Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's singles
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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Men's singles
|games = 1976 Winter
|image = Luge pictogram.svg
|image_size = 100px
|venue = Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
|dates = 4–7 February 1976
|competitors = 43
|nations = 15
|win_value = 3:27.688
|gold = Dettlef Günther
|goldNOC = GDR
|silver = Josef Fendt
|silverNOC = FRG
|bronze = Hans Rinn
|bronzeNOC = GDR
|prev = 1972
|next = 1980
}}
{{Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics}}
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.{{cite web
| title = Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976
| url = http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1976/orw1976.pdf
| publisher = LA84 Foundation
| work = Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976
| year = 1976
Silver medalist Josef Fendt served as President of the International Luge Federation (FIL) from 1994 to 2020.
Results
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank !! Athlete !! Country !! Run 1 !! Run 2 !! Run 3 !! Run 4 !! Total | ||
| {{gold1}} | align=left| Dettlef Günther | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GDR|1976 Winter |
|-
| {{silver2}} ||align=left| Josef Fendt ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRG|1976 Winter|}} || 52.694 || 51.933 || 51.749 || 51.820 || 3:28.196
|-
| {{bronze3}} ||align=left| Hans Rinn ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|GDR|1976 Winter|}} || 52.916 || 51.968 || 51.690 || 52.000 || 3:28.574
|-
| 4 ||align=left| Hans-Heinrich Winckler ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|GDR|1976 Winter|}} || 52.848 || 52.328 || 52.069 || 52.209 || 3:29.454
|-
| 5 ||align=left| Manfred Schmid ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUT|1976 Winter|}} || 52.973 || 52.073 || 52.113 || 52.352 || 3:29.511
|-
| 6 ||align=left| Anton Winkler ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRG|1976 Winter|}} || 52.755 || 52.194 || 52.219 || 52.352 || 3:29.520
|-
| 7 ||align=left| Reinhold Sulzbacher ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUT|1976 Winter|}} || 53.137 || 52.491 || 52.204 || 52.566 || 3:30.398
|-
| 8 ||align=left| Dainis Bremze ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|URS|1976 Winter|}} || 52.984 || 52.567 || 52.364 || 52.661 || 3:30.576
|-
| 9 ||align=left| Rudolf Schmid ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUT|1976 Winter|}} || 52.933 || 53.806 || 52.361 || 52.319 || 3:31.419
|-
| 10 ||align=left| Vladimir Shitov ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|URS|1976 Winter|}} || 53.485 || 53.025 || 52.927 || 53.133 || 3:32.570
|-
| 11 ||align=left| Karl Brunner ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|1976 Winter|}} || 53.916 || 53.228 || 53.023 || 53.021 || 3:33.188
|-
| 12 ||align=left| Jan Kasielski ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|POL|1976 Winter|}} || 53.969 || 53.551 || 53.115 || 53.554 || 3:34.189
|-
| 13 ||align=left| Aigars Krikis ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|URS|1976 Winter|}} || 54.243 || 53.415 || 53.273 || 53.764 || 3:34.695
|-
| 14 ||align=left| Stanislav Ptáčník ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|TCH|1976 Winter|}} || 54.450 || 53.810 || 53.207 || 53.371 || 3:34.838
|-
| 15 ||align=left| Stefan Kjernholm ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|SWE|1976 Winter|}} || 54.382 || 53.495 || 53.502 || 53.611 || 3:34.990
|-
| 16 ||align=left| Mirosław Więckowski ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|POL|1976 Winter|}} || 54.739 || 53.782 || 53.113 || 53.586 || 3:35.220
|-
| 17 ||align=left| Michael Gårdebäck ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|SWE|1976 Winter|}} || 54.662 || 53.887 || 53.701 || 53.898 || 3:36.148
|-
| 18 ||align=left| Jindřich Zeman ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|TCH|1976 Winter|}} || 54.377 || 53.974 || 53.748 || 54.068 || 3:36.167
|-
| 19 ||align=left| Andrzej Piekoszewski ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|POL|1976 Winter|}} || 54.474 || 54.166 || 53.502 || 54.117 || 3:36.259
|-
| 20 ||align=left| Morten Nordeide Johansen ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|NOR|1976 Winter|}} || 54.460 || 53.899 || 54.155 || 54.365 || 3:36.879
|-
| 21 ||align=left| Nils Vinberg ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|SWE|1976 Winter|}} || 54.916 || 54.494 || 54.640 || 54.429 || 3:38.479
|-
| 22 ||align=left| Christian Strøm ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|NOR|1976 Winter|}} || 55.125 || 54.603 || 54.347 || 54.717 || 3:38.792
|-
| 23 ||align=left| Vladimír Resl ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|TCH|1976 Winter|}} || 54.109 || 59.068 || 53.418 || 53.640 || 3:40.235
|-
| 24 ||align=left| Hidetoshi Sato ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|JPN|1976 Winter|}} || 55.699 || 55.142 || 54.906 || 55.184 || 3:40.931
|-
| 25 ||align=left| Richard Cavanaugh ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1976 Winter|}} || 56.186 || 55.669 || 54.572 || 54.930 || 3:41.357
|-
| 26 ||align=left| James Murray ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1976 Winter|}} || 56.269 || 55.554 || 55.142 || 55.187 || 3:42.152
|-
| 27 ||align=left| Kazuaki Ichikawa ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|JPN|1976 Winter|}} || 56.252 || 55.502 || 55.400 || 55.288 || 3:42.442
|-
| 28 ||align=left| Terry O'Brien ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1976 Winter|}} || 56.366 || 55.647 || 55.172 || 55.351 || 3:42.536
|-
| 29 ||align=left| Michel de Carvalho ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1976 Winter|}} || 56.340 || 55.412 || 55.277 || 55.636 || 3:42.665
|-
| 30 ||align=left| Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1976 Winter|}} || 57.056 || 54.881 || 54.959 || 55.828 || 3:42.724
|-
| 31 ||align=left| Larry Arbuthnot ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1976 Winter|}} || 56.691 || 55.380 || 55.085 || 55.628 || 3:42.784
|-
| 32 ||align=left| Max Beck ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|LIE|1976 Winter|}} || 56.748 || 55.388 || 55.614 || 57.032 || 3:44.782
|-
| 33 ||align=left| Richard Liversedge ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1976 Winter|}} || 56.721 || 55.997 || 55.989 || 56.132 || 3:44.839
|-
| 34 ||align=left| Shieh Wei-cheng ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ROC|1976 Winter|}} || 56.256 || 56.213 || 56.914 || 55.817 || 3:45.200
|-
| 35 ||align=left| Michael Shragge ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1976 Winter|}} || 57.950 || 55.812 || 56.656 || 55.828 || 3:46.246
|-
| 36 ||align=left| Bjørn Dyrdahl ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|NOR|1976 Winter|}} || 04.969 || 54.185 || 53.911 || 53.979 || 3:47.044
|-
| 37 ||align=left| Peter Gschnitzer ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|1976 Winter|}} || 54.051 || 53.812 || 53.357 || 27.540 || 4:08.760
|-
| 38 ||align=left| Huang Liu-chong ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ROC|1976 Winter|}} || 55.405 || 42.821 || 49.520 || 54.900 || 5:22.646
|-
| - ||align=left| Stefan Hölzlwimmer ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRG|1976 Winter|}} || 52.766 || 52.226 || 52.036 || DNF || -
|-
| - ||align=left| Paul Hildgartner ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|1976 Winter|}} || 54.300 || 53.400 || 53.800 || DNF || -
|-
| - ||align=left| Wolfgang Schädler ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|LIE|1976 Winter|}} || 56.858 || 56.185 || 55.755 || DNF || -
|-
| - ||align=left| Rainer Gassner ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|LIE|1976 Winter|}} || DNF || - || - || - || -
|-
| - ||align=left| Denis Michaud ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1976 Winter|}} || DQ || - || - || - || -
|}
References
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