# Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

The men's singles luge competition at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck was held from 4 to 7 February, at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck.
Silver medalist Josef Fendt served as President of the International Luge Federation (FIL) from 1994 to 2020.

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total |
| | Dettlef Günther | East Germany | 52.381 | 52.107 | 51.418 | 51.782 | 3:27.688 |
| | Josef Fendt | West Germany | 52.694 | 51.933 | 51.749 | 51.820 | 3:28.196 |
| | Hans Rinn | East Germany | 52.916 | 51.968 | 51.690 | 52.000 | 3:28.574 |
| 4 | Hans-Heinrich Winckler | East Germany | 52.848 | 52.328 | 52.069 | 52.209 | 3:29.454 |
| 5 | Manfred Schmid | Austria | 52.973 | 52.073 | 52.113 | 52.352 | 3:29.511 |
| 6 | Anton Winkler | West Germany | 52.755 | 52.194 | 52.219 | 52.352 | 3:29.520 |
| 7 | Reinhold Sulzbacher | Austria | 53.137 | 52.491 | 52.204 | 52.566 | 3:30.398 |
| 8 | Dainis Bremze | Soviet Union | 52.984 | 52.567 | 52.364 | 52.661 | 3:30.576 |
| 9 | Rudolf Schmid | Austria | 52.933 | 53.806 | 52.361 | 52.319 | 3:31.419 |
| 10 | Vladimir Shitov | Soviet Union | 53.485 | 53.025 | 52.927 | 53.133 | 3:32.570 |
| 11 | Karl Brunner | Italy | 53.916 | 53.228 | 53.023 | 53.021 | 3:33.188 |
| 12 | Jan Kasielski | Poland | 53.969 | 53.551 | 53.115 | 53.554 | 3:34.189 |
| 13 | Aigars Krikis | Soviet Union | 54.243 | 53.415 | 53.273 | 53.764 | 3:34.695 |
| 14 | Stanislav Ptáčník | Czechoslovakia | 54.450 | 53.810 | 53.207 | 53.371 | 3:34.838 |
| 15 | Stefan Kjernholm | Sweden | 54.382 | 53.495 | 53.502 | 53.611 | 3:34.990 |
| 16 | Mirosław Więckowski | Poland | 54.739 | 53.782 | 53.113 | 53.586 | 3:35.220 |
| 17 | Michael Gårdebäck | Sweden | 54.662 | 53.887 | 53.701 | 53.898 | 3:36.148 |
| 18 | Jindřich Zeman | Czechoslovakia | 54.377 | 53.974 | 53.748 | 54.068 | 3:36.167 |
| 19 | Andrzej Piekoszewski | Poland | 54.474 | 54.166 | 53.502 | 54.117 | 3:36.259 |
| 20 | Morten Nordeide Johansen | Norway | 54.460 | 53.899 | 54.155 | 54.365 | 3:36.879 |
| 21 | Nils Vinberg | Sweden | 54.916 | 54.494 | 54.640 | 54.429 | 3:38.479 |
| 22 | Christian Strøm | Norway | 55.125 | 54.603 | 54.347 | 54.717 | 3:38.792 |
| 23 | Vladimír Resl | Czechoslovakia | 54.109 | 59.068 | 53.418 | 53.640 | 3:40.235 |
| 24 | Hidetoshi Sato | Japan | 55.699 | 55.142 | 54.906 | 55.184 | 3:40.931 |
| 25 | Richard Cavanaugh | United States | 56.186 | 55.669 | 54.572 | 54.930 | 3:41.357 |
| 26 | James Murray | United States | 56.269 | 55.554 | 55.142 | 55.187 | 3:42.152 |
| 27 | Kazuaki Ichikawa | Japan | 56.252 | 55.502 | 55.400 | 55.288 | 3:42.442 |
| 28 | Terry O'Brien | United States | 56.366 | 55.647 | 55.172 | 55.351 | 3:42.536 |
| 29 | Michel de Carvalho | Great Britain | 56.340 | 55.412 | 55.277 | 55.636 | 3:42.665 |
| 30 | Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson | Great Britain | 57.056 | 54.881 | 54.959 | 55.828 | 3:42.724 |
| 31 | Larry Arbuthnot | Canada | 56.691 | 55.380 | 55.085 | 55.628 | 3:42.784 |
| 32 | Max Beck | Liechtenstein | 56.748 | 55.388 | 55.614 | 57.032 | 3:44.782 |
| 33 | Richard Liversedge | Great Britain | 56.721 | 55.997 | 55.989 | 56.132 | 3:44.839 |
| 34 | Shieh Wei-cheng | Republic of China | 56.256 | 56.213 | 56.914 | 55.817 | 3:45.200 |
| 35 | Michael Shragge | Canada | 57.950 | 55.812 | 56.656 | 55.828 | 3:46.246 |
| 36 | Bjørn Dyrdahl | Norway | 04.969 | 54.185 | 53.911 | 53.979 | 3:47.044 |
| 37 | Peter Gschnitzer | Italy | 54.051 | 53.812 | 53.357 | 27.540 | 4:08.760 |
| 38 | Huang Liu-chong | Republic of China | 55.405 | 42.821 | 49.520 | 54.900 | 5:22.646 |
| - | Stefan Hölzlwimmer | West Germany | 52.766 | 52.226 | 52.036 | DNF | - |
| - | Paul Hildgartner | Italy | 54.300 | 53.400 | 53.800 | DNF | - |
| - | Wolfgang Schädler | Liechtenstein | 56.858 | 56.185 | 55.755 | DNF | - |
| - | Rainer Gassner | Liechtenstein | DNF | - | - | - | - |
| - | Denis Michaud | Canada | DQ | - | - | - | - |