# FIL World Luge Championships 2012

The FIL World Luge Championships 2012 was held on February 10–12, 2012, under the auspices of the International Luge Federation at the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Altenberg, Germany for the second time after having hosted the World championships in 1996. The facility was chosen at the 56th FIL Congress in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on June 28, 2008

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles | Felix Loch Germany | Albert Demtschenko Russia | Armin Zöggeler Italy |
| Women's singles | Tatjana Hüfner Germany} | Tatiana Ivanova Russia | Natalie Geisenberger Germany |
| Doubles | Austria Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger | Germany Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken | Austria Peter Penz Georg Fischler |
| Team relay | Germany Tatjana Hüfner Felix Loch Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken | Russia Tatiana Ivanova Albert Demtschenko Vladislav Yuzhakov Vladimir Makhnutin | Canada Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker Justin Snith |

## Medal table

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

## Men's singles

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Behind |
| | 1 | Felix Loch | Germany | 53.590 | 53.742 | 1:47.332 | |
| | 5 | Albert Demchenko | Russia | 53.840 | 53.820 | 1:47.660 | +0.328 |
| | 3 | Armin Zöggeler | Italy | 53.821 | 53.925 | 1:47.746 | +0.414 |
| 4 | 4 | Johannes Ludwig | Germany | 53.873 | 54.010 | 1:47.883 | +0.551 |
| 5 | 2 | Andi Langenhan | Germany | 53.904 | 54.000 | 1:47.904 | +0.572 |
| 6 | 7 | David Möller | Germany | 54.019 | 54.130 | 1:48.149 | +0.817 |
| 7 | 19 | Samuel Edney | Canada | 54.342 | 54.280 | 1:48.622 | +1.290 |
| 8 | 20 | David Mair | Italy | 54.318 | 54.344 | 1:48.662 | +1.330 |
| 9 | 9 | Evgeniy Voskresenskiy | Russia | 54.279 | 54.452 | 1:48.731 | +1.399 |
| 10 | 13 | Manuel Pfister | Austria | 54.382 | 54.353 | 1:48.735 | +1.403 |
| 11 | 6 | Dominik Fischnaller | Italy | 54.456 | 54.435 | 1:48.891 | +1.559 |
| 12 | 15 | Wolfgang Kindl | Austria | 54.516 | 54.394 | 1:48.910 | +1.578 |
| 13 | 14 | Viktor Kneyb | Russia | 54.463 | 54.448 | 1:48.911 | +1.579 |
| 14 | 16 | Jozef Ninis | Slovakia | 54.399 | 54.518 | 1:48.917 | +1.585 |
| 15 | 10 | Gregory Carigiet | Switzerland | 54.424 | 54.537 | 1:48.961 | +1.629 |
| 16 | 17 | Inars Kivlenieks | Latvia | 54.443 | 54.524 | 1:48.967 | +1.635 |
| 17 | 11 | Daniel Pfister | Austria | 54.519 | 54.572 | 1:49.091 | +1.759 |
| 18 | 18 | Jo Alexander Koppang | Norway | 54.492 | 54.636 | 1:49.128 | +1.796 |
| 19 | 21 | Mārtiņš Rubenis | Latvia | 54.713 | 54.512 | 1:49.225 | +1.893 |
| 20 | 8 | Stepan Fedorov | Russia | 54.716 | 54.514 | 1:49.230 | +1.898 |
| 21 | 12 | Reinhard Egger | Austria | 54.748 | 54.660 | 1:49.408 | +2.076 |
| 22 | 27 | Chris Mazdzer | United States | 54.896 | 54.625 | 1:49.521 | +2.189 |
| 23 | 23 | Ondřej Hyman | Czech Republic | 54.960 | 54.788 | 1:49.748 | +2.416 |
| 24 | 22 | Thor Haug Norbech | Norway | 55.033 | 54.865 | 1:49.898 | +2.566 |
| 25 | 26 | Adam Rosen | Norway | 55.112 | 54.972 | 1:50.084 | +2.752 |
| 26 | 25 | Maciej Kurowski | Poland | 55.114 | | | |
| 27 | 28 | Valentin Cretu | Romania | 55.185 | | | |
| 28 | 24 | Tonnes Stang Rolfsen | Norway | 55.254 | | | |
| 29 | 29 | Kristaps Maurins | Latvia | 55.406 | | | |
| 30 | 32 | Jakub Hyman | Czech Republic | 55.656 | | | |
| 31 | 31 | Andriy Mandziy | Ukraine | 55.717 | | | |
| 32 | 33 | Andriy Kis | Ukraine | 55.728 | | | |
| 33 | 30 | Danej Navrboc | Slovenia | 56.037 | | | |
| 34 | 35 | Bruno Banani | Tonga | 56.326 | | | |
| 35 | 36 | Hindenari Kanayama | Japan | 56.390 | | | |
| 36 | 34 | Bogdan Macovei | Moldova | 56.886 | | | |
| 37 | 37 | Pavel Angelov | Bulgaria | 57.224 | | | |

## Women's singles

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Behind |
| | 1 | Tatjana Hüfner | Germany | 52.183 | 52.198 | 1:44.381 | |
| | 11 | Tatiana Ivanova | Russia | 52.161 | 52.321 | 1:44.482 | +0.101 |
| | 6 | Natalie Geisenberger | Germany | 52.407 | 52.377 | 1:44.784 | +0.403 |
| 4 | 3 | Alex Gough | Canada | 52.394 | 52.424 | 1:44.818 | +0.437 |
| 5 | 2 | Corinna Martini | Germany | 52.503 | 52.452 | 1:44.955 | +0.574 |
| 6 | 4 | Anke Wischnewski | Germany | 52.503 | 52.506 | 1:45.009 | +0.628 |
| 7 | 15 | Dayna Clay | Canada | 52.716 | 52.656 | 1:45.372 | +0.991 |
| 8 | 9 | Nina Reithmayer | Austria | 52.830 | 52.649 | 1:45.479 | +1.098 |
| 9 | 10 | Sandra Gasparini | Italy | 52.748 | 52.769 | 1:45.517 | +1.136 |
| 10 | 12 | Arianne Jones | Canada | 52.617 | 52.904 | 1:45.521 | +1.140 |
| 11 | 5 | Alexandra Rodionova | Russia | 52.792 | 52.796 | 1:45.588 | +1.207 |
| 12 | 7 | Erin Hamlin | United States | 53.031 | 52.558 | 1:45.589 | +1.208 |
| 13 | 13 | Natalia Khoreva | Russia | 52.896 | 52.840 | 1:45.736 | +1.355 |
| 14 | 8 | Martina Kocher | Switzerland | 53.246 | 52.867 | 1:46.113 | +1.732 |
| 15 | 20 | Maija Tiruma | Latvia | 53.207 | 52.959 | 1:46.166 | +1.785 |
| 16 | 17 | Birgit Platzer | Austria | 53.090 | 53.227 | 1:46.317 | +1.936 |
| 17 | 19 | Maryna Halaydzhyan | Ukraine | 53.343 | 53.142 | 1:46.485 | +2.104 |
| 18 | 16 | Raluca Stramaturaru | Romania | 53.274 | 53.506 | 1:46.780 | +2.399 |
| 19 | 21 | Ewa Kuls | Poland | 53.423 | 53.521 | 1:46.944 | +2.563 |
| 20 | 18 | Mona Wabnigg | Austria | 53.449 | | | |
| 21 | 23 | Morgane Bonnefoy | France | 53.837 | | | |
| 22 | 24 | Daria Obratov | Croatia | 55.043 | | | |
| 23 | 25 | Choi Eun-Ju | South Korea | 55.973 | | | |
| 24 | 22 | Eliza Tiruma | Latvia | 55.974 | | | |
| | 14 | Viera Gburova | Slovakia | 53.313 | DNF | | |

## Men's doubles

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Behind |
| | 1 | Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger | Austria | 41.727 | 41.717 | 1:23.444 | |
| | 5 | Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken | Germany | 41.842 | 41.822 | 1:23.664 | +0.220 |
| | 8 | Peter Penz Georg Fischler | Austria | 41.870 | 41.806 | 1:23.676 | +0.232 |
| 4 | 6 | Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt | Germany | 41.837 | 41.846 | 1:23.683 | +0.239 |
| 5 | 9 | Vladislav Yuzhakov Vladimir Makhnutin | Russia | 41.852 | 41.921 | 1:23.773 | +0.329 |
| 6 | 10 | Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber | Italy | 41.936 | 41.985 | 1:23.921 | +0.477 |
| 7 | 2 | Ivan Nevmerzhitskiy Vladimir Prokhorov | Russia | 41.884 | 42.234 | 1:24.118 | +0.674 |
| 8 | 4 | Hans Peter Fischnaller Patrick Schwienbacher | Italy | 42.136 | 42.098 | 1:24.234 | +0.790 |
| 9 | 11 | Andris Sics Juris Sics | Latvia | 42.180 | 42.080 | 1:24.260 | +0.816 |
| 10 | 20 | Oskars Gudramovics Peteris Kalnins | Latvia | 42.082 | 42.258 | 1:24.340 | +0.896 |
| 11 | 7 | Christian Niccum Jayson Terdiman | United States | 42.317 | 42.126 | 1:24.443 | +0.999 |
| 12 | 14 | Alexandr Denisyev Vladislav Antonov | Russia | 42.267 | 42.212 | 1:24.479 | +1.035 |
| 13 | 15 | Tristan Walker Justin Snith | Canada | 42.306 | 42.189 | 1:24.495 | +1.051 |
| 14 | 3 | Matthew Mortensen Preston Griffall | United States | 42.305 | 42.195 | 1:24.500 | +1.056 |
| 15 | 12 | Lukas Broz Antonin Broz | Czech Republic | 42.257 | 42.259 | 1:24.516 | +1.072 |
| 16 | 13 | Ronny Pietrasik Christian Weise | Germany | 42.420 | 42.160 | 1:24.580 | +1.136 |
| 17 | 19 | Paul Ifrim Andrei Anghel | Romania | 42.415 | 42.365 | 1:24.780 | +1.336 |
| 18 | 17 | Ludwig Rieder Patrick Rastner | Italy | 42.454 | 42.388 | 1:24.842 | +1.398 |
| 19 | 16 | Andrejs Berze Uldis Logins | Latvia | 42.457 | | | |
| 20 | 21 | Marek Solcansky Karol Stuchlak | Slovakia | 42.533 | | | |
| 21 | 22 | Luca Hunziker Christian Maag | Switzerland | 42.775 | | | |
| 22 | 24 | Ivan Vynnytskyy Oleh Fitel | Ukraine | 43.031 | | | |
| 23 | 23 | Matej Kvicala Jaromir Kudera | Czech Republic | 43.041 | | | |
| 24 | 18 | Jan Harnis Branislav Regec | Slovakia | 43.432 | | | |
| 25 | 26 | Park Jin-Yong Ryu Sung-Hyun | South Korea | 43.618 | | | |
| 26 | 25 | Artur Petyniak Adam Wanielista | Poland | 49.164 | | | |
| 27 | 27 | Ioan Codarcea Gabriel Barbu | Romania | 1:01.811 | | | |

## Team relay

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Run | Total | Behind |
| 1 | 13-1 13-2 13-3 | Tatjana Hüfner Felix Loch Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken | Germany | 46.323 47.557 48.123 | 2:22.003 | |
| 2 | 10-1 10-2 10-3 | Tatiana Ivanova Albert Demchenko Vladislav Yuzhakov/Vladimir Makhnutin | Russia | 46.332 47.780 47.980 | 2:22.092 | +0.089 |
| 3 | 9-1 9-2 9-3 | Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker/Justin Snith | Canada | 46.447 47.781 48.176 | 2:22.404 | +0.401 |
| 4 | 12-1 12-2 12-3 | Nina Reithmayer Manuel Pfister Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger | Austria | 46.779 48.135 47.822 | 2:22.736 | +0.733 |
| 5 | 11-1 11-2 11-3 | Sandra Gasparini Armin Zöggeler Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber | Italy | 46.940 47.774 48.032 | 2:22.746 | +0.743 |
| 6 | 8-1 8-2 8-3 | Erin Hamlin Chris Mazdzer Christian Niccum/Jayson Terdiman | United States | 46.657 48.268 48.243 | 2:23.168 | +1.165 |
| 7 | 6-1 6-2 6-3 | Maija Tiruma Inars Kivlenieks Andris Sics/Juris Sics | Latvia | 47.150 47.972 48.171 | 2:23.293 | +1.290 |
| 8 | 7-1 7-2 7-3 | Martina Kocher Gregory Carigiet Luca Hunziker/Christian Maag | Switzerland | 47.478 48.080 49.151 | 2:24.709 | +2.706 |
| 9 | 4-1 4-2 4-3 | Viera Gburova Jozef Ninis Marek Solcansky/Karol Stuchlak | Slovakia | 47.822 48.041 48.910 | 2:24.773 | +2.770 |
| 10 | 3-1 3-2 3-3 | Raluca Stramaturaru Valentin Cretu Paul Ifrim/Andrei Anghel | Romania | 47.525 48.589 48.960 | 2:25.074 | +3.071 |
| 11 | 5-1 5-2 5-3 | Ewa Kuls Maciej Kurowski Artur Petyniak/Adam Wanielista | Poland | 47.649 48.420 49.382 | 2:25.451 | +3.448 |
| 12 | 2-1 2-2 2-3 | Maryna Halaydzhyan Andriy Mandziy Ivan Vynnytskyy/Oleh Fitel | Ukraine | 47.380 49.176 49.691 | 2:26.247 | +4.244 |
| 13 | 1-1 1-2 1-3 | Sung Eun-ryung Kyu Kim-min Park Jin-yong/Ryu Sung-hyun | South Korea | 48.459 1:06.986 52.365 | 2:47.810 | +25.807 |

## Finalists

| City | Country | Winter Olympics | FIL World Championships hosted | FIBT World Championships hosted | Track |
| Altenberg | Germany | None | 1996 | 1991 (Bobsleigh), 2000 (Men's bobsleigh), 2008 | Altenberg |
| Whistler, British Columbia | Canada | 2010 | None | None | Whistler |
Both tracks submitted their proposals prior to the end of the bidding deadline. Altenberg was chosen following Whistler withdrawing their bid.