Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Team relay

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]

Team relay
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for luge
VenueSliding Center Sanki
Dates13 February 2014
Competitors48 from 12 nations
Winning time2:45.649
Medalists
Natalie Geisenberger
Felix Loch
Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt		  Germany
Tatiana Ivanova
Albert Demchenko
Alexander Denisyev / Vladislav Antonov		  Russia
Elīza Tīruma
Mārtiņš Rubenis
Andris Šics/Juris Šics		  Latvia
Luge at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Qualification
Singlesmenwomen
Doublesopen
Relaymixed

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]

Qualified teams

Results

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

RankBibAthletesCountryWomen's
singles		Men's
singles		Men's
doubles		TotalBehind
10–1
10–2
10–3		 Natalie Geisenberger
Felix Loch
Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt		  Germany 54.095 55.639 55.915 2:45.649 —
7–1
7–2
7–3		 Tatiana Ivanova
Albert Demchenko
Alexander Denisyev / Vladislav Antonov		  Russia 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		  Latvia 54.745 56.048 56.502 2:47.295 +1.646
4 11–1
11–2
11–3		 Alex Gough
Samuel Edney
Tristan Walker / Justin Snith		  Canada 54.643 56.197 56.555 2:47.395 +1.746
5 9–1
9–2
9–3		 Sandra Gasparini
Armin Zöggeler
Christian Oberstolz / Patrick Gruber		  Italy 54.823 56.039 56.558 2:47.420 +1.771
6 8–1
8–2
8–3		 Erin Hamlin
Chris Mazdzer
Christian Niccum / Jayson Terdiman		  United States 54.338 56.245 56.972 2:47.555 +1.906
7 12–1
12–2
12–3		 Miriam Kastlunger
Wolfgang Kindl
Andreas Linger / Wolfgang Linger		  Austria 55.596 56.434 56.447 2:48.477 +2.828
8 3–1
3–2
3–3		 Natalia Wojtuściszyn
Maciej Kurowski
Patryk Poręba / Karol Mikrut		  Poland 54.937 56.737 58.079 2:49.753 +4.104
9 4–1
4–2
4–3		 Vendula Kotenová
Ondřej Hyman
Lukáš Brož / Antonín Brož		  Czech Republic 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		  Slovakia 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		  Ukraine 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		  South Korea 56.174 57.986 58.469 2:52.629 +6.980

References
  1. "Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. "Sochi 2014: Germany wins luge team relay to complete golden clean sweep". ABC News. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  3. "Team Relay Competition". Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  4. "IOC sanctions 11 Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings". International Olympic Committee. 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  5. "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" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  6. Final Results
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