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Sigulda

Sigulda Bobsleigh and Luge Track

Sigulda, Vidzeme · Latvia

Racing today, though four-man bobs still cannot race here.

Start Lowest point Mapped line 1,054 m, including run-out and start spurs. Shape © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Real track · Published figures

Opened
1986
Status
Racing today
Length
1,260 m
Drop
99 m
Curves
16

FIL men's luge figure, with the drop from the bob start. The operator gives 1,200 m from the men's start and a 111.5 m drop. The local history dates initial work to 1983, a thirteen-bend opening to December 1986 and completion of the upper course to spring 1988. Other accounts give a 1984–1986 build period.

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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
1,316m
Drop
99m
Curves
16
Top speed
126km/h
Peak load
4.8g
Reference run
0:55.50
Curve-by-curve guide · 16 curves

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

  1. 1 188° right 4.3 g · 86 km/h
  2. 2 115° left 3.7 g · 86 km/h
  3. 3 25° right 2.3 g · 86 km/h
  4. 4 30° left 2.4 g · 85 km/h
  5. 5 27° right 2.6 g · 84 km/h
  6. 6 120° left 3.9 g · 81 km/h
  7. 7 16° right 1.3 g · 82 km/h
  8. 8 12° left 1.2 g · 82 km/h
  9. 9 15° right Kink 1.1 g · 86 km/h
  10. 10 101° right 2.4 g · 91 km/h
  11. 11 37° left Kink 2.1 g · 96 km/h
  12. 12 243° left 4.0 g · 100 km/h
  13. 13 145° right 4.2 g · 103 km/h
  14. 14 86° left 3.8 g · 108 km/h
  15. 15 132° right 4.8 g · 123 km/h
  16. 16 1° left Kink 1.1 g · 126 km/h

The story

Sigulda's track opened in 1986 above the Gauja valley, when Latvia was part of the Soviet Union. It was designed first for luge, with a steep first upper curve, and four-man bobs cannot race on it, so it has never held a bobsleigh World Championship. Luge is its strength: it hosted the luge World Championships in 2003 and 2015 and several European Championships. Two-man bob and skeleton World Cups still visit.

  • Four-man bobs cannot race here, so Sigulda has never staged a bobsleigh World Championship.
  • Kristers Aparjods set the men's luge track record of 47.493 s on 3 March 2024.

Today

A refrigerated track of 16 curves with an artificial ice start ramp added in 2008.

See the place on OpenStreetMap
The lower start of the Sigulda track in 2006.
The lower start of the Sigulda track in 2006. Photo: SpeedKing, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Racing history

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

World Championships

Men's luge 2003–2015
Women's luge 2003–2015
Doubles luge 2003–2015
Luge team relay 2015

World Cup

Two-man bob 2023–2025
Women's bob 2023–2025
Women's monobob 2023–2025
Men's skeleton 2023–2025
Women's skeleton 2023–2025

Continental championships and cups

Two-man bob 2020–2024
Women's bob 2004–2024
Women's monobob 2024
Para bobsleigh 2025
Men's luge 1996–2023
Women's luge 1996–2023
Doubles luge 1996–2023
Women's doubles luge 2023
Luge team relay 2010–2023
Men's skeleton 2020–2024
Women's skeleton 2020–2024