# Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

The men's singles luge competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble was held from 11 to 13 February, at Villard-de-Lans. Originally, four runs were scheduled, but poor weather meant that the competition was delayed, and the fourth run was eventually cancelled.

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total |
| | Manfred Schmid | Austria | 57.16 | 57.73 | 57.59 | 2:52.48 |
| | Thomas Köhler | East Germany | 57.68 | 57.47 | 57.51 | 2:52.66 |
| | Klaus-Michael Bonsack | East Germany | 57.90 | 57.63 | 57.80 | 2:53.33 |
| 4 | Zbigniew Gawior | Poland | 57.55 | 58.35 | 57.61 | 2:53.51 |
| 5 | Josef Feistmantl | Austria | 57.78 | 58.06 | 57.73 | 2:53.57 |
| 6 | Hans Plenk | West Germany | 57.30 | 58.37 | 58.00 | 2:53.67 |
| 7 | Horst Hörnlein | East Germany | 57.49 | 58.04 | 58.57 | 2:54.10 |
| 8 | Jerzy Wojnar | Poland | 58.16 | 58.38 | 58.08 | 2:54.62 |
| 9 | Leonhard Nagenrauft | West Germany | 57.87 | 58.45 | 58.39 | 2:54.71 |
| 10 | Emilio Lechner | Italy | 57.94 | 58.63 | 58.53 | 2:55.10 |
| 11 | Wolfgang Winkler | West Germany | 58.08 | 58.86 | 58.41 | 2:55.35 |
| 12 | Giovanni Graber | Italy | 58.09 | 58.59 | 58.88 | 2:55.56 |
| 13 | Lucjan Kudzia | Poland | 59.27 | 58.46 | 58.18 | 2:55.91 |
| 14 | Helmut Thaler | Austria | 58.42 | 59.03 | 58.60 | 2:56.05 |
| 15 | Jan Hamřík | Czechoslovakia | 58.43 | 58.56 | 59.07 | 2:56.06 |
| 16 | Sigisfredo Mair | Italy | 58.22 | 59.51 | 58.45 | 2:56.18 |
| 17 | Fritz Nachmann | West Germany | 58.54 | 59.05 | 58.82 | 2:56.41 |
| 18 | Raimondo Prinoth | Italy | 58.80 | 59.16 | 58.89 | 2:56.85 |
| 19 | Rolf Greger Strøm | Norway | 59.04 | 59.28 | 58.67 | 2:56.99 |
| 20 | František Halíř | Czechoslovakia | 59.07 | 59.10 | 58.93 | 2:57.10 |
| 21 | Jan-Axel Strøm | Norway | 58.84 | 59.26 | 59.04 | 2:57.14 |
| 22 | Tadeusz Radwan | Poland | 59.03 | 59.01 | 59.19 | 2:57.23 |
| 23 | Jan Nilsson | Sweden | 59.00 | 59.67 | 59.24 | 2:57.91 |
| 24 | Horst Urban | Czechoslovakia | 58.93 | 59.54 | 59.91 | 2:58.38 |
| 25 | Hans Sahlin | Sweden | 59.12 | 59.36 | 59.98 | 2:58.46 |
| 26 | Kim Layton | United States | 59.73 | 59.45 | 59.46 | 2:58.64 |
| 27 | Roland Urban | Czechoslovakia | 59.20 | 59.59 | 00.24 | 2:59.03 |
| 28 | James Murray | United States | 00.34 | 59.94 | 59.72 | 3:00.00 |
| 29 | Georges Tresallet | France | 59.75 | 00.41 | 00.21 | 3:00.37 |
| 30 | Mike Hessel | United States | 00.00 | 00.46 | 00.16 | 3:00.62 |
| 31 | Roger Eddy | Canada | 00.69 | 00.30 | 00.40 | 3:01.39 |
| 32 | Ivar Bjare | Sweden | 00.73 | 01.44 | 00.63 | 3:02.80 |
| 33 | Larry Arbuthnot | Canada | 00.10 | 00.92 | 01.99 | 3:03.01 |
| 34 | Per-Ulf Helander | Sweden | 00.25 | 01.67 | 01.20 | 3:03.12 |
| 35 | Jean-Pierre De Petro | France | 01.03 | 01.24 | 01.26 | 3:03.53 |
| 36 | Werner Sele | Liechtenstein | 00.92 | 01.27 | 01.69 | 3:03.88 |
| 37 | Colin Nelson | Canada | 01.13 | 01.90 | 01.53 | 3:04.56 |
| 38 | Ion Pervilhac | France | 01.98 | 02.99 | 01.45 | 3:06.42 |
| 39 | Richard Liversedge | Great Britain | 02.83 | 02.81 | 01.40 | 3:07.04 |
| 40 | James Manclark | Great Britain | 02.99 | 03.12 | 01.83 | 3:07.94 |
| 41 | Simon Beck | Liechtenstein | 03.52 | 04.54 | 03.59 | 3:11.65 |
| 42 | Jesús Gatell | Spain | 03.15 | 04.38 | 04.25 | 3:11.78 |
| 43 | Jorge Monjo | Spain | 05.18 | 03.35 | 05.12 | 3:13.65 |
| 44 | Jorge Roura | Spain | 04.01 | 05.54 | 04.42 | 3:13.97 |
| 45 | Luis Omedes | Spain | 14.43 | 04.89 | 05.82 | 3:25.14 |
| 46 | Robin Partch | United States | 30.36 | 59.78 | 59.53 | 3:29.67 |
| 47 | D'Arcy Coulson | Canada | 02.69 | 31.24 | 02.19 | 3:36.12 |
| - | Julius Schädler | Liechtenstein | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Peter Kretauer | Austria | DQ | - | - | - |
| - | Wolfgang Scheidel | East Germany | DQ | - | - | - |