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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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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