Olympic oval

Olympic oval

Data
place	Calgary , Alberta , Canada
Coordinates	51 ° 4 '37 "  N , 114 ° 8' 8"  W Coordinates: 51 ° 4 '37 "  N , 114 ° 8' 8"  W.
owner	University of Calgary
operator	University of Calgary - Faculty of Kinesiology
architect	Graham - McCourt
costs	38.9 million CAD
start of building	1985
opening	September 1987
capacity	10,000
Extensions	two ice hockey rinks in the interior
Website	www.oval.ucalgary.ca
special
construction	Hall (tempered)
surface	Artificial ice
Track length	400 meters
Altitude	1034 meters
Curve radii	26/30 meters
Total points	366,305 points
Societies)
Calgary Oval X-Treme (since 1995) Calgary Speed ​​Skating Association (since 1995)
Events
1988 Winter Olympics , World Cups , Olympic Oval Final

The Olympic Oval is an ice rink on the University of Calgary campus in Calgary , Alberta , Canada that opened for the 1988 Winter Olympics . Today the arena is home to the Calgary Oval X-Treme from the Western Women's Hockey League .

history

Construction on the oval began in 1985, nearly four years after Calgary won the bid to host the 1988 Winter Olympics . Similar to the Olympic Saddledome , most of the building was made of prefabricated prestressed concrete. 28 outside beams support the building facade, the arched roof structure is supported by 84 beams. The stadium was completed towards the end of the summer of 1987, the official opening took place in September, five months before the opening of the games.

Aerial view

The Olympic Oval was the first indoor speed skating stadium in North America and also the first hall to be used for the speed skating competitions at the Winter Olympics. The roof allows precise climate regulation, so that, also due to the altitude of Calgary, three Olympic (1,500 and 5,000 meters for men and 1,500 meters for women) and seven new world records (500, 1,500 and 10,000 meters for men and 500 , 1,000, 3,000 and 5,000 meters for women) and the arena was given the nickname “The fastest ice in the world” (Eng. “The fastest ice in the world”).

In the following 14 years, more records were set in the Olympic Oval, until a large number of these best performances were finally broken at the 2002 Winter Olympics in the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City , which has more modern ice technology and an even more favorable altitude.

In addition to the 400-meter speed skating rink, the stadium also has two international ice hockey rinks, which can also be used for short tracks, as well as a 450-meter-long running track, an eight-lane, 110-meter-long sprint track and various training facilities.

The stadium has also been the home of the Calgary Oval X-Treme , a former team of the National Women's Hockey League and later participant of the Western Women's Hockey League , since 1995 . In addition, the University of Calgary women's ice hockey team plays its home games in the arena. During the competition and training-free time, the oval is open to the public.

Panoramic view of the interior

International competitions

winter Olympics	1988
Individual distance world championships	1998
All around world championship	1990 , 1992 , 2006 , 2011
Sprint World Championship	1994 , 1999 , 2003 , 2012
World cup	1988/89 , 1987/88 , 1990/91 , 1994/95 , 1995/96 , 1996/97 , 1997/98 , 1999/2000 , 2000/01 , 2001/02 , 2003/04 , 2004/05 , 2005 / 06 , 2006/07 , 2007/08 , 2009/10 , 2012/13 , 2013/14 , 2015/16

Track records

The Olympic Oval is one of the fastest speed skating rinks in the world.

Women

route	athlete	time	date	competition
00100 m	Jenny Wolf	00 10.28	March 4, 2007	World Cup 2006/07
00500 m	Sang-Hwa Lee	00 36.74	November 9, 2013	World Cup 2013/14
01000 m	Heather Richardson	01.12.51	November 14, 2015	World Cup 2015/16
01500 m	Brittany Bowe	01.51.59	15th November 2015	World Cup 2015/16
03000 m	Cindy classes	03.53.34 ( WR )	March 18, 2006	All-around World Cup 2006
05000 m	Cindy classes	06.48.97	March 19, 2006	All-around World Cup 2006
10,000 m	Martina Sáblíková	13.48.33 ( WB )	March 15, 2007	Olympic Oval Final 2007
Team Pursuit	Canada Brittany Schussler Christine Nesbitt Kristina Groves	2.55.79 ( WR )	December 6, 2009	World Cup 2009/10
All-around	athlete	Points	date	competition
2 × 500 m	Jenny Wolf	074.170	November 16-17, 2007	World Cup 2007/08
Sprint MK	Heather Richardson	147.735 ( WR )	January 19-20, 2013	World Cup 2012/13
Mini MK	Cindy classes	155.576 ( WR )	March 15-17, 2001	Olympic Oval Final 2001
		154.456	December 28-30, 2006	Canadian Championships 2007
Small MK	Cindy classes	154.580 ( WR )	March 18-19, 2006	All-around World Cup 2006

Not or no longer held in international competition.

• As of November 15, 2015
• Sum of the individual routes broken down to 500 m (500, 1000, 1500, 3000, 5000 meters): 189.978 pts.
• WR - world record
• WB - world best

Men

route	athlete	time	date	competition
00100 m	Yuya Oikawa	000 9.45	March 4, 2007	World Cup 2006/07
00500 m	Pavel Kulischnikow	00 34.00	15th November 2015	World Cup 2015/16
01000 m	Pavel Kulischnikow	01.06.49	February 8, 2020	World Cup 2020
01500 m	Denis Yuskov	01.41.88	15th November 2015	World Cup 2015/16
03000 m	Eskil Ervik	03.37.28 ( WR )	November 5, 2005	Olympic Oval Invitational
05000 m	Sven Kramer	06.03.32 ( WR )	November 17, 2007	World Cup 2007/08
10,000 m	Sven Kramer	12.51.60	March 19, 2006	All-around World Cup 2006
60 min	Henk Angenent	41669.49 m	March 12, 2004	?
Team Pursuit	Netherlands Koen Verweij Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer	03.37.17	November 9, 2013	World Cup 2013/14
All-around	athlete	Points	date	competition
2 × 500 m	Jeremy Wotherspoon	068.310	March 15, 2008	Olympic Oval Final 2008
Sprint MK	Stefan Groothuis	136.810	January 28-29, 2012	Sprint World Cup 2012
Mini MK	Martin Hersman	146.862 (WR)	August 09-11, 2002	Summer Classic 2003
Small MK	Wennemar's heirs	146.365 ( WR )	August 12-14, 2005	Summer Classic 2006
Big MK	Shani Davis	145.742 ( WR )	March 18-19, 2006	All-around World Cup 2006

Not or no longer held in international competition.

• As of November 15, 2015
• Sum of the individual routes broken down to 500 m (500, 1000, 1500, 5000, 10000 meters): 176.327 pts.
• WR - world record

Established world records

• List of the latest five world records in speed skating set in the Olympic Oval .

No.	discipline	Time / points	athlete	date
147	500 meters	34.00	Pavel Kulischnikow	15th November 2015
146	1500 meters	1.51.59	Brittany Bowe	15th November 2015
145	1000 meters	1.12.51	Heather Richardson	November 14, 2015
144	500 meters	36.74	Sang-Hwa Lee	November 9, 2013
143	Team (men)	3.37.17	Netherlands Koen Verweij Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer	November 9, 2013
List of all established world records

Web links

Commons : Olympic Oval  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• official homepage
• The Olympic Oval on speedskatingnews.info

Individual evidence

1. ↑ isu.sportcentric.net ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Communication No. 1807 (July 29, 2013) 
2. ↑ Officially, there are no records over 10,000 meters for women
3. ↑ out of competition (ooc): The four individual routes of the World Cup were carried out in sprint all-around mode
4. ↑ out of competition (ooc): The four individual routes of the championships were carried out in mini all-around mode
5. ↑ ^{a b} speedskatingnews.info Olympic Oval
6. ^ Evolution of the world Hour Record Men on www.speedskatingstats.com