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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event       = Men's singles
|games       = 1968 Winter
|image       = Luge pictogram.svg
|image_size  = 100px
|venue       = [[Villard-de-Lans]]
|dates       = 11–13 February 1968
|competitors = 50
|nations     = 14
|win_value   = 2:52.48
|gold        = [[Manfred Schmid]]
|goldNOC     = AUT
|silver      = [[Thomas Köhler]]
|silverNOC   = GDR
|bronze      = [[Klaus-Michael Bonsack]]
|bronzeNOC   = GDR
|prev        = [[Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's singles|1964]]
|next        = [[Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's singles|1972]]
}}
{{Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
The '''men's singles [[luge]]''' competition at the '''[[1968 Winter Olympics]]''' in [[Grenoble]] was held from 11 to 13 February, at [[Villard-de-Lans]].<ref name=OfficialReport>{{citation
| title       = Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble
| url         = http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/or1968.pdf
| publisher   = LA84 Foundation
| work          = Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver
| year        = 1968
| accessdate  = 20 January 2014}}</ref> Originally, four runs were scheduled, but poor weather meant that the competition was delayed, and the fourth run was eventually cancelled.<ref name="SR">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1968/LUG/mens-singles.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022451/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1968/LUG/mens-singles.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Luge at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's Singles |accessdate=2 April 2020 |work=Sports Reference}}</ref>
==Results==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank<ref name=OfficialReport/> !! Athlete !! Country !! Run 1 !! Run 2 !! Run 3 !! Total
|-
| {{gold1}} ||align=left| [[Manfred Schmid]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUT|1968 Winter|}} || 57.16 || 57.73 || 57.59 || 2:52.48
|-
| {{silver2}} ||align=left| [[Thomas Köhler]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|GDR|1968 Winter|}} || 57.68 || 57.47 || 57.51 || 2:52.66
|-
| {{bronze3}} ||align=left| [[Klaus-Michael Bonsack]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|GDR|1968 Winter|}} || 57.90 || 57.63 || 57.80 || 2:53.33
|-
| 4 ||align=left| [[Zbigniew Gawior]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|POL|1968 Winter|}} || 57.55 || 58.35 || 57.61 || 2:53.51
|-
| 5 ||align=left| [[Josef Feistmantl]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUT|1968 Winter|}} || 57.78 || 58.06 || 57.73 || 2:53.57
|-
| 6 ||align=left| [[Hans Plenk]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRG|1968 Winter|}} || 57.30 || 58.37 || 58.00 || 2:53.67
|-
| 7 ||align=left| [[Horst Hörnlein]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|GDR|1968 Winter|}} || 57.49 || 58.04 || 58.57 || 2:54.10
|-
| 8 ||align=left| [[Jerzy Wojnar]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|POL|1968 Winter|}} || 58.16 || 58.38 || 58.08 || 2:54.62
|-
| 9 ||align=left| [[Leonhard Nagenrauft]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRG|1968 Winter|}} || 57.87 || 58.45 || 58.39 || 2:54.71
|-
| 10 ||align=left| [[Emilio Lechner]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|1968 Winter|}} || 57.94 || 58.63 || 58.53 || 2:55.10
|-
| 11 ||align=left| [[Wolfgang Winkler (luger)|Wolfgang Winkler]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRG|1968 Winter|}} || 58.08 || 58.86 || 58.41 || 2:55.35
|-
| 12 ||align=left| [[Giovanni Graber]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|1968 Winter|}} || 58.09 || 58.59 || 58.88 || 2:55.56
|-
| 13 ||align=left| [[Lucjan Kudzia]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|POL|1968 Winter|}} || 59.27 || 58.46 || 58.18 || 2:55.91
|-
| 14 ||align=left| [[Helmut Thaler]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUT|1968 Winter|}} || 58.42 || 59.03 || 58.60 || 2:56.05
|-
| 15 ||align=left| [[Jan Hamřík]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|TCH|1968 Winter|}} || 58.43 || 58.56 || 59.07 || 2:56.06
|-
| 16 ||align=left| [[Sigisfredo Mair]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|1968 Winter|}} || 58.22 || 59.51 || 58.45 || 2:56.18
|-
| 17 ||align=left| [[Fritz Nachmann]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRG|1968 Winter|}} || 58.54 || 59.05 || 58.82 || 2:56.41
|-
| 18 ||align=left| [[Raimondo Prinoth]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|1968 Winter|}} || 58.80 || 59.16 || 58.89 || 2:56.85
|-
| 19 ||align=left| [[Rolf Greger Strøm]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|NOR|1968 Winter|}} || 59.04 || 59.28 || 58.67 || 2:56.99
|-
| 20 ||align=left| [[František Halíř]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|TCH|1968 Winter|}} || 59.07 || 59.10 || 58.93 || 2:57.10
|-
| 21 ||align=left| [[Jan-Axel Strøm]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|NOR|1968 Winter|}} || 58.84 || 59.26 || 59.04 || 2:57.14
|-
| 22 ||align=left| [[Tadeusz Radwan]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|POL|1968 Winter|}} || 59.03 || 59.01 || 59.19 || 2:57.23
|-
| 23 ||align=left| [[Jan Nilsson (luger)|Jan Nilsson]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|SWE|1968 Winter|}} || 59.00 || 59.67 || 59.24 || 2:57.91
|-
| 24 ||align=left| [[Horst Urban]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|TCH|1968 Winter|}} || 58.93 || 59.54 || 59.91 || 2:58.38
|-
| 25 ||align=left| [[Hans Sahlin]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|SWE|1968 Winter|}} || 59.12 || 59.36 || 59.98 || 2:58.46
|-
| 26 ||align=left| [[Kim Layton]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1968 Winter|}} || 59.73 || 59.45 || 59.46 || 2:58.64
|-
| 27 ||align=left| [[Roland Urban]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|TCH|1968 Winter|}} || 59.20 || 59.59 || 00.24 || 2:59.03
|-
| 28 ||align=left| [[James Murray (luger)|James Murray]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1968 Winter|}} || 00.34 || 59.94 || 59.72 || 3:00.00
|-
| 29 ||align=left| [[Georges Tresallet]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRA|1968 Winter|}} || 59.75 || 00.41 || 00.21 || 3:00.37
|-
| 30 ||align=left| [[Mike Hessel]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1968 Winter|}} || 00.00 || 00.46 || 00.16 || 3:00.62
|-
| 31 ||align=left| [[Roger Eddy (luger)|Roger Eddy]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1968 Winter|}} || 00.69 || 00.30 || 00.40 || 3:01.39
|-
| 32 ||align=left| [[Ivar Bjare]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|SWE|1968 Winter|}} || 00.73 || 01.44 || 00.63 || 3:02.80
|-
| 33 ||align=left| [[Larry Arbuthnot]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1968 Winter|}} || 00.10 || 00.92 || 01.99 || 3:03.01
|-
| 34 ||align=left| Per-Ulf Helander ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|SWE|1968 Winter|}} || 00.25 || 01.67 || 01.20 || 3:03.12
|-
| 35 ||align=left| Jean-Pierre De Petro ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRA|1968 Winter|}} || 01.03 || 01.24 || 01.26 || 3:03.53
|-
| 36 ||align=left| [[Werner Sele]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|LIE|1968 Winter|}} || 00.92 || 01.27 || 01.69 || 3:03.88
|-
| 37 ||align=left| [[Colin Nelson (luger)|Colin Nelson]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1968 Winter|}} || 01.13 || 01.90 || 01.53 || 3:04.56
|-
| 38 ||align=left| [[Ion Pervilhac]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRA|1968 Winter|}} || 01.98 || 02.99 || 01.45 || 3:06.42
|-
| 39 ||align=left| [[Richard Liversedge]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1968 Winter|}} || 02.83 || 02.81 || 01.40 || 3:07.04
|-
| 40 ||align=left| [[James Manclark]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1968 Winter|}} || 02.99 || 03.12 || 01.83 || 3:07.94
|-
| 41 ||align=left| [[Simon Beck (luger)|Simon Beck]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|LIE|1968 Winter|}} || 03.52 || 04.54 || 03.59 || 3:11.65
|-
| 42 ||align=left| Jesús Gatell ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ESP|1968 Winter|}} || 03.15 || 04.38 || 04.25 || 3:11.78
|-
| 43 ||align=left| Jorge Monjo ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ESP|1968 Winter|}} || 05.18 || 03.35 || 05.12 || 3:13.65
|-
| 44 ||align=left| [[Jorge Roura]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ESP|1968 Winter|}} || 04.01 || 05.54 || 04.42 || 3:13.97
|-
| 45 ||align=left| [[Luis Omedes (sportsman, born 1938)|Luis Omedes]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ESP|1968 Winter|}} || 14.43 || 04.89 || 05.82 || 3:25.14
|-
| 46 ||align=left| Robin Partch ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1968 Winter|}} || 30.36 || 59.78 || 59.53 || 3:29.67
|-
| 47 ||align=left| D'Arcy Coulson ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1968 Winter|}} || 02.69 || 31.24 || 02.19 || 3:36.12
|-
| - ||align=left| Julius Schädler ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|LIE|1968 Winter|}} || DNF || - || - || -
|-
| - ||align=left| Peter Kretauer ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUT|1968 Winter|}} || DQ || - || - || -
|-
| - ||align=left| [[Wolfgang Scheidel]] ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|GDR|1968 Winter|}} || DQ || - || - || -
|}
==References==
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{{Footer Olympic Champions Luge Men's Singles}}
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[[Category:Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Men's events at the 1968 Winter Olympics|Luge]]