James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink

James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink

Earlier names
Olympic Stadium Lake Placid
Data
place	Lake Placid , New York , United States
Coordinates	44 ° 16'57 "  N , 73 ° 59'3"  W Coordinates: 44 ° 16'57 "  N , 73 ° 59'3"  W.
costs	$ 155,000
opening	1932
Renovations	1977
special
construction	Open-air track
surface	Artificial ice
Events
1932 Winter Olympics World speed skating all-around championship 1932 1978 World Speed ​​Skating Sprint Championship 1980 Winter Olympics Women's speed skating all-around championship in 1989

The James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink is an outdoor speed skating rink in the US city ​​of Lake Placid in New York State .

history

The stadium was at the Winter Olympics in 1932 at Lake Placid built. In addition to the speed skating competitions , six of the twelve games of the Olympic ice hockey tournament were held in the interior of the oval. Furthermore, the stadium was the start and finish area of ​​the cross-country skiing competitions and served as the Olympic stadium for the games, where the opening and closing ceremonies were held. There was a grandstand next to the ice rink, which had space for 7,500 people and was demolished after the games. Two weeks after the games, the all- around world championship took place on the ice rink .

When the 1980 Winter Olympics were awarded to Lake Placid in October 1974, an artificial ice rink was built at the same location and was completed in autumn 1977. A few months later, the 1978 sprint world championship was held on the track .

During the 1980 Winter Olympics , Eric Heiden won a total of five gold medals and set a world record over 10,000 meters with a time of 14: 28.13 minutes. This was the only world record set on the ice rink.

The last international competition took place with the all-around world championship for women in 1989 .

Web links

Olympiareport 1932 ( Memento from September 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.whiteface.com/facilities/oc.php ( Memento from February 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive )