Jan Behrendt (born 29 November 1967 in Ilmenau, Bezirk Suhl) is an East German-German luger who competed from the mid-1980s to 1998. Together with Stefan Krauße he won two Olympic gold medals (1992, 1998), one silver medal (1988) and one bronze (1994) in men's doubles.

In addition, they won eleven medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with seven golds (Men's doubles: 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995; Mixed team: 1991, 1993, 1995) and four silvers (Men's doubles: 1997, Mixed team: 1989, 1996, 1997). At the FIL European Luge Championships, they won a total of six medals with four golds (Men's doubles: 1996, 1998; Mixed team: 1996, 1998) and two bronzes (Men's doubles: 1990, 1992).

They won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles *le three times (1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96).

Behrendt and Krausse retired after the 1998 Olympics. The same year they were proclaimed honorary citizens of Ilmenau.

References

• DatabaseOlympics.com information on Behrendt. at the Wayback Machine (archived 8 February 2007)
• Fuzilogik Sports – Winter Olympic results – Men's luge at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 February 2010)
• Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions luge and skeleton. at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 23 February 2002)
• Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton. at archive.today (archived 4 December 2012)
• List of men's doubles luge World Cup champions since 1978. at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 February 2008)