Bermuda at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Bermuda at the 1998 Winter Olympics | |
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Nagano | |
Competitors | 1 (man) in 1 sport |
Flag bearer | John Hoskins[1] |
Medals |
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Winter Olympics appearances ( overview) | |
Background
Bermuda first participated in Olympic competition at the
Luge
Singleton was 23 years old at the time of the Nagano Olympics, and was making his Olympic debut.[7] The men's singles competition in luge was a four run race, held over two days, 8–9 February, with two runs on each day, and the sum of all four run times determining the final positions.[8] On the first day, Singleton completed his first run in 51.434 seconds,[9] and his second run in 51.579 seconds.[10] Overnight, Singleton sat in 28th place out of 33 competitors.[11] The next day, he completed his third run in 51.839 seconds,[12] and his fourth in 52.243 seconds, meaning he had gotten slower in each successive run.[13] Singleton's final time was 3 minutes and 27.095 seconds, which put him in 27th position.[8] The gold medal was won by Georg Hackl of Germany in 3 minutes and 18.436 seconds, the silver medal was won by Italy's Armin Zöggeler, and the bronze by German Jens Müller.[8]
Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
Patrick Singleton | 51.434 | 26 | 51.579 | 28 | 51.839 | 26 | 52.243 | 28 | 3:27.095 | 27 |
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- ^ "Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics – results & video highlights". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "Bermuda at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "Patrick Singleton Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ a b c "Luge at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's Singles". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "Luge at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's Singles Run 1". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "Luge at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's Singles Run 2". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "Luge at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's Singles Runs 1–2". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "Luge at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's Singles Run 3". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "Luge at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's Singles Run 4". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2018.