Beijing National Speed Skating Oval

National Speed Skating Oval

国家速滑馆
The Ice Ribbon
National Speed Skating Oval (2019)
Location	Olympic Green, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Coordinates	40°0′57.21″N116°22′17.09″E / 40.0158917°N 116.3714139°E / 40.0158917; 116.3714139
Public transit	8   Lincuiqiao station
Capacity	5,200 seats (temporary) 6,800 (permanent)
Construction
Broke ground	April 2017;8 years ago (2017-04) [1]
Opened	8 October 2021;3 years ago (2021-10-08) [2]
Architect	Populous Beijing Institute of Architectural Design
Tenants
2022 Winter Olympics

The National Speed Skating Oval (The Ice Ribbon) is a speed skating arena which is the only new venue built on Beijing's Olympic Green for the Winter Olympics. It hosted the speed skating competitions at the 2022 Winter Olympics. ^[3] It was built on the location of the former Olympic Green Hockey Field used for field hockey event and the Olympic Green Archery Field used for the archery event.

It can accommodate 12,000 spectators (6,800 permanent and 5,200 temporary seats) according to the bid book. After the games it is foreseen to use it as a public skating venue and for ice hockey clubs.

Designed by Populous and Beijing Institute of Architectural Design, construction began in mid-2017, and was completed in 2019. ^[4] First competition was held on 8 October 2021. ^[2] It has an area of 12,000 square meters, being the largest speed skating venue in Asia. The facade is highlighted by 22 "ice ribbon" with a length of 622 meters each. The second floor has a Temple of Heaven-inspired curved curtain wall system.^{[ citation needed ]}

Technologies

This Olympic venue is one of the few large-size ice arenas in the world that uses CO₂ refrigerant. CO₂ is used as both refrigerant in cooling system and secondary refrigerant in cooling distribution system, including the rink pipes. The arena has been completed with a heat recovery function, that can cover arena heating demands like ventilation, air dehumidification, hot water production, etc. The refrigeration CO₂ rack, including cooling machines, has 4 MW max cooling capacity. ^[5]

Track records

Men

Event	Time	Name	Country	Date	Meet	Ref
500 metres	34.27	Jordan Stolz	United States	29 November 2024	World Cup	[6]
1000 metres	1:07.62	Jordan Stolz	United States	30 November 2024	World Cup	[7]
1500 metres	1:43.21	Kjeld Nuis	Netherlands	8 February 2022	Olympic Games	[8]
5000 metres	6.08.84	Nils van der Poel	Sweden	6 February 2022	Olympic Games	[9]
10000 metres	12:30.74	Nils van der Poel	Sweden	11 February 2022	Olympic Games	[10]
Team pursuit (8 laps)	3:36.62	Daniil Aldoshkin Sergey Trofimov Ruslan Zakharov	ROC	15 February 2022	Olympic Games	[11]

Women

Event	Time	Name	Country	Date	Meet	Ref
500 metres	37.04	Erin Jackson	United States	13 February 2022	Olympic Games	[12]
1000 metres	1:13.19	Miho Takagi	Japan	17 February 2022	Olympic Games	[13]
1500 metres	1:53.28	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	7 February 2022	Olympic Games	[14]
3000 metres	3:56.93	Irene Schouten	Netherlands	5 February 2022	Olympic Games	[15]
5000 metres	6:43.51	Irene Schouten	Netherlands	10 February 2022	Olympic Games	[16]
Team pursuit (6 laps)	2.53.44	Ivanie Blondin Valérie Maltais Isabelle Weidemann	Canada	15 February 2022	Olympic Games	[17]

References

1. "China's National Speed Skating Oval to be open all year round after Beijing 2022".
2. ""冰丝带"迎来首场国际比赛". beijing2022.cn. 8 October 2021. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
3. Beijing Olympic bid book
4. Populous To Design Beijing’s National Speed Skating Oval For 2022 Winter Olympic Games
5. Bolteau, Simon (3 January 2022). "EKA contributes to the best possible ice for the Olympic arena in Beijing". EKA Sweden. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
6. "Speed Skating – Men's 500m – Results". live.isuresults.eu. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
7. "Speed Skating – Men's 1000m – Results". live.isuresults.eu. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
8. "Speed Skating – Men's 1500m – Results" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
9. "Speed Skating – Men's 5000m – Results" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
10. "Speed Skating – Men's 10,000m – Results" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
11. "Speed Skating – Men's Team Pursuit – Semifinals – Results" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
12. "Speed Skating – Women's 500m – Results" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu. 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
13. "Speed Skating – Women's 1000m – Results" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
14. "Speed Skating – Women's 1500m – Results" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
15. "Speed Skating – Women's 3000m – Results" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
16. "Speed Skating – Women's 5000m – Results" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
17. "Speed Skating – Women's Team Pursuit – Finals – Results" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.

External links

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