Luge at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Luge
at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games
VenueOlympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
Dates15–17 January
Competitors70 from 21 nations
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Luge at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics took place at the Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck venue in Innsbruck, Austria.[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Austria)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany1315
2 Austria*1012
 United States1012
4 Italy1001
5 Latvia0112
Totals (5 entries)44412

Events

Events Gold Silver Bronze
Boys' singles[2]
details
Christian Paffe
 Germany
Riks Rozītis
 Latvia
Toni Gräfe
 Germany
Girls' singles[3]
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Miriam Kastlunger
 Austria
Saskia Langer
 Germany
Ulla Zirne
 Latvia
Doubles[4]
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Florian Gruber
Simon Kainzwaldner
 Italy
Tim Brendl
Florian Funk
 Germany
Ty Andersen
Pat Edmunds
 United States
Mixed team relay[5]
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 United States (USA)
Summer Britcher
Tucker West
Ty Andersen
Pat Edmunds
 Germany (GER)
Saskia Langer
Christian Paffe
Tim Brendl
Florian Funk
 Austria (AUT)
Miriam Kastlunger
Armin Frauscher
Thomas Steu
Lorenz Koller

Qualification system

The rankings from the 2010–11 and 2011–12 Junior Luge world cup were used to qualify entries. The maximum total for an NOC is 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 has not qualified, the last quota spot is awarded to Austria. If an event does not have enough qualifiers, the quota spots left over will be allocated to the other events equally. A nation can enter the team event if it has qualified an athlete in each event. If spots are reallocated, first priority will be given to nations that have not qualified an athlete yet.[6]

Boys' singles

Boy's standings

Event Vacancies Qualified
Luge World Cups (2010-11/2011-12) 18  Latvia
 Canada
 Canada
 Austria
 Austria
 Germany
 Russia
 Russia
 United States
 Ukraine
 Germany
 Slovakia
 Italy
 Italy
 Slovakia
 Latvia
 Ukraine
 Slovakia
 United States
 Australia
Reallocated 7  Poland
 Bulgaria
 Chinese Taipei
 New Zealand
 Romania
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Switzerland
TOTAL 25

Boys' doubles

Doubles standings

Event Vacancies Qualified
Luge World Cups (2010-11/2011-12) 15  Russia
 Ukraine
 Latvia
 Germany
 Slovakia
 Romania
 Kazakhstan
 Austria
 United States
 Poland
 Italy
TOTAL 11
  • Only 11 countries were eligible for quota spots through the rankings.

Girls' singles

Event Vacancies Qualified
Luge World Cups (2010-11/2011–12) 20  Latvia
 United States
 Russia
 Austria
 Austria
 Italy
 Italy
 Germany
 Russia
 Ukraine
 Czech Republic
 Canada
 Ukraine
 Slovakia
 United States
 Norway
 Norway
 Romania
 Croatia
 Kazakhstan
Reallocated 4  Romania
 Poland
 Croatia
 Slovakia
Total 24

Qualification summary

NOC Boys Girls Doubles Team relay Total
 Australia 1 1
 Austria 2 2 1 X 6
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1
 Bulgaria 1 1
 Canada 2 1 3
 Croatia 2 2
 Czech Republic 1 1
 Germany 2 1 1 X 5
 Italy 1 2 1 X 5
 Kazakhstan 1 1 1 X 4
 Latvia 2 1 1 X 5
 Norway 2 2
 New Zealand 1 1
 Poland 1 1 1 X 4
 Romania 1 2 1 X 5
 Russia 2 2 1 X 6
 Slovakia 1 2 1 X 5
 Switzerland 1 1
 Chinese Taipei 1 1
 Ukraine 2 2 1 X 6
 United States 2 2 1 X 6
Total athletes 25 24 22 40 70
Total NOCs 18 15 11 11 21

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