Gangneung Oval Explained

Gangneung Oval
Broke Ground:September 2013
Opened:January 2017
Capacity:8,000 seats
Tenants:2017 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
2018 Winter Olympics

The Gangneung Oval is a speed skating oval in South Korea,[1] which was used for the speed skating competitions at the 2018 Winter Olympics. The building of the oval was started in September 2013. The venue consists of a double track 400 metre rink and has a capacity of 8000 seats.[2] It has three floors above ground and two underground levels. The original plan was to build the venue at the Gangneung Science Park, but because there was limited space due to the number of local businesses taking the opportunity to relocate, the oval was built in the Gangneung Olympic Park, in the vicinity of the Gangneung Ice Arena and Gangneung Hockey Centre.[3] [4]

Construction of the facility was started on 29 October 2014. The speed skating rink was delivered by January 2017, in time for the first event in February: 2017 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships.[5]

Track records

Men

width=12%Eventwidth=5%Timewidth=18%Namewidth=15%Countrywidth=15%Datewidth=31%Meetwidth=3%Ref
500 metres34.41Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen19 February 2018Olympic Games[6]
1000 metres1:07.95Kjeld Nuis23 February 2018Olympic Games[7]
1500 metres1:44.01Kjeld Nuis13 February 2018Olympic Games[8]
3000 metres3:38.64Sven Kramer5 February 2018Test Competition[9]
5000 metres6:06.82Sven Kramer9 February 2017World Single Distance Championships[10]
10000 metres12:38.89Sven Kramer11 February 2017World Single Distance Championships[11]
Team pursuit
(8 laps)		3:37.08Håvard Bøkko
Simen Spieler Nilsen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen		21 February 2018Olympic Games[12]

Women

width=12%Eventwidth=5%Timewidth=18%Namewidth=15%Countrywidth=15%Datewidth=31%Meetwidth=3%Ref
500 metres36.94Nao Kodaira18 February 2018Olympic Games[13]
1000 metres1:13.56Jorien ter Mors14 February 2018Olympic Games[14]
1500 metres1:54.08Heather Bergsma12 February 2017World Single Distance Championships[15]
3000 metres3:59.05Ireen Wüst9 February 2017World Single Distance Championships[16]
5000 metres6:50.23Esmee Visser16 February 2018Olympic Games[17]
Team pursuit
(6 laps)		2:53.89Ayano Sato
Miho Takagi
Nana Takagi		21 February 2018Olympic Games[18]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Artificial image of the coming arena . 2016-04-09 . 2016-04-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160422123718/http://gnews.gwd.go.kr/upload/20150122/E401D211-F882-8037-5A4B-58CCC4583CA6.jpg . dead .
  2. Web site: 6 July 2012. General Overview of Competition Venues. 12 November 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821010508/http://www.pyeongchang2018.org/horizon/eng/page/sub04/sub04_02_02.asp. 21 August 2012.
  3. Web site: Pyeongchang Volume 2. 5 October 2012. Newhorizons. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120318102233/http://www.pyeongchang2018.org/upload/downloads/pyeongchang2018_web_volume2.pdf. 18 March 2012.
  4. Web site: 6 July 2012 . Pyeongchang 2018 move venue for Opening and Closing Ceremonies. 28 August 2012.
  5. http://www.olympic.org/news/ground-broken-on-new-speed-skating-rink-for-pyeongchang-2018/240188 Ground broken on new speed skating rink for PyeongChang 2018
  6. Web site: Speed Skating – Men's 500m – Results. pyeongchang2018.com. 19 February 2018. 19 February 2018. 18 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180218210655/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/resOWG2018/pdf/OWG2018/SSK/OWG2018_SSK_C73E1_SSKMTEAMPU------------QFNL--------.pdf. dead.
  7. Web site: Speed Skating – Men's 1,000m Results. pyeongchang2018.com. 23 February 2018. 23 February 2018. 23 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180223114535/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/resOWG2018/pdf/OWG2018/SSK/OWG2018_SSK_C73A_SSKM1000M-------------FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
  8. Web site: Speed Skating – Men's 1,500m Results. pyeongchang2018.com. 13 February 2018. 14 February 2018. 14 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214014436/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/resOWG2018/pdf/OWG2018/SSK/OWG2018_SSK_C73A_SSKM1500M-------------FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
  9. Web site: Test Competition – 3000m Men Result. speedskatingresults.com. 14 February 2018.
  10. Web site: ISU World Single Distances Championships 2017 – Result 5000m Men. ISU. 12 February 2017. 14 February 2018.
  11. Web site: ISU World Single Distances Championships 2017 – Result 10000m Men. ISU. 12 February 2017. 14 February 2018.
  12. Web site: Speed Skating – Men's Team Pursuit – Semifinals Results. pyeongchang2018.com. 21 February 2018. 21 February 2018. 21 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180221120658/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/resOWG2018/pdf/OWG2018/SSK/OWG2018_SSK_C73E2_SSKMTEAMPU------------SFNL--------.pdf. dead.
  13. Web site: Speed Skating – Ladies' 500m Results. pyeongchang2018.com. 18 February 2018. 18 February 2018. 18 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180218135414/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/resOWG2018/pdf/OWG2018/SSK/OWG2018_SSK_C73A_SSKW500M--------------FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
  14. Web site: Speed Skating – Ladies' 1,000m Results. pyeongchang2018.com. 14 February 2018. 14 February 2018. 15 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180215023603/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/resOWG2018/pdf/OWG2018/SSK/OWG2018_SSK_C73A_SSKW1000M-------------FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
  15. Web site: ISU World Single Distances Championships 2017 – Result 1500m Ladies. ISU. 12 February 2017. 14 February 2018.
  16. Web site: ISU World Single Distances Championships 2017 – Result 3000m Ladies. ISU. 12 February 2017. 14 February 2018.
  17. Web site: Speed Skating – Ladies' 5,000m Results. pyeongchang2018.com. 16 February 2018. 16 February 2018. 16 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180216132755/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/resOWG2018/pdf/OWG2018/SSK/OWG2018_SSK_C73A_SSKW5000M-------------FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.
  18. Web site: Speed Skating – Ladies' Team Pursuit – Finals Results. 21 February 2018. 21 February 2018. 22 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180222043817/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/resOWG2018/pdf/OWG2018/SSK/OWG2018_SSK_C73E3_SSKWTEAMPU------------FNL---------.pdf. dead.

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