Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Doubles explained

Event:Doubles
Games:2014 Winter
Venue:Sliding Center Sanki
Dates:12 February 2014
Competitors:38
Nations:12
Win Value:1:39.455
Gold:Tobias Wendl &<br/> Tobias Arlt
Goldnoc:GER
Silver:Andreas Linger &<br/> Wolfgang Linger
Silvernoc:AUT
Bronze:Andris Šics &<br/> Juris Šics
Bronzenoc:LAT
Prev:2010
Next:2018

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

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 1 Rank Run 2 Rank TotalBehind
4Tobias Wendl
Tobias Arlt
49.373 149.560 11:38.933
2Andreas Linger
Wolfgang Linger
49.685 249.770 21:39.455+0.522
9Andris Šics
Juris Šics
49.880 549.910 31:39.790+0.857
1Tristan Walker
Justin Snith
49.857 449.983 61:39.840+0.907
12Alexandr Denisyev
Vladislav Antonov
49.936 650.013 71:39.949+1.016
10Christian Oberstolz
Patrick Gruber
49.976 750.043 81:40.019+1.086
7Ludwig Rieder
Patrick Rastner
50.064 849.975 51:40.039+1.106
8Toni Eggert
Sascha Benecken
50.274 1049.944 41:40.218+1.285
3Vladislav Yuzhakov
Vladimir Makhnutin
50.068 950.269 101:40.337+1.404
1018Oskars Gudramovičs
Pēteris Kalniņš
50.388 1250.074 91:40.462+1.529
116Christian Niccum
Jayson Terdiman
50.354 1150.591 131:40.945+2.012
1213Marián Zemaník
Jozef Petrulák
50.548 1350.409 121:40.957+2.024
135Lukáš Brož
Antonín Brož
50.665 1550.387 111:41.052+2.119
1416Matthew Mortensen
Preston Griffall
50.637 1451.066 141:41.703+2.770
1514Patryk Poreba
Karol Mikrut
51.010 1751.170 151:42.180+3.247
1615Marek Solčanský
Karol Stuchlák
50.904 1651.481 181:42.385+3.452
1719Oleksandr Obolonchyk
Roman Zakharkiv
51.795 1951.233 161:43.028+4.095
1817Park Jin-yong
Cho Jung-myung
51.643 1851.475 171:43.118+4.185
1911Peter Penz
Georg Fischler
49.793 354.252 191:44.045+5.112

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Competition Schedule. SOCOG. 21 December 2013. 20 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140320055801/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/luge-schedule-and-results. dead.
  2. News: 12 February 2014. Radu Sovaiala si Alexandru Teodorescu nu participa la proba de dublu pentru ca sania s-a stricat . ro. Radu Alexandru Teodorescu not hesitate and participate in the doubles for the sled broke. HotNews.ro . 13 February 2014 .
  3. http://www.fil-luge.org/filext/results/2013-2014/2013LGX2SOCOG.pdf Final Results