Doubles, Open

Germany went 1-2 in the luge doubles, as Tobias Arlt and Tobias Wendl won their third consecutive gold medal, followed by team-mates Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken. For Arlt and Wendl these were their fifth Olympic gold medals, equalling the Olympic best in the sport set by their countrywoman, Natalie Geisenberger, who had won in the women’s singles the day before.

Arlt and Wendl became the first identical team to become three-time winners in a non-individual Winter Olympic event or sport. This has only been previously achieved at either Summer or Winter Olympics by Pavol and Peter Hochschorner (Slovakia) in Canadian doubles slalom (2000-08), Venus and Serena Williams (USA) in women’s doubles tennis (2000-12), and Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor (USA) in women’s beach volleyball (2004-12).

The Austrian pair of Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller won the bronze medal. This was the 10th medal in this event for Austria, ranking them third behind Germany and the German Democratic Republic.

For Eggert and Benecken, this was their second consecutive medal in the event, after winning bronze at PyeongChang 2018. Germany won its sixth gold medal and 12th medal in total in this event, both of which lead the medal table. Counting the German Democratic Republic and Federal Republic of Germany, a German team has now won 12 of 17 gold medals and 24 of 48 medals in luge doubles.