Doubles, Open

Unlike the other two luge events at Grenoble, both of the runs of the doubles event were completed, although they were postponed from their original schedule on 15 February. Favourites for the title were the 1967 World Champions, East Germany’s Thomas Köhler and Klaus-Michael Bonsack. The pair had won gold and silver in the 1964 singles, and silver and bronze at Villard-de-Lans. Contenders were the runners-up from the World Championships, Manfred Schmid and Ewald Walch of Austria, especially after had Schmid won the individual gold medal earlier in the Olympics. However, there was little competition in the two runs, and the three medalling teams finished 1-2-3 in both runs.