Luge at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Luge at the II Winter Youth Olympic Games

Venue	Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track
Dates	February 14–16, 2016
Competitors	70

Luge at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics took place at the Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track venue in Lillehammer, Norway.

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	1	3	0	4
2	Canada (CAN)	1	0	1	2
2	Italy (ITA)	1	0	1	2
4	Latvia (LAT)	1	0	0	1
5	Russia (RUS)	0	1	1	2
6	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
Total		4	4	4	12

Events

Luge team relay medalists

Events	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Boys' singles	Kristers Aparjods Latvia	1:35.309	Paul-Lukas Heider Germany	1:35.955	Reid Watts Canada	1:36.994
Girls' singles	Brooke Apshkrum Canada	1:46.026	Jessica Tiebel Germany	1:46.097	Madeleine Egle Austria	1:46.267
Doubles	Felix Schwarz and Lukas Gufler Italy	1:44.260	Hannes Orlamuender and Paul Gubitz Germany	1:45.114	Vsevolod Kashkin and Konstantin Korshunov Russia	1:45.272
Mixed team relay	Germany (GER) Jessica Tiebel Paul-Lukas Heider Hannes Orlamuender Paul Gubitz	2:52.520	Russia (RUS) Olesya Mikhaylenko Evgenii Petrov Vsevolod Kashkin Konstantin Korshunov	2:52.708	Italy (ITA) Marion Oberhofer Fabian Malleier Felix Schwarz Lukas Gufler	2:53.040

Qualification system

The rankings from the 2014–15 and 2015–16 Junior Luge world cup were used to qualify entries. Every nation was guaranteed one sled in each event if they met the minimum standard. If there were more sled then quotas then the world cup rankings were used. The maximum total for an NOC was six athletes (2 boys, 2 girls and one doubles), with a maximum total of 20 athletes in the singles and 15 in the doubles. If the host nation would not qualify, the last quota spot would be awarded to Austria. If an event would not have enough qualifiers, the quota spots left over were allocated to the other events equally. A nation could enter the team event if it has qualified an athlete in each event. If spots were reallocated, first priority would be given to nations that have not qualified an athlete yet. A country qualifying in all events may enter the team relay, along with countries made up of athletes from a maximum of 2 athletes.^[1]

Qualification summary

The following is the quota summary.^[2]^[3]^[4] In this case only 13 sleds were eligible in the doubles, meaning each individual event received 2 additional quotas.

Event	Total	Qualified Boys'	Qualified Girls'	Qualified Doubles
Host nation	1/1/0	Norway	Norway	~~Norway~~
World Rankings	21/21/13	Austria Bulgaria Canada Chinese Taipei Czech Republic France Georgia Germany Great Britain Italy Italy Latvia Moldova Poland Romania Russia Slovakia Sweden Turkey Ukraine United States	Argentina Austria Australia Bulgaria Canada Czech Republic France Germany Germany Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Moldova Poland Romania Russia Slovakia Sweden Turkey Ukraine United States	Austria Canada Czech Republic Germany Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Poland Romania Russia Slovakia Ukraine United States
TOTAL		22	22	13

NOC	Boys'	Girls'	Doubles	Relay	Total
Argentina		1			1
Austria	1	1	2	X	4
Australia		1			1
Bulgaria	1	1			2
Canada	1	1	2	X	4
Chinese Taipei	1				1
Czech Republic	1	1	2	X	4
France	1	1			2
Georgia	1				1
Germany	1	2	2	X	5
Great Britain	1				1
Italy	2	1	2	X	5
Kazakhstan		1	2		3
Latvia	1	1	2	X	4
Moldova	1	1			2
Norway	1	1			2
Poland	1	1	2	X	4
Romania	1	1	2	X	4
Russia	1	1	2	X	4
Slovakia	1	1	2	X	4
Sweden	1	1			2
Turkey	1	1			2
Ukraine	1	1	2	X	4
United States	1	1	2	X	4
Total athletes	22	22	26		70
Total NOCs	21	21	13	12	24

References

Events at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer

Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross‑country skiing Curling Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Short track speed skating Skeleton Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating

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