List of Olympic venues in bobsleigh
For the Winter Olympics, there are 21 venues that have or will host bobsleigh. Initially the only sliding sport for the Winter Games, it was first combined with luge in 1976. It has been that way since 1984 and skeleton since 2002.
Games |
Venue |
Other sports hosted at venue for those games |
Capacity |
Ref. |
1924 Chamonix |
La Piste de Bobsleigh des Pellerins |
None |
Not listed. |
[1] |
1928 St. Moritz |
St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun |
None |
Not listed |
[2] |
1932 Lake Placid |
Mt. Van Hoevenberg Bob-Run |
None |
12500 |
[3] |
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
Riessersee |
Ice hockey, Speed skating |
17,940 (Bobsleigh), 16,000 (Ice hockey, Speed skating) |
[4] |
1948 St. Mortiz |
St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun |
None |
Not listed. |
[5] |
1952 Oslo |
Korketrekkeren |
None |
Not listed |
[6] |
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo |
La piste bob |
None |
4,650 |
[7] |
1964 Innsbruck |
Bob und Rodelbahn Igls |
Luge (separate track) |
Not listed. |
[8] |
1968 Grenoble |
Piste de Bobsleigh |
None |
Not listed. |
[9] |
1972 Sapporo |
Mt. Teine Bobsleigh Course |
None |
Not listed. |
[10] |
1976 Innsbruck |
Kominierte Kunsteisbahn für Bob-Rodel Igls |
Luge |
Not listed. |
[11] |
1980 Lake Placid |
Mt. Van Hoevenberg Bob and Luge Run |
Luge (Separate track) |
11,000 (bobsleigh) |
[12] |
1984 Sarajevo |
Trebević |
Luge |
4,000 (luge)
7,500 (bobsleigh) |
[13] |
1988 Calgary |
Canada Olympic Park (includes bobsleigh/luge track) |
Freestyle skiing (demonstration), Luge, Nordic combined (ski jumping), Ski jumping |
25,000 (bobsleigh/luge)
35,000 (ski jumping)
15,000 (freestyle) |
[14] |
1992 Albertville |
La Plagne |
Luge |
Not listed. |
[15] |
1994 Lillehammer |
Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track |
Luge |
10,000 |
[16] |
1998 Nagano |
Spiral |
Luge |
10,000 |
[17] |
2002 Salt Lake City |
Utah Olympic Park (bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track) |
Luge, Nordic combined (ski jumping), Skeleton, Ski Jumping |
18,100(ski jumping)
15,000 (bobsleigh, luge, skeleton) |
[18] |
2006 Turin |
Cesana Pariol |
Luge, Skeleton |
4,400 |
[19] |
2010 Vancouver |
The Whistler Sliding Centre |
Luge, Skeleton |
12,000 |
[20] |
2014 Sochi |
Russian National Sliding Centre |
Luge, Skeleton |
9,000 |
[21] |
2018 PyeongChang |
Alpensia Sliding Centre |
Luge, Skeleton |
11,000 |
|
Alpensia Sliding Centre
References
- ^ 1924 Olympic Games official report (combines Chamonix and Paris). pp. 652-3. (French)
- ^ 1928 Winter Olympics official report. Part 2. pp. 12-13. (French) Accessed 10 October 2010.
- ^ 1932 Winter Olympic Games official report. pp. 30, 39-41, 50-1, 141, 157-66. Accessed 12 October 2010.
- ^ 1936 Olympic Winter Games official report. pp. 70, 71, 74, 132-40, 153, 408-419. Accessed 16 October 2010. (German)
- ^ 1948 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 6, 23. Accessed 18 October 2010. (French) & (German)
- ^ 1952 Winter Olympics official report. p. 38.
- ^ The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIIth Winter Olympic Games 1956 at Cortina. (1956) CONI. pp. 175-9, 191. Accessed 24 October 2010. (English) & (Italian)
- ^ 1964 Winter Olympic Games Official report. pp. 40, 65, 69, 165, 178, 180. Accessed 30 October 2010. (German)
- ^ 1968 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 104-105. Accessed 1 November 2010. (English) & (French)
- ^ 1972 Olympic Winter Games official report. pp. 129, 252, 273-80. Accessed 6 November 2010. (English) & (French)
- ^ 1976 Winter Olympics official report, pp. 143-5, 153, 186-7, 206-208. Accessed 10 November 2010. (English), (French), and (German)
- ^ 1980 Winter Olympic Games official report - Volume 1. pp. 57-66. Accessed 16 November 2010. (English) & (French)
- ^ 1984 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 61, 64-70, 107, 180, 184. Accessed 22 November 2010. (English), (French), & (Serbo-Croatian)
- ^ 1988 Winter Olympics official report. Part 1. pp. 110-27. Accessed 29 November 2010. (English) & (French)
- ^ 1992 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 92-95, 350-5. Accessed 5 December 2010. (English) & (French)
- ^ 1994 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 3. pp. 37-41. Accessed 8 December 2010.
- ^ 1998 Winter Olympics official report Volume 2. pp. 184-5, 226-9. Accessed 12 December 2010.
- ^ 2002 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 84-7. Accessed 21 December 2010.
- ^ 2006 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 3. pp. 61-3. Accessed 27 December 2010. (English) & (Italian)
- ^ "Venues–The Whistler Sliding Centre". Vancouver Organizing Committee. http://www.vancouver2010.com/whistler-sliding-centre/. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
- ^ Sochi2014.com profile of the Russian National Sliding Centre. Accessed 31 December 2010.
Olympic venues in bobsleigh
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