Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's singles
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The men's luge
at the 2002 Winter Olympics
began on February 10, and was completed on February 11 at Utah Olympic Park
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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 |
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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 |