This is a list of all full-length (400 meter) 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] While Lærdal IP is the only venue that uses natural ice.[3] The first indoor artificial speed skating oval was the Sportforum Hohenschönhausen in Berlin, Germany in 1985. The first indoor artificial speed skating oval used in the Winter Olympics was the Olympic Oval in Calgary, 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 |
| Minsk Arena |
Minsk |
 Belarus |
209 |
686 |
2010 |
|
| Olympic Oval |
Calgary |
 Canada |
1,105 |
3,625 |
1987 |
1988 |
| Enerplex Arena |
Fort St. John |
Canada |
671 |
2,201 |
2009 |
|
| Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Rink |
Changchun |
 China |
210 |
690 |
2005 |
| Heilongjiang Indoor Rink |
Harbin |
China |
141 |
463 |
1995 |
|
| Indoor Ice Rink |
Qiqihar |
China |
146 |
479 |
2007 |
|
| Bayi Speed Skating Oval |
Shenyang |
China |
48 |
157 |
1999 |
|
| Xinjiang Ice Sport Centre |
Ürümqi |
China |
1,710 |
5,610 |
2015 |
| Sportforum Hohenschönhausen |
Berlin |
 Germany |
34 |
112 |
1985 |
|
| Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Halle |
Erfurt |
Germany |
214 |
702 |
2001 |
|
| Eisstadion Inzell |
Inzell |
Germany |
690 |
2,260 |
2011 |
|
| Oval Lingotto |
Torino |
 Italy |
233 |
764 |
2005 |
2006 |
| M-Wave |
Nagano |
 Japan |
346 |
1,135 |
1996 |
1998 |
| Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval |
Obihiro |
Japan |
79 |
259 |
2009 |
|
| Alau Ice Palace |
Astana |
 Kazakhstan |
348 |
1,142 |
2011 |
|
| SpaarSelect Kunstijsbaan |
Breda |
 Netherlands |
5 |
16 |
2001 |
|
| Leisure World Ice Center |
Dronten |
Netherlands |
−3 |
−9.8 |
1998 |
| De Westfries |
Hoorn |
Netherlands |
0 |
0 |
2006 |
|
| IJsbaan Twente |
Enschede |
Netherlands |
27 |
89 |
2008 |
|
| Kardinge |
Groningen |
Netherlands |
0 |
0 |
1993 |
|
| Thialf |
Heerenveen |
Netherlands |
0 |
0 |
1986 |
|
| Elfstedenhal |
Leeuwarden |
Netherlands |
0 |
0 |
2015 |
| Ireen Wüst IJsbaan |
Tilburg |
Netherlands |
13 |
43 |
2009 |
|
| Fosenhallen |
Botngård |
 Norway |
8 |
26 |
2007 |
|
| Vikingskipet |
Hamar |
Norway |
125 |
410 |
1992 |
1994 |
| Sørmarka Arena |
Stavanger |
Norway |
48 |
157 |
2010 |
|
| Uralskaya Molniya |
Chelyabinsk |
 Russia |
222 |
728 |
2005 |
|
| Speed Skating Centre |
Kolomna |
Russia |
120 |
390 |
2006 |
|
| Ice Palace Krylatskoye |
Moscow |
Russia |
127 |
417 |
2004 |
|
| Gangneung Oval |
Gangneung |
 South Korea |
26 |
85 |
2015 |
2018 |
| Taereung Indoor Ice Rink |
Seoul |
South Korea |
63 |
207 |
2000 |
|
| Rudhallen |
Gothenburg |
 Sweden |
40 |
130 |
2002 |
|
| Pettit National Ice Center |
West Allis |
 United States |
216 |
709 |
1993 |
|
| Utah Olympic Oval |
Kearns |
United States |
1,423 |
4,669 |
2000 |
2002 |
Closed/Reconfigured rinks
Notes
- ↑ After the Olympics the rink is to be converted into a trade and exhibition center.
- ↑ 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.
References
- ↑ Speed Skating News
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