Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Luge at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games | |
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Luge pictogram | |
Venue | Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track |
Dates | 5–10 February |
No. of events | 4 (1 men, 1 open, 1 women, 1 mixed) |
Competitors | 106 from 26 nations (71 men and 35 women) |
← 2018 2026 → |
Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics | |||
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Qualification | |||
Singles | men | women | |
Doubles | open | ||
Relay | mixed | ||
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Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track which is one of the Yanqing cluster venues between 5 and 10 February 2022.[1]
A total of 106 quota spots were distributed to the sport of luge, a decline of four from the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2] A total of four events were contested, one for men, one open event, one for women and one mixed.[3]
Qualification
A maximum of 106 athletes will be allowed to compete at the Games. Countries will assigned quotas using the results of Olympic Qualification World Cup Ranking List from 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2021.[4]
Competition schedule
The following is the competition schedule for all four events.
All times are in local time (UTC+8), according to the official schedule correct as of March 2021. This schedule may be subject to change in due time.
Date | Time | Event |
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5 February | 19:10 | Men's singles - Heats 1 and 2 |
6 February | 19:30 | Men's singles - Heats 3 and 4 |
7 February | 19:50 | Women's singles - Heats 1 and 2 |
8 February | 19:50 | Women's singles - Heats 3 and 4 |
9 February | 20:20 | Doubles |
10 February | 21:30 | Team relay |
Medal summary
Germany dominated the luge competitions, sweeping all four gold medals, and earning six overall.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Germany | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
2 | Austria | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
ROC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's singles details | Johannes Ludwig Germany | 3:48.735 | Wolfgang Kindl Austria | 3:48.895 | Dominik Fischnaller Italy | 3:49.686 |
Women's singles details | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | 3:53.454 | Anna Berreiter Germany | 3:53.947 | Tatiana Ivanova ROC | 3:54.507 |
Open doubles details | Germany Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt | 1:56.554 | Germany Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken | 1:56.653 | Austria Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller | 1:57.065 |
Team relay details | Germany Natalie Geisenberger Johannes Ludwig Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt | 3:03.406 | Austria Madeleine Egle Wolfgang Kindl Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller | 3:03.486 | Latvia Elīza Tīruma Kristers Aparjods Mārtiņš Bots Roberts Plūme | 3:04.354 |
Participating nations
A total of 110 athletes from 26 nations (including the IOC's designation of ROC for the Russian Olympic Committee) qualified to participate.[5] Ireland will be making its Olympic sport debut.[6]
The numbers in parentheses represents the number of participants entered.
- Argentina (1)
- Australia (1)
- Austria (10)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
- Bulgaria (1)
- Canada (6)
- China (4)
- Czech Republic (4)
- Georgia (1)
- Germany (10)
- Great Britain (1)
- Ireland (1)
- Italy (8)
- Japan (1)
- Latvia (10)
- Moldova (1)
- Poland (4)
- Romania (4)
- ROC (10)
- Slovakia (5)
- South Korea (5)
- Sweden (2)
- Switzerland (1)
- Chinese Taipei (1)
- Ukraine (6)
- United States (8)
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External links
- Official Results Book – Luge