| Doubles at the XVI Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | La Plagne | |||||||||
| Dates | 14 February | |||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 15 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:32.053 | |||||||||
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| Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Singles | men | women |
| Doubles | men | |
The Doubles luge competition at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville was held on 14 February, at La Plagne. [1] [2]
The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Albertville '92, was a winter multi-sport event held from 8 to 23 February 1992 in and around Albertville, France. Albertville won the bid to host the Winter Olympics in 1986, beating Sofia, Falun, Lillehammer, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Anchorage, and Berchtesgaden. The 1992 Winter Olympics were the last winter games held in the same year as the Summer Olympics. The Games were the fifth Olympic Games held in France and the country's third Winter Olympics, after the 1924 Winter Games in Chamonix and the 1968 Winter Games in Grenoble. This games was the first of two consecutive Olympic games to be held in Western Europe, preceding the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at La Plagne. The competition took place between 9 and 12 February 1992.
Thomas Rudolph is a German luger who competed in the early 1990s. Together with Yves Mankel he won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.
Bermuda sent a delegation to compete at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan from 7–22 February 1998. This marked the territory's third appearance at a Winter Olympic Games with their first coming in the 1992 Albertville Games. Bermuda's delegation consisted of a single athlete, the luge competitor Patrick Singleton. In the men's singles, he came in 27th place.
Bermuda sent a delegation to compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12–27 February 1994. This was the territory's second appearance in a Winter Olympic Games following their debut in the 1992 Albertville Olympics. The only Bermudian athlete was luge racer Simon Payne. In the men's singles, he came in 30th place.
Constantin-Liviu Cepoi is a Romanian-Moldovan luger who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s.
The La Plagne bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in La Plagne, France. The track was the venue for the bobsleigh and luge competitions for the 1992 Winter Olympics whose host city was neighboring Albertville.
Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track is a bobsleigh, luge and skeleton track located at Hunderfossen in Lillehammer, Norway, 15 kilometers (9 mi) north of the town center of Lillehammer. It was completed in 1992 for the 1994 Winter Olympics, where it hosted the bobsleigh events and luge events. It has since also hosted the FIBT World Championships 1995 in skeleton and the FIL World Luge Championships 1995, and hosted 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.
The men's singles luge competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano was held on 8 and 9 February, at Spiral.
The Doubles luge competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano was held on 13 February, at Spiral.
The Doubles luge competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer was held on 18 February, at Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track. Prior to these Games, the International Luge Federation changed the doubles from a men's event to an open event, allowing men and women to race together. However, no women competed in this event during these Games.
The men's singles luge competition at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville was held on 9 and 10 February, at La Plagne.
The Women's singles luge competition at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville was held on 11 and 12 February, at La Plagne.
The Doubles luge competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary was held on 19 February, at Canada Olympic Park.
The Doubles luge competition at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo was held on 15 February, at Sarajevo Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track.
The Doubles luge competition at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid was held on 19 February, at Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run. The doubles team of Hans Rinn and Norbert Hahn became the first repeat winners of an Olympic luge event.
The Doubles luge competition at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck was held on 10 February, at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck.
The Two-man bobsleigh competition at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville was held on 15 and 16 February, at La Plagne.
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