Lillehammer Olympiske Bob- og Akebane

Lillehammer Olympiske Bob- og Akebane
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place	Lillehammer , Norway
owner	Lillehammer municipality
operator	Lillehammer municipality
Installation	1992
Orbit data Maximum height difference 114 m begin length Curves Bob start 1365 m 16 Skeleton start 1365 m 16 Toboggan start men 1365 m 16 Toboggan start women 1065 m 13 Double-seater start 1065 m 13

Coordinates: 61 ° 13 '27.4 "  N , 10 ° 25' 38.7"  E

The Lillehammer Olympiske Bob- og Akebane ( German  Lillehammer Olympia Bob- und Toboggan run ) is an artificial ice rink in the Norwegian village of Hunderfossen in the municipality of Lillehammer . The track was the venue for the luge and bobsleigh competitions at the 1994 Winter Olympics . Furthermore, were on the track, the Skeleton World Cup in 1995 as well as the Luge World Championships in 1995 and the Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2016 held.

history

Before the Winter Olympics in 1994 , there was no bobsleigh or luge track in Norway. Bobsleigh and toboggan runs were held on the Korketrekkeren track during the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo , but the track was dismantled after the games. For this reason, a bobsleigh and toboggan run had to be built after the 1994 Winter Olympics were awarded to Lillehammer . The application initially envisaged building the track next to the Balbergbakken ski jumping facility in Fåberg .

After most of the competition venues had been redesigned by May 1989, the route should finally be built as part of the Olympic Park in Kanthaugen near the Stampesletta . The estimated cost was 231 million Norwegian kroner . However, this location was rejected by the Lillehammer city council, the government of the province of Oppland and the Riksantikvaren because of its too strong impact on the environment. Instead, Hunderfossen was suggested as the location. However, the organizing committee of the games was not satisfied with this location and in 1990 considered building the track at Holmenkollen in Oslo . Two routes were considered, one on the same route as the Korketrekkeren and one that should lead from Gratishaugen at Holmenkollbakken to Midtstuen . This project was also supported by the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation and the International Luge Federation . [5] On August 24, 1990, however, Hunderfossen received the grant from the Norwegian Parliament.

The architects of the railways in Altenberg , Oberhof , La Plagne and Calgary were involved in the planning of the railway . The railway was finally completed on October 1, 1992 and cost NOK 201 million. After the Olympics, ownership of the venue was transferred to the Lillehammer Olympiapark, owned by the municipality of Lillehammer.

When the city ​​of Oslo applied for the Winter Olympics in 2022 , the railway was once again planned as a competition venue. However, the 2022 Winter Olympics were awarded to Beijing.

gallery

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  Bob start

Web links

Commons : Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1994/E_BOOK3.PDF ( Memento from April 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive )