Luge at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's doubles
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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.[1] 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.[2][3]
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| Venue | Cortina Sliding Centre | ||||||||||||
| Date | 11 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 34 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:45.086 | ||||||||||||
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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 total | Nations |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | 34 | 11 |
Results
| Rank | Bib | Athletes | Country | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Behind |
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 | 8 | Emanuel Rieder Simon Kainzwaldner |  Italy | 52.499 | 3 | 52.587 | 1 | 1:45.086 | — |
 | 1 | Thomas Steu Wolfgang Kindl |  Austria | 52.485 | 2 | 52.669 | 4 | 1:45.154 | +0.068 |
 | 3 | Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt |  Germany | 52.583 | 5 | 52.593 | 2 | 1:45.176 | +0.090 |
| 4 | 7 | Toni Eggert Florian Müller | Germany | 52.579 | 4 | 52.690 | 6 | 1:45.269 | +0.183 |
| 5 | 6 | Mārtiņš Bots Roberts Plūme |  Latvia | 52.604 | 6 | 52.680 | 5 | 1:45.284 | +0.198 |
| 6 | 10 | Marcus Mueller Ansel Haugsjaa |  United States | 52.482 TR | 1 | 52.811 | 8 | 1:45.293 | +0.207 |
| 7 | 2 | Ivan Nagler Fabian Malleier | Italy | 52.647 | 7 | 52.657 | 3 | 1:45.304 | +0.218 |
| 8 | 9 | Zack DiGregorio Sean Hollander | United States | 52.744 | 8 | 52.723 | 7 | 1:45.467 | +0.381 |
| 9 | 4 | Eduards Ševics-Mikeļševics Lūkass Krasts | Latvia | 52.749 | 9 | 52.934 | 11 | 1:45.683 | +0.597 |
| 10 | 15 | Devin Wardrope Cole Zajanski |  Canada | 52.996 | 10 | 52.910 | 10 | 1:45.906 | +0.820 |
| 11 | 5 | Juri Gatt Riccardo Schöpf | Austria | 53.014 | 12 | 52.901 | 9 | 1:45.915 | +0.829 |
| 12 | 12 | Christián Bosman Bruno Mick |  Slovakia | 53.121 | 13 | 53.004 | 12 | 1:46.125 | +1.039 |
| 13 | 11 | Wojciech Chmielewski Michał Gancarczyk |  Poland | 53.000 | 11 | 53.246 | 13 | 1:46.246 | +1.160 |
| 14 | 13 | Ihor Hoi Nazarii Kachmar |  Ukraine | 53.843 | 14 | 53.739 | 14 | 1:47.582 | +2.496 |
| 15 | 16 | Hou Shuo Jubayi Saikeyi |  China | 54.108 | 15 | 53.930 | 15 | 1:48.038 | +2.952 |
| 16 | 14 | Danyil Martsinovskiy Bohdan Babura | Ukraine | 54.158 | 17 | 53.957 | 16 | 1:48.115 | +3.029 |
| 17 | 17 | Marian Gîtlan Darius Șerban |  Romania | 54.144 | 16 | 54.046 | 17 | 1:48.190 | +3.104 |