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Replaced From 1971

Olang 1971

Olang artificial luge track

Olang (Valdaora), South Tyrol · Italy

Rebuilt in 1998–99 as the Panorama natural track on the same route.

No mapped line survives for this track yet.

Real track · Published figures

First raced
1971

A 1971 race report gives 776 m and a later history 960 m; that history also dates its last use to 1989. The Panorama natural track that replaced it is 1,008.5 m long with a 117.68 m drop.

Explore the track

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
947m
Drop
102m
Curves
12
Top speed
140km/h
Peak load
4.4g
Reference run
0:35.53
Curve-by-curve guide · 12 curves

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

  1. 1 20° left Kink 1.0 g · 39 km/h
  2. 2 45° left 1.3 g · 62 km/h
  3. 3 27° left 1.5 g · 80 km/h
  4. 4 58° right 1.7 g · 85 km/h
  5. 5 17° right 1.7 g · 102 km/h
  6. 6 45° right 2.8 g · 114 km/h
  7. 7 78° left 3.0 g · 121 km/h
  8. 8 22° left 2.9 g · 133 km/h
  9. 9 58° left 4.1 g · 140 km/h
  10. 10 27° left 3.8 g · 138 km/h
  11. 11 66° right 4.4 g · 135 km/h
  12. 12 7° right 2.4 g · 134 km/h

The story

Olang built this luge track for the 1971 World Luge Championships. It was an engineered track iced naturally and never refrigerated. European Championships followed in 1975, 1980 and 1984, and it stayed in use into the late 1980s. After years idle it was taken down in 1998–99 and rebuilt on the old route as the Panorama natural luge track.

  • It hosted the 1971 World Luge Championships.
  • Its successor on the same route hosted the 2000 natural-track World Championships.
  • The old start building is still in use on the new track.

Today

The Panorama natural luge track runs on the old route, reusing the old start building, while the former finish house serves as a store.

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 1971
Women's luge 1971
Doubles luge 1971
Natural-track luge 2000

Continental championships and cups

Men's luge 1975–1984
Women's luge 1975–1984
Doubles luge 1975–1984