Singles, Men
| Date | 30 January – 4 February 1964 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Kunsteis-Bob- und Rodelbahn, Igls | |
| Participants | 38 from 12 countries | |
| Format | Four runs, total time determined placement. | |
| Details | Curves: 18 Length: 1058 m Start Altitude: 1133 m Vertical Drop: 113 m | |
Since the inception of the World Championships in 1955, 8 championships had been held, which yielded 7 different winners. Three of them were present at Igls. The 1958 and 1961 World Champion, Jerzy Wojnar (POL) finished way back in the pack, but 1962 champion Thomas Köhler and 1963 winner Fritz Nachmann considered themselves gold medal hopefuls. But Nachmann crashed out in the very first heat, leaving the medals to be divided by his countrymen. Köhler, Klaus-Michael Bonsack and Hans Plenk took the first three places in each of the first three runs. Köhler won the 1st and 3rd run, Bonsack the 2nd. This left them 1.5 seconds or more ahead of the competition, and Köhler’s 0.32 second lead over Bonsack was enough to let him win the final run. The gold and silver medallists, both from East Germany, competed together in the doubles event, which they failed to finish. However, they would return in 1968 to win the gold, making Köhler the first luger to win gold in both events.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | Run #1 | Run #2 | Run #3 | Run #4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Köhler |  GER | 3:26.77 | 51.27 (1) | 51.53 (2) | 51.50 (1) | 52.47 (2) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Klaus-Michael Bonsack | GER | 3:27.04 | 51.61 (2) | 51.33 (1) | 51.68 (2) | 52.42 (1) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Hans Plenk | GER | 3:30.15 | 52.12 (3) | 52.25 (3) | 52.31 (3) | 53.47 (7) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Rolf Greger Strøm |  NOR | 3:31.21 | 52.60 (6) | 52.81 (6) | 52.62 (5) | 53.18 (4) | |||
| 5 | Josef Feistmantl |  AUT | 3:31.34 | 52.14 (4) | 52.58 (4) | 53.51 (8) | 53.11 (3) | |||
| 6 | Mieczysław Pawełkiewicz |  POL | 3:33.02 | 54.00 (14) | 52.70 (5) | 52.66 (6) | 53.66 (10) | |||
| 7 | Carlo Prinoth |  ITA | 3:33.49 | 53.01 (8) | 53.36 (12) | 53.70 (10) | 53.42 (6) | |||
| 8 | Franz Tiefenbacher | AUT | 3:33.86 | 53.31 (11) | 53.04 (8) | 54.00 (13) | 53.51 (=8) | |||
| 9 | Manfred Schmid | AUT | 3:34.04 | 53.27 (10) | 52.86 (7) | 53.82 (12) | 54.09 (13) | |||
| 10 | Jan Hamřík |  TCH | 3:34.37 | 53.57 (13) | 53.24 (11) | 53.65 (9) | 53.91 (11) | |||
| 11 | Lucjan Kudzia | POL | 3:34.42 | 53.11 (9) | 55.44 (21) | 52.36 (4) | 53.51 (=8) | |||
| 12 | Horst Urban | TCH | 3:34.50 | 53.32 (12) | 53.13 (9) | 54.13 (=14) | 53.92 (12) | |||
| 13 | Francis Feltman |  USA | 3:35.05 | 52.91 (7) | 53.43 (13) | 54.13 (=14) | 54.58 (15) | |||
| 14 | Mogens Christensen | NOR | 3:37.67 | 54.43 (16) | 55.00 (15) | 53.80 (11) | 54.44 (14) | |||
| 15 | Giampaolo Ambrosi | ITA | 3:39.06 | 54.31 (15) | 54.50 (14) | 54.96 (19) | 55.29 (18) | |||
| 16 | Walter Außerdorfer | ITA | 3:40.17 | 55.47 (21) | 55.02 (16) | 54.85 (18) | 54.83 (16) | |||
| 17 | Tom Neely | USA | 3:40.18 | 54.62 (17) | 55.40 (20) | 55.04 (20) | 55.12 (17) | |||
| 18 | Emil Egli |  SUI | 3:41.56 | 55.01 (18) | 56.24 (24) | 54.80 (=16) | 55.51 (20) | |||
| 19 | Jan-Axel Strøm | NOR | 3:41.98 | 55.78 (22) | 55.27 (=18) | 55.15 (21) | 55.78 (21) | |||
| 20 | Arnold Gartmann | SUI | 3:42.15 | 55.17 (19) | 55.27 (=18) | 55.74 (22) | 55.97 (22) | |||
| 21 | Reinhold Senn | AUT | 3:42.97 | 52.32 (5) | 1:03.85 (28) | 53.43 (7) | 53.37 (5) | |||
| 22 | Mike Hessel | USA | 3:43.30 | 55.31 (20) | 55.50 (22) | 56.12 (23) | 56.37 (24) | |||
| 23 | Giovanni Graber | ITA | 3:48.40 | 56.44 (24) | 1:01.66 (26) | 54.80 (=16) | 55.50 (19) | |||
| 24 | Jiří Hujer | TCH | 3:53.40 | 56.05 (23) | 55.11 (17) | 1:04.80 (29) | 57.44 (25) | |||
| 25 | Keith Schellenberg |  GBR | 3:54.76 | 58.69 (26) | 59.06 (25) | 58.14 (26) | 58.87 (27) | |||
| 26 | Ulrich Jucker | SUI | 3:55.24 | 1:03.81 (32) | 55.92 (23) | 57.41 (25) | 58.10 (26) | |||
| 27 | Hans Nägele |  LIE | 4:06.29 | 59.65 (27) | 1:04.56 (29) | 1:00.65 (27) | 1:01.43 (28) | |||
| 28 | Jerzy Wojnar | POL | 4:11.69 | 1:04.47 (33) | 53.14 (10) | 1:10.72 (31) | 1:03.36 (29) | |||
| 29 | George Farmer | USA | 4:16.60 | 56.78 (25) | 1:26.81 (31) | 57.00 (24) | 56.01 (23) | |||
| 30 | Magnus Schädler | LIE | 4:17.11 | 1:03.16 (=30) | 1:03.26 (27) | 1:05.75 (30) | 1:04.94 (30) | |||
| 31 | Jean-Pierre Gottschall | SUI | 4:32.08 | 1:03.05 (29) | 1:04.82 (30) | 1:01.85 (28) | 1:22.36 (31) | |||
| Gordon Porteous | GBR | – | 1:00.98 (28) | – ( | – | – | ||||
| Roland Urban | TCH | – | – ( | – | – | – | ||||
| Fritz Nachmann | GER | – | – ( | – | – | – | ||||
| Edward Fender | POL | – | – ( | – | – | – | ||||
| Johann Schädler | LIE | – | 1:03.16 (=30) | – ( | – | – | ||||
| Doug Anakin |  CAN | – | – ( | – ( | – | – | ||||
| Matías Stinnes |  ARG | – | – ( | – ( | – | – |