Luge at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games | |
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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) |
Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics | |||
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Qualification
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Singles | men | women | |
Doubles | open | ||
Relay | mixed | ||
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]
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]
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 |
Germany dominated the luge competitions, sweeping all four gold medals, and earning six overall.
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 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's singles |
Johannes Ludwig Germany |
3:48.735 |
Wolfgang Kindl Austria |
3:48.895 |
Dominik Fischnaller Italy |
3:49.686 |
Women's singles |
Natalie Geisenberger Germany |
3:53.454 |
Anna Berreiter Germany |
3:53.947 |
Tatiana Ivanova ROC |
3:54.507 |
Open doubles |
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 |
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 |
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.