Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's singles


The men's luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held between 8–9 February 2014 at the Sliding Center Sanki in Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia. Germany's Felix Loch was the two-time defending world champion and won the gold medal with the fastest time in two of the four runs. The test event that took place at the venue was won by Germany's Andi Langenhan.
Loch was also the defending Olympic champion.
On December 22, 2017 Albert Demchenko of Russia was banned for doping violations and his silver medal was stripped.
On 1 February 2018, his results were restored as a result of the successful appeal.

Qualifying athletes

The top 38, with each nation allowed a maximum of 3, after five of five races. India and South Korea get the additional quota spots, as no nations were able to use them to complete a relay.
Slovenia and Great Britain rejected their quota spots. The next three nations in the rankings received the quotas. Netherlands rejected their quota, and as the last country with meeting qualification standard, this meant only 39 athletes would compete.

Competition schedule

All times are.
DateTimeEvent
8 February18:30Run 1
8 February20:30Run 2
9 February18:30Run 3
9 February20:30Run 4

Results

Four runs, split over two days, were used to determine the winner.
RankBibAthleteCountryRun 1RankRun 2RankRun 3RankRun 4RankTotalBehind
10Felix Loch52.185251.964151.613151.76413:27.526
7Albert Demchenko52.170152.273251.707251.85223:28.002+0.476
9Armin Zöggeler52.506352.387351.910351.99433:28.797+1.271
12Andi Langenhan52.707852.480452.073752.09543:29.355+1.829
8Semen Pavlichenko52.660652.5931051.928452.255143:29.436+1.910
1Dominik Fischnaller52.729952.540552.007552.203113:29.479+1.953
1652.675752.590952.069652.16173:29.495+1.969
3Reinhard Egger52.564452.6301152.152952.16063:29.506+1.980
2Wolfgang Kindl52.586552.7141352.145852.218123:29.663+2.137
106Mārtiņš Rubenis52.7751152.560752.2291052.13353:29.697+2.171
1111Samuel Edney52.7831452.546652.2681152.18093:29.777+2.251
1214Gregory Carigiet52.7751152.579852.2741252.16783:29.795+2.269
134Chris Mazdzer52.7441052.6431252.3691752.198103:29.954+2.428
145David Möller52.7811352.8651652.3121452.281153:30.239+2.713
1518Daniel Pfister52.9251652.8021452.3061352.243133:30.276+2.750
1619Inārs Kivlenieks52.8721552.9272052.3471652.379173:30.525+2.999
1715Thor Haug Nørbech53.0141852.8591552.3451552.347163:30.565+3.039
1822Tønnes Stang Rolfsen53.0432052.9382252.4631952.466183:30.910+3.384
1923Emanuel Rieder52.9811752.8751752.5782252.511193:30.945+3.419
2013Jozef Ninis53.1432252.9322152.4922052.564213:31.131+3.605
2117Kristaps Maurins53.1442352.9231952.5182152.630233:31.215+3.689
2225Tucker West53.1422152.9662352.4131852.696253:31.217+3.691
2324Maciej Kurowski53.2342552.9882452.6372352.538203:31.397+3.871
2427Aidan Kelly53.2752653.1922652.7562452.576223:31.799+4.273
2520Ondřej Hyman53.2222453.1452552.7832652.708263:31.858+4.332
2633Mitchel Malyk53.3672853.4012952.7562452.633243:32.157+4.631
2732John Fennell53.3502753.5613052.8792752.926293:32.716+5.190
2828Andriy Kis53.5333053.3582853.0462952.859283:32.796+5.270
2935Valentin Creţu53.5623153.2972752.9022853.142323:32.885+5.359
3031Hidenari Kanayama53.6263253.6633353.2203153.074313:33.583+6.057
3136Andriy Mandziy53.6533353.6603253.2273253.062303:33.602+6.076
3230Bruno Banani53.6563453.6373153.1623053.221333:33.676+6.150
3326Alexander Ferlazzo53.5282953.6863453.3233353.507353:34.044+6.518
3421Jo Alexander Koppang53.0281952.8941857.0803952.790273:35.792+8.266
3537Kim Dong-hyeon54.2073654.6033653.7953453.780373:36.385+8.859
3629Bogdan Macovei54.5913754.2713553.9253553.779363:36.566+9.040
3738Shiva Keshavan53.9053555.2033854.7063753.335343:37.149+9.623
3834Stanislav Benyov55.0403855.0063754.5583654.476383:39.080+11.554
3939Lien Te-an62.9613955.3153955.2873854.528393:48.091+20.565