Luge World Cup 2004/05

The 2004/05 Luge World Cup season began on November 8, 2004 in Altenberg in the Ore Mountains and ended on January 23, 2005 in Winterberg . The highlight of the season was the 38th Luge World Championships from February 18th to 20th, 2005 in Park City, USA .

The season originally planned with nine World Cup stations was held at eight World Cup stations after the cancellation of the competitions in Cesana . Three team competitions were held during the season.

World Cup results

date	place	discipline	winner	Second	Third
November 8th to 14th, 2004	Altenberg	Single seater (F)	Anke Wischnewski	Silke Kraushaar	Nina Reithmayer
		Single seater (M)	Markus Kleinheinz	Albert Demchenko	Armin Zöggeler
		Double (M)	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Sebastian Schmidt André Forker
15th to 21st November 2004	Sigulda	Single seater (F)	Silke Kraushaar	Anna Orlova	Natalja Jakuschenko
		Single seater (M)	Albert Demchenko	Mārtiņš Rubenis	Markus Kleinheinz
		Double (M)	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin
11/29 until 05.12.2004	Lake Placid	Single seater (F)	Barbara Niedernhuber	Regan Listener	Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonowa
		Single seater (M)	David Möller	Tony Benshoof	Armin Zöggeler
		Double (M)	Sebastian Schmidt André Forker	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder
		team	Germany David Möller Silke Kraushaar Sebastian Schmidt André Forker	Italy Armin Zöggeler Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonowa Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Austria Martin Adventure Veronika Halder Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger
December 6th to 12th, 2004	Calgary	Single seater (F)	Barbara Niedernhuber	Sylke Otto	Silke Kraushaar
		Single seater (M)	David Möller	Tony Benshoof	Albert Demchenko
		Double (M)	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Sebastian Schmidt André Forker
December 27, 2004 to January 2, 2005	Oberhof	Single seater (F)	Barbara Niedernhuber	Sylke Otto	Silke Kraushaar
		Single seater (M)	Albert Demchenko	David Möller	Georg Hackl
		Double (M)	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Marcel Lorenz Christian Baude	Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl
		team	Germany Sebastian Schmidt André Forker Silke Kraushaar David Möller	Italy Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonowa Armin Zöggeler	Austria Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl Nina Reithmayer Markus Kleinheinz
03. to 06.01.2005	Koenigssee	Single seater (F)	Silke Kraushaar	Barbara Niedernhuber	Anke Wischnewski
		Single seater (M)	Albert Demchenko	Georg Hackl	David Möller
		Double (M)	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger
		team	Germany André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich Barbara Niedernhuber David Möller	Austria Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger Sonja Manzenreiter Markus Kleinheinz	United States Mark Grimmette Brian Martin Ashley Hayden Tony Benshoof
January 10th to 16th, 2005	Igls	Single seater (F)	Sylke Otto	Barbara Niedernhuber	Silke Kraushaar
		Single seater (M)	Georg Hackl	Markus Kleinheinz	Armin Zöggeler
		Double (M)	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber
17th to 23rd January 2005	Winterberg	Single seater (F)	Sylke Otto	Silke Kraushaar	Ashley Hayden
		Single seater (M)	Albert Demchenko	Georg Hackl	Armin Zöggeler
		Double (M)	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin
31/01 until 02/06/2005	Cesana	Single seater (F)	Competitions canceled
		Single seater (M)
		Double (M)
		team

World Cup results and placements

- = no participation | dsq = disqualified | dnf = did not finish ("did not finish") | dns = did not start ("not started" - reported, but no start)

Final result in the women's singles

rank	Surname	country	OLD	SIG	LAP	CAL	OBE	CAN	IGL	WIN	Points
01.	Barbara Niedernhuber	Germany	4th	7th	1	1	1	2	2	4th	636
02.	Silke Kraushaar	Germany	2	1	7th	3	3	1	3	2	626
03.	Sylke Otto	Germany	13	9	8th	2	2	4th	1	1	541
04th	Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonowa	Italy	5	4th	3	4th	20th	16	8th	5	388
05.	Anke Wischnewski	Germany	1	-	5	5	-	3	4th	7th	386
06th	Natalja Jakuschenko	Ukraine	8th	3	4th	-	8th	5	6th	6th	369
07th	Nina Reithmayer	Austria	3	6th	10	10	7th	8th	10	9	355
08th.	Regan Listener	Canada	7th	12	2	8th	16	9	13	24	316
09.	Ashley Hayden	United States	22nd	11	-	7th	6th	6th	7th	3	315
10.	Lilia Ludan	Ukraine	10	5	6th	-	5	12	11	11	296

Final score in the men's singles

rank	Surname	country	OLD	SIG	LAP	CAL	OBE	CAN	IGL	WIN	Points
01.	Albert Demchenko	Russia	2	1	17th	3	1	1	6th	1	629
02.	Georg Hackl	Germany	5	7th	-	4th	3	2	1	2	501
03.	Markus Kleinheinz	Austria	1	3	7th	4th	6th	8th	2	11	487
03.	David Möller	Germany	6th	19th	1	1	2	3	27	7th	487
05.	Armin Zöggeler	Italy	3	5	3	6th	4th	12	3	3	477
06th	Tony Benshoof	United States	4th	8th	2	2	8th	6th	5	5	474
07th	Reinhold Rainer	Italy	23	4th	6th	8th	11	7th	10	4th	346
08th.	Jan Eichhorn	Germany	7th	11	4th	11	5	16	7th	18th	323
09.	Jaroslav Slavik	Slovakia	11	25th	14th	14th	14th	10	4th	8th	272
10.	Viktor Kneib	Russia	12	14th	12	16	15th	5	8th	13	270

Final score in the men's doubles

rank	Names	country	OLD	SIG	LAP	CAL	OBE	CAN	IGL	WIN	Points
01.	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Italy	2	2	2	4th	7th	4th	3	1	591
02.	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Germany	5	1	dnf	2	1	2	2	4th	570
03.	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger	Austria	1	5	6th	8th	6th	3	4th	6th	477
04th	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin	United States	8th	3	4th	1	12	6th	7th	3	470
05.	Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl	Austria	6th	4th	5	6th	3	5	6th	9	429
06th	Sebastian Schmidt André Forker	Germany	3	6th	1	3	4th	dnf	9	dnf	389
07th	Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder	Italy	4th	dnf	3	dsq	5	7th	5	2	371
08th.	Grant Albrecht Eric Pothier	Canada	9	7th	10	5	11	14th	11	10	308
09.	Preston Griffall Dan Joye	United States	14th	14th	9	11	18th	11	15th	7th	258
10.	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Germany	dnf	-	-	-	-	1	1	5	255

Final result in the team competition

rank	country	LAP	OBE	CAN	Points
01.	Germany	1	1	1	300
02.	Italy	2	2	4th	230
03.	Austria	3	3	2	225
04th	United States	4th	4th	3	190
05.	Canada	7th	5	5	156
06th	Russia	5	6th	6th	155
07th	Poland	6th	7th	9	135
08th.	Czech Republic	-	8th	10	078
09.	Latvia	-	-	7th	046
10.	Slovakia	dns	-	8th	042

Web links

• Results luge 2004/05 on www.bsd-portal.de
• Results in luge on www.fil-luge.org