Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Doubles

Doubles
at the X Olympic Winter Games
VenueVillard-de-Lans
DatesFebruary 18
Competitors30 from 9 nations
Winning time1:35.85
Medalists
 
 
 
Luge at the
1968 Winter Olympics
Events
Singles menwomen
Doubles doubles

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.

Results

[1]

Rank Athletes Country Run 1 Run 2 Total
1st, gold medalist(s) Klaus-Michael Bonsack
Thomas Köhler
East Germany 47.88 47.97 1:35.85
2nd, silver medalist(s) Manfred Schmid
Ewald Walch
Austria 48.16 48.18 1:36.34
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Wolfgang Winkler
Fritz Nachmann
West Germany 48.58 48.71 1:37.29
4 Hans Plenk
Bernhard Aschauer
West Germany 48.70 48.91 1:37.61
5 Horst Hörnlein
Reinhard Bredow
East Germany 48.80 49.01 1:37.81
6 Zbigniew Gawior
Ryszard Gawior
Poland 49.01 48.84 1:37.85
7 Josef Feistmantl
Wilhelm Biechl
Austria 48.81 49.30 1:38.11
8 Giovanni Graber
Enrico Graber
Italy 49.01 49.14 1:38.15
9 Lucjan Kudzia
Stanisław Paczka
Poland 49.09 49.08 1:38.17
10 Ernesto Mair
Sigisfredo Mair
Italy 49.10 49.57 1:38.67
11 Georges Tresallet
Ion Pervilhac
France 49.97 49.29 1:39.26
12 Horst Urban
Roland Urban
Czechoslovakia 50.46 50.02 1:40.48
13 Jan Hamřík
František Halíř
Czechoslovakia 51.85 50.85 1:42.70
14 Ivar Bjare
Jan Nilsson
Sweden 51.04 52.52 1:43.56
- Mike Hessel
Jim Moriarty
United States DNF - -

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 January 20, 2014.

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