United States at The 2006 Winter Olympics - Luge

Luge

Tony Benshoof was in position to win America's first singles luge medal after the first two runs, but two slower efforts on the final two runs left him in fourth place. Courtney Zablocki had a similar story in the women's event, with a pair of slow runs dropping her well off the medal pace after being in contention for bronze early.

Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Rank
Tony Benshoof Men's singles 51.907 51.458 51.674 51.559 3:26.598 4
Erin Hamlin Women's singles 48.660 47.816 47.534 47.280 3:11.290 12
Jonathan Myles Men's singles 52.579 52.267 52.230 52.332 3:29.408 18
Christian Niccum Men's singles 53.669 52.675 52.306 52.539 3:31.189 23
Samantha Retrosi Women's singles 47.861 Did not finish
Courtney Zablocki Women's singles 47.253 47.129 47.234 47.236 3:08.852 4
Preston Griffal
Dan Joye
Doubles 47.722 47.688 n/a 1:35.410 8
Mark Grimmette
Brian Martin
Doubles Did not finish

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