Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

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Men's singles
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
LugeMen'sSinglesSochi2014.jpg
Medalists
Venue Sliding Center Sanki
Dates8–9 February 2014
Competitors39 from 22 nations
Winning time3:27.526
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Felix Loch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Albert Demchenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg Armin Zöggeler Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  2010
2018  

The men's luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held between 8–9 February 2014 at the Sliding Center Sanki in Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia. [1] Germany's Felix Loch was the two-time defending world champion and won the gold medal with the fastest time in two of the four runs. The test event that took place at the venue was won by Germany's Andi Langenhan. [2] Loch was also the defending Olympic champion. [3]

On December 22, 2017 Albert Demchenko of Russia was banned for doping violations and his silver medal was stripped. [4] On 1 February 2018, his results were restored as a result of the successful appeal. [5]

Qualifying athletes

The top 38, with each nation allowed a maximum of 3, after five of five races. [6] India and South Korea (the next two unrepresented nations) get the additional quota spots, as no nations were able to use them to complete a relay. Slovenia and Great Britain rejected their quota spots. The next three nations in the rankings (Bulgaria, Netherlands and Chinese Taipei) received the quotas. Netherlands rejected their quota, and as the last country with meeting qualification standard, this meant only 39 athletes would compete.

Competition schedule

All times are (UTC+4).

DateTimeEvent
8 February18:30Run 1
8 February20:30Run 2
9 February18:30Run 3
9 February20:30Run 4

Results

Four runs, split over two days, were used to determine the winner. [7]

RankBibAthleteCountryRun 1RankRun 2RankRun 3RankRun 4RankTotalBehind
Gold medal icon.svg10 Felix Loch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 52.185251.964151.613151.76413:27.526
Silver medal icon.svg7 Albert Demchenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 52.170152.273251.707251.85223:28.002+0.476
Bronze medal icon.svg9 Armin Zöggeler Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 52.506352.387351.910351.99433:28.797+1.271
412 Andi Langenhan Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 52.707852.480452.073752.09543:29.355+1.829
58 Semen Pavlichenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 52.660652.5931051.928452.255143:29.436+1.910
61 Dominik Fischnaller Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 52.729952.540552.007552.203113:29.479+1.953
716 Aleksander Peretyagin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 52.675752.590952.069652.16173:29.495+1.969
83 Reinhard Egger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 52.564452.6301152.152952.16063:29.506+1.980
92 Wolfgang Kindl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 52.586552.7141352.145852.218123:29.663+2.137
106 Mārtiņš Rubenis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 52.7751152.560752.2291052.13353:29.697+2.171
1111 Samuel Edney Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 52.7831452.546652.2681152.18093:29.777+2.251
1214 Gregory Carigiet Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 52.7751152.579852.2741252.16783:29.795+2.269
134 Chris Mazdzer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52.7441052.6431252.3691752.198103:29.954+2.428
145 David Möller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 52.7811352.8651652.3121452.281153:30.239+2.713
1518 Daniel Pfister Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 52.9251652.8021452.3061352.243133:30.276+2.750
1619 Inārs Kivlenieks Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 52.8721552.9272052.3471652.379173:30.525+2.999
1715 Thor Haug Nørbech Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 53.0141852.8591552.3451552.347163:30.565+3.039
1822 Tønnes Stang Rolfsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 53.0432052.9382252.4631952.466183:30.910+3.384
1923 Emanuel Rieder Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 52.9811752.8751752.5782252.511193:30.945+3.419
2013 Jozef Ninis Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 53.1432252.9322152.4922052.564213:31.131+3.605
2117 Kristaps Maurins Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 53.1442352.9231952.5182152.630233:31.215+3.689
2225 Tucker West Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.1422152.9662352.4131852.696253:31.217+3.691
2324 Maciej Kurowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 53.2342552.9882452.6372352.538203:31.397+3.871
2427 Aidan Kelly Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.2752653.1922652.7562452.576223:31.799+4.273
2520 Ondřej Hyman Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 53.2222453.1452552.7832652.708263:31.858+4.332
2633 Mitchel Malyk Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 53.3672853.4012952.7562452.633243:32.157+4.631
2732 John Fennell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 53.3502753.5613052.8792752.926293:32.716+5.190
2828 Andriy Kis Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 53.5333053.3582853.0462952.859283:32.796+5.270
2935 Valentin Creţu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 53.5623153.2972752.9022853.142323:32.885+5.359
3031 Hidenari Kanayama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 53.6263253.6633353.2203153.074313:33.583+6.057
3136 Andriy Mandziy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 53.6533353.6603253.2273253.062303:33.602+6.076
3230 Bruno Banani Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 53.6563453.6373153.1623053.221333:33.676+6.150
3326 Alexander Ferlazzo Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 53.5282953.6863453.3233353.507353:34.044+6.518
3421 Jo Alexander Koppang Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 53.0281952.8941857.0803952.790273:35.792+8.266
3537 Kim Dong-hyeon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 54.2073654.6033653.7953453.780373:36.385+8.859
3629 Bogdan Macovei Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 54.5913754.2713553.9253553.779363:36.566+9.040
3738 Shiva Keshavan Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Participants [Note] 53.9053555.2033854.7063753.335343:37.149+9.623
3834 Stanislav Benyov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 55.0403855.0063754.5583654.476383:39.080+11.554
3939 Lien Te-an Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 62.9613955.3153955.2873854.528393:48.091+20.565

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