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Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Doubles

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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
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Luge at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Qualification
Singlesmenwomen
Doublesopen
Relaymixed

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

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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

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Tobias Wendl
Tobias Arlt 		 Germany 49.373 1 49.560 1 1:38.933 —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Andreas Linger
Wolfgang Linger 		 Austria 49.685 2 49.770 2 1:39.455 +0.522
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  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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