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St. Moritz

Olympia Bob Run St. Moritz-Celerina

St. Moritz and Celerina, Graubünden · Switzerland

Racing today, on a track rebuilt from snow every winter.

Start Lowest point Mapped line 1,916 m, including run-out and start spurs. Shape © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Real track · Published figures

Opened
1904
Status
Racing today
Length
1,722 m
Drop
130 m
Curves
19

The track's own figure for the drop is 129 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
1,722m
Drop
130m
Curves
19
Top speed
147km/h
Peak load
6.0g
Reference run
1:09.28
Curve-by-curve guide · 19 curves

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

  1. 1 2° left Kink 1 1.0 g · 38 km/h
  2. 2 6° left Kink 2 1.0 g · 62 km/h
  3. 3 126° left Wall 1.5 g · 88 km/h
  4. 4 8° left Snake 1 1.1 g · 88 km/h
  5. 5 12° right Snake 2 1.0 g · 87 km/h
  6. 6 181° right Sunny 3.9 g · 87 km/h
  7. 7 8° right Monti's Bolt 1.1 g · 95 km/h
  8. 8 14° left Nash-Dixon 1.6 g · 96 km/h
  9. 9 167° left Horse-Shoe 6.0 g · 103 km/h
  10. 10 80° right Telephone 2.9 g · 107 km/h
  11. 11 32° right Shamrock 2.0 g · 113 km/h
  12. 12 110° left Devils Dyke 4.1 g · 126 km/h
  13. 13 4° left Nameless 1.1 g · 125 km/h
  14. 14 42° right Tree 3.5 g · 121 km/h
  15. 15 115° right Bridge 3.6 g · 121 km/h
  16. 16 5° right Leap 1.2 g · 132 km/h
  17. 17 16° right Gunter Sachs 2.1 g · 136 km/h
  18. 18 134° left Martineau 4.8 g · 146 km/h
  19. 19 88° left Portago 5.2 g · 142 km/h

The story

The Olympia Bob Run between St. Moritz and Celerina held its first race on 1 January 1904, making it the oldest bob track in the world. It is also the only natural-ice bob track left: each November about 15 workers rebuild it from snow over roughly 3 weeks. It staged the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics, has hosted bobsleigh World Championships since 1931, and held the 2020 Youth Olympics.

  • The 1928 Olympics here held the only five-man bob race in Olympic history.
  • The Horse-Shoe curve is built on natural stone.
  • Its curves carry names such as Sunny Corner, Shamrock, Devil's Dyke and Portago.

Today

A natural-ice run of 19 curves, shaped from snow each winter, with a run-out added in 2002.

See the place on OpenStreetMap
Sunny House and Sunny Corner on the St. Moritz–Celerina Olympia Bob Run.
Sunny House and Sunny Corner on the St. Moritz–Celerina Olympia Bob Run. Photo: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Racing history

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

Olympic Games

Two-man bob 1948
Four-man bob 1948
Five-man bob 1928

World Championships

Two-man bob 1938–2023
Four-man bob 1931–2023
Women's bob 2007–2023
Women's monobob 2023
Para bobsleigh 2017–2026
Men's luge 2000
Women's luge 2000
Doubles luge 2000
Men's skeleton 1982–2023
Women's skeleton 2007–2023
Skeleton mixed team 2023

World Cup

Two-man bob 2024–2026
Four-man bob 2024–2026
Women's bob 2024–2026
Women's monobob 2024–2026
Men's skeleton 2024–2026
Women's skeleton 2024–2026
Skeleton mixed team 2024–2026

Continental championships and cups

Two-man bob 1968–2026
Four-man bob 1968–2026
Women's bob 2006–2026
Women's monobob 2022–2026
Para bobsleigh 2019–2022
Men's luge 2022
Women's luge 2022
Doubles luge 2022
Luge team relay 2022
Men's skeleton 1986–2026
Women's skeleton 2003–2026
Skeleton mixed team 2026