| Men's doubles at the 2023 FIL World Luge Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Oberhof bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track | |||||||||
| Location | Oberhof, Germany | |||||||||
| Date | 28 January | |||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 12 nations | |||||||||
| Teams | 20 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:23.517 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2023 FIL World Luge Championships | ||
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| Individual | men | women |
| Doubles | men | women |
| Individual sprint | men | women |
| Doubles' sprint | men | women |
| Relay | team | |
The Men's doubles competition at the 2023 FIL World Luge Championships was held on 28 January 2023. [1] [2]
The first run was held at 08:28 and the second run at 10:05. [3] [4]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 10 | Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken |  Germany | 41.730 | 1 | 41.787 | 1 | 1:23.517 | |
 | 15 | Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt | Germany | 41.893 | 3 | 41.795 | 2 | 1:23.688 | +0.171 |
 | 3 | Yannick Müller Armin Frauscher |  Austria | 41.839 | 2 | 41.870 | 3 | 1:23.709 | +0.192 |
| 4 | 7 | Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller | Austria | 41.930 | 4 | 41.977 | 4 | 1:23.907 | +0.390 |
| 5 | 12 | Mārtiņš Bots Roberts Plūme |  Latvia | 41.975 | 5 | 42.027 | 6 | 1:24.002 | +0.485 |
| 6 | 14 | Emanuel Rieder Simon Kainzwaldner |  Italy | 42.047 | 6 | 42.043 | 7 | 1:24.090 | +0.573 |
| 7 | 5 | Zack DiGregorio Sean Hollander |  United States | 42.120 | 8 | 42.012 | 5 | 1:24.132 | +0.615 |
| 8 | 11 | Juri Gatt Riccardo Schöpf | Austria | 42.121 | 9 | 42.156 | 8 | 1:24.277 | +0.760 |
| 9 | 8 | Hannes Orlamünder Paul Gubitz | Germany | 42.133 | 10 | 42.185 | 9 | 1:24.318 | +0.801 |
| 10 | 9 | Ludwig Rieder Patrick Rastner | Italy | 42.096 | 7 | 42.308 | 11 | 1:24.404 | +0.887 |
| 11 | 6 | Wojciech Chmielewski Jakub Kowalewski |  Poland | 42.216 | 12 | 42.284 | 10 | 1:24.500 | +0.983 |
| 12 | 13 | Eduards Ševics-Mikeļševics Lūkass Krasts | Latvia | 42.194 | 11 | 42.562 | 12 | 1:24.756 | +1.239 |
| 13 | 4 | Devin Wardrope Cole Zajanski |  Canada | 42.579 | 14 | 42.956 | 14 | 1:25.535 | +2.018 |
| 14 | 17 | Filip Vejdělek Zdeněk Pěkný |  Czech Republic | 43.052 | 15 | 42.894 | 13 | 1:25.946 | +2.429 |
| 15 | 18 | Ihor Hoi Rostyslav Levkovych |  Ukraine | 43.248 | 17 | 43.363 | 15 | 1:26.611 | +3.094 |
| 16 | 1 | Ştefan Handaric Sebastian Motzca |  Romania | 43.188 | 16 | 43.657 | 17 | 1:26.845 | +3.328 |
| 17 | 20 | Vadym Mykyievych Bohdan Babura | Ukraine | 43.556 | 18 | 43.476 | 16 | 1:27.032 | +3.515 |
| 18 | 2 | Tomáš Vaverčák Matej Zmij |  Slovakia | 42.382 | 13 | 54.014 | 18 | 1:36.396 | +12.879 |
| 19 | 19 | Huang Yebo Peng Junyue |  China | 43.828 | 19 | Did not advance | |||
| 20 | 16 | Jubayi Saikeyi Hou Shuo | China | 44.010 | 20 | ||||
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Tobias Wendl is a German luger who has competed since 1993, acting as a front. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany, a silver and a bronze at the FIL European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda, a gold at the FIL World Luge Championships 2013, and two gold medals at his debut Winter Olympics at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He is also a Master Sergeant in the German Army.
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The men's sprint competition at the 2023 FIL World Luge Championships was held on 27 January 2023.
The women's sprint competition at the 2023 FIL World Luge Championships was held on 27 January 2023.
The women's doubles sprint competition at the 2023 FIL World Luge Championships was held on 27 January 2023.
The men's doubles sprint competition at the 2023 FIL World Luge Championships was held on 27 January 2023.
The women's doubles competition at the 2023 FIL World Luge Championships was held on 28 January 2023.
The women's singles competition at the 2023 FIL World Luge Championships was held on 28 January 2023.
The men's singles competition at the 2023 FIL World Luge Championships was held on 29 January 2023.
The Team relay competition at the 2023 FIL World Luge Championships was held on 29 January 2023.
