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Calgary

Canada Olympic Park bobsleigh, luge and skeleton track

Canada Olympic Park, Calgary, Alberta · Canada

Closed since March 2019; its first five curves were demolished later that year.

Start Lowest point Mapped line 1,142 m, including run-out and start spurs. Shape © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Real track · Published figures

First raced
1986
Last raced
2019
Length
1,475 m
Drop
121 m
Curves
14

Bobsleigh course. The luge courses measured 1,251 m and 1,081 m. Published build costs are 27 million and 18.8 million Canadian dollars.

Explore the track

The Slidensa model, drawn over the real ground. Follow the run into every curve.

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In Slidensa

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Game model · Two-man bobsleigh reference run. These lengths, speeds and loads come from Slidensa’s physics and can differ from the real track’s published figures.

Length
1,475m
Drop
121m
Curves
14
Top speed
135km/h
Peak load
5.1g
Reference run
0:52.98
Curve-by-curve guide · 14 curves

The three curves in lime pull hardest in the reference run.

  1. 1 14° right 1.1 g · 66 km/h
  2. 2 28° left 1.3 g · 80 km/h
  3. 3 0° right 1.0 g · 89 km/h
  4. 4 26° right 1.9 g · 92 km/h
  5. 5 8° right Kink 1.2 g · 95 km/h
  6. 6 130° left Omega 3.3 g · 102 km/h
  7. 7 24° right Omega 2.4 g · 111 km/h
  8. 8 70° left Omega 4.6 g · 120 km/h
  9. 9 182° right Kreisel 4.2 g · 122 km/h
  10. 10 348° left Labyrinth 4.3 g · 123 km/h
  11. 11 2° left Labyrinth 1.1 g · 120 km/h
  12. 12 103° left Labyrinth 4.1 g · 121 km/h
  13. 13 0° right Labyrinth 1.0 g · 130 km/h
  14. 14 164° left 5.1 g · 135 km/h

The story

Built between 1984 and 1986, the track at Canada Olympic Park hosted bobsleigh and luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics. It went on to stage the skeleton World Championships in 1992, bobsleigh and skeleton World Championships in 1996 and 2005, women's bobsleigh and skeleton in 2001, and luge World Championships in 1990, 1993 and 2001. It closed in March 2019, when its operator was 8 million dollars short of a 25 million dollar refit, after Calgary voters had rejected a bid for the 2026 Games.

  • Curve 9, the Kreisel, turns through 270 degrees.
  • Curves 6 to 8 are known as the Omega and curves 10 to 13 as the Labyrinth.
  • A shortfall of 8 million Canadian dollars was enough to end racing here.

Today

Curves 1 to 5 at the top were demolished from October 2019, and the rest of the channel stands closed.

See the place on OpenStreetMap
The bob and luge track at Canada Olympic Park, Calgary.
The bob and luge track at Canada Olympic Park, Calgary. Photo: Daniel from Glasgow, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0.

Racing history

Earliest and latest recorded race of each event at this level, from published results.

Olympic Games

Two-man bob 1988
Four-man bob 1988
Men's luge 1988
Women's luge 1988
Doubles luge 1988

World Championships

Two-man bob 1996–2005
Four-man bob 1996–2005
Women's bob 2001–2005
Men's luge 1990–2001
Women's luge 1990–2001
Doubles luge 1990–2001
Men's skeleton 1992–2005
Women's skeleton 2001–2005

World Cup

Para bobsleigh 2017