Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics
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Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the
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near
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,
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. The four events were scheduled for 8–13 February 2014. In April 2011 the
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approved the addition of the mixed team relay event (one sled from each of the other three events compete per country), meaning luge will have four events on the program for the first time. In December 2017, IOC concluded that two Russian lugers
Albert Demchenko Albert Mikhailovich Demchenko (russian: Альберт Михайлович Демченко; born 27 November 1971) is a Russian luger who competed from 1992 to 2014. He is currently coaching the Russian luge team. His daughter Victoria Demchenk ...
and
Tatiana Ivanova Tatiana Ivanovna Ivanova (russian: Татьяна Ивановна Иванова; born 16 February 1991) is a Russian luger who has competed since 2000. She won the women's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships in 2010, 2012, 2018 ...
had committed an anti-doping violation and stripped Russia of 2 silver medals. In January 2018, both athletes successfully appealed against the IOC decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport and both medals were returned to Russia.


Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for all four events. All times are (
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).


Medal summary


Medal table


Events


Qualification

A total quota of 110 athletes were allowed to compete at the Games. Countries were assigned quotas using the world rankings of results from 1 November 2012 to 31 December 2013.


Participating nations

110 athletes from 24 nations were participating. Both
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and
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(also making its
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debut) marked their first Olympic appearances in the sport.
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's athlete competed as an Independent Olympic Participants, as the
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was suspended by the
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; the suspension was later lifted, but not before India's athlete had already competed under the Independent Olympic Participant banner. IOC decision to disqualify Russia was nullified by the
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References


External links


Official Results Book – Luge
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Luge competitions in Russia