Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Team relay

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Team relay
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Luge pictogram.svg
Pictogram for luge
Venue Sliding Center Sanki
Dates13 February 2014
Competitors48 from 12 nations
Winning time2:45.649
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Natalie Geisenberger
Felix Loch
Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Tatiana Ivanova
Albert Demchenko
Alexander Denisyev / Vladislav Antonov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg Elīza Tīruma
Mārtiņš Rubenis
Andris Šics/Juris Šics
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
2018  

The team relay luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held on 13 February 2014 at the Sliding Center Sanki in Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia. [1] This was the inaugural event of the team relay at the Olympics. [2] The competition was won by Germany. Russia and Latvia won silver and bronze, respectively. [3]

On December 22, 2017 Albert Demchenko and Tatiana Ivanova of Russia were banned for doping violations. Results of the Russian team were voided. [4] They successfully appealed against the lifetime ban as well as annulment of result at the court of arbitration for sport, and on 1 February 2018 the results were restored. [5]

Qualified teams

Results

The event started at 20:15. [6]

RankBibAthletesCountryWomen's
singles
Men's
singles
Men's
doubles
TotalBehind
Gold medal icon.svg10–1
10–2
10–3
Natalie Geisenberger
Felix Loch
Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 54.09555.63955.9152:45.649
Silver medal icon.svg7–1
7–2
7–3
Tatiana Ivanova
Albert Demchenko
Alexander Denisyev / Vladislav Antonov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 54.42955.77556.4752:46.679+1.030
Bronze medal icon.svg6–1
6–2
6–3
Elīza Tīruma
Mārtiņš Rubenis
Andris Šics / Juris Šics
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 54.74556.04856.5022:47.295+1.646
411–1
11–2
11–3
Alex Gough
Samuel Edney
Tristan Walker / Justin Snith
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 54.64356.19756.5552:47.395+1.746
59–1
9–2
9–3
Sandra Gasparini
Armin Zöggeler
Christian Oberstolz / Patrick Gruber
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 54.82356.03956.5582:47.420+1.771
68–1
8–2
8–3
Erin Hamlin
Chris Mazdzer
Christian Niccum / Jayson Terdiman
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.33856.24556.9722:47.555+1.906
712–1
12–2
12–3
Miriam Kastlunger
Wolfgang Kindl
Andreas Linger / Wolfgang Linger
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 55.59656.43456.4472:48.477+2.828
83–1
3–2
3–3
Natalia Wojtuściszyn
Maciej Kurowski
Patryk Poręba / Karol Mikrut
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 54.93756.73758.0792:49.753+4.104
94–1
4–2
4–3
Vendula Kotenová
Ondřej Hyman
Lukáš Brož / Antonín Brož
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 55.60056.92657.2792:49.805+4.156
105–1
5–2
5–3
Viera Gburová
Jozef Ninis
Marian Zemaník / Jozef Petrulák
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 55.75756.47257.9362:50.165+4.516
112–1
2–2
2–3
Olena Shkhumova
Andriy Kis
Oleksandr Obolonchyk / Roman Zakharkiv
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 55.67156.88258.5022:51.055+5.406
121–1
1–2
1–3
Sung Eun-ryung
Kim Dong-hyeon
Park Jin-yong / Cho Jung-myung
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 56.17457.98658.4692:52.629+6.980

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