Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

Men's singles
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Medalists
VenueSliding Center Sanki
Dates8–9 February 2014
Competitors39 from 22 nations
Winning time3:27.526
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Felix Loch  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Albert Demchenko  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Armin Zöggeler  Italy
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Luge at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Qualification
Singlesmenwomen
Doublesopen
Relaymixed

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 two of the four 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]

On December 22, 2017 Albert Demchenko of Russia was banned for doping violations and his silver medal was stripped.[4] On 1 February 2018, his results were restored as a result of the successful appeal.[5]

Qualifying athletes

The top 38, with each nation allowed a maximum of 3, after five of five races.[6] 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.[7]

Rank Bib Athlete Country Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Run 3 Rank Run 4 Rank Total Behind
1st place, gold medalist(s) 10 Felix Loch  Germany 52.185 2 51.964 1 51.613 1 51.764 1 3:27.526 —
2nd place, 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 place, 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  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 lifted

  1. ^ "Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. 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. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 11 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. ^ Men's Cup Results
  7. ^ Final Results