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Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics

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Luge
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Luge pictogram
VenueXiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track
Dates5–10 February
No. of events4 (1 men, 1 open, 1 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors106 from 26 nations (71 men and 35 women)
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Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track which is one of the Yanqing cluster venues between 5 and 10 February 2022.[1]

A total of 106 quota spots were distributed to the sport of luge, a decline of four from the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2] A total of four events were contested, one for men, one open event, one for women and one mixed.[3]

Qualification

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A maximum of 106 athletes will be allowed to compete at the Games. Countries will assigned quotas using the results of Olympic Qualification World Cup Ranking List from 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2021.[4]

Competition schedule

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The following is the competition schedule for all four events.

All times are in local time (UTC+8), according to the official schedule correct as of March 2021. This schedule may be subject to change in due time.

Date Time Event
5 February 19:10 Men's singles - Heats 1 and 2
6 February 19:30 Men's singles - Heats 3 and 4
7 February 19:50 Women's singles - Heats 1 and 2
8 February 19:50 Women's singles - Heats 3 and 4
9 February 20:20 Doubles
10 February 21:30 Team relay

Medal summary

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Germany dominated the luge competitions, sweeping all four gold medals, and earning six overall.

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany4206
2 Austria0213
3 Italy0011
 Latvia0011
 ROC0011
Totals (5 entries)44412

Events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
details
Johannes Ludwig
 Germany
3:48.735 Wolfgang Kindl
 Austria
3:48.895 Dominik Fischnaller
 Italy
3:49.686
Women's singles
details
Natalie Geisenberger
 Germany
3:53.454 Anna Berreiter
 Germany
3:53.947 Tatiana Ivanova
 ROC
3:54.507
Open doubles
details
 Germany
Tobias Wendl
Tobias Arlt
1:56.554  Germany
Toni Eggert
Sascha Benecken
1:56.653  Austria
Thomas Steu
Lorenz Koller
1:57.065
Team relay
details
 Germany
Natalie Geisenberger
Johannes Ludwig
Tobias Wendl
Tobias Arlt
3:03.406  Austria
Madeleine Egle
Wolfgang Kindl
Thomas Steu
Lorenz Koller
3:03.486  Latvia
Elīza Tīruma
Kristers Aparjods
Mārtiņš Bots
Roberts Plūme
3:04.354

Participating nations

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A total of 110 athletes from 26 nations (including the IOC's designation of ROC for the Russian Olympic Committee) qualified to participate.[5] Ireland will be making its Olympic sport debut.[6]

The numbers in parentheses represents the number of participants entered.

References

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  1. ^ "Luge Schedule". BOCWOG. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 Event programme and athlete quota" (PDF). www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Official Programme of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022" (PDF). www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022" (PDF). International Luge Federation. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  5. ^ "XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 in Beijing - Quota places luge" (PDF). www.fil-luge.org/. International Luge Federation. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  6. ^ O'Connor, Philip (19 January 2022). "Irish luger Desmond to fulfil frozen dream in Beijing". Reuters. London, United Kingdom. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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