Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Team relay explained

Event:	Team relay
Games:	2014 Winter
Venue:	Sliding Center Sanki
Dates:	13 February 2014
Competitors:	48
Nations:	12
Win Value:	2:45.649
Gold:	Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt
Goldnoc:	GER
Silver:	Tatiana Ivanova Albert Demchenko Alexander Denisyev / Vladislav Antonov
Silvernoc:	RUS
Bronze:	Elīza Tīruma Mārtiņš Rubenis Andris Šics/Juris Šics
Bronzenoc:	LAT
Next:	2018

The team relay luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held on 13 February 2014 at the Sliding Center Sanki in Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia.^[1] This was the inaugural event of the team relay at the Olympics.^[2] The competition was won by Germany. Russia and Latvia won silver and bronze, respectively.^[3]

On December 22, 2017 Albert Demchenko and Tatiana Ivanova of Russia were banned for doping violations. Results of the Russian team were voided.^[4] They successfully appealed against the lifetime ban as well as annulment of result at the court of arbitration for sport, and on 1 February 2018 the results were restored.^[5]

Results

The event started at 20:15.^[6]

Rank	Bib	Athletes	Country	Women's singles	Men's singles	Men's doubles	Total	Behind
	10–1 10–2 10–3	Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt		54.095	55.639	55.915	2:45.649	—
	7–1 7–2 7–3	Tatiana Ivanova Albert Demchenko Alexander Denisyev / Vladislav Antonov		54.429	55.775	56.475	2:46.679	+1.030
	6–1 6–2 6–3	Elīza Tīruma Mārtiņš Rubenis Andris Šics / Juris Šics		54.745	56.048	56.502	2:47.295	+1.646
	11–1 11–2 11–3	Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker / Justin Snith		54.643	56.197	56.555	2:47.395	+1.746
	9–1 9–2 9–3	Sandra Gasparini Armin Zöggeler Christian Oberstolz / Patrick Gruber		54.823	56.039	56.558	2:47.420	+1.771
	8–1 8–2 8–3	Erin Hamlin Chris Mazdzer Christian Niccum / Jayson Terdiman		54.338	56.245	56.972	2:47.555	+1.906
	12–1 12–2 12–3	Miriam Kastlunger Wolfgang Kindl Andreas Linger / Wolfgang Linger		55.596	56.434	56.447	2:48.477	+2.828
	3–1 3–2 3–3	Natalia Wojtuściszyn Maciej Kurowski Patryk Poręba / Karol Mikrut		54.937	56.737	58.079	2:49.753	+4.104
	4–1 4–2 4–3	Vendula Kotenová Ondřej Hyman Lukáš Brož / Antonín Brož		55.600	56.926	57.279	2:49.805	+4.156
10	5–1 5–2 5–3	Viera Gburová Jozef Ninis Marian Zemaník / Jozef Petrulák		55.757	56.472	57.936	2:50.165	+4.516
11	2–1 2–2 2–3	Olena Shkhumova Andriy Kis Oleksandr Obolonchyk / Roman Zakharkiv		55.671	56.882	58.502	2:51.055	+5.406
12	1–1 1–2 1–3	Sung Eun-ryung Kim Dong-hyeon Park Jin-yong / Cho Jung-myung		56.174	57.986	58.469	2:52.629	+6.980

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: Sochi 2014: Germany wins luge team relay to complete golden clean sweep. 13 February 2014. ABC News. 13 February 2014.
3. Web site: Team Relay Competition. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. 13 February 2014. 19 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140719180523/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/luge-team-relay-competition. dead.
4. News: IOC sanctions 11 Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings. 2017-12-22. International Olympic Committee. 2017-12-22. en.
5. Web site: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) delivers its decisions in the matter of 39 Russian athletes v/the IOC: 28 appeals upheld, 11 partially upheld. Court of Arbitration for Sport. 1 February 2018.
6. http://www.fil-luge.org/filext/results/2013-2014/2013LGX4SOCOG.pdf Final Results