Luge at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The qualification process for the five luge events at the 2026 Winter Olympics is based on performance of competitors at five designated events. Results at these events determine the Olympic Qualification ranking list that is used for quota allocation to National Olympic Committees (NOC). ^[1]

Qualification rules

Maximum quota places per event

There will be five luge events at the 2026 Winter Olympics: singles and doubles for both men and women, and a relay event. A maximum of 106 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum 59 men and 47 women may qualify with the following event specific maximums in place. ^[1]

Maximum quota places per event
	Men	Women
singles	25	25
doubles	17	11
relay	11

In men's and women's singles events the top fifteen NOCs first qualify one athlete. Then, NOCs second best athletes are ranked and the best seven of those qualify. Finally, NOCs third best ranked athletes are compared, and the best three of those qualify. In men's doubles the top fourteen qualify one pair, three of those NOCs qualify a second pair. In women's doubles the top eleven ranked NOCs qualify one pair. If an event quota is not filled through this method then the next NOC who has not received a quota is eligible. If there is still quotas remaining then the next ranked athletes will be used respecting the NOC maximum of three per individual event and two per doubles event. ^[1]

Neutral athletes

On 31 October 2025, the CAS ruled that Russian athletes who satisfied the IOC's rules for neutral status should be allowed to qualify to the Olympics. However, the ruling carried nothing binding that required the FIL to include neutrals in their competitions. ^[2]

Olympic Qualification ranking events

The following five stages of the 2025–26 Luge World Cup and one Olympic test event, count towards the Olympic Qualification ranking list. ^[3] Originally 'stage 1' was to have been at Innsbruck on 4–7 December 2025, but track reconstruction forced changes to the world cup schedule and the FIL chose to include the Olympic test event rather than have two out of five qualifying races in Winterberg. ^[4]

• Stage 1: Cortina d'Ampezzo, 27–30 November 2025 (Olympic test event)
• Stage 2: Park City, 10–13 December 2025
• Stage 3: Lake Placid, 17–21 December 2025
• Stage 4: Sigulda, 30 December 2025–4 January 2026
• Stage 5: Winterberg, 6–11 January 2026

Quota allocation

After stage 3.

Current summary

Nations	Men's	Men's Doubles	Women's	Women's Doubles	Relay	Athletes
Argentina			1			1
Australia	1					1
Austria	3	2	3	1		12
Canada	1	1	2	1		7
China		1	1	1		5
Czech Republic	1					1
Germany	3	2	3	1		12
Individual Neutral Athletes	2		1			3
Italy	3	2	2	1		11
Japan	1					1
Latvia	2	2	2	1		10
Poland	1	1	1	1		6
Romania	1	1	1	1		6
Slovakia	1	2		1		7
South Korea			1			1
Sweden	1		1			2
Switzerland			1			1
Ukraine	2	1	2	1		8
United States	2	2	3	1		11
Total: 19 NOCs	25	17	25	11	9	106

Men

singles

Sleds qualified	Countries	Athletes total	Nation
3	3	9	Austria   Germany   Italy
2	4	8	Latvia   United States   Ukraine   Individual Neutral Athletes
1	8	8	Australia   Czech Republic   Slovakia   Sweden   Romania   Japan   Canada   Poland
25	15	25

Pos.	Racer	Cortina d'Ampezzo [5]	Park City [6]	Lake Placid [7]	Sigulda	Winterberg	Total
1	Jonas Müller	100	100	60			260
2	Max Langenhan	55	85	85			225
3	Felix Loch	60	46	100			206
4	Wolfgang Kindl	70	34	70			174
5	Kristers Aparjods	85	30	55			170
6	Nico Gleirscher	50	42	50			142
7	Jonathan Gustafson	28	55	42			125
8	David Noessler	39	50	32			121
9	Leon Felderer	34	70	10			114
10	Dominik Fischnaller	0	60	46			106
11	Gints Bērziņš	42	36	28			106
12	Timon Grancagnolo	36	39	26			101
13	David Gleirscher	46	10	36			92
14	Alex Gufler	32	32	20			84
15	Alexander Ferlazzo	21	22	34			77
16	Anton Dukach	30	19	22			71
17	Matthew Greiner	25	23	15			63
18	Tucker West	20	2	39			61
19	Hunter Harris	23	17	19			59
20	Ondřej Hyman	15	26	16			57
21	Andriy Mandziy	24	1	30			55
22	Jozef Ninis	26	10	18			54
23	Svante Kohala	17	21	13			51
24	Kaspars Rinks	18	10	17			45
25	Eduard Craciun	14	20	8			42
26	Seiya Kobayashi	7	28	6			41
27	Pavel Repilov	16		24			40
28	Lukas Peccei		25	13			38
29	Matvei Perestoronin	12		25			37
30	Valentin Crețu	1	15	21			37
31	Marian Skupek	9	18	10			37
32	Cole Zajanski		24	9			33
33	Theo Downey	22	10				32
34	Mateusz Sochowicz	6		23			29
35	Mirza Nikolajev	13	9	7			29
36	Rasmus Moberg	10	3	14			27
37	Kim Ji-min	4	16	1			21
38	Leon Haselrieder	19					19
39	Bao Zhenyu	8	6	4			18
40	Jakub Veprovsky	2	10	1			13
41	Li Jing		8	3			11
42	Arkadiusz Trojga	5		5			10
43	Dylan Morse	1	7	1			9
44	Walter Vikstroem	3	5				8
45	Nikola Boban	1	4	2			7

doubles

Sleds qualified	Countries	Athletes total	Nation
2	6 [a]	24	Germany   Austria   United States   Italy   Latvia   Slovakia
1	5	10	Poland   Romania   Ukraine   China   Canada
17	11	34

1. only eleven NOCs are ranked so three more would be elevated to qualifying two sleds each to fulfill quota.

Women

singles

Sleds qualified	Countries	Athletes total	Nation
3	3	9	Germany   Austria   United States
2	4	8	Italy   Latvia   Canada   Ukraine
1	8	8	Switzerland   Sweden   Individual Neutral Athletes   South Korea   Argentina   Romania   Poland   China
25	15	25

Pos.	Racer	Cortina d'Ampezzo [8]	Park City [9]	Lake Placid	Sigulda	Winterberg	Total
1	Julia Taubitz	85	42	100			227
2	Ashley Farquharson	60	70	85			215
3	Summer Britcher	30	100	70			200
4	Merle Fräbel	100	50	50			200
5	Verena Hofer	50	85	36			171
6	Lisa Schulte	70	39	55			164
7	Dorothea Schwarz	36	60	46			142
8	Natalie Maag	55	46	34			135
9	Anna Berreiter	42	34	42			118
10	Hannah Prock	32	55	30			117
11	Emily Fischnaller	20	30	60			110
12	Elina Bota	39	24	39			102
13	Sandra Robatscher	46	22	32			100
14	Kendija Aparjode	34	36	24			94
15	Embyr-Lee Susko	28	28	28			84
16	Barbara Allmaier	21	32	22			75
17	Nina Zoeggler	24	25	26			75
18	Trinity Ellis	26	23	23			72
19	Caitlin Nash	23	26	21			70
20	Yulianna Tunytska	17	21	15			53
21	Emma Erickson	5	19	25			49
22	Zane Kaluma	9	20	19			48
23	Tove Kohala	17	21	13			51
24	Daria Olesik	22		20			42
25	Margita Sirsnina	19	10	13			42
26	Olena Smaha	8	17	16			41
27	Jung Hye-sun	13	16	10			39
28	Verónica María Ravenna	2	15	17			34
29	Ioana-Corina Buzatoiu	7	13	14			34
30	Klaudia Domaradzka	12	18				30
31	Wang Peixuan	14	9	7			30
32	Elsa Desmond	3	14	9			26
33	Hu Huilan	10	8	8			26
34	Alexandra Oberstolz	25					25
35	Anka Jenicke	15		10			25
36	Shin Yu-bin	6	10	6			22
37	Kaia Hatton	1	7	12			20
38	Emma Seer		5	5			10
39	Tehya Baylis		6				6
40	Anna Shkret	4					4

doubles

Sleds qualified	Countries	Athletes total	Nation
1	11	22	Germany   Austria   Italy   United States   Latvia   Canada   Poland   Ukraine   Romania   Slovakia   China
11	11	22

Next eligible NOC per event

If a country rejects a quota spot, then additional quotas become available. A country can be eligible for one quota spot per event in the reallocation process.

Men's singles	Men's doubles	Women's singles	Women's doubles
Bosnia and Herzegovina   South Korea   China   Great Britain   Finland	Romania   Ukraine	Ireland   Great Britain   Estonia	Germany   United States   Latvia   Italy   Austria

References

1. "How team Canada can qualify for Milano Cortina 2026". Olympics.ca. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
2. "Russian athletes get legal win ahead of Olympics in luge appeal case". sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
3. "Qualification Systems for XXV Olympic Winter Games, Milano Cortina 2026" (PDF). FIL luge.com. 13 November 2025. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
4. "Olympic Test Event in Cortina upgraded: First qualifying race for Milano Cortina 2026 confirmed – World Cup opener moved to Winterberg". fil-luge.org. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
5. men stage 1
6. men stage 2
7. men stage 3
8. women stage 1
9. women stage 2 and 3

External links

• Qualification system published by FIL luge.