Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Team relay

The team relay luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held on 13 February 2014 at the Sliding Center Sanki in Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia.^[1] This was the inaugural event of the team relay at the Olympics.^[2] The competition was won by Germany. Russia and Latvia won silver and bronze, respectively.^[3]

Team relay at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for luge
Venue	Sliding Center Sanki
Dates	13 February 2014
Competitors	48 from 12 nations
Winning time	2:45.649
Medalists
Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt  Germany Tatiana Ivanova Albert Demchenko Alexander Denisyev / Vladislav Antonov  Russia Elīza Tīruma Mārtiņš Rubenis Andris Šics/Juris Šics  Latvia
2018 →

On December 22, 2017 Albert Demchenko and Tatiana Ivanova of Russia were banned for doping violations. Results of the Russian team were voided.^[4] They successfully appealed against the lifetime ban as well as annulment of result at the court of arbitration for sport, and on 1 February 2018 the results were restored.^[5]

Qualified teams

•  Austria
•  Canada
•  Czech Republic
•  Germany
•  Italy
•  Latvia
•  Poland
•  Russia
•  Slovakia
•  South Korea
•  Ukraine
•  United States

Results

The event started at 20:15.^[6]

Rank	Bib	Athletes	Country	Women's singles	Men's singles	Men's doubles	Total	Behind
	10–1 10–2 10–3	Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt	Germany	54.095	55.639	55.915	2:45.649	—
	7–1 7–2 7–3	Tatiana Ivanova Albert Demchenko Alexander Denisyev / Vladislav Antonov	Russia	54.429	55.775	56.475	2:46.679	+1.030
	6–1 6–2 6–3	Elīza Tīruma Mārtiņš Rubenis Andris Šics / Juris Šics	Latvia	54.745	56.048	56.502	2:47.295	+1.646
4	11–1 11–2 11–3	Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker / Justin Snith	Canada	54.643	56.197	56.555	2:47.395	+1.746
5	9–1 9–2 9–3	Sandra Gasparini Armin Zöggeler Christian Oberstolz / Patrick Gruber	Italy	54.823	56.039	56.558	2:47.420	+1.771
6	8–1 8–2 8–3	Erin Hamlin Chris Mazdzer Christian Niccum / Jayson Terdiman	United States	54.338	56.245	56.972	2:47.555	+1.906
7	12–1 12–2 12–3	Miriam Kastlunger Wolfgang Kindl Andreas Linger / Wolfgang Linger	Austria	55.596	56.434	56.447	2:48.477	+2.828
8	3–1 3–2 3–3	Natalia Wojtuściszyn Maciej Kurowski Patryk Poręba / Karol Mikrut	Poland	54.937	56.737	58.079	2:49.753	+4.104
9	4–1 4–2 4–3	Vendula Kotenová Ondřej Hyman Lukáš Brož / Antonín Brož	Czech Republic	55.600	56.926	57.279	2:49.805	+4.156
10	5–1 5–2 5–3	Viera Gburová Jozef Ninis Marian Zemaník / Jozef Petrulák	Slovakia	55.757	56.472	57.936	2:50.165	+4.516
11	2–1 2–2 2–3	Olena Shkhumova Andriy Kis Oleksandr Obolonchyk / Roman Zakharkiv	Ukraine	55.671	56.882	58.502	2:51.055	+5.406
12	1–1 1–2 1–3	Sung Eun-ryung Kim Dong-hyeon Park Jin-yong / Cho Jung-myung	South Korea	56.174	57.986	58.469	2:52.629	+6.980