Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's singles
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The men's singles luge competition at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck was held from 30 January to 4 February, at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck.[1] Tragedy affected the event as British luger Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypecki was killed during a practice run on January 23, seven days before the start of the competition.[2]
DatesJanuary 30-February 4, 1964
Competitors38 from 12 nations
Winning time3:26.77
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| Venue | Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck | ||||||||||||
| Dates | January 30-February 4, 1964 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 38 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:26.77 | ||||||||||||
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Results
| Rank[1] | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total |
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 | Thomas Köhler |  United Team of Germany | 51.27 | 51.53 | 51.50 | 52.47 | 3:26.77 |
 | Klaus-Michael Bonsack | United Team of Germany | 51.61 | 51.33 | 51.68 | 52.42 | 3:27.04 |
 | Hans Plenk | United Team of Germany | 52.12 | 52.25 | 52.31 | 53.47 | 3:30.15 |
| 4 | Rolf Greger Strøm |  Norway | 52.60 | 52.81 | 52.62 | 53.18 | 3:31.21 |
| 5 | Josef Feistmantl |  Austria | 52.14 | 52.58 | 53.51 | 53.11 | 3:31.34 |
| 6 | Mieczysław Pawełkiewicz |  Poland | 54.00 | 52.70 | 52.66 | 53.66 | 3:33.02 |
| 7 | Carlo Prinoth |  Italy | 53.01 | 53.36 | 53.70 | 53.42 | 3:33.49 |
| 8 | Franz Tiefenbacher | Austria | 53.31 | 53.04 | 54.00 | 53.51 | 3:33.86 |
| 9 | Manfred Schmid | Austria | 53.27 | 52.86 | 53.82 | 54.09 | 3:34.04 |
| 10 | Jan Hamřík |  Czechoslovakia | 53.57 | 53.24 | 53.65 | 53.91 | 3:34.37 |
| 11 | Lucjan Kudzia | Poland | 53.11 | 55.44 | 52.36 | 53.51 | 3:34.42 |
| 12 | Horst Urban | Czechoslovakia | 53.32 | 53.13 | 54.13 | 53.92 | 3:34.50 |
| 13 | Francis Feltman |  United States | 52.91 | 53.43 | 54.13 | 54.58 | 3:35.05 |
| 14 | Mogens Christensen | Norway | 54.43 | 55.00 | 53.80 | 54.44 | 3:37.67 |
| 15 | Giampaolo Ambrosi | Italy | 54.31 | 54.50 | 54.96 | 55.29 | 3:39.06 |
| 16 | Walter Ausserdorfer | Italy | 55.47 | 55.02 | 54.85 | 54.83 | 3:40.17 |
| 17 | Tom Neely | United States | 54.62 | 55.40 | 55.04 | 55.12 | 3:40.18 |
| 18 | Emil Egli |  Switzerland | 55.01 | 56.24 | 54.80 | 55.51 | 3:41.56 |
| 19 | Jan-Axel Strøm | Norway | 55.78 | 55.27 | 55.15 | 55.78 | 3:41.98 |
| 20 | Arnold Gartmann | Switzerland | 55.17 | 55.27 | 55.74 | 55.97 | 3:42.15 |
| 21 | Reinhold Senn | Austria | 52.32 | 63.85 | 53.43 | 53.37 | 3:42.97 |
| 22 | Mike Hessel | United States | 55.31 | 55.50 | 56.12 | 56.37 | 3:43.30 |
| 23 | Giovanni Graber | Italy | 56.44 | 61.66 | 54.80 | 55.50 | 3:48.40 |
| 24 | Jiří Hujer | Czechoslovakia | 56.05 | 55.11 | 64.80 | 57.44 | 3:53.40 |
| 25 | Keith Schellenberg |  Great Britain | 58.69 | 59.06 | 58.14 | 58.87 | 3:54.76 |
| 26 | Ulrich Jucker | Switzerland | 63.81 | 55.92 | 57.41 | 58.10 | 3:55.24 |
| 27 | Hans Nägele |  Liechtenstein | 59.65 | 64.56 | 60.65 | 61.43 | 4:06.29 |
| 28 | Jerzy Wojnar | Poland | 64.47 | 53.14 | 70.72 | 63.36 | 4:11.69 |
| 29 | George Farmer | United States | 56.78 | 86.81 | 57.00 | 56.01 | 4:16.60 |
| 30 | Magnus Schädler | Liechtenstein | 63.16 | 63.26 | 65.75 | 64.94 | 4:17.11 |
| 31 | Jean-Pierre Gottschall | Switzerland | 63.05 | 64.82 | 61.85 | 82.36 | 4:32.08 |
| - | Doug Anakin |  Canada | ? | ? | DNS | - | - |
| - | Matiás Stinnes |  Argentina | ? | ? | DNS | - | - |
| - | Gordon Porteus | Great Britain | 60.98 | DQ | - | - | - |
| - | Johann Schädler | Liechtenstein | 63.16 | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Edward Fender | Poland | DNF | - | - | - | - |
| - | Fritz Nachmann | United Team of Germany | DNF | - | - | - | - |
| - | Roland Urban | Czechoslovakia | DNF | - | - | - | - |