Utah Olympic Oval

Utah Olympic Oval

Earlier names
Oquirrh Park Oval
Data
place	5662 South Cougar Lane Salt Lake City (Kearns), Utah , United States
Coordinates	40 ° 38 '52 "  N , 112 ° 0' 32"  W Coordinates: 40 ° 38 '52 "  N , 112 ° 0' 32"  W.
owner	Utah Athletic Foundation
architect	Gilles Stransky Brems Smith (Layton Construction)
costs	$ 30 million USD
start of building	1999
opening	January 2000
capacity	3000 6500 ( 2002 Olympic Winter Games )
Extensions	two ice hockey rinks in the interior
Website	utaholympiclegacy.com
special
construction	Hall (tempered)
surface	Artificial ice
Track length	400 meters
Altitude	1425 meters
Curve radii	26/30 meters
Total points	364,195 points
Events
Olympic Winter Games 2002 , Sprint World Championships , World Cups

The Utah Olympic Oval is an ice rink in Oquirrh Park in Salt Lake City (Kearns), Utah . After the 104th IOC session, at which Salt Lake City was chosen as the venue, planning and construction of the hall for the 2002 Winter Olympics began . The hall, which is 1425 meters above sea level , includes the 400-meter-long speed skating rink and two indoor ice hockey rinks . The track is enclosed by a 442 meter long athletics track. The Olympic Oval offers 3,000 seats for spectators.

The first international competition was the 2001 Individual Distance World Championships . 7 world records were set straight away this weekend . Catriona LeMay Doan over 500 meters and 2 × 500 meters, Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt over 1000 meters, Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann over 5000 meters, Hiroyasu Shimizu over 500 meters and 2 × 500 meters and Jeremy Wotherspoon over 1000 meters. Thanks to its altitude, the hall is considered the fastest speed skating rink in the world , especially among sprinters .

winter Olympics

In 2002 the decisions in speed skating were held in the hall . The number of seats was increased to 6500 especially for the games. All tickets found a buyer and allowed over 53,000 viewers to attend the competitions live. Except for the 2 × 500 meters, world records were set on all routes. Among them Claudia Pechstein's world record with 6: 46.91 minutes over 5000 meters, the German record that is still valid today .

International competitions

winter Olympics	2002
Individual distance world championships	2001 , 2007 , 2020
Sprint World Championship	2005 , 2013
World cup	2001/02 , 2002/03 , 2003/04 , 2005/06 , 2006/07 , 2007/08 , 2008/09 , 2009/10 , 2010/11 , 2011/12 , 2013/14 , 2015/16 , 2017 / 18 , 2018/19

Track records

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

Women

route	athlete	time	date	competition
00100 m	Jenny Wolf	0010.21 ( WR )	March 7, 2009	World Cup 2008/09
00500 m	Lee Sang-hwa	0036.36 ( WR )	November 16, 2013	World Cup 2013/14
01000 m	Brittany Bowe	01.11.61 ( WR )	March 9, 2019	World Cup 2018/19
01500 m	Miho Takagi	01.49.83 ( WR )	March 10, 2019	World Cup 2018/19
03000 m	Martina Sáblíková	03.52.02 ( WR )	March 9, 2019	World Cup 2018/19
05000 m	Natalia Voronina	06.39.02 ( WR )	February 15, 2020	World Cup 2019/20
10,000 m	Eva Rodansky	15.45.88	March 5, 2005	American Cup Final 2005
Team Pursuit	Japan Miho Takagi Ayano Satō Nana Takagi	02.50.76	February 14, 2020	World Cup 2019/20
All-around	athlete	Points	date	competition
2 × 500 m	Heather Richardson	074.190 ( WR )	December 28, 2013	US Olympic Trials
Sprint MK	Heather Richardson	148.015	January 26-27, 2013	Sprint World Championship 2013
Mini MK	Joy Beune	153.776	March 11, 2018	World Cup 2017/2018
Small MK	Cindy classes	159,605	January 8-9, 2005	America / Oceania World Cup Qual. 2005

Not or no longer held in international competition.

• As of March 7, 2020
• Sum of the individual routes broken down to 500 m (500, 1000, 1500, 3000, 5000 meters): 189.050 pts.
• WR - world record

Men

route	athlete	time	date	competition
00100 m	Yūya Oikawa	0009.40 ( WR )	March 6, 2009	World Cup 2008/09
00500 m	Pavel Kulischnikow	0033.61 ( WR )	March 9, 2019	World Cup 2018/19
01000 m	Pavel Kulischnikow	01.05.69 ( WR )	February 15, 2020	World Cup 2019/20
01500 m	Kjeld Nuis	01.40.17 ( WR )	March 10, 2019	World Cup 2018/19
03000 m	Håvard Bøkko	03.39.29	February 28, 2009	Time Trials 2009
05000 m	Ted-Jan Bloemen	06.01.86 ( WR )	December 10, 2017	World Cup 2016/17
10,000 m	Graeme Fish	12.33.86 ( WR )	February 14, 2020	World Cup 2019/20
60 min	Casper slipway	41969.10 m ( WB )	March 15, 2007	?
Team Pursuit	Netherlands Sven Kramer Douwe de Vries Marcel Bosker	03.34.68 ( WR )	February 15, 2020	World Cup 2019/20
All-around	athlete	Points	date	competition
2 × 500 m	Jeremy Wotherspoon	068.170 ( WR )	November 10-11, 2007	World Cup 2007/08
Sprint MK	Michel Mulder	136.790 ( WR )	January 26-27, 2013	Sprint World Championship 2013
Mini MK	Ronald Macky	150,809	March 5-6, 2005	American Cup Final 2005
Small MK	Keith Sulzer	152.681	February 12-14, 2010	North American Championships 2010
Big MK	Shani Davis	147.755	December 27-28, 2007	USA Championships 2008

Not or no longer held in international competition.

• As of March 7, 2020
• Sum of the individual routes broken down to 500 m (500, 1000, 1500, 5000, 10000 meters): 175.145 pts.
• WR - world record

Established world records

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

No.	discipline	Time / points	athlete	date
63	01000 meters	01.12.18	Brittany Bowe	November 22, 2015
62	01000 meters	01.50.85	Heather Richardson	November 21, 2015
61	10,000 meters	12.36.30	Ted-Jan Bloemen	November 21, 2015
60	00500 meters	0033.98	Pavel Kulischnikow	20th November 2015
59	2 × 500 meters	0074.190	Heather Richardson	December 28, 2013
List of all established world records

Web links

• official homepage
• The Utah 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. ^ Salt Lake Organizing Committee: Official Report of the XIX Olympic Winter Games 2002, ISBN 0-9717961-0-6 , p. 97 (accessed November 30, 2010).
3. ↑ ^{a b} speedskatingnews.info Utah Olympic Oval
4. ^ Evolution of the world Hour Record Men on www.speedskatingstats.com