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Replaced 1923–2008

Cortina (old track)

Pista olimpica Eugenio Monti

Ronco, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Veneto · Italy

Demolished from 2023; the new Cortina Sliding Centre stands on the site.

No mapped line survives for this track yet.

Real track · Published figures

First raced
1923
Last raced
2008
Length
1,350 m
Drop
120 m
Curves
13

Figures are for the layout used from 1981. The track was about 1,200 m in 1923, 1,500 m with 15 curves in 1936, and about 1,700 m with 16 curves for the 1956 Games.

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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
1,929m
Drop
152m
Curves
16
Top speed
151km/h
Peak load
5.8g
Reference run
1:03.48
Curve-by-curve guide · 16 curves

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

  1. 1 60° left 1.6 g · 65 km/h
  2. 2 94° right Vecchia 3.8 g · 72 km/h
  3. 3 166° left 3.2 g · 87 km/h
  4. 4 47° right Stries 2.5 g · 92 km/h
  5. 5 53° left 3.2 g · 103 km/h
  6. 6 73° right Verzi 3.9 g · 104 km/h
  7. 7 92° left Sento 3.8 g · 115 km/h
  8. 8 139° right Labirinto 3.5 g · 118 km/h
  9. 9 107° left Labirinto 4.3 g · 137 km/h
  10. 10 1° right Labirinto 1.6 g · 145 km/h
  11. 11 200° right Belvedere 5.8 g · 151 km/h
  12. 12 3° left Bandion 1.0 g · 148 km/h
  13. 15 268° left Cristallo 5.6 g · 143 km/h
  14. 13 34° left Rettifilo Antelao 3.0 g · 146 km/h
  15. 14 53° left Antelao 4.1 g · 144 km/h
  16. 16 30° left Kink 3.0 g · 146 km/h

The story

Cortina's bob run at Ronco opened in 1923 and was rebuilt and lengthened several times over the following decades. It was the bobsleigh venue of the 1956 Winter Olympics and hosted nine World Championships between 1937 and 1999, six European Championships and the 1953 European luge championships. The last race was held in January 2008, after which the track closed, and a bid to stage the 2011 World Championships was withdrawn.

  • It hosted the bobsleigh World Championships nine times, from 1937 to 1999.
  • For the 1956 Games the course ran for about 1,700 m through 16 curves.
  • Its replacement was built on the same hillside in about 13 months.

Today

The old track was demolished from March 2023, and the Cortina Sliding Centre for the 2026 Games was built on the same site.

See the place on OpenStreetMap

Racing history

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

Olympic Games

Two-man bob 1956
Four-man bob 1956

World Championships

Two-man bob 1937–1999
Four-man bob 1939–1999

Continental championships and cups

Two-man bob 1965–2007
Four-man bob 1970–2007
Women's bob 2007
Men's luge 1953
Women's luge 1953
Doubles luge 1953