Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics
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| Luge at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Sliding Center Sanki, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia |
| Dates | 8–13 February 2014 |
| Competitors | 110 from 24 nations |
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| Singles | men | women | |
| Doubles | open | ||
| Relay | mixed | ||
Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Sliding Center Sanki near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The four events were scheduled for 8–13 February 2014.[1]
In April 2011 the International Olympic Committee approved the addition of the mixed team relay event (one sled from each of the other three events compete per country), meaning luge will have four events on the program for the first time.[2]
In December 2017, IOC concluded that two Russian lugers Albert Demchenko and Tatiana Ivanova had committed an anti-doping violation and stripped Russia of 2 silver medals.[3] In January 2018, both athletes successfully appealed against the IOC decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport and both medals were returned to Russia.[4]
The following is the competition schedule for all four events.[5] All times are (UTC+4).
| Date | Time | Event |
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| 8 February | 18:30 | Men's singles runs 1 and 2 |
| 9 February | 18:30 | Men's singles runs 3 and 4 |
| 10 February | 18:45 | Women's singles runs 1 and 2 |
| 11 February | 18:30 | Women's singles runs 3 and 4 |
| 12 February | 18:15 | Doubles runs 1 and 2 |
| 13 February | 20:15 | Team relay |
Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation (Russia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Germany | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 |  Russia* | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Latvia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 |  Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Men's singles |
Felix Loch Germany |
3:27.526 | Albert Demchenko Russia |
3:28.002 | Armin Zöggeler Italy |
3:28.797 |
| Women's singles |
Natalie Geisenberger Germany |
3:19.768 | Tatjana Hüfner Germany |
3:20.907 | Erin Hamlin United States |
3:21.145 |
| Doubles |
Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt Germany | 1:38.933 | Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger Austria | 1:39.455 | Andris Šics and Juris Šics Latvia | 1:39.790 |
| Team relay |
Germany Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Arlt Tobias Wendl |
2:45.649 | Russia Tatiana Ivanova Albert Demchenko Alexander Denisyev Vladislav Antonov |
2:46.679 | Latvia Elīza Tīruma Mārtiņš Rubenis Andris Šics Juris Šics |
2:47.295 |
Qualification
A total quota of 110 athletes were allowed to compete at the Games. Countries were assigned quotas using the world rankings of results from 1 November 2012 to 31 December 2013.[6]
