Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Doubles

Doubles
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
VenueCanada Olympic Park
Dates19 February
Competitors36 from 11 nations
Winning time1:31.940
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  East Germany
Jörg Hoffmann, Jochen Pietzsch
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  East Germany
Stefan Krauße, Jan Behrendt
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  West Germany
Thomas Schwab, Wolfgang Staudinger
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The Doubles luge competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary was held on 19 February, at Canada Olympic Park.[1][2]

Results

Rank[1] Athletes Country Run 1 Run 2 Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jörg Hoffmann
Jochen Pietzsch
 East Germany 45.786 46.154 1:31.940
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stefan Krauße
Jan Behrendt
 East Germany 45.886 46.153 1:32.039
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Thomas Schwab
Wolfgang Staudinger
 West Germany 46.024 46.250 1:32.274
4 Stefan Ilsanker
Georg Hackl
 West Germany 46.054 46.244 1:32.298
5 Georg Fluckinger
Robert Manzenreiter
 Austria 46.135 46.229 1:32.364
6 Vitaly Melnik
Dmitry Alekseyev
 Soviet Union 46.060 46.399 1:32.459
7 Yevgeny Belousov
Aleksandr Belyakov
 Soviet Union 45.973 46.580 1:32.553
7 Kurt Brugger
Wilfried Huber
 Italy 46.125 46.428 1:32.553
9 Bernhard Kammerer
Walter Brunner
 Italy 46.381 46.790 1:33.171
10 Bob Gasper
André Benoit
 Canada 46.240 47.066 1:33.306
11 Miro Zajonc
Timothy Nardiello
 United States 46.482 46.838 1:33.320
12 Gerhard Sandbichler
Franz Lechleitner
 Austria 46.771 46.691 1:33.462
13 Petr Urban
Luboš Jíra
 Czechoslovakia 46.388 47.233 1:33.621
14 Kazuhiko Takamatsu
Tsukasa Hirakawa
 Japan 47.129 47.324 1:34.453
15 Stephen Brialey
Nick Ovett
 Great Britain 46.912 47.764 1:34.676
16 Joe Barile
Steven Maher
 United States 46.262 48.701 1:34.963
17 Sam Salmon
Dan Doll
 Canada 48.300 49.058 1:37.358
18 Krasimir Kamenov
Mitko Bachev
 Bulgaria 51.957 48.620 1:40.577

References

  1. ^ a b "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Luge at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Men's Doubles". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.