List of Olympic venues in luge explained
For the Winter Olympics, there are 14 venues that have been or will be used for luge. Initially separate from bobsleigh, the sports were first combined in 1976. Luge was combined with bobsleigh finally in 1984 and then with skeleton in 2002.
| Games | Venue | Other sports hosted at venue for those games | Capacity | Ref. |
|---|
| | Bobsleigh (separate track) | Not listed. | [1] |
| | None | Not listed. | [2] |
| | None | Not listed. | [3] |
| | | Not listed. | [4] |
| | Bobsleigh (separate track) | 11,000 (bobsleigh) | [5] |
| | | 4,000 (luge)
7,500 (bobsleigh) | [6] |
| Canada Olympic Park (includes bobsleigh/luge track) | | 25,000 (bobsleigh/luge)
35,000 (ski jumping)
15,000 (freestyle) | [7] |
| | | Not listed. | [8] |
| | | 10,000 | [9] |
| | | 10,000 | [10] |
| Utah Olympic Park (includes bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track) | | 18,100(ski jumping)
15,000 (bobsleigh, luge, skeleton) | [11] |
| | | 4,400 | [12] |
| 2010 Vancouver | The Whistler Sliding Centre | Bobsleigh, Skeleton | 12,000 | [13] |
| | | 9,000 | [14] |
| | | 7,000 (including 6,000 standing) | [15] |
| | | 5,000 | | |
Notes and References
- http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/orw1964.pdf 1964 Winter Olympic Games Official report.
- http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/or1968.pdf 1968 Winter Olympics official report.
- http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/orw1972.pdf 1972 Olympic Winter Games official report.
- http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1976/orw1976.pdf 1976 Winter Olympics official report
- http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1980/orw1980v1.pdf 1980 Winter Olympic Games official report - Volume 1.
- http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1984/or1984w.pdf 1984 Winter Olympics official report.
- http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/orw1988pt1.pdf 1988 Winter Olympics official report.
- http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/orw1992.pdf 1992 Winter Olympics official report.
- http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1994/E_BOOK3.PDF 1994 Winter Olympics official report.
- http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol2_e.pdf 1998 Winter Olympics official report Volume 2.
- http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2002/2002v1.pdf 2002 Winter Olympics official report.
- http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/2006v3.pdf 2006 Winter Olympics official report.
- Web site: Venues - The Whistler Sliding Centre. Vancouver Organizing Committee. 2010-03-10.
- http://sochi2014.com/en/objects/mountain/sledge/ Sochi2014.com profile of the Russian National Sliding Centre.
- Web site: 2018 Winter Olympics official website – Olympic Sliding Centre . https://web.archive.org/web/20180210073601/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/venues/olympic-sliding-centre . 10 February 2018.
