KAZ)
* Lim Nam-kyu (KOR)
* Arturs Dārznieks (LAT)
* Inārs Kivlenieks (LAT)
* Kristers Aparjods (LAT)
* Roman Repilov (OAR)
* Semen Pavlichenko (OAR)
* Stepan Fedorov (OAR)
* Maciej Kurowski (POL)
* Mateusz Sochowicz (POL)
* Andrei Turea (ROU)
* Valentin Crețu (ROU)
* Tilen Sirše (SLO)
* Jakub Šimoňák (SVK)
* Jozef Ninis (SVK)
* Lien Te-an (TPE)
* Andriy Mandziy (UKR)
* Anton Dukach (UKR)
* Chris Mazdzer (USA)
* Taylor Morris (USA)
* Tucker West (USA)

## Competition schedule

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

Four runs, split over two days, were used to determine the winner.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Run 3 | Rank | Run 4 | Rank | Total | Behind |
| | 11 | David Gleirscher | Austria | 47.652 | 1 | 47.835 | 7 | 47.584 | 4 | 47.631 | 4 | 3:10.702 | — |
| | 13 | Chris Mazdzer | United States | 47.800 | 5 | 47.717 | 2 | 47.534 | 1 | 47.677 | 7 | 3:10.728 | +0.026 |
| | 3 | Johannes Ludwig | Germany | 47.764 | 3 | 47.940 | 14 | 47.625 | 6 | 47.603 | 3 | 3:10.932 | +0.230 |
| 4 | 4 | Dominik Fischnaller | Italy | 47.930 | 10 | 47.967 | 16 | 47.562 | 3 | 47.475 | 1 | 3:10.934 | +0.232 |
| 5 | 5 | Felix Loch | Germany | 47.674 | 2 | 47.625 | 1 | 47.560 | 2 | 48.109 | 19 | 3:10.968 | +0.266 |
| 6 | 19 | Samuel Edney | Canada | 47.862 | 9 | 47.755 | 4 | 47.759 | 10 | 47.645 | 6 | 3:11.021 | +0.319 |
| 7 | 14 | Kevin Fischnaller | Italy | 47.853 | 8 | 47.793 | 5 | 47.596 | 5 | 47.812 | 8 | 3:11.054 | +0.352 |
| 8 | 6 | Roman Repilov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 47.776 | 4 | 47.740 | 3 | 47.948 | 15 | 47.644 | 5 | 3:11.108 | +0.406 |
| 9 | 2 | Wolfgang Kindl | Austria | 47.955 | 11 | 47.858 | 9 | 47.799 | 12 | 47.521 | 2 | 3:11.133 | +0.431 |
| 10 | 10 | Andi Langenhan | Germany | 48.083 | 18 | 47.850 | 8 | 47.630 | 7 | 47.870 | 13 | 3:11.433 | +0.731 |
| 11 | 8 | Kristers Aparjods | Latvia | 47.822 | 6 | 47.834 | 6 | 47.858 | 13 | 47.942 | 17 | 3:11.456 | +0.754 |
| 12 | 24 | Reid Watts | Canada | 47.960 | 12 | 47.895 | 10 | 47.787 | 11 | 47.848 | 11 | 3:11.490 | +0.788 |
| 13 | 22 | Stepan Fedorov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 48.035 | 13 | 47.936 | 13 | 47.755 | 9 | 47.882 | 14 | 3:11.608 | +0.906 |
| 14 | 1 | Semen Pavlichenko | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 48.337 | 24 | 47.923 | 12 | 47.716 | 8 | 47.883 | 15 | 3:11.859 | +1.157 |
| 15 | 7 | Reinhard Egger | Austria | 48.221 | 20 | 47.903 | 11 | 47.963 | 17 | 47.840 | 10 | 3:11.927 | +1.225 |
| 16 | 25 | Mitchel Malyk | Canada | 48.075 | 17 | 48.050 | 18 | 47.952 | 16 | 47.869 | 12 | 3:11.946 | +1.244 |
| 17 | 20 | Emanuel Rieder | Italy | 48.040 | 14 | 48.047 | 17 | 47.972 | 18 | 48.082 | 18 | 3:12.141 | +1.439 |
| 18 | 23 | Taylor Morris | United States | 48.072 | 15 | 48.793 | 32 | 47.858 | 13 | 47.824 | 9 | 3:12.547 | +1.845 |
| 19 | 26 | Maciej Kurowski | Poland | 48.103 | 19 | 48.467 | 24 | 48.158 | 22 | 47.885 | 16 | 3:12.613 | +1.911 |
| 20 | 17 | Inārs Kivlenieks | Latvia | 48.274 | 21 | 48.370 | 22 | 48.066 | 20 | 48.112 | 20 | 3:12.822 | +2.120 |
| 21 | 16 | Ondřej Hyman | Czech Republic | 48.324 | 23 | 48.276 | 20 | 48.313 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:24.913 | N/A |
| 22 | 31 | Adam Rosen | Great Britain | 48.477 | 25 | 48.410 | 23 | 48.280 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:25.167 | N/A |
| 23 | 35 | Anton Dukach | Ukraine | 48.888 | 27 | 48.307 | 21 | 48.303 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:25.498 | N/A |
| 24 | 21 | Arturs Dārznieks | Latvia | 48.305 | 22 | 48.671 | 29 | 48.602 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:25.578 | N/A |
| 25 | 12 | Jozef Ninis | Slovakia | 47.833 | 7 | 50.014 | 37 | 48.095 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:25.942 | N/A |
| 26 | 9 | Tucker West | United States | 48.484 | 26 | 47.942 | 15 | 49.593 | 37 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:26.019 | N/A |
| 27 | 15 | Mateusz Sochowicz | Poland | 49.047 | 29 | 48.203 | 19 | 48.930 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:26.180 | N/A |
| 28 | 27 | Alexander Ferlazzo | Australia | 48.073 | 16 | 48.587 | 27 | 49.351 | 36 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:26.191 | N/A |
| 29 | 18 | Valentin Crețu | Romania | 49.030 | 28 | 49.085 | 33 | 48.424 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:26.539 | N/A |
| 30 | 29 | Lim Nam-kyu | South Korea | 49.461 | 31 | 48.591 | 28 | 48.620 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:26.672 | N/A |
| 31 | 39 | Andrei Turea | Romania | 49.482 | 32 | 48.489 | 26 | 49.314 | 35 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:27.285 | N/A |
| 32 | 36 | Giorgi Sogoiani | Georgia | 49.300 | 30 | 49.151 | 34 | 49.008 | 33 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:27.459 | N/A |
| 33 | 34 | Rupert Staudinger | Great Britain | 49.626 | 33 | 49.259 | 35 | 48.957 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:27.842 | N/A |
| 34 | 37 | Shiva Keshavan | India | 50.578 | 36 | 48.710 | 31 | 48.900 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:28.188 | N/A |
| 35 | 33 | Jakub Šimoňák | Slovakia | 51.724 | 38 | 48.690 | 30 | 48.522 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:28.936 | N/A |
| 36 | 40 | Nikita Kopyrenko | Kazakhstan | 50.147 | 35 | 50.327 | 38 | 49.244 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:29.718 | N/A |
| 37 | 28 | Pavel Angelov | Bulgaria | 51.569 | 37 | 49.449 | 36 | 50.094 | 39 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:31.112 | N/A |
| 38 | 38 | Lien Te-an | Chinese Taipei | 52.121 | 39 | 51.472 | 39 | 50.545 | 40 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:34.138 | N/A |
| 39 | 30 | Tilen Sirše | Slovenia | 49.887 | 34 | 58.776 | 40 | 49.646 | 38 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:38.309 | N/A |
| 40 | 32 | Andriy Mandziy | Ukraine | 1:02.935 | 40 | 48.473 | 25 | 47.981 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | 2:39.389 | N/A |