Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Doubles
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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Doubles
|games = 1968 Winter
|image = Luge pictogram.svg
|image_size = 100px
|venue = Villard-de-Lans
|dates = 18 February 1968
|competitors = 30
|nations = 9
|win_value = 1:35.85
|gold = Klaus-Michael Bonsack, Thomas Köhler
|goldNOC = GDR
|silver = Manfred Schmid, Ewald Walch
|silverNOC = AUT
|bronze = Wolfgang Winkler, Fritz Nachmann
|bronzeNOC = FRG
|prev = 1964
|next = 1972
}}
{{Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
The doubles luge competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble was held on 18 February, at Villard-de-Lans.{{cite web
| title = Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble
| url = http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/or1968.pdf
| publisher = LA84 Foundation
| work = Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver
| year = 1968
| accessdate = 20 January 2014}} With his win, Thomas Köhler became the first person to win in both men's singles (1964) and doubles.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1968/LUG/mixed-mens-doubles.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022452/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1968/LUG/mixed-mens-doubles.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Luge at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's Doubles |accessdate=3 April 2020 |work=Sports Reference}}
Results
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | ||
| {{gold1}} | align=left| Klaus-Michael Bonsack Thomas Köhler | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GDR|1968 Winter |
|-
| {{silver2}} ||align=left| Manfred Schmid
Ewald Walch ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUT|1968 Winter|}} ||48.16 || 48.18 || 1:36.34
|-
| {{bronze3}} ||align=left| Wolfgang Winkler
Fritz Nachmann ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRG|1968 Winter|}} ||48.58 || 48.71 || 1:37.29
|-
| 4 ||align=left| Hans Plenk
Bernhard Aschauer ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRG|1968 Winter|}} ||48.70 || 48.91 || 1:37.61
|-
| 5 ||align=left| Horst Hörnlein
Reinhard Bredow ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|GDR|1968 Winter|}} ||48.80 || 49.01 || 1:37.81
|-
| 6 ||align=left| Zbigniew Gawior
Ryszard Gawior ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|POL|1968 Winter|}} ||49.01 || 48.84 || 1:37.85
|-
| 7 ||align=left| Josef Feistmantl
Wilhelm Biechl ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUT|1968 Winter|}} ||48.81 || 49.30 || 1:38.11
|-
| 8 ||align=left| Giovanni Graber
Enrico Graber ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|1968 Winter|}} ||49.01 || 49.14 || 1:38.15
|-
| 9 ||align=left| Lucjan Kudzia
Stanisław Paczka ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|POL|1968 Winter|}} ||49.09 || 49.08 || 1:38.17
|-
| 10 ||align=left| Ernesto Mair
Sigisfredo Mair ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|1968 Winter|}} ||49.10 || 49.57 || 1:38.67
|-
| 11 ||align=left| Georges Tresallet
Ion Pervilhac ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRA|1968 Winter|}} ||49.97 || 49.29 || 1:39.26
|-
| 12 ||align=left| Horst Urban
Roland Urban ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|TCH|1968 Winter|}} ||50.46 || 50.02 || 1:40.48
|-
| 13 ||align=left| Jan Hamřík
František Halíř ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|TCH|1968 Winter|}} ||51.85 || 50.85 || 1:42.70
|-
| 14 ||align=left| Ivar Bjare
Jan Nilsson ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|SWE|1968 Winter|}} ||51.04 || 52.52 || 1:43.56
|-
| - ||align=left| Mike Hessel
Jim Moriarty ||align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1968 Winter|}} ||DNF || - || -
|}
References
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{{Footer Olympic Champions Luge Men's Doubles}}
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