Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's singles explained

Event:Women's singles
Games:2014 Winter
Venue:Sliding Center Sanki
Dates:10–11 February 2014
Competitors:31
Nations:16
Win Value:3:19.768
Gold:Natalie Geisenberger
Goldnoc:GER
Silver:Tatjana Hüfner
Silvernoc:GER
Bronze:Erin Hamlin
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:2010
Next:2018

The women's luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held on 10–11 February 2014 at the Sliding Center Sanki in Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia.[1]

Qualifying athletes

The top 28, with each nation allowed a maximum of 3, after five of five races.[2] Czech Republic and South Korea receive the team relay allocations to complete a team. Since the men's singles competition did not use its last quota, a spot also goes to Kazakhstan (the next best ranked nation without representation).

Competition schedule

All times are (UTC+4).

Date Time Event
10 February 18:45 style=background:lemonchiffonRun 1
10 February 20:20 style=background:lemonchiffonRun 2
11 February 18:30 style=background:lemonchiffonRun 3
11 February 20:10 style=background:lemonchiffonRun 4

Results

The four runs were split over two days.[3]

Rank Bib Athlete Country Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Run 3 Rank Run 4 Rank Total Behind
2Natalie Geisenberger49.891149.923149.765150.18913:19.768
9Tatjana Hüfner50.393350.187250.048250.27923:20.907+1.139
11Erin Hamlin50.356250.276350.165350.34833:21.145+1.377
10Alex Gough50.464550.402550.2864 50.42653:21.578+1.810
12Kimberley McRae50.465650.454650.356550.620113:21.895+2.127
7Anke Wischnewski50.490750.476950.462750.53273:21.960+2.192
4Tatiana Ivanova50.457450.4921050.450650.60793:22.006+2.238
8Natalia Khoreva50.500850.348450.599950.620113:22.067+2.299
5Martina Kocher50.560950.454650.593850.55983:22.166+2.398
103Kate Hansen50.7941050.5811150.7931350.49963:22.667+2.889
111Ekaterina Baturina51.2632150.457850.6291050.38243:22.731+2.963
1221Elīza Tīruma50.9261150.6511250.7581250.736133:23.071+3.303
1322Arianne Jones50.9931350.8371550.7451150.608103:23.183+3.415
146Sandra Gasparini51.0321450.8031450.9591450.962153:23.756+3.988
1525Summer Britcher51.2221950.9301651.0821650.909143:24.143+4.375
161951.1381651.1682251.1411951.199183:24.646+4.878
1718Miriam Kastlunger51.6222450.7951351.1391851.109163:24.665+4.897
1820Ulla Zirne51.1251551.1592151.0541551.347213:24.685+4.917
1917Andrea Vötter50.9371251.5922751.4202051.290203:25.239+5.291
2013Nina Reithmayer51.2252051.1432051.6142251.174173:25.156+5.388
2123Ewa Kuls51.3622251.0311851.4242151.550223:25.367+5.599
2214Sandra Robatscher51.5892350.9811751.6782351.258193:25.506+5.738
2324Birgit Platzer51.2011751.5182551.7602452.097283:26.576+6.808
2426Vendula Kotenová51.7602551.4922451.8562651.567243:26.675+6.907
2516Viera Gburova51.9282751.4222351.7822551.565233:26.697+6.929
2630Olena Stetskiv52.0642851.5532651.9912851.889263:27.497+7.729
2731Morgane Bonnefoy51.8202651.6412851.9482752.183303:27.592+7.824
2828Elizaveta Axenova52.0682951.8363052.3403051.841253:28.085+8.317
2927Sung Eun-ryung52.1733051.9603152.4863152.124293:28.743+8.975
3029Raluca Strămăturaru52.8623151.8212952.2382952.083273:29.004+9.236
3115Olena Shkhumova51.2111851.0921951.128171:01:416313:34.847+15.079

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. Web site: International Luge Federation - Int. Rennrodelverband .
  3. http://www.fil-luge.org/filext/results/2013-2014/2013LGW_SOCOG.pdf Final Results