The 2018 bronze medalists, Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken, won the silver medal.

Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller of Austria won the bronze, their first Olympic medal.

Eggert and Benneken were leading the 2021–22 Luge World Cup before the Olympics, with Wendl and Arlt second.

On December 17, 2021, the International Luge Federation announced that the qualification system was changed.

[3] On January 19, 2022, the International Luge Federation announced the list of qualified athletes.