Luge at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's singles
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The men's singles competition in luge at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 7 February (heats 1 and 2) and 8 February (heats 3 and 4), at the Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo.[1] Max Langenhan of Germany won the event, setting a new track record in every single run. Jonas Müller of Austria won the silver medal, and Dominik Fischnaller of Italy the bronze.[2][3] For Langenhan and Müller, these were their first Olympic medals, while Fischnaller repeated his 2022 performance.
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| Venue | Cortina Sliding Centre | ||||||||||||
| Date | 7, 8 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:31.191 | ||||||||||||
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Background
The 2022 champion, Johannes Ludwig, retired. The silver medalist, Wolfgang Kindl, qualified for the 2026 Olympics,[4] as did the bronze medalist, Dominik Fischnaller.[5] Felix Loch, the 2010 and 2014 Olympic champion, was leading the singles standing of 2025–26 Luge World Cup before the Olympics. Max Langenhan was the 2025 World champion, with Loch second and Kristers Aparjods third.
Qualification
Summary
| Number of sleds | Athletes total | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 9 |  Austria Germany Italy |
| 2 | 8 |  Latvia Romania Ukraine United States |
| 1 | 8 |  Australia China Czech Republic Individual Neutral Athletes Japan Poland Slovakia Sweden |
| 25 | 25 | |
Results
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Run 3 | Rank | Run 4 | Rank | Total[6] | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | Max Langenhan | Germany | 52.924 TR | 1 | 52.902 TR | 1 | 52.705 TR | 1 | 52.660 TR | 1 | 3:31.191 | — |
 | 5 | Jonas Müller | Austria | 52.959 | 2 | 53.029 | 2 | 52.837 | 2 | 52.962 | 2 | 3:31.787 | +0.596 |
 | 12 | Dominik Fischnaller | Italy | 53.085 | 3 | 53.039 | 3 | 52.949 | 3 | 53.052 | 3 | 3:32.125 | +0.934 |
| 4 | 3 | Kristers Aparjods | Latvia | 53.221 | 4 | 53.113 | 4 | 53.208 | 7 | 53.070 | 4 | 3:32.612 | +1.421 |
| 5 | 6 | Nico Gleirscher | Austria | 53.273 | 6 | 53.412 | 8 | 53.053 | 4 | 53.235 | 7 | 3:32.973 | +1.782 |
| 6 | 2 | Felix Loch | Germany | 53.418 | 9 | 53.327 | 6 | 53.160 | 5 | 53.146 | 5 | 3:33.051 | +1.860 |
| 7 | 10 | Leon Felderer | Italy | 53.224 | 5 | 53.367 | 7 | 53.221 | 8 | 53.305 | 8 | 3:33.117 | +1.926 |
| 8 | 8 | Wolfgang Kindl | Austria | 53.385 | 7 | 53.321 | 5 | 53.171 | 6 | 53.388 | 9 | 3:33.265 | +2.074 |
| 9 | 9 | Timon Grancagnolo | Germany | 53.406 | 8 | 53.438 | 10 | 53.501 | 10 | 53.147 | 6 | 3:33.942 | +2.301 |
| 10 | 4 | Gints Bērziņš | Latvia | 53.462 | 10 | 53.424 | 9 | 53.415 | 9 | 53.742 | 17 | 3:34.043 | +2.852 |
| 11 | 11 | Jonathan Gustafson | United States | 53.500 | 11 | 53.801 | 14 | 53.553 | 12 | 53.578 | 12 | 3:34.432 | +3.241 |
| 12 | 7 | Andriy Mandziy | Ukraine | 53.815 | 16 | 53.725 | 12 | 53.633 | 14 | 53.601 | 13 | 3:34.774 | +3.583 |
| 13 | 18 | Svante Kohala | Sweden | 53.752 | 14 | 53.875 | 17 | 53.584 | 13 | 53.676 | 14 | 3:34.887 | +3.696 |
| 14 | 21 | Pavel Repilov | Individual Neutral Athletes | 53.861 | 17 | 53.847 | 15 | 53.692 | 16 | 53.563 | 11 | 3:34.963 | +3.772 |
| 15 | 13 | Valentin Creţu | Romania | 53.702 | 12 | 53.780 | 13 | 53.526 | 11 | 53.978 | 19 | 3:34.986 | +3.795 |
| 16 | 17 | Anton Dukach | Ukraine | 53.748 | 13 | 53.712 | 11 | 54.188 | 22 | 53.556 | 10 | 3:35.204 | +4.013 |
| 17 | 23 | Alex Gufler | Italy | 53.903 | 18 | 53.866 | 16 | 53.690 | 15 | 53.748 | 18 | 3:35.207 | +4.016 |
| 18 | 15 | Alexander Ferlazzo | Australia | 54.013 | 20 | 53.999 | 19 | 53.800 | 17 | 53.734 | 16 | 3:35.546 | +4.355 |
| 19 | 24 | Jozef Ninis | Slovakia | 53.986 | 19 | 54.097 | 20 | 53.824 | 18 | 53.693 | 15 | 3:35.600 | +4.409 |
| 20 | 20 | Matthew Greiner | United States | 53.814 | 15 | 53.946 | 18 | 53.936 | 19 | 54.176 | 20 | 3:35.872 | +4.681 |
| 21 | 22 | Mateusz Sochowicz | Poland | 54.676 | 23 | 54.332 | 22 | 54.015 | 20 | Did not advance | 2:43.023 | — | |
| 22 | 14 | Ondřej Hyman | Czech Republic | 54.299 | 21 | 54.318 | 21 | 54.821 | 24 | 2:43.438 | |||
| 23 | 16 | Eduard Crăciun | Romania | 54.784 | 25 | 54.809 | 24 | 54.177 | 21 | 2:43.770 | |||
| 24 | 25 | Bao Zhenyu | China | 54.648 | 22 | 54.896 | 25 | 54.683 | 23 | 2:44.227 | |||
| 25 | 19 | Seiya Kobayashi | Japan | 54.679 | 24 | 54.645 | 23 | 55.106 | 25 | 2:44.430 | |||