Luge at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

Luge men's singles
at the XXV Olympic Winter Games
Luge pictogram
VenueCortina Sliding Centre
Date7, 8 February 2026
Competitors25 from 15 nations
Winning time3:31.191
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Max Langenhan  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jonas Müller  Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dominik Fischnaller  Italy

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. For Langenhan and Müller, these were their first Olympic medals, while Fischnaller repeated his 2022 performance.

Background

The 2022 champion, Johannes Ludwig, retired. The silver medalist, Wolfgang Kindl, qualified for the 2026 Olympics,[2] as did the bronze medalist, Dominik Fischnaller.[3] 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[4] Behind
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 Max Langenhan  Germany 52.924 TR 1 52.902 TR 1 52.705 TR 1 52.660 TR 1 3:31.191
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Jonas Müller  Austria 52.959 2 53.029 2 52.837 2 52.962 2 3:31.787 +0.596
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

References

  1. ^ "2026 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version - Luge". Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Wolfgang Kindl's dream of three Olympic medals". FIL. 28 January 2026.
  3. ^ Reynolds, Tim (1 February 2026). "A luge love story: These Olympics have a lot of meaning for Emily and Dominik Fischnaller". Durango Herald.
  4. ^ Final results