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Closed 1963–2001

Hammarstrand (old course)

Hammarstrand bob and luge track

Hammarstrand, Ragunda, Jämtland · Sweden

The full course has not raced since 2001; a short section reopened for training in 2021.

No mapped line survives for this track yet.

Real track · Published figures

First raced
1963
Last raced
2001
Length
1,200 m
Curves
15

The course was 700 m long in 1963 and reached 1,200 m in 1964; a planned extension to 1,500 m was never built. Later starts gave courses of 1,100 m, 1,045 m and 900 m.

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

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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
1,186m
Drop
80m
Curves
11
Top speed
116km/h
Peak load
2.6g
Reference run
0:52.10
Curve-by-curve guide · 11 curves

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

  1. 1 28° left Kink 1.0 g · 40 km/h
  2. 2 30° right 1.2 g · 60 km/h
  3. 3 35° left 1.2 g · 61 km/h
  4. 4 46° right 1.3 g · 67 km/h
  5. 5 64° left 1.4 g · 77 km/h
  6. 6 71° right 2.1 g · 105 km/h
  7. 7 41° left 2.2 g · 106 km/h
  8. 8 55° right 2.4 g · 112 km/h
  9. 9 60° left 2.3 g · 110 km/h
  10. 10 61° right 2.4 g · 114 km/h
  11. 11 27° left 2.6 g · 114 km/h

The story

Hammarstrand's track, built of planks on a peat and earth foundation, opened in 1963 at 700 m and reached 1,200 m the following year. As Sweden's only luge track of international class, it hosted the luge World Championships in 1967, 1975 and 1981 and the European Championships in 1970, 1976, 1978 and 1986. Bob racing, stopped in 1969 over costs and wear, returned in the mid-1990s. Racing on the full course ended in 2001.

  • Its straights and curves were built of planks on a peat and earth foundation.
  • It hosted three luge World Championships, in 1967, 1975 and 1981.
  • Four European luge championships were held here between 1970 and 1986.

Today

The old course survives in part, with a 600 m section described by the club for natural-ice luge.

See the place on OpenStreetMap

Racing history

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

World Championships

Men's luge 1967–1981
Women's luge 1967–1981
Doubles luge 1967–1981

Continental championships and cups

Men's luge 1970–1986
Women's luge 1970–1986
Doubles luge 1970–1986