Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

Men's singles
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
The medalists
VenueSliding Center Sanki
Dates8–9 February 2014
Competitors39 from 22 nations
Winning time3:27.526
Medalists
 Felix Loch  Germany
 Albert Demchenko  Russia
 Armin Zöggeler  Italy
Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Individual   men   women
Doubles   doubles
Relay   mixed

The men's luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held between 8–9 February 2014 at the Sliding Center Sanki in Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia.[1] Germany's Felix Loch was the two-time defending world champion and won the gold medal with the fastest time in each of the two runs. The test event that took place at the venue was won by Germany's Andi Langenhan.[2] Loch was also the defending Olympic champion.[3]

Qualifying athletes

The top 38, with each nation allowed a maximum of 3, after five of five races.[4] India and South Korea (the next two unrepresented nations) get the additional quota spots, as no nations were able to use them to complete a relay. Slovenia and Great Britain rejected their quota spots. The next three nations in the rankings (Bulgaria, Netherlands and Chinese Taipei) received the quotas. Netherlands rejected their quota, and as the last country with meeting qualification standard, this meant only 39 athletes would compete.

Competition schedule

All times are (UTC+4).

Date Time Event
8 February 18:30 Run 1
8 February 20:30 Run 2
9 February 18:30 Run 3
9 February 20:30 Run 4

Results

Four runs, split over two days, were used to determine the winner.[5]

RankBibAthlete CountryRun 1 Rank Run 2 RankRun 3 RankRun 4 RankTotalBehind
1st, gold medalist(s) 10 Felix Loch Germany 52.185 2 51.964 1 51.613 1 51.764 1 3:27.526 —
2nd, silver medalist(s) 7 Albert Demchenko Russia 52.170 1 52.273 2 51.707 2 51.852 2 3:28.002 +0.476
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 9 Armin Zöggeler Italy 52.506 3 52.387 3 51.910 3 51.994 3 3:28.797 +1.271
4 12 Andi Langenhan Germany 52.707 8 52.480 4 52.073 7 52.095 4 3:29.355 +1.829
5 8 Semen Pavlichenko Russia 52.660 6 52.593 10 51.928 4 52.255 14 3:29.436 +1.910
6 1 Dominik Fischnaller Italy 52.729 9 52.540 5 52.007 5 52.203 11 3:29.479 +1.953
7 16 Aleksander Peretyagin Russia 52.675 7 52.590 9 52.069 6 52.161 7 3:29.495 +1.969
8 3 Reinhard Egger Austria 52.564 4 52.630 11 52.152 9 52.160 6 3:29.506 +1.980
9 2 Wolfgang Kindl Austria 52.586 5 52.714 13 52.145 8 52.218 12 3:29.663 +2.137
10 6 Mārtiņš Rubenis Latvia 52.775 11 52.560 7 52.229 10 52.133 5 3:29.697 +2.171
11 11 Samuel Edney Canada 52.783 14 52.546 6 52.268 11 52.180 9 3:29.777 +2.251
12 14 Gregory Carigiet Switzerland 52.775 11 52.579 8 52.274 12 52.167 8 3:29.795 +2.269
13 4 Chris Mazdzer United States 52.744 10 52.643 12 52.369 17 52.198 10 3:29.954 +2.428
14 5 David Möller Germany 52.781 13 52.865 16 52.312 14 52.281 15 3:30.239 +2.713
15 18 Daniel Pfister Austria 52.925 16 52.802 14 52.306 13 52.243 13 3:30.276 +2.750
16 19 Inārs Kivlenieks Latvia 52.872 15 52.927 20 52.347 16 52.379 17 3:30.525 +2.999
17 15 Thor Haug Nørbech Norway 53.014 18 52.859 15 52.345 15 52.347 16 3:30.565 +3.039
18 22 Tønnes Stang Rolfsen Norway 53.043 20 52.938 22 52.463 19 52.466 18 3:30.910 +3.384
19 23 Emanuel Rieder Italy 52.981 17 52.875 17 52.578 22 52.511 19 3:30.945 +3.419
20 13 Jozef Ninis Slovakia 53.143 22 52.932 21 52.492 20 52.564 21 3:31.131 +3.605
21 17 Kristaps Maurins Latvia 53.144 23 52.923 19 52.518 21 52.630 23 3:31.215 +3.689
22 25 Tucker West United States 53.142 21 52.966 23 52.413 18 52.696 25 3:31.217 +3.691
23 24 Maciej Kurowski Poland 53.234 25 52.988 24 52.637 23 52.538 20 3:31.397 +3.871
24 27 Aidan Kelly United States 53.275 26 53.192 26 52.756 24 52.576 22 3:31.799 +4.273
25 20 Ondřej Hyman Czech Republic 53.222 24 53.145 25 52.783 26 52.708 26 3:31.858 +4.332
26 33 Mitchel Malyk Canada 53.367 28 53.401 29 52.756 24 52.633 24 3:32.157 +4.631
27 32 John Fennell Canada 53.350 27 53.561 30 52.879 27 52.926 29 3:32.716 +5.190
28 28 Andriy Kis Ukraine 53.533 30 53.358 28 53.046 29 52.859 28 3:32.796 +5.270
29 35 Valentin Creţu Romania 53.562 31 53.297 27 52.902 28 53.142 32 3:32.885 +5.359
30 31 Hidenari Kanayama Japan 53.626 32 53.663 33 53.220 31 53.074 31 3:33.583 +6.057
31 36 Andriy Mandziy Ukraine 53.653 33 53.660 32 53.227 32 53.062 30 3:33.602 +6.076
32 30 Bruno Banani Tonga 53.656 34 53.637 31 53.162 30 53.221 33 3:33.676 +6.150
33 26 Alexander Ferlazzo Australia 53.528 29 53.686 34 53.323 33 53.507 35 3:34.044 +6.518
34 21 Jo Alexander Koppang Norway 53.028 19 52.894 18 57.080 39 52.790 27 3:35.792 +8.266
35 37 Kim Dong-hyeon South Korea 54.207 36 54.603 36 53.795 34 53.780 37 3:36.385 +8.859
36 29 Bogdan Macovei Moldova 54.591 37 54.271 35 53.925 35 53.779 36 3:36.566 +9.040
37 38 Shiva Keshavan [[<span class="wrap">Independent Olympic Participants</span> at the 2014 Winter Olympics|Independent Olympic Participants]][Note] 53.905 35 55.203 38 54.706 37 53.335 34 3:37.149 +9.623
38 34 Stanislav Benyov Bulgaria 55.040 38 55.006 37 54.558 36 54.476 38 3:39.080 +11.554
39 39 Lien Te-an Chinese Taipei 62.961 39 55.315 39 55.287 38 54.528 39 3:48.091 +20.565

References

^ Keshavan competed as an Independent Olympic Participant, with this event taking place before the India Olympic Committee's suspension was ended

  1. ↑ "Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Felix Loch of Germany captures gold in luge again". USA Today. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Felix Loch of Germany defends gold medal in luge on Day 3 of Sochi Olympics". Washington Post. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Men's Cup Results
  5. ↑ Final Results
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