Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics
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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Luge
|games = 2022 Winter
|image = 80px
|caption = Luge pictogram
|venue = {{Nowrap|Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track}}
|dates = 5–10 February 2022
|num_events = 4 (1 men, 1 open, 1 women, 1 mixed)
|competitors = 106
|competitors_men = 71
|competitors_women = 35
|nations = 26
|prev = 2018
|next = 2026
}}
{{Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics}}
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.{{Cite web|title=Luge Schedule|url=https://olympics.com/en/beijing-2022/schedule-by-sport/luge/|access-date=17 August 2021|publisher=BOCWOG}}
A total of 106 quota spots were distributed to the sport of luge, a decline of four from the 2018 Winter Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/Games/Winter-Games/Games-Beijing-2022-Winter-Olympic-Games/Sports-programme/Beijing-2022-Olympic-programme.pdf|title=Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 Event programme and athlete quota|website=www.olympic.org/|publisher=International Olympic Committee (IOC)|access-date=5 September 2021}} A total of four events were contested, one for men, one open event, one for women and one mixed.{{cite web|url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/Games/Winter-Games/Games-Beijing-2022-Winter-Olympic-Games/Sports-programme/Beijing-2022-Olympic-programme-en.pdf|title=Official Programme of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022|website=www.olympic.org/|publisher=International Olympic Committee (IOC)|access-date=13 February 2022}}
Qualification
{{main|Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification}}
A maximum of 106 athletes were allowed to compete at the Games. Countries were assigned quotas using the results of Olympic Qualification World Cup Ranking List from 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.fil-luge.org/cdn/uploads/beijing-2022-qualification-system-luge-v3-0-1.pdf|title=Qualification Systems for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022|publisher=International Luge Federation|date=16 December 2021|accessdate=18 December 2021|archive-date=18 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218141711/https://www.fil-luge.org/cdn/uploads/beijing-2022-qualification-system-luge-v3-0-1.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Competition schedule
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.
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! Date !! Time !! Event | ||
| 5 February | 19:10 | Men's singles - Heats 1 and 2 |
| 6 February | 19:30 | style=background:lemonchiffon|Men's singles - Heats 3 and 4 |
| 7 February | 19:50 | Women's singles - Heats 1 and 2 |
| 8 February | 19:50 | style=background:lemonchiffon|Women's singles - Heats 3 and 4 |
| 9 February | 20:20 | style=background:lemonchiffon|Doubles |
| 10 February | 21:30 | style=background:lemonchiffon|Team relay |
Medal summary
Germany dominated the luge competitions, sweeping all four gold medals, and earning six overall.
=Medal table=
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
| flag_template = flagIOC
| event = 2022 Winter
| team =
| gold_GER= 4 | silver_GER = 2 | bronze_GER = 0
| gold_AUT= 0 | silver_AUT = 2 | bronze_AUT = 1
| gold_ITA= 0 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 1
| gold_LAT= 0 | silver_LAT = 0 | bronze_LAT = 1
| gold_ROC= 0 | silver_ROC = 0 | bronze_ROC = 1
}}
=Events=
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} |
| valign="top"
|Men's singles |{{flagIOCmedalist|Johannes Ludwig|GER|2022 Winter}} |3:48.735 |{{flagIOCmedalist|Wolfgang Kindl|AUT|2022 Winter}} |3:48.895 |{{flagIOCmedalist|Dominik Fischnaller|ITA|2022 Winter}} |3:49.686 |
| valign="top"
|Women's singles |{{flagIOCmedalist|Natalie Geisenberger|GER|2022 Winter}} |3:53.454 |{{flagIOCmedalist|Anna Berreiter|GER|2022 Winter}} |3:53.947 |{{flagIOCmedalist|Tatiana Ivanova|ROC|2022 Winter}} |3:54.507 |
| valign="top"
|Open doubles |{{flagIOC|GER|2022 Winter}} |1:56.554 |{{flagIOC|GER|2022 Winter}} |1:56.653 |{{flagIOC|AUT|2022 Winter}} |1:57.065 |
| valign="top"
|Team relay |{{flagIOC|GER|2022 Winter}} |3:03.406 |{{flagIOC|AUT|2022 Winter}} |3:03.486 |{{flagIOC|LAT|2022 Winter}} |3:04.354 |
Participating nations
A total of 110 athletes from 26 nations (including the IOC's designation of ROC for the Russian Olympic Committee) qualified to participate.{{cite web|url=https://www.fil-luge.org/cdn/uploads/fil-luge-qualification-list-3.pdf|title=XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 in Beijing - Quota places luge|publisher=International Luge Federation|website=www.fil-luge.org/|date=19 January 2022|accessdate=21 January 2022|archive-date=22 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122020310/https://www.fil-luge.org/cdn/uploads/fil-luge-qualification-list-3.pdf|url-status=dead}} Ireland made its Olympic sport debut.{{cite news|last=O'Connor|first=Philip|date=19 January 2022|title=Irish luger Desmond to fulfil frozen dream in Beijing|url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/irish-luger-desmond-fulfil-frozen-dream-beijing-2022-01-19/|work=Reuters|location=London, United Kingdom|access-date=23 January 2022}}
The numbers in parentheses represents the number of participants entered.
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- {{flagIOC|ARG|2022 Winter|1}}
- {{flagIOC|AUS|2022 Winter|1}}
- {{flagIOC|AUT|2022 Winter|10}}
- {{flagIOC|BIH|2022 Winter|1}}
- {{flagIOC|BUL|2022 Winter|1}}
- {{flagIOC|CAN|2022 Winter|6}}
- {{flagIOC|CHN|2022 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|CZE|2022 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|GEO|2022 Winter|1}}
- {{flagIOC|GER|2022 Winter|10}}
- {{flagIOC|GBR|2022 Winter|1}}
- {{flagIOC|IRL|2022 Winter|1}}
- {{flagIOC|ITA|2022 Winter|8}}
- {{flagIOC|JPN|2022 Winter|1}}
- {{flagIOC|LAT|2022 Winter|10}}
- {{flagIOC|MDA|2022 Winter|1}}
- {{flagIOC|POL|2022 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|ROU|2022 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|ROC|2022 Winter|10}}
- {{flagIOC|SVK|2022 Winter|5}}
- {{flagIOC|KOR|2022 Winter|5}}
- {{flagIOC|SWE|2022 Winter|2}}
- {{flagIOC|SUI|2022 Winter|1}}
- {{flagIOC|TPE|2022 Winter|1}}
- {{flagIOC|UKR|2022 Winter|6}}
- {{flagIOC|USA|2022 Winter|8}}
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References
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External links
- [https://library.olympics.com/default/digitalCollection/DigitalCollectionAttachmentDownloadHandler.ashx?parentDocumentId=1568639&documentId=1568646 Official Results Book – Luge]
{{Events at the 2022 Winter Olympics}}
{{Luge at the Winter Olympics}}