Doubles, Open
| Date | 19 February 1988 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Canada Olympic Park, Calgary (Bobsleigh/Luge Track) | |
| Participants | 36 from 11 countries | |
| Format | Two runs, total time determined placement. | |
| Details | Curves: 10 Length: 1080 m Start Altitude: 1281 m Vertical Drop: 81 m | |
It was expected that the gold medal in this event would go to Jochen Pietzsch and Jörg Hoffmann. They had won the last three World Championships, and had taken the bronze in Sarajevo. In Calgary, they gained one-tenth of a second in the first run, and lost only one-thousandth in the next one, leading them to their expected gold medal. Behind them, their club mates Behrendt/Krauße slid to a surprising silver medal, not having previous experience at major championships. As usual, the two-run doubles competition was close, especially the battle for bronze. Belyakov/Belousov (URS) who were leading the World Cup standings, were in bronze medal position after one run, but tumbled to seventh with a disappointing second run. The West German duo Schwab/Wolfgang was able to benefit from this mishap, and despite only placing 5th in the second run they moved from fourth to third.
| Pos | Pair | NOC | Time | Run #1 | Run #2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jörg Hoffmann / Jochen Pietzsch |  GDR | 1:31.940 | 45.786 (1) | 46.154 (2) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Stefan Krauße / Jan Behrendt | GDR | 1:32.039 | 45.886 (2) | 46.153 (1) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Thomas Schwab / Wolfgang Staudinger |  FRG | 1:32.274 | 46.024 (4) | 46.250 (5) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Stefan Ilsanker / Georg Hackl | FRG | 1:32.298 | 46.054 (5) | 46.244 (4) | |||
| 5 | Georg Fluckinger / Robert Manzenreiter |  AUT | 1:32.364 | 46.135 (8) | 46.229 (3) | |||
| 6 | Vitaly Melnik / Dmitry Alekseyev |  URS | 1:32.459 | 46.060 (6) | 46.399 (6) | |||
| =7 | Kurt Brugger / Wilfried Huber |  ITA | 1:32.553 | 46.125 (7) | 46.428 (7) | |||
| =7 | Yevgeny Belousov / Aleksandr Belyakov | URS | 1:32.553 | 45.973 (3) | 46.580 (8) | |||
| 9 | Bernhard Kammerer / Walter Brunner | ITA | 1:33.171 | 46.381 (11) | 46.790 (10) | |||
| 10 | Bob Gasper / André Benoit |  CAN | 1:33.306 | 46.240 (9) | 47.066 (12) | |||
| 11 | Miro Zajonc / Tim Nardiello |  USA | 1:33.320 | 46.482 (13) | 46.838 (11) | |||
| 12 | Gerhard Sandbichler / Franz Lechleitner | AUT | 1:33.462 | 46.771 (14) | 46.691 (9) | |||
| 13 | Petr Urban / Luboš Jíra |  TCH | 1:33.621 | 46.388 (12) | 47.233 (13) | |||
| 14 | Kazuhiko Takamatsu / Tsukasa Hirakawa |  JPN | 1:34.453 | 47.129 (16) | 47.324 (14) | |||
| 15 | Stephen Brialey / Nick Ovett |  GBR | 1:34.676 | 46.912 (15) | 47.764 (15) | |||
| 16 | Joe Barile / Steven Maher | USA | 1:34.963 | 46.262 (10) | 48.701 (17) | |||
| 17 | Sam Salmon / Dan Doll | CAN | 1:37.358 | 48.300 (17) | 49.058 (18) | |||
| 18 | Krasimir Kamenov / Mitko Bachev |  BUL | 1:40.577 | 51.957 (18) | 48.620 (16) |