Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Doubles

Doubles at the X Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Villard-de-Lans
Dates	February 18
Competitors	30 from 9 nations
Winning time	1:35.85
Medalists
East Germany Klaus-Michael Bonsack, Thomas Köhler   Austria Manfred Schmid, Ewald Walch   West Germany Wolfgang Winkler, Fritz Nachmann

Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Events
Singles men  women
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
	Klaus-Michael Bonsack Thomas Köhler	East Germany	47.88	47.97	1:35.85
	Manfred Schmid Ewald Walch	Austria	48.16	48.18	1:36.34
	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. "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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