Speed ​​skating rink

A speed skating rink (or speed skating hall , ice oval ) is an ice rink (sports facility) on which speed skating competitions can be held.

The train

A standard speed skating rink is defined by the rules of the International Skating Union (ISU). It consists of a track divided into two tracks, with two curves of 180 °. The radius of the inner curve must not be less than 25 meters and not greater than 26 meters. The inside lane must be four meters. The outside lane may be larger but not smaller than four meters. This results in the radii for the outer curve of a maximum of 30 and a minimum of 29 meters. Opposite the home straight is the changing straight (intersection area) where the athletes have to change when they come out of the curve.

For international competitions, the lane must be 400 meters long, with a warm-up lane that is at least four meters wide. A temperature-controlled hall with artificial ice is mandatory for the Olympic Games . These requirements have only changed slightly since the ISU was founded in 1892.

measurement

The dimensions of a standard speed skating rink

The track is measured half a meter from the inner boundary line (in the track). The total length of the lane (one lap) is the distance that a competitor has to run per lap. This includes two straight lines (crossing the alternating straight line causes a path that is approx. 7 cm longer), an inner curve and an outer curve. The boundary line is a 7 cm wide blue line made in the ice, which is equipped with not fixed red blocks.

Other types of railways

Differing from the standard tracks, tracks can also have other lengths. 200 meters, with an inner curve radius of 15 meters and a straight line of at least 40 meters, must not be undercut. An example of a non-standard rink is the 333.3 meter long Ostragehege ice rink in Dresden .

Speed ​​skating rinks

This list shows all speed skating rinks in the world. Halls that were designed without air conditioning (heating / dehumidifier) ​​are marked with (cold).

place	train	Altitude (m)	Built	All-around points			Olympic games
				Women	Men	total
Minsk	Minsk Arena	209	2010	208.983	190.626	399,609
Calgary	Olympic oval	1034	July 1987	190.150	176.420	366,570	1988
Fort St. John	Pomeroy Sport Center	671	December 23, 2009	NC	NC	NC
Richmond	Richmond Olympic Oval	4th	October 17, 2008	196,335	180.686	377.021	2010
Changchun	Jilin Provincial Speed ​​Skating Rink	210	December 2005	200.699	185.525	386.224
Harbin	Heilongjiang Indoor Rink	141	November 18, 1995	201.428	185.247	386.675
Qiqihar	Icerink Qiqihar (cold)	146	2007	206.009	195.025	401,034
Shenyang	Bayi Speed ​​Skating Oval	48	1999	203.510	188.717	392.227
Urumqi	Xinjiang Ice Sport Center	1710	August 1, 2015
Berlin	Sports forum Hohenschönhausen	34	1985	194,959	180.217	375.176
Erfurt	Gunda-Niemann-Stirnemann Hall	214	November 5, 2001	195,305	180.476	375.781
Inzell	Max Aicher Arena	691	2011	194,026	178,991	373.017
Turin	Oval lingotto	233	September 2005	196.903	180.691	377,594	2006
Nagano	M-Wave	342	1996	196.511	180.782	377.293	1998
Obihiro	Tokachi oval	79	September 2009	200.484	184.750	385.234
Astana (Nur-Sultan since 2019)	Ice Palace Alau	348	2011	195.614	179.943	375,557
Gangneung	Gangneung oval	40	2017				2018
Seoul	Taereung Ice Rink	63	2000	201.734	185.930	387.664
Enschede	IJsbaan Twente (cold)	27	October 2008	206.634	186.569	393.203
Groningen	Carding (cold)	0	1993	203.168	185.829	388,997
Heerenveen	Thialf	0.4	17th November 1986	193,396	178.622	372.018
Tilburg	Ireen Wüst Ijsbaan (cold)	13	October 24, 2009	213,198	193,961	407.159
Bjugn	FosenHallen (cold)	8th	September 14, 2007	208.023	190.747	398.770
Hamar	Vikingskipet	125	December 19, 1992	194.191	178.778	372,969	1994
Stavanger	Sørmarka Arena	48	October 2010	206.230	185.348	391.578
Kolomna	Kometa	120	May 31, 2006	195.368	179,922	375.290
Moscow	Krylatskoye Ice Palace	127	October 2004	195.597	180.776	376,373
St. Petersburg	Winter Stadium St. Petersburg	15th	1981	213.091	196,802	409.893
Sochi	Adler Arena	5	2012	193,336	178.985	372,321	2014
Chelyabinsk	Uralskaya Molnija	222	March 10, 2005	199.484	182.886	382,370
Gothenburg	Rudhallen (cold)	40	November 11, 2002	210.839	193,327	404.166
Milwaukee	Pettit National Ice Center	216	1993	196,534	181.667	378,201
Salt Lake City	Utah Olympic Oval	1425	January 2000	189,562	175.463	365.025	2002

The hall is no longer used for speed skating. The hall is under construction.

• NC - not completed - incomplete

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  Utah Olympic Oval , Salt Lake City

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  Kometa , Kolomna

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  Vikingskipet , Hamar

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  M-Wave , Nagano

Semi-open speed skating rinks

The semi-open speed skating rinks, which are particularly widespread in the Netherlands , are tracks that have a roof over the spectator stands and the competition track. The inexpensive alternative to the hall provides protection from wind and weather. Low temperatures as well as rain and snow falling diagonally into the hall continue to influence speed skating, as is the case with an open-air track. In the course of time, some of the semi-open lanes in the interior were subsequently roofed over. So that the division into half-open and hall (cold) can change.

place	train	Altitude (m)	Built	All-around points
				Women	Men	total
Alkmaar	De Meent	0	2000	207.940	190.388	398,328
Breda	SpaarSelect Kunstijsbaan	5	November 30, 2001	209,435	191,946	401,381
The hague	De Uithof	6th	1989	205.406	188.828	394.234
Eindhoven	IJssportcentrum Eindhoven	18th	2000	207.842	190.169	398.011
Hoorn	De Westfries	−3	September 2006	205.882	188.622	394.504
Aces	De Bonte Wever	10	1993	205.948	187.877	393.825
Deventer	De Scheg	8th	1992	208.148	189.195	397,343
Haarlem	IJsbaan Kennemerland	2	1962	210.423	193.678	404.101
Utrecht	De Vechtsebanen	2	1997	206.278	189,570	395.848
Kazan	Kazanj-Raketa	76	January 2002	NC	NC	NC

• NC - not completed - incomplete

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  De Uithof , The Hague

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  SpaarSelect Kunstijsbaan , Breda

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  IJssportcentrum Eindhoven , Eindhoven

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  IJssportcentrum Eindhoven , Eindhoven

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  De Westfries , Hoorn

Open air tracks

Open-air tracks differ between those made of natural ice such as lakes, rivers or flooded areas and those made artificially by cooling systems. There are over 180 400 meter long open-air tracks that are used for training and competitions worldwide. Of these, 76 are made of artificial ice. This list is not exhaustive and shows a selection of artificial and natural open-air tracks.

place	train	Height position (m)	Ice type	Built	Olympic games
innsbruck	Olympic Ice Stadium Innsbruck	586	Artificial ice	1963	1964 , 1976
Sarajevo	Zetra Olympic Hall	564	Artificial ice	1983	1984
Quebec	Gaétan Boucher Oval	103	Artificial ice	1978
Davos	Ice stadium Davos	1536	Natural ice	1894
St. Moritz	Badrutts Park	1856	Natural ice	1921	1928 , 1948
Studnice u Hlinska	Hamry Lake	595	Natural ice	January 2, 2009
Copenhagen	Peblingesøen	1	Natural ice	1888
Copenhagen	Genforeningspladsen	15th	Artificial ice	November 17, 2001
Berlin	Horst Dohm ice rink	74	Artificial ice	1974
Chemnitz	Ice sports complex Küchwald	410	Artificial ice	1974
Frankfurt am Main	Frankfurt ice rink	98	Artificial ice	1981
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Rießersee	806	Natural ice	1900	1936
Grefrath	Ice sports center Grefrath	40	Artificial ice	1975
Munich	Ice rink at Ostpark	532	Artificial ice	1981
Helsinki	Oulunkylä Liikuntapuisto	39	Artificial ice	1977
Albertville	Stade de Patinage Olympique	331	Artificial ice	1991	1992
Chamonix	Mont Blanc stadium	1034	Natural ice	1909	1924
Grenoble	Parc Paul Mistral Stadium	220	Artificial ice	1966	1968
Budapest	Városligeti Müjégpálya	115	Artificial ice	1968
Baselga di Pinè	Ghiaccio Stadium	998	Artificial ice	1985
Cortina d'Ampezzo	Misurina lake	1756	Natural ice	1953	1956
Klobenstein	Arena Ritten	1173	Artificial ice	1989
Karuizawa	Wind Park Skating Rink	936	Artificial ice	December 2001
Sapporo	Makomanai Stadium	75	Artificial ice	December 1970	1972
Almaty	Medeo	1691	Artificial ice	December 28, 1972
Jeonju	Jeonju Ice Rink	42	Artificial ice	December 1996
Ulaanbaatar	Central Stadium Ulaanbaatar	1291	Natural ice	1968
Amsterdam	Jaap Edenbaan	0	Artificial ice	1961
Ede	Schuttersveld	12	Natural ice	1990
Larvik	Fram stadium	8th	Artificial ice	1976
Oslo	Bislett Stadium	37	Natural ice	1909	1952
Oslo	Valle Hovin artificial ice rink	92	Artificial ice	1966
Tonsberg	Tønsberg Kunstisbane	57	Artificial ice	1996
Trondheim	Leangen Kunstis	60	Artificial ice	1979
Warsaw	Gate Stegny	82	Artificial ice	1979
Miercurea Ciuc	Patinoarul Vákár Lajos	660	Artificial ice	1952
Nizhny Novgorod	Dinamo Stadium Gorki	162	Artificial ice	1933
Chelyabinsk	Inga Stadium	261	Natural ice	1982
Eskilstuna	Eskilstuna Isstadion	16	Artificial ice	1967
Ostersund	Nya Fyrvalla	347	Natural ice	December 2010
Sundsvall	Gärdebanan	25th	Artificial ice	1976
Kiev	Ledovij stadium	178	Artificial ice	1976
Butte	US High Mountain Altitude Sports Center	1688	Artificial ice	1987
Lake Placid	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink	568	Artificial ice	1972	1932 , 1980
Roseville	Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval	276	Artificial ice	1993
Squaw Valley	Olympic Skating Rink	1876	Artificial ice	1959	1960

The track is no longer used for speed skating

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  Olympic Stadium Innsbruck , Innsbruck

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  Ice stadium Davos (natural ice), Davos

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  Risenga Kunstisbane , Asker

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  Misurina lake (natural ice)

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  Medeo , Almaty

Combinations with other sports

Few tracks are also built for bandy , such as B. Vikingskipet , Krylatskoje Ice Palace , and Medeo .

See also

• rink
• Speed ​​skating
• List of the fastest speed skating rinks in the world

Web links

Commons : Speed ​​skating rinks  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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7. ↑ Ostragehege ice rink at www.speedskatingnews.info
8. ↑ Ice rinks in the world - type of track: hall, length in meters: 400 - at www.speedskatingnews.info
9. ↑ Ice rinks of the world - track type: open air, track length in meters: 400 - at www.speedskatingnews.info