Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics

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Luge
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Luge pictogram.svg
Luge pictogram
Venue Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track
Dates5–10 February
No. of events4 (1 men, 1 open, 1 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors106 from 26 nations(71 men and 35 women)
  2018
2026  

Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track which is one of the Yanqing cluster venues between 5 and 10 February 2022. [1]

A total of 106 quota spots were distributed to the sport of luge, a decline of four from the 2018 Winter Olympics. [2] A total of four events were contested, one for men, one open event, one for women and one mixed. [3]

Qualification

A maximum of 106 athletes will be allowed to compete at the Games. Countries will assigned quotas using the results of Olympic Qualification World Cup Ranking List from 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2021. [4]

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for all four events.

All times are in local time (UTC+8), according to the official schedule correct as of March 2021. This schedule may be subject to change in due time.

DateTimeEvent
5 February19:10Men's singles - Heats 1 and 2
6 February19:30Men's singles - Heats 3 and 4
7 February19:50Women's singles - Heats 1 and 2
8 February19:50Women's singles - Heats 3 and 4
9 February20:20Doubles
10 February21:30Team relay

Medal summary

Germany dominated the luge competitions, sweeping all four gold medals, and earning six overall.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4206
2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0213
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0011
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 0011
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 0011
Totals (5 entries)44412

Events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles
details
Johannes Ludwig
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
3:48.735 Wolfgang Kindl
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
3:48.895 Dominik Fischnaller
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
3:49.686
Women's singles
details
Natalie Geisenberger
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
3:53.454 Anna Berreiter
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
3:53.947 Tatiana Ivanova
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC
3:54.507
Open doubles
details
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Tobias Wendl
Tobias Arlt
1:56.554Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Toni Eggert
Sascha Benecken
1:56.653Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Thomas Steu
Lorenz Koller
1:57.065
Team relay
details
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Natalie Geisenberger
Johannes Ludwig
Tobias Wendl
Tobias Arlt
3:03.406Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Madeleine Egle
Wolfgang Kindl
Thomas Steu
Lorenz Koller
3:03.486Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Elīza Tīruma
Kristers Aparjods
Mārtiņš Bots
Roberts Plūme
3:04.354

Participating nations

A total of 110 athletes from 26 nations (including the IOC's designation of ROC for the Russian Olympic Committee) qualified to participate. [5] Ireland will be making its Olympic sport debut. [6]

The numbers in parentheses represents the number of participants entered.

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References

  1. "Luge Schedule". BOCWOG . Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  2. "Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 Event programme and athlete quota" (PDF). www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  3. "Official Programme of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022" (PDF). www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  4. "Qualification Systems for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022" (PDF). International Luge Federation. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  5. "XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 in Beijing - Quota places luge" (PDF). www.fil-luge.org/. International Luge Federation. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  6. O'Connor, Philip (19 January 2022). "Irish luger Desmond to fulfil frozen dream in Beijing". Reuters . London, United Kingdom. Retrieved 23 January 2022.