Doubles
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
VenueCanada Olympic Park
Dates19 February
Competitors36 from 11 nations
Winning time1:31.940
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  East Germany
Jörg Hoffmann, Jochen Pietzsch
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  East Germany
Stefan Krauße, Jan Behrendt
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  West Germany
Thomas Schwab, Wolfgang Staudinger

The Doubles luge competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary was held on 19 February, at Canada Olympic Park.[1][2]

Results

Rank[1]AthletesCountryRun 1Run 2Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)Jörg Hoffmann
Jochen Pietzsch
 East Germany45.78646.1541:31.940
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Stefan Krauße
Jan Behrendt
 East Germany45.88646.1531:32.039
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Thomas Schwab
Wolfgang Staudinger
 West Germany46.02446.2501:32.274
4Stefan Ilsanker
Georg Hackl
 West Germany46.05446.2441:32.298
5Georg Fluckinger
Robert Manzenreiter
 Austria46.13546.2291:32.364
6Vitaly Melnik
Dmitry Alekseyev
 Soviet Union46.06046.3991:32.459
7Yevgeny Belousov
Aleksandr Belyakov
 Soviet Union45.97346.5801:32.553
7Kurt Brugger
Wilfried Huber
 Italy46.12546.4281:32.553
9Bernhard Kammerer
Walter Brunner
 Italy46.38146.7901:33.171
10Bob Gasper
André Benoit
 Canada46.24047.0661:33.306
11Miro Zajonc
Timothy Nardiello
 United States46.48246.8381:33.320
12Gerhard Sandbichler
Franz Lechleitner
 Austria46.77146.6911:33.462
13Petr Urban
Luboš Jíra
 Czechoslovakia46.38847.2331:33.621
14Kazuhiko Takamatsu
Tsukasa Hirakawa
 Japan47.12947.3241:34.453
15Stephen Brialey
Nick Ovett
 Great Britain46.91247.7641:34.676
16Joe Barile
Steven Maher
 United States46.26248.7011:34.963
17Sam Salmon
Dan Doll
 Canada48.30049.0581:37.358
18Krasimir Kamenov
Mitko Bachev
 Bulgaria51.95748.6201:40.577

References

  1. 1 2 "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  2. "Luge at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Men's Doubles". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
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