Luge at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Alpensia Sliding Centre |
Dates | 10–15 February 2018 |
No. of events | 4 (2 men, 1 women, 1 mixed) |
Competitors | 110 from 24 nations |
Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics | |||
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Qualification | |||
Singles | men | women | |
Doubles | open | ||
Relay | mixed | ||
Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea. A total of four luge events were held, between 10 and 15 February 2018.
A maximum of 110 athletes were allowed to compete at the Games. Countries were assigned quotas using the world rankings of results from 1 November 2017 to 31 December 2017. [1]
The following was the competition schedule for all four events. [2]
All times are (UTC+9).
Date | Time | Event |
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10 February | 19:10 | Men's singles runs 1 and 2 |
11 February | 18:50 | Men's singles runs 3 and 4 |
12 February | 19:50 | Women's singles runs 1 and 2 |
13 February | 19:30 | Women's singles runs 3 and 4 |
14 February | 20:20 | Doubles runs 1 and 2 |
15 February | 21:30 | Team relay |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
2 | Austria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's singles [3] | David Gleirscher Austria | 3:10.702 | Chris Mazdzer United States | 3:10.728 | Johannes Ludwig Germany | 3:10.932 |
Women's singles [4] | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | 3:05.232 | Dajana Eitberger Germany | 3:05.599 | Alex Gough Canada | 3:05.644 |
Doubles [5] | Germany Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt | 1:31.697 | Austria Peter Penz Georg Fischler | 1:31.785 | Germany Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken | 1:31.987 |
Team relay [6] | Germany Natalie Geisenberger Johannes Ludwig Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt | 2:24.517 | Canada Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker Justin Snith | 2:24.872 | Austria Madeleine Egle David Gleirscher Peter Penz Georg Fischler | 2:24.988 |
A total of 110 athletes from 24 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate. [7] [8]
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