Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Doubles
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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Doubles
|games = 2018 Winter
|image =
|image_size = 150px
|caption =
|venue = Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea
|dates = 14 February 2018
|competitors = 40
|nations = 13
|win_value = 1:31.697
|gold = Tobias Wendl
Tobias Arlt
|goldNOC = GER
|silver = Peter Penz
Georg Fischler
|silverNOC = AUT
|bronze = Toni Eggert
Sascha Benecken
|bronzeNOC = GER
|prev=2014
|next=2022
}}
{{Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics}}
The doubles luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February 2018 at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea.{{cite web|url=https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/venues|title=Venues|website=www.pyeongchang2018.com/|publisher=Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics|access-date=26 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217011059/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/venues|archive-date=17 February 2018|url-status=dead}} Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt, the defending champions, repeated their 2014 success and won gold medals. Peter Penz and Georg Fischler became second, and Toni Eggert third Sascha Benecken. Wendl and Arlt were also first in both runs, Penz and Fischler second in both runs, and Eggert and Benecken third in both runs. For Penz, Fischler, Eggert, and Benecken these were their first Olympic medals. The 2014 bronze medalists, Andris Šics and Juris Šics, were ninth in the first run and fourth in the second run, which was only sufficient for the fifth place overall.
Qualifying athletes
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- {{flagIOCathlete|Georg Fischler & Peter Penz|AUT|2018 Winter}}
- {{flagIOCathlete|Lorenz Koller & Thomas Steu|AUT|2018 Winter}}
- {{flagIOCathlete|Justin Snith & Tristan Walker|CAN|2018 Winter}}
- {{flagIOCathlete|Antonín Brož & Lukáš Brož|CZE|2018 Winter}}
- {{flagIOCathlete|Jaromír Kudera & Matěj Kvíčala|CZE|2018 Winter}}
- {{flagIOCathlete|Sascha Benecken & Toni Eggert|GER|2018 Winter}}
- {{flagIOCathlete|Tobias Arlt & Tobias Wendl|GER|2018 Winter}}
- {{flagIOCathlete|Fabian Malleier & Ivan Nagler|ITA|2018 Winter}}
- {{flagIOCathlete|Ludwig Rieder & Patrick Rastner|ITA|2018 Winter}}
- {{flagIOCathlete|Cho Jung-myung & Park Jin-yong|KOR|2018 Winter}}
- {{flagIOCathlete|Andris Šics & Juris Šics|LAT|2018 Winter}}
- {{flagIOCathlete|Oskars Gudramovičs & Pēteris Kalniņš|LAT|2018 Winter}}
- {{flagIOCathlete|Alexander Denisyev & Vladislav Antonov|OAR|2018 Winter}}
- {{flagIOCathlete|Andrei Bogdanov & Andrei Medvedev|OAR|2018 Winter}}
- {{flagIOCathlete|Jakub Kowalewski & Wojciech Chmielewski|POL|2018 Winter}}
- {{flagIOCathlete|Cosmin Atodiresei & Ștefan Musei|ROU|2018 Winter}}
- {{flagIOCathlete|Karol Stuchlák & Marek Solčanský|SVK|2018 Winter}}
- {{flagIOCathlete|Oleksandr Obolonchyk & Roman Zakharkiv|UKR|2018 Winter}}
- {{flagIOCathlete|Jayson Terdiman & Matthew Mortensen|USA|2018 Winter}}
- {{flagIOCathlete|Andrew Sherk & Justin Krewson|USA|2018 Winter}}
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Competition schedule
All times are (UTC+9).
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! Date !! Time !! Event | ||
14 February | 20:20 | style=background:lemonchiffon|Run 1 |
14 February | 21:30 | style=background:lemonchiffon|Run 2 |
Results
Two runs were used to determine the winner.[http://www.fil-luge.org/cdn/uploads/owg2018-lug-lugodoubles-doubles-final-result.pdf Final results]
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!Rank!!Bib!!Athlete!! Country!!Run 1 !!Rank !!Run 2 !!Rank !!Total!!Behind |
{{gold1}}
| 3 | align=left| Tobias Wendl | align=left| {{flagIOC|GER|2018 Winter}} | 45.820 | 1 | 45.877 | 1 | 1:31.697 | {{sort|+0.000|–}} |
{{silver2}}
| 5 | align=left| Peter Penz | align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|2018 Winter}} | 45.891 | 2 | 45.894 | 2 | 1:31.785 | +0.088 |
{{bronze3}}
| 4 | align=left| Toni Eggert | align=left| {{flagIOC|GER|2018 Winter}} | 45.931 | 3 | 46.056 | 3 | 1:31.987 | +0.290 |
{{sort|04|4}}
| 12 | align=left| Thomas Steu | align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|2018 Winter}} | 46.172 | 5 | 46.112 | 5 | 1:32.284 | +0.587 |
{{sort|05|5}}
| 9 | align=left| Tristan Walker | align=left| {{flagIOC|CAN|2018 Winter}} | 46.134 | 4 | 46.235 | 6 | 1:32.369 | +0.672 |
{{sort|06|6}}
| 2 | align=left| Andris Šics | align=left| {{flagIOC|LAT|2018 Winter}} | 46.336 | 9 | 46.106 | 4 | 1:32.442 | +0.745 |
{{sort|07|7}}
| 11 | align=left| Ivan Nagler | align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|2018 Winter}} | 46.320 | 8 | 46.243 | 7 | 1:32.563 | +0.866 |
{{sort|08|8}}
| 16 | align=left| Justin Krewson | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|2018 Winter}} | 46.310 | 7 | 46.342 | 10 | 1:32.652 | +0.955 |
{{sort|09|9}}
| 18 | align=left| Park Jin-yong | align=left| {{flagIOC|KOR|2018 Winter}} | 46.396 | 10 | 46.276 | 8 | 1:32.672 | +0.975 |
10
| 8 | align=left| Matthew Mortensen | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|2018 Winter}} | 46.244 | 6 | 46.443 | 13 | 1:32.687 | +0.990 |
11
| 1 | align=left| Alexander Denisyev | align=left| {{flagIOC|OAR|2018 Winter}} | 46.437 | 11 | 46.344 | 11 | 1:32.781 | +1.084 |
12
| 7 | align=left| Wojciech Chmielewski | align=left| {{flagIOC|POL|2018 Winter}} | 46.609 | 13 | 46.478 | 14 | 1:33.087 | +1.390 |
13
| 14 | align=left| Lukáš Brož | align=left| {{flagIOC|CZE|2018 Winter}} | 46.570 | 12 | 46.582 | 16 | 1:33.152 | +1.455 |
14
| 6 | align=left| Oskars Gudramovičs | align=left| {{flagIOC|LAT|2018 Winter}} | 46.890 | 17 | 46.317 | 9 | 1:33.207 | +1.510 |
15
| 10 | align=left| Ludwig Rieder | align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|2018 Winter}} | 46.709 | 14 | 46.567 | 15 | 1:33.276 | +1.579 |
16
| 15 | align=left| Andrei Bogdanov | align=left| {{flagIOC|OAR|2018 Winter}} | 47.106 | 19 | 46.402 | 12 | 1:33.508 | +1.811 |
17
| 19 | align=left| Marek Solčanský | align=left| {{flagIOC|SVK|2018 Winter}} | 46.780 | 15 | 46.811 | 17 | 1:33.591 | +1.894 |
18
| 20 | align=left| Matěj Kvíčala | align=left| {{flagIOC|CZE|2018 Winter}} | 46.818 | 16 | 46.910 | 18 | 1:33.728 | +2.031 |
19
| 13 | align=left| Cosmin Atodiresei | align=left| {{flagIOC|ROU|2018 Winter}} | 47.101 | 18 | 47.171 | 19 | 1:34.272 | +2.575 |
20
| 17 | align=left| Oleksandr Obolonchyk | align=left| {{flagIOC|UKR|2018 Winter}} | 48.316 | 20 | 47.401 | 20 | 1:35.717 | +4.020 |
References
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{{Footer Olympic Champions Luge Men's Doubles}}
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