Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Doubles

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Doubles
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Luge pictogram.svg
Venue La Plagne
Dates14 February
Competitors40 from 15 nations
Winning time1:32.053
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Stefan Krauße, Jan Behrendt
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Yves Mankel, Thomas Rudolph
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Hansjörg Raffl, Norbert Huber
  1988
1994  

The Doubles luge competition at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville was held on 14 February, at La Plagne. [1] [2]

Results

Rank [1] AthletesCountryRun 1Run 2Total
Gold medal icon.svg Stefan Krauße
Jan Behrendt
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 46.06045.9931:32.053
Silver medal icon.svg Yves Mankel
Thomas Rudolph
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 46.12546.1141:32.239
Bronze medal icon.svg Hansjörg Raffl
Norbert Huber
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 46.11446.1841:32.298
4 Ioan Apostol
Liviu Cepoi
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 46.31546.3341:32.649
5 Kurt Brugger
Wilfried Huber
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 46.44746.3631:32.810
6 Hans Kohala
Carl-Johan Lindqvist
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 46.66146.4731:33.134
7 Gerhard Gleirscher
Markus Schmidt
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 46.51446.7431:33.257
8 Albert Demchenko
Aleksey Zelensky
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 46.55246.7471:33.299
9 Wendel Suckow
Bill Tavares
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 46.78746.6641:33.451
10 Igor Lobanov
Gennady Belyakov
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 46.84947.0981:33.947
11 Aivars Polis
Roberts Suharevs
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 46.98846.9611:33.949
12 Chris Thorpe
Gordy Sheer
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 46.98047.0621:34.042
13 Christi-Adrian Sudu
Dan Doll
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 47.17846.9231:34.101
14 Bob Gasper
André Benoit
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 46.87347.2291:34.102
15 Petr Urban
Jan Kohoutek
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 47.05547.2191:34.274
16 Harald Rolfsen
Snorre Pedersen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 47.61047.3681:34.978
17 Ilko Karacholov
Ivan Karacholov
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 47.53847.5141:35.052
18 Atsushi Sasaki
Yuji Sasaki
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 47.77647.5661:35.342
19 Yves Boyer
Frédéric Bertrand
Flag of France.svg  France 48.84748.0601:36.907
20 Leszek Szarejko
Adrian Przechewka
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 47.1271:07.9271:55.054

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References

  1. 1 2 "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  2. "Luge at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Men's Doubles". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.