Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Doubles

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Doubles
at the X Olympic Winter Games
Luge pictogram.svg
Venue Villard-de-Lans
Dates18 February
Competitors30 from 9 nations
Winning time1:35.85
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Klaus-Michael Bonsack, Thomas Köhler Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Manfred Schmid, Ewald Walch Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Bronze medal icon.svg Wolfgang Winkler, Fritz Nachmann Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany
  1964
1972  

The doubles luge competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble was held on 18 February, at Villard-de-Lans. [1] With his win, Thomas Köhler became the first person to win in both men's singles (1964) and doubles. [2]

Results

Rank [1] AthletesCountryRun 1Run 2Total
Gold medal icon.svg Klaus-Michael Bonsack
Thomas Köhler
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany 47.8847.971:35.85
Silver medal icon.svg Manfred Schmid
Ewald Walch
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 48.1648.181:36.34
Bronze medal icon.svg Wolfgang Winkler
Fritz Nachmann
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 48.5848.711:37.29
4 Hans Plenk
Bernhard Aschauer
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 48.7048.911:37.61
5 Horst Hörnlein
Reinhard Bredow
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany 48.8049.011:37.81
6 Zbigniew Gawior
Ryszard Gawior
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 49.0148.841:37.85
7 Josef Feistmantl
Wilhelm Biechl
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 48.8149.301:38.11
8 Giovanni Graber
Enrico Graber
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 49.0149.141:38.15
9 Lucjan Kudzia
Stanisław Paczka
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 49.0949.081:38.17
10 Ernesto Mair
Sigisfredo Mair
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 49.1049.571:38.67
11 Georges Tresallet
Ion Pervilhac
Flag of France.svg  France 49.9749.291:39.26
12 Horst Urban
Roland Urban
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 50.4650.021:40.48
13 Jan Hamřík
František Halíř
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 51.8550.851:42.70
14 Ivar Bjare
Jan Nilsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 51.0452.521:43.56
- Mike Hessel
Jim Moriarty
Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNF--

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References

  1. 1 2 "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  2. "Luge at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's Doubles". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.