Doubles
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for luge
VenueSliding Center Sanki
Dates12 February 2014
Competitors38 from 12 nations
Winning time1:39.455
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tobias Wendl &
Tobias Arlt
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Andreas Linger &
Wolfgang Linger
 Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andris Šics &
Juris Šics
 Latvia

The doubles luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held on 12 February 2014 at the Sliding Center Sanki in Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia.[1]

Qualifying athletes

The top 18, with each nation allowed a maximum of 2, after five of five races. Romania and South Korea receive the team relay allocations to complete a team. 20 sleds qualified to compete, but only 19 competed as the Romanian's sled broke during training which meant they could not take part in the competition.[2]

Results

Run 1 was started at 18:15 and Run 2 at 19:45.[3]

RankBibAthleteCountryRun 1RankRun 2RankTotalBehind
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Tobias Wendl
Tobias Arlt
 Germany 49.3731 49.5601 1:38.933
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Andreas Linger
Wolfgang Linger
 Austria 49.6852 49.7702 1:39.455 +0.522
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9 Andris Šics
Juris Šics
 Latvia 49.8805 49.9103 1:39.790 +0.857
4 1 Tristan Walker
Justin Snith
 Canada 49.8574 49.9836 1:39.840 +0.907
5 12 Alexandr Denisyev
Vladislav Antonov
 Russia 49.9366 50.0137 1:39.949 +1.016
6 10 Christian Oberstolz
Patrick Gruber
 Italy 49.9767 50.0438 1:40.019 +1.086
7 7 Ludwig Rieder
Patrick Rastner
 Italy 50.0648 49.9755 1:40.039 +1.106
8 8 Toni Eggert
Sascha Benecken
 Germany 50.27410 49.9444 1:40.218 +1.285
9 3 Vladislav Yuzhakov
Vladimir Makhnutin
 Russia 50.0689 50.26910 1:40.337 +1.404
10 18 Oskars Gudramovičs
Pēteris Kalniņš
 Latvia 50.38812 50.0749 1:40.462 +1.529
11 6 Christian Niccum
Jayson Terdiman
 United States 50.35411 50.59113 1:40.945 +2.012
12 13 Marián Zemaník
Jozef Petrulák
 Slovakia 50.54813 50.40912 1:40.957 +2.024
13 5 Lukáš Brož
Antonín Brož
 Czech Republic 50.66515 50.38711 1:41.052 +2.119
14 16 Matthew Mortensen
Preston Griffall
 United States 50.63714 51.06614 1:41.703 +2.770
15 14 Patryk Poreba
Karol Mikrut
 Poland 51.01017 51.17015 1:42.180 +3.247
16 15 Marek Solčanský
Karol Stuchlák
 Slovakia 50.90416 51.48118 1:42.385 +3.452
17 19 Oleksandr Obolonchyk
Roman Zakharkiv
 Ukraine 51.79519 51.23316 1:43.028 +4.095
18 17 Park Jin-yong
Cho Jung-myung
 South Korea 51.64318 51.47517 1:43.118 +4.185
19 11 Peter Penz
Georg Fischler
 Austria 49.7933 54.25219 1:44.045 +5.112

References

  1. "Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. "Radu Sovaiala si Alexandru Teodorescu nu participa la proba de dublu pentru ca sania s-a stricat" [Radu Alexandru Teodorescu not hesitate and participate in the doubles for the sled broke]. HotNews.ro (in Romanian). 12 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  3. Final Results
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