Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Luge at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Luge pictogram at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Venue	Alpensia Sliding Centre
Dates	10–15 February 2018
No. of events	4 (2 men, 1 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors	110 from 24 nations

Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea. A total of four luge events were held, between 10 and 15 February 2018.

Qualification

Main article: Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

A maximum of 110 athletes were allowed to compete at the Games. Countries were assigned quotas using the world rankings of results from 1 November 2017 to 31 December 2017.^[1]

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for all four events.^[2]

All times are (UTC+9).

Date	Time	Event
10 February	19:10	Men's singles runs 1 and 2
11 February	18:50	Men's singles runs 3 and 4
12 February	19:50	Women's singles runs 1 and 2
13 February	19:30	Women's singles runs 3 and 4
14 February	20:20	Doubles runs 1 and 2
15 February	21:30	Team relay

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	3	1	2	6
2	Austria	1	1	1	3
3	Canada	0	1	1	2
4	United States	0	1	0	1
Totals (4 entries)		4	4	4	12

Events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's singles[3] details	David Gleirscher  Austria	3:10.702	Chris Mazdzer  United States	3:10.728	Johannes Ludwig  Germany	3:10.932
Women's singles[4] details	Natalie Geisenberger  Germany	3:05.232	Dajana Eitberger  Germany	3:05.599	Alex Gough  Canada	3:05.644
Doubles[5] details	Germany Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	1:31.697	Austria Peter Penz Georg Fischler	1:31.785	Germany Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	1:31.987
Team relay[6] details	Germany Natalie Geisenberger Johannes Ludwig Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	2:24.517	Canada Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker Justin Snith	2:24.872	Austria Madeleine Egle David Gleirscher Peter Penz Georg Fischler	2:24.988

Participating nations

A total of 110 athletes from 24 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate.^[7][8]

•  Argentina (1 athlete)
•  Australia (1)
•  Austria (10)
•  Bulgaria (1)
•  Canada (8)
•  Croatia (1)
•  Czech Republic (6)
•  Georgia (1)
•  Germany (10)
•  Great Britain (2)
•  India (1)
•  Italy (9)
•  Kazakhstan (1)
•  Latvia (10)
•  Olympic Athletes from Russia (8)
•  Poland (6)
•  Romania (5)
•  Slovakia (5)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  South Korea (5)
•  Switzerland (1)
•  Chinese Taipei (1)
•  Ukraine (6)
•  United States (10)

References

1. "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). International Luge Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
2. "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
3. Men's singles results
4. Women's singles results
5. Doubles results
6. Team relay results
7. "Ranking list" (PDF). fil-luge.org. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
8. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

External links

• Official Results Book – Luge