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Sarajevo

Sarajevo Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track

Mount Trebević, Sarajevo · Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abandoned since the war of the early 1990s; the concrete channel survives.

Start Lowest point Mapped line 853 m, including run-out and start spurs. Shape © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Real track · Published figures

First raced
1982
Last raced
1990
Length
1,300 m
Drop
126 m
Curves
13

Bobsleigh course. The men's luge course was 1,210 m, and the women's and doubles course 993 m with 11 curves.

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
1,711m
Drop
126m
Curves
13
Top speed
138km/h
Peak load
4.9g
Reference run
1:00.77
Curve-by-curve guide · 13 curves

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

  1. Curve 1 39° right Kink 1.1 g · 41 km/h
  2. Curve 2 58° left 1.3 g · 55 km/h
  3. Curve 3 1° right 1.4 g · 73 km/h
  4. Curve 4 147° right 3.4 g · 101 km/h
  5. Curve 5 120° left Double S 3.8 g · 109 km/h
  6. Curve 6 117° right Double S 4.2 g · 119 km/h
  7. Curve 7 2° left Double S 1.4 g · 134 km/h
  8. Curve 8 197° left Omega 4.9 g · 138 km/h
  9. Curve 9 53° left Kink 4.2 g · 137 km/h
  10. Curve 10 91° right Labyrinth 3.3 g · 131 km/h
  11. Curve 11 19° right Labyrinth 3.1 g · 129 km/h
  12. Curve 12 162° right Labyrinth 4.2 g · 127 km/h
  13. Curve 13 3° right Finish Corner 1.1 g · 128 km/h

The story

Yugoslavia built this concrete track on Mount Trebević, above Sarajevo, between June 1981 and September 1982 for the 1984 Winter Olympics. It hosted bobsleigh and luge at the Games, bobsleigh European Championships in 1983 and 1988, skeleton European Championships in 1985 and 1987, and World Cup races until December 1990. The war closed it in 1992; during the siege the track was damaged and, by most accounts, used as an artillery position, and the slopes around it were mined.

  • During the siege of Sarajevo the Olympic track was, by most accounts, used as an artillery position.
  • Volunteers began clearing it in 2014 after demining, and athletes now train on it in summer, though graffiti still covers its walls.
  • In 2025 a trail of 13 panels with QR codes was set up along the track to tell its Olympic story.

Today

The concrete channel still winds down the mountain with war damage in a late curve, while the start houses and refrigeration plant are gone. A tour company advertises guided luge-sled rides on a 200 m section.

See the place on OpenStreetMap
The graffiti-covered Olympic track on Mount Trebević above Sarajevo.
The graffiti-covered Olympic track on Mount Trebević above Sarajevo. Photo: Julian Nyča, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Racing history

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

Olympic Games

Two-man bob 1984
Four-man bob 1984
Men's luge 1984
Women's luge 1984
Doubles luge 1984

Continental championships and cups

Two-man bob 1983–1988
Four-man bob 1983–1988
Men's skeleton 1985–1987