| Luge
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
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| Venue | Alpensia Sliding Centre |
| Dates | 10–15 February |
| No. of events | 4 (2 men, 1 women, 1 mixed) |
| Competitors | 110 from 24 nations |
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| Doubles | doubles | ||
| Relay | mixed | ||
Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Sliding Centrenear Pyeongchang, South Korea. A total of four luge events were held, between 10 and 15 February 2018.
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Qualification[edit]
A maximum of 110 athletes were allowed to compete at the Games. Countries were assigned quotas using the world rankings of results from 1 November 2017 to 31 December 2017.[1]
Competition schedule[edit]
The following was the competition schedule for all four events.[2]
All times are (UTC+9).
| Date | Time | Event |
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| 10 February | 19:10 | Men’s singles runs 1 and 2 |
| 11 February | 18:50 | Men’s singles runs 3 and 4 |
| 12 February | 19:50 | Women’s singles runs 1 and 2 |
| 13 February | 19:30 | Women’s singles runs 3 and 4 |
| 14 February | 20:20 | Doubles runs 1 and 2 |
| 15 February | 21:30 | Team relay |
Medal summary[edit]
Medal table[edit]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Germany (GER) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 |  Austria (AUT) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Canada (CAN) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  United States (USA) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Events[edit]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Men’s singles[3] |
David Gleirscher Austria |
3:10.702 | Chris Mazdzer United States |
3:10.728 | Johannes Ludwig Germany |
3:10.932 |
| Women’s singles[4] |
Natalie Geisenberger Germany |
3:05.232 | Dajana Eitberger Germany |
3:05.599 | Alex Gough Canada |
3:05.644 |
| Doubles[5] |
Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt Germany |
1:31.697 | Peter Penz and Georg Fischler Austria |
1:31.785 | Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken Germany |
1:31.987 |
| Team relay[6] |
Germany (GER) Natalie Geisenberger Johannes Ludwig Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt |
2:24.517 | Canada (CAN) Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker Justin Snith |
2:24.872 | Austria (AUT) Madeleine Egle David Gleirscher Peter Penz Georg Fischler |
2:24.988 |
Participating nations[edit]
A total of 110 athletes from 24 nations (including the IOC’s designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate.[7][8] The number of athletes for each nation are shown in parentheses.
Argentina (1)
Australia (1)- Austria (10)
Bulgaria (1)- Canada (8)
Croatia (1)
Czech Republic (6)
Georgia (1)- Germany (10)
Great Britain (2)
India (1)
Italy (9)
Kazakhstan (1)
Latvia (10)
Olympic Athletes from Russia (8)
Poland (6)
Romania (5)
Slovakia (5)
Slovenia (1)
South Korea (5)
Switzerland (1)
Chinese Taipei (1)
Ukraine (6)- United States (10)
