Track Records
The luge track records shown were set at the men's singles start house and women's singles/men's doubles start houses during the World Cup competition in February 2009. After Kumaritashvili's death on 12 February 2010, the competition for men's singles was moved to the women's singles/men's doubles start house while the competition for women's singles/ men's doubles was moved to the junior start house. The fastest runs set during the 2010 Winter Olympics are not on this list until an issue between the Whistler 2010 Sports Legacies and the FIL is resolved.
| Event | Record | Athlete(s) | Date | Time (s) | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobsleigh – two-man | Start | Beat Hefti & Thomas Lamparter (SUI) | 6 February 2009 | 4.70 | |
| Bobsleigh – two-man | Track | Thomas Florschütz & Richard Adjei (GER) André Lange & Kevin Kuske (GER) |
20 February 2010 21 February 2010 |
51.57 | |
| Bobsleigh – four-man | Start | André Lange, Kevin Kuske, Alexander Rödiger, & Martin Putze (GER) | 26 February 2010 | 4.70 | |
| Bobsleigh – four-man | Track | Steve Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, & Curtis Tomasevicz (USA) | 26 February 2010 | 50.86 | |
| Bobsleigh – two-woman | Start | Kaillie Humphries & Heather Moyse (CAN) | 23 February 2010 24 February 2010 |
5.11 | |
| Bobsleigh – two-woman | Track | Kaillie Humphries & Heather Moyse (CAN) | 24 February 2010 | 52.85 | |
| Men's skeleton | Start | Alexander Tretiakov (RUS) | 18 February 2010 | 4.48 | |
| Men's skeleton | Track | Jon Montgomery (CAN) | 19 February 2010 | 52.20 | |
| Women's skeleton | Start | Anja Huber (GER) | 18 February 2010 | 4.90 | |
| Women's skeleton | Track | Amy Williams (GBR) | 19 February 2010 | 53.68 | |
| Luge – men's singles | Start | Andi Langenhan (GER) | 21 February 2009 | 3.541 | |
| Luge – men's singles | Track | Felix Loch (GER) | 21 February 2009 | 46.808 | |
| Luge – women's singles | Start | Natalie Geisenberger (GER) | 20 February 2009 | 7.183 | |
| Luge – women's singles | Track | Natalie Geisenberger (GER) | 20 February 2009 | 48.992 | |
| Luge – men's doubles | Start | Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt (GER) | 20 February 2009 | 7.054 | |
| Luge – men's doubles | Track | Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch (GER) | 20 February 2009 | 48.608 |
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