| Women's singles at the 2020 FIL European Luge Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track | |||||||||
| Location | Lillehammer, Norway | |||||||||
| Dates | 18 January | |||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 11 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:35.482 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The Women's singles competition at the 2020 FIL European Luge Championships was held on 18 January 2020. [1]
All times are (UTC+1).
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 18 January | 09:50 | Run 1 |
| 18 January | 11:15 | Run 2 |
Two runs in one day, were used to determine the winner. [2]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 28 | Tatiana Ivanova |  Russia | 47.826 | 3 | 47.656 | 1 | 1:35.482 | |
 | 24 | Julia Taubitz |  Germany | 47.753 | 1 | 47.871 | 3 | 1:35.624 | +0.142 |
 | 25 | Victoria Demchenko | Russia | 47.758 | 2 | 47.894 | 4 | 1:35.652 | +0.170 |
| 4 | 23 | Andrea Vötter |  Italy | 47.937 | 5 | 47.912 | 5 | 1:35.849 | +0.367 |
| 5 | 14 | Madeleine Egle |  Austria | 47.837 | 4 | 48.024 | 7 | 1:35.861 | +0.379 |
| 6 | 26 | Ekaterina Katnikova | Russia | 48.009 | 7 | 47.854 | 2 | 1:35.863 | +0.381 |
| 7 | 17 | Ulla Zirne |  Latvia | 47.967 | 6 | 48.143 | 8 | 1:36.110 | +0.628 |
| 8 | 19 | Jessica Tiebel | Germany | 48.082 | 8 | 48.200 | 10 | 1:36.282 | +0.800 |
| 9 | 20 | Kendija Aparjode | Latvia | 48.130 | 9 | 48.263 | 13 | 1:36.393 | +0.911 |
| 10 | 21 | Elīza Cauce | Latvia | 48.204 | 10 | 48.207 | 11 | 1:36.411 | +0.929 |
| 11 | 27 | Anna Berreiter | Germany | 48.684 | 18 | 47.932 | 6 | 1:36.616 | +1.134 |
| 12 | 18 | Natalie Maag |  Switzerland | 48.405 | 13 | 48.317 | 14 | 1:36.722 | +1.240 |
| 13 | 15 | Raluca Strămăturaru |  Romania | 48.535 | 16 | 48.215 | 12 | 1:36.750 | +1.268 |
| 14 | 13 | Nina Zöggeler | Italy | 48.702 | 19 | 48.162 | 9 | 1:36.864 | +1.382 |
| 15 | 12 | Olena Stetskiv |  Ukraine | 48.547 | 17 | 48.372 | 16 | 1:36.919 | +1.437 |
| 16 | 9 | Marion Oberhofer | Italy | 48.358 | 11 | 48.652 | 19 | 1:37.010 | +1.528 |
| 17 | 6 | Elīna Ieva Vītola | Latvia | 48.532 | 15 | 48.568 | 18 | 1:37.100 | +1.618 |
| 18 | 5 | Vilde Tangnes |  Norway | 48.423 | 14 | 48.717 | 20 | 1:37.140 | +1.658 |
| 19 | 11 | Cheyenne Rosenthal | Germany | 48.862 | 21 | 48.363 | 15 | 1:37.225 | +1.743 |
| 20 | 8 | Olesya Mikhaylenko | Russia | 49.117 | 23 | 48.483 | 17 | 1:37.600 | +2.118 |
| 21 | 1 | Hannah Prock | Austria | 48.749 | 20 | 49.061 | 22 | 1:37.810 | +2.328 |
| 22 | 2 | Klaudia Domaradzka |  Poland | 49.067 | 22 | 48.819 | 21 | 1:37.886 | +2.404 |
| 23 | Michaela Maršíková |  Czech Republic | Did not qualify via Nationscup | ||||||
| 24 | Olena Smaha | Ukraine | |||||||
| 25 | Tove Kohala |  Sweden | |||||||
| 26 | Daria Obratov |  Netherlands | |||||||
| 27 | Dania Obratov | Netherlands | |||||||
| 10 | Katarína Šimoňáková |  Slovakia | 48.376 | 12 | Did not finish | ||||
| 34 | Verena Hofer | Italy | Did not finish | ||||||
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