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Demolished 1972–1985

Sapporo 1972 luge track

Mt. Teine luge course

Mount Teine, Sapporo, Hokkaido · Japan

Removed in December 1985; the site became a ski slope.

No mapped line survives for this track yet.

Real track · Published figures

First raced
1972
Last raced
1985
Length
1,023 m
Drop
101 m
Curves
14

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
964m
Drop
101m
Curves
14
Top speed
137km/h
Peak load
4.1g
Reference run
0:38.70
Curve-by-curve guide · 14 curves

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

  1. 1 0° right Kink 1.0 g · 37 km/h
  2. 2 0° right Kink 1.0 g · 56 km/h
  3. 3 74° right 1.5 g · 71 km/h
  4. 4 45° right 1.8 g · 85 km/h
  5. 5 19° right 1.4 g · 87 km/h
  6. 6 75° left 2.3 g · 96 km/h
  7. 7 32° left 2.3 g · 108 km/h
  8. 8 58° right 2.8 g · 106 km/h
  9. 9 26° right 2.1 g · 107 km/h
  10. 10 8° right Kink 1.1 g · 111 km/h
  11. 11 68° right 3.0 g · 115 km/h
  12. 12 48° left 3.9 g · 125 km/h
  13. 13 15° left 2.1 g · 132 km/h
  14. 14 73° left 4.1 g · 137 km/h

The story

Mount Teine's reinforced-concrete luge course hosted the men's, women's and doubles events at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics. Its 1,023 m course had 14 curves and dropped 101 m, and construction cost 277 million yen. After the Games it hosted citizens' races. The course was removed in December 1985, and its site became a ski slope at Teine Olympia.

  • It cost 277 million yen, against 433 million for the bob track beside it.
  • All three Olympic luge events of 1972 were decided here.

Today

The course site is a ski slope; an Olympic cauldron still stands above the former start.

See the place on OpenStreetMap

Racing history

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

Olympic Games

Men's luge 1972
Women's luge 1972
Doubles luge 1972