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Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

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{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's singles

|games = 1998 Winter

|image = Luge pictogram.svg

|image_size = 100px

|venue = Spiral

|dates = 8–9 February 1998

|competitors = 34

|nations = 18

|win_value = 3:18.436

|gold = Georg Hackl

|goldNOC = GER

|silver = Armin Zöggeler

|silverNOC = ITA

|bronze = Jens Müller

|bronzeNOC = GER

|prev = 1994

|next = 2002

}}

{{Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}

The men's singles luge competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano was held on 8 and 9 February, at Spiral.{{cite web

|title=Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3

|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf

|publisher=LA84 Foundation

|work=Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee

|year=1998

|accessdate=30 January 2013

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202657/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf

|archivedate=26 February 2008

}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/LUG/mens-singles.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417215005/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/LUG/mens-singles.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Luge at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's Singles |accessdate=8 April 2020 |work=Sports Reference}}

Summary

The event was won by Georg Hackl, who became the first luger to win the gold medal in 3 successive Winter Olympics after winning the event in Albertville and Lillehammer. Armin Zöggeler of Italy took silver and Jens Müller - the bronze medal. Markus Prock, the silver medalist from Lillehammer, finished outside medal position in 4th.

Event schedule

All times are (UTC+9).

class="wikitable"

!Date

!Time

!Event

8 February

|14:00

| style="background:lemonchiffon" |Run 1

8 February

|

| style="background:lemonchiffon" |Run 2

9 February

|14:00

| style="background:lemonchiffon" |Run 3

9 February

|

| style="background:lemonchiffon" |Run 4

Results

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

! Rank

!Bib!! Athlete !! Country !! Run 1

!Rank!! Run 2

!Rank!! Run 3

!Rank!! Run 4

!Rank!! Total

!Deficit

{{gold1}}

|3

align="left" | Georg Hacklalign=left| {{FlagIOC|GER|1998 Winter
} || 49.619

|1|| 49.573

|1|| 49.614

|1|| 49.630

|1|| 3:18.436

|—

|-

| {{silver2}}

|8|| align="left" | Armin Zöggeler ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|1998 Winter|}} || 49.715

|2|| 49.690

|2|| 49.737

|3|| 49.797

|3|| 3:18.939

| +0.503

|-

| {{bronze3}}

|11|| align="left" | Jens Müller ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|GER|1998 Winter|}} || 49.954

|4|| 49.700

|3|| 49.729

|2|| 49.710

|2|| 3:19.093

| +0.657

|-

| 4

|4|| align="left" | Markus Prock ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUT|1998 Winter|}} || 49.861

|3|| 49.732

|4|| 49.863

|4|| 50.200

|11|| 3:19.656

| +1.220

|-

| 5

|9|| align="left" | Markus Kleinheinz ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUT|1998 Winter|}} || 50.016

|5|| 49.779

|5|| 49.918

|8|| 50.011

|9|| 3:19.724

| +1.288

|-

| 6

|1|| align="left" | Wendel Suckow ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1998 Winter|}} || 50.069

|6|| 49.871

|7|| 49.908

|6|| 49.880

|5|| 3:19.728

| +1.292

|-

| 7

|10|| align="left" | Gerhard Gleirscher ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUT|1998 Winter|}} || 50.161

|9|| 49.816

|6|| 49.911

|7|| 49.897

|7|| 3:19.785

| +1.349

|-

| 8

|7|| align="left" | Reinhold Rainer ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|1998 Winter|}} || 50.105

|8|| 50.008

|9|| 49.897

|5|| 49.936

|8|| 3:19.946

| +1.510

|-

| 9

|12|| align="left" | Adam Heidt ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1998 Winter|}} || 50.401

|13|| 49.899

|8|| 49.971

|9|| 49.827

|4|| 3:20.098

| +1.662

|-

| 10

|5|| align="left" | Norbert Huber ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|1998 Winter|}} || 50.100

|7|| 50.129

|11|| 50.026

|10|| 49.883

|6|| 3:20.138

| +1.702

|-

| 11

|6|| align="left" | Mikael Holm ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|SWE|1998 Winter|}} || 50.324

|11|| 50.197

|14|| 50.146

|13|| 50.131

|10|| 3:20.798

| +2.362

|-

| 12

|2|| align="left" | Karsten Albert ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|GER|1998 Winter|}} || 50.353

|12|| 50.172

|13|| 50.080

|11|| 50.499

|17|| 3:21.104

| +2.668

|-

| 13

|20|| align="left" | Larry Dolan ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1998 Winter|}} || 50.558

|15|| 50.163

|12|| 50.140

|12|| 50.267

|12|| 3:21.128

| +2.692

|-

| 14

|34|| align="left" | Mārtiņš Rubenis ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|LAT|1998 Winter|}} || 50.758

|22|| 50.491

|19|| 50.603

|16|| 50.300

|13|| 3:22.152

| +3.716

|-

| 15

|15|| align="left" | Clay Ives ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1998 Winter|}} || 50.632

|17|| 50.348

|16|| 50.858

|21|| 50.437

|16|| 3:22.275

| +3.839

|-

| 16

|13|| align="left" | Shigeaki Ushijima ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|JPN|1998 Winter|}} || 50.747

|20|| 50.405

|17|| 50.716

|19|| 50.435

|15|| 3:22.303

| +3.867

|-

| 17

|21|| align="left" | Guntis Rēķis ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|LAT|1998 Winter|}} || 50.676

|18|| 50.296

|15|| 50.545

|15|| 50.798

|22|| 3:22.315

| +3.879

|-

| 18

|17|| align="left" | Tyler Seitz ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1998 Winter|}} || 50.689

|19|| 50.948

|23|| 50.400

|14|| 50.405

|14|| 3:22.442

| +4.006

|-

| 19

|18|| align="left" | Bengt Walden ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|SWE|1998 Winter|}} || 50.750

|21|| 50.479

|18|| 50.722

|20|| 50.601

|18|| 3:22.552

| +4.116

|-

| 20

|19|| align="left" | Aleksandr Zubkov ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|RUS|1998 Winter|}} || 50.488

|14|| 50.944

|22|| 50.650

|17|| 50.619

|19|| 3:22.701

| +4.265

|-

| 21

|31|| align="left" | Anders Söderberg ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|SWE|1998 Winter|}} || 50.878

|23|| 50.696

|21|| 50.708

|18|| 50.747

|21|| 3:23.029

| +4.593

|-

| 22

|14|| align="left" | Reto Gilly ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|SUI|1998 Winter|}} || 50.594

|16|| 50.646

|20|| 51.485

|25|| 50.627

|20|| 3:23.352

| +4.916

|-

| 23

|34|| align="left" | Ismar Biogradlić ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|BIH|1998 Winter|}} || 51.252

|25|| 51.170

|25|| 51.384

|24|| 51.363

|24|| 3:25.169

| +6.733

|-

| 24

|29|| align="left" | Spyros Pinas ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|GRE|1998 Winter|}} || 51.628

|28|| 51.123

|24|| 51.335

|22|| 51.294

|23|| 3:25.380

| +6.944

|-

| 25

|30|| align="left" | Sandris Berzinš ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|LAT|1998 Winter|}} || 51.220

|24|| 51.370

|26|| 51.341

|23|| 51.460

|25|| 3:25.391

| +6.955

|-

| 26

|32|| align="left" | Ion Cristian Stanciu ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ROU|1998 Winter|}} || 51.608

|27|| 51.386

|27|| 51.927

|27|| 51.602

|26|| 3:26.523

| +8.087

|-

| 27

|33|| align="left" | Patrick Singleton ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|BER|1998 Winter|}} || 51.434

|26|| 51.579

|28|| 51.839

|26|| 52.243

|28|| 3:27.095

| +8.659

|-

| 28

|25|| align="left" | Shiva Keshavan ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|IND|1998 Winter|}} || 52.315

|29|| 52.127

|29|| 52.043

|28|| 51.900

|27|| 3:28.385

| +9.949

|-

| 29

|23|| align="left" | Lee Gi-ro ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|KOR|1998 Winter|}} || 54.299

|32|| 52.875

|30|| 53.472

|30|| 54.075

|29|| 3:34.721

| +16.285

|-

| 30

|28|| align="left" | Hsieh Hsiang-chun ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|TPE|1998 Winter|}} || 54.192

|31|| 53.093

|31|| 53.325

|29|| 54.159

|30|| 3:34.769

| +16.333

|-

| 31

|22|| align="left" | Gang Gwang-bae ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|KOR|1998 Winter|}} || 53.492

|30|| 53.829

|32|| 53.685

|31|| 54.952

|31|| 3:35.958

| +17.522

|-

| 32

|26|| align="left" | Lee Yong ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|KOR|1998 Winter|}} || 54.842

|33|| 54.838

|33|| 54.731

|32|| 55.996

|32|| 3:40.407

| +21.971

|-

| -

|16|| align="left" | Albert Demchenko ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|RUS|1998 Winter|}} || 50.224

|10|| 50.011

|10|| 50.118

| -|| DQ

| -|| -

|N/A

|-

| -

|27|| align="left" | Andrus Paul ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|EST|1998 Winter|}} || DQ

| -|| -

| -|| -

| -|| -

| -|| -

|N/A

|}

References

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