Luge at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Doubles explained

Event:Doubles
Games:1980 Winter
Venue:Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run
Dates:19 February
Competitors:38
Nations:12
Win Value:1:19.331
Gold:
Hans Rinn, Norbert Hahn
Silver:
Peter Gschnitzer, Karl Brunner
Bronze:
Georg Fluckinger, Karl Schrott
Prev:1976
Next:1984

The Doubles luge competition at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid was held on 19 February, at Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run.[1] The doubles team of Hans Rinn and Norbert Hahn became the first repeat winners of an Olympic luge event.[2]

Results

Rank Athletes Country Run 1 Run 2 Total
39.303 40.028 1:19.331
39.549 40.057 1:19.606
39.509 40.286 1:19.795
4 39.972 39.942 1:19.914
5 39.823 40.153 1:19.976
6 39.916 40.096 1:20.012
7 39.814 40.249 1:20.063
8 40.050 40.092 1:20.142
9 40.017 40.486 1:20.503
10 40.164 40.498 1:20.662
11 40.386 40.955 1:21.341
12 40.415 41.024 1:21.439
13 41.035 41.499 1:22.534
14 40.705 41.862 1:22.567
15 40.757 41.909 1:22.666
16 40.829 42.566 1:23.395
17 39.951 45.193 1:25.144
18 48.241 40.612 1:28.853
19 42.406 48.493 1:30.899

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Official Report of the XIIIth Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980 - Official Results. LA84 Foundation. Lake Placid Organizing Committee. 1980. 20 January 2014.
  2. Web site: Luge at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's Doubles . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035526/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1980/LUG/mixed-mens-doubles.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 5 April 2020 . Sports Reference.