List of indoor speed skating rinks explained

This is a list of all full-length (400 meter) indoor speed skating rinks in the world.[1] The Richmond Olympic Oval and the Sport und Koncert Komplex (Winter Stadium) are the only venues to have been dismantled as a speed skating rink, in 2010 and 1992 respectively.[2] The first indoor artificial speed skating oval was the Sportforum Hohenschönhausen in East Berlin, Germany in 1985. The first indoor artificial speed skating oval used in the Winter Olympics was the Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1988. Since the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway all speed skating competitions have been held in indoor ovals.

Current rinks

Venue City Country Altitude
(m)
Altitude
(ft)
Opened Olympics Capacity
209m (686feet) 2010 3,000
1105m (3,625feet) 1987 4,000
671m (2,201feet) 2009 1,000
Quebec City103m (338feet) 2021
49m (161feet) 2020 12,000
210m (690feet) 2016 2,600
149m (489feet) 2005 1,800
141m (463feet) 1995 4,500
146m (479feet) 2007
48m (157feet) 1999
1710m (5,610feet) 2015
Berlin34m (112feet) 1985 3,700
214m (702feet) 2001 4,000
690m (2,260feet) 2011 6,000
233m (764feet) 2005 8,500
13m (43feet) 2019
346m (1,135feet) 1996 6,400
79m (259feet) 2009 3,000
348m (1,142feet) 2011 8,000
-3m (-10feet) 1998
0m (00feet) 2006
27m (89feet) 2008 2,000
0m (00feet) 1993
0m (00feet) 1986 12,500
0m (00feet) 2015
-2m (-07feet) 2013
13m (43feet) 2009
8m (26feet) 2007 1,500
125m (410feet) 1992 10,600
22m (72feet) 2018
48m (157feet) 2010 4,000
153m (502feet) 2017 11,000
222m (728feet) 2005 1,600
442m (1,450feet) 2020 6,059
113m (371feet) 2021 6,000
120m (390feet) 2006 6,150
Moscow127m (417feet) 2004 8,000
South Korea26m (85feet) 2015 8,000
South Korea63m (207feet) 2000 2,700
Sweden 50m (160feet) 2022 1,800
216m (709feet) 1993 2 500
1423m (4,669feet) 2000 6,500

Closed/Reconfigured rinks

Venue City Country Altitude
(m)
Altitude
(ft)
Opened Closed Olympics
Russia 27m (89feet) 2012 2014 [3] [4] 2014
4m (13feet) 2008 2010[5] 2010
Sport und Koncert Komplex (Winter Stadium)[6] 15m (49feet) 1981 1992

Notes and References

  1. http://www.speedskatingnews.info Speed Skating News
  2. Web site: Rink Card – Sport und Koncert Komplex (Winter Stadium) . Speed Skating News . October 12, 2011.
  3. After the Olympics the rink is to be converted into a trade and exhibition center.
  4. Web site: Olympic Oval Skating Center . Sochi 2014 . October 12, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120311195625/http://sochi2014.com/en/objects/sea/speed_skating/ . March 11, 2012 .
  5. Reconfigured into a community centre including NHL/short track sized arena, track and fitness area. Pre-construction documents indicated that the full length oval would be covered by rubber mats to allow it to host future long track competitions. However, its status is currently unknown.
  6. http://www.encspb.ru/ru/article.php?kod=2804016646 333,3 meter rink