Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Doubles

The doubles luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held on 12 February 2014 at the Sliding Center Sanki in Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia.[1]

Doubles
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for luge
VenueSliding Center Sanki
Dates12 February 2014
Competitors38 from 12 nations
Winning time1:39.455
Medalists
Tobias Wendl &
Tobias Arlt
 Germany
Andreas Linger &
Wolfgang Linger
 Austria
Andris Šics &
Juris Šics
 Latvia

Qualifying athletes

The top 18, with each nation allowed a maximum of 2, after five of five races. Romania and South Korea receive the team relay allocations to complete a team. 20 sleds qualified to compete, but only 19 competed as the Romanian's sled broke during training which meant they could not take part in the competition.[2]

Results

Run 1 was started at 18:15 and Run 2 at 19:45.[3]

RankBibAthleteCountryRun 1RankRun 2RankTotalBehind
4 Tobias Wendl
Tobias Arlt
 Germany 49.3731 49.5601 1:38.933
2 Andreas Linger
Wolfgang Linger
 Austria 49.6852 49.7702 1:39.455 +0.522
9 Andris Šics
Juris Šics
 Latvia 49.8805 49.9103 1:39.790 +0.857
4 1 Tristan Walker
Justin Snith
 Canada 49.8574 49.9836 1:39.840 +0.907
5 12 Alexandr Denisyev
Vladislav Antonov
 Russia 49.9366 50.0137 1:39.949 +1.016
6 10 Christian Oberstolz
Patrick Gruber
 Italy 49.9767 50.0438 1:40.019 +1.086
7 7 Ludwig Rieder
Patrick Rastner
 Italy 50.0648 49.9755 1:40.039 +1.106
8 8 Toni Eggert
Sascha Benecken
 Germany 50.27410 49.9444 1:40.218 +1.285
9 3 Vladislav Yuzhakov
Vladimir Makhnutin
 Russia 50.0689 50.26910 1:40.337 +1.404
10 18 Oskars Gudramovičs
Pēteris Kalniņš
 Latvia 50.38812 50.0749 1:40.462 +1.529
11 6 Christian Niccum
Jayson Terdiman
 United States 50.35411 50.59113 1:40.945 +2.012
12 13 Marián Zemaník
Jozef Petrulák
 Slovakia 50.54813 50.40912 1:40.957 +2.024
13 5 Lukáš Brož
Antonín Brož
 Czech Republic 50.66515 50.38711 1:41.052 +2.119
14 16 Matthew Mortensen
Preston Griffall
 United States 50.63714 51.06614 1:41.703 +2.770
15 14 Patryk Poreba
Karol Mikrut
 Poland 51.01017 51.17015 1:42.180 +3.247
16 15 Marek Solčanský
Karol Stuchlák
 Slovakia 50.90416 51.48118 1:42.385 +3.452
17 19 Oleksandr Obolonchyk
Roman Zakharkiv
 Ukraine 51.79519 51.23316 1:43.028 +4.095
18 17 Park Jin-yong
Cho Jung-myung
 South Korea 51.64318 51.47517 1:43.118 +4.185
19 11 Peter Penz
Georg Fischler
 Austria 49.7933 54.25219 1:44.045 +5.112

References

  1. "Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. "Radu Sovaiala si Alexandru Teodorescu nu participa la proba de dublu pentru ca sania s-a stricat" [Radu Alexandru Teodorescu not hesitate and participate in the doubles for the sled broke]. HotNews.ro (in Romanian). 12 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  3. Final Results
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