Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Doubles

Doubles
at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
VenueLillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track
Dates18 February
Competitors40 from 15 nations
Winning time1:36.720
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy
Kurt Brugger, Wilfried Huber
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy
Hansjörg Raffl, Norbert Huber
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Germany
Stefan Krauße, Jan Behrendt
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Luge at the
1994 Winter Olympics
Singlesmenwomen
Doublesopen

The Doubles luge competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer was held on 18 February, at Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track.[1] Prior to these Games, the International Luge Federation changed the doubles from a men's event to an open event, allowing men and women to race together. However, no women competed in this event during these Games.[2][3]

Results

Rank[1] Bib Athletes Country Run 1 Run 2 Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) 11 Kurt Brugger
Wilfried Huber		  Italy 48.348 48.372 1:36.720
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9 Hansjörg Raffl
Norbert Huber		  Italy 48.274 48.495 1:36.769
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Stefan Krauße
Jan Behrendt		  Germany 48.364 48.581 1:36.945
4 17 Mark Grimmette
Jonathan Edwards		  United States 48.617 48.672 1:37.289
5 1 Chris Thorpe
Gordy Sheer		  United States 48.571 48.725 1:37.296
6 8 Ioan Apostol
Liviu Cepoi		  Romania 48.647 48.676 1:37.323
7 7 Albert Demchenko
Aleksey Zelensky		  Russia 48.655 48.882 1:37.537
8 20 Bob Gasper
Clay Ives		  Canada 48.728 48.963 1:37.691
8 4 Ihor Urbanskiy
Andriy Mukhin		  Ukraine 48.899 48.792 1:37.691
10 6 Tobias Schiegl
Markus Schiegl		  Austria 48.802 48.893 1:37.695
11 3 Aivis Švāns
Roberts Suharevs		  Latvia 48.949 48.918 1:37.867
12 16 Juris Vovčoks
Dairis Leksis		  Latvia 49.014 49.201 1:38.215
13 18 Hans Kohala
Carl-Johan Lindqvist		  Sweden 48.970 49.268 1:38.238
14 10 Steffen Skel
Steffen Wöller		  Germany 49.217 49.091 1:38.308
15 19 Anatoly Bobkov
Gennady Belyakov		  Russia 49.296 49.384 1:38.680
16 12 Leszek Szarejko
Adrian Przechewka		  Poland 49.104 49.800 1:38.904
17 14 Levan Tibilov
Kakha Vakhtangishvili		  Georgia 49.880 49.504 1:39.384
18 13 Atsushi Sasaki
Yuji Sasaki		  Japan 50.782 49.342 1:40.124
19 15 Ilko Karacholov
Ivan Karacholov		  Bulgaria 50.936 50.827 1:41.763
- 2 Harald Rolfsen
Lars-Marius Waldal		  Norway DQ - -

References

  1. ^ a b "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Women & the Winter Olympics". topendsports.com. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Luge at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games: Men's Doubles". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.