Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Doubles
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| Venue | Sliding Center Sanki | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 12 February 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 38 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:39.455 | ||||||||||||
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| Singles | men | women | |
| Doubles | open | ||
| Relay | mixed | ||
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]
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4 | Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt |
 Germany
|
49.373 | 1 | 49.560 | 1 | 1:38.933 | — |
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2 | Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger |
 Austria
|
49.685 | 2 | 49.770 | 2 | 1:39.455 | +0.522 |
|
9 | Andris Šics Juris Šics |
 Latvia
|
49.880 | 5 | 49.910 | 3 | 1:39.790 | +0.857 |
| 4 | 1 | Tristan Walker Justin Snith |
 Canada
|
49.857 | 4 | 49.983 | 6 | 1:39.840 | +0.907 |
| 5 | 12 | Alexandr Denisyev Vladislav Antonov |
 Russia
|
49.936 | 6 | 50.013 | 7 | 1:39.949 | +1.016 |
| 6 | 10 | Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber |
 Italy
|
49.976 | 7 | 50.043 | 8 | 1:40.019 | +1.086 |
| 7 | 7 | Ludwig Rieder Patrick Rastner |
Italy
|
50.064 | 8 | 49.975 | 5 | 1:40.039 | +1.106 |
| 8 | 8 | Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken |
Germany
|
50.274 | 10 | 49.944 | 4 | 1:40.218 | +1.285 |
| 9 | 3 | Vladislav Yuzhakov Vladimir Makhnutin |
Russia
|
50.068 | 9 | 50.269 | 10 | 1:40.337 | +1.404 |
| 10 | 18 | Oskars Gudramovičs Pēteris Kalniņš |
Latvia
|
50.388 | 12 | 50.074 | 9 | 1:40.462 | +1.529 |
| 11 | 6 | Christian Niccum Jayson Terdiman |
 United States
|
50.354 | 11 | 50.591 | 13 | 1:40.945 | +2.012 |
| 12 | 13 | Marián Zemaník Jozef Petrulák |
 Slovakia
|
50.548 | 13 | 50.409 | 12 | 1:40.957 | +2.024 |
| 13 | 5 | Lukáš Brož Antonín Brož |
 Czech Republic
|
50.665 | 15 | 50.387 | 11 | 1:41.052 | +2.119 |
| 14 | 16 | Matthew Mortensen Preston Griffall |
United States
|
50.637 | 14 | 51.066 | 14 | 1:41.703 | +2.770 |
| 15 | 14 | Patryk Poreba Karol Mikrut |
 Poland
|
51.010 | 17 | 51.170 | 15 | 1:42.180 | +3.247 |
| 16 | 15 | Marek Solčanský Karol Stuchlák |
Slovakia
|
50.904 | 16 | 51.481 | 18 | 1:42.385 | +3.452 |
| 17 | 19 | Oleksandr Obolonchyk Roman Zakharkiv |
 Ukraine
|
51.795 | 19 | 51.233 | 16 | 1:43.028 | +4.095 |
| 18 | 17 | Park Jin-yong Cho Jung-myung |
 South Korea
|
51.643 | 18 | 51.475 | 17 | 1:43.118 | +4.185 |
| 19 | 11 | Peter Penz Georg Fischler |
Austria
|
49.793 | 3 | 54.252 | 19 | 1:44.045 | +5.112 |
References
- ^ "Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Final Results