The women's luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held between 12 and 13 February 2018 at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Summary The defending champion was Natalie Geisenberger; the field also included the 2014 silver medalist and the 2010 champion Tatjana Hüfner and the bronze medalist Erin Hamlin. Geizenberger posted the fastest times in two runs out of four, her competitors were less consistent, and she had no difficulties replicated her 2014 success, becoming the third luger ever won three gold Olympic medals (after her compatriots Georg Hackl and Felix Loch). Dajana Eitberger, who had the fastest last run, took silver, and Alex Gough became the bronze medalist. For Eitberger and Gough, these were their first Olympic medals, and Gough's medal became the first ever Canadian Olympic medal in luge. Tatjana Hüfner, the 2010 Olympic champion and the 2014 silver medalist, had the third time in the first run, but was only sixth in the second run, and eventually only became fourth.
Qualifying athletes
Competition schedule All times are (UTC+9). Date Time Event 12 February 19:50 Run 1 12 February Run 2 13 February 19:30 Run 3 13 February 21:00 Run 4
Results Four runs, split over two days, will be used to determine the winner.Final results
RankBibAthlete CountryRun 1 Rank Run 2 RankRun 3 RankRun 4 RankTotalBehind 6 Natalie Geisenberger 46.245146.209346.280146.49823:05.232 5 Dajana Eitberger 46.381746.193246.577746.44813:05.599 +0.367 11 Alex Gough 46.317246.328446.425346.57433:05.644 +0.412 2 Tatjana Hüfner 46.322346.339646.392246.66053:05.713 +0.481 7 Kimberley McRae 46.339446.449846.480446.61043:05.878 +0.646 1 Erin Hamlin 46.357646.333546.506546.71683:05.912 +0.680 22 Raluca Strămăturaru 46.469846.5321246.606946.68163:06.288 +1.056 20 Aileen Frisch 46.350546.456946.7511346.843 113:06.400 +1.168 15 Madeleine Egle 46.7261446.6461446.541646.69673:06.609 +1.377 108 Andrea Vötter 46.5771046.4831146.9071546.892133:06.859 +1.627 11 10 Martina Kocher 46.8371746.6571546.6381146.761103:06.893 +1.661 12 16 Ulla Zirne 46.471946.409747.3272246.895143:07.102 +1.870 13 21 Brooke Apshkrum 46.8341646.8391846.9051446.983153:07.561 +2.329 14 3 Sandra Robatscher 46.6201247.1162447.0831746.74693:07.565 +2.333 15 13 Ekaterina Baturina 47.1222146.7001646.6751247.122173:07.619 +2.387 16 12 Elīza Cauce 47.4582546.4771046.6241047.092163:07.651 +2.419 17 17 Hannah Prock 46.6221346.5851347.7432546.854123:07.804 +2.572 18 24 Sung Eun-ryung 46.9181846.8512047.2051847.276183:08.250 +3.018 19 4 Summer Britcher 46.8291546.132146.603848.770193:08.334 +3.102 20 14 Ewa Kuls-Kusyk 47.0372046.9332247.21219Did not advance2:21.182N/A 21 30 Olena Shkhumova 46.9501946.8441947.751262:21.545 22 9 Kendija Aparjode 48.1032746.9272147.296212:22.326 23 27 Katarina Šimoňáková 47.4282447.6062547.538232:22.572 24 25 47.1752247.7882647.739242:22.702 25 19 Natalia Wojtuściszyn 49.1332946.7361747.290202:23.159 26 29 Tereza Nosková 47.8132648.1322747.921272:23.866 27 26 Daria Obratov 48.6152848.2522848.686292:25.553 28 28 Olena Stetskiv 50.5993048.3032947.929282:26.831 23 Emily Sweeney 46.5951146.9602346.91716 18 Birgit Platzer 47.31823
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