The men's doubles competition in luge at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 11 February at the Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Emanuel Rieder and Simon Kainzwaldner of Italy won the event. For them, these were their first Olympic medals. Thomas Steu and Wolfgang Kindl of Austria won silver, and Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt, multiple Olympic champions, bronze.
Background Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt won the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Olympics, and they qualified for the 2026 Olympics as well. The 2026 silver medalists were Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken; in 2026 Eggert qualified, but he was competing with Florian Müller. The bronze medalists were Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller; in 2026 Steu was competing with Wolfgang Kindl. Wendl and Arlt were leading the singles standing of 2025–26 Luge World Cup before the Olympics. Hannes Orlamünder and Paul Gubitz were the 2025 World Champions, but they failed to qualify for the event amidst a stacked field in Germany.
Summary In the first run, Steu and Kindl set the track record, only to be immediately beaten by 0.003 seconds by Marcus Mueller and Ansel Haugsjaa. Rieder and Kainzwaldner were third but still very close, trailing by 0.014 seconds. Other competitors were at least half a second behind, with Wendl and Arlt in the fifth place. In the second run, first Toni Eggert and Florian Müller who were standing the fourth lost 0.1 seconds to Wendl and Arlt and moved to the position behind them. Rieder and Kainzwaldner made the fastest run though still slower than their result in Run 1, and were leading after their run. Steu and Kindl lost them 0.08 seconds and dropped to the second place. Mueller and Haugsjaa were leading until the bottom, where they made a mistake and finished off the podium. Rieder and Kainzwaldner became the champions.
Qualification
Summary Number of sleds Athletes totalNations 17 34 11
Results Rank Bib Athletes Country Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Behind 8 Emanuel RiederSimon Kainzwaldner 52.499 3 52.587 1 1:45.086 1 Thomas SteuWolfgang Kindl 52.485 2 52.669 4 1:45.154 +0.068 3 Tobias WendlTobias Arlt 52.583 5 52.593 2 1:45.176 +0.090 4 7 Toni EggertFlorian Müller 52.579 4 52.690 6 1:45.269 +0.183 5 6 Mārtiņš BotsRoberts Plūme 52.604 6 52.680 5 1:45.284 +0.198 6 10 Marcus MuellerAnsel Haugsjaa 52.482 TR 1 52.811 8 1:45.293 +0.207 7 2 Ivan NaglerFabian Malleier 52.647 7 52.657 3 1:45.304 +0.218 8 9 Zack DiGregorioSean Hollander 52.744 8 52.723 7 1:45.467 +0.381 9 4 Eduards Ševics-MikeļševicsLūkass Krasts 52.749 9 52.934 11 1:45.683 +0.597 10 15 Devin WardropeCole Zajanski 52.996 10 52.910 10 1:45.906 +0.820 11 5 Juri GattRiccardo Schöpf 53.014 12 52.901 9 1:45.915 +0.829 12 12 Christián BosmanBruno Mick 53.121 13 53.004 12 1:46.125 +1.039 13 11 Wojciech ChmielewskiMichał Gancarczyk 53.000 11 53.246 13 1:46.246 +1.160 14 13 Ihor HoiNazarii Kachmar 53.843 14 53.739 14 1:47.582 +2.496 15 16 Hou ShuoJubayi Saikeyi 54.108 15 53.930 15 1:48.038 +2.952 16 14 Danyil MartsinovskyiBohdan Babura 54.158 17 53.957 16 1:48.115 +3.029 17 17 Marian GîtlanDarius Șerban 54.144 16 54.046 17 1:48.190 +3.104
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