List of Olympic venues in speed skating

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For the Winter Olympics there are 22 venues that have been or will be used for speed skating. The first venues were outdoors on natural ice with the last one being held at 1956. Calgary's 1988 venue was the first to be constructed for indoor use. The last venue held outdoors was at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. Since the 1994 Games, all of the long track speed skating venues have been indoors.

GamesVenueOther sports hosted at venue for those gamesCapacityRef.
1924 Chamonix Stade Olympique de Chamonix Cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, ice hockey,
military patrol, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)		45,000 [1]
1928 St. Moritz St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink Figure skating, ice hockey 4,000 [2] [3]
1932 Lake Placid Olympic Stadium Ice hockey 7,475 [4]
1936 Garmisch-
Partenkirchen 		Riessersee Bobsleigh, ice hockey 16,000
(17,940
bobsleigh)		 [5]
1948 St. Moritz Olympic Stadium Figure skating, ice hockey (final)Not listed. [6]
1952 Oslo Bislett Stadion Bandy (demonstration), figure skating, opening ceremonies29,000 [7]
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo La pista di Misurina None8,550 [8]
1960 Squaw Valley Squaw Valley Olympic Skating Rink Ice hockey Not listed. [9]
1964 Innsbruck Eisschnellaufbahn NoneNot listed. [10]
1968 Grenoble L'Anneau de Vitesse None2,500 [11]
1972 Sapporo Makomanai Speed Skating Rink Opening ceremonies50,000 [12]
1976 Innsbruck Eisschnellaufbahn None7,000 [13]
1980 Lake Placid James B. Sheffield Speed Skating Oval NoneNot listed. [14]
1984 Sarajevo Zetra Ice Rink NoneNot listed. [15]
1988 Calgary Olympic Oval None4,000 [16]
1992 Albertville L'anneau de vitesse None10,000 [17]
1994 Lillehammer Hamar Olympic Hall None10,600 [18]
1998 Nagano M-Wave None10,000 [19]
2002 Salt Lake City Utah Olympic Oval None5,236 [20]
2006 Turin Oval Lingotto None8,250 [21]
2010 Vancouver Richmond Olympic Oval None8,000 [22]
2014 Sochi Adler Arena Skating Center None8,000 [23]
2018 PyeongChang Gangneung Oval None8,000 [24] [25]
2022 Beijing Beijing National Speed Skating Oval None12,000
2026 Milan-Cortina Milan Ice Park None6,500 [26] [27]
2030 French Alps Oval Lingotto, Turin, Italy None8,500
2034 Salt Lake City–Utah Utah Olympic Oval None7,500

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For the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, United States, a total of five sports venues were used. This was unchanged from the previous games in St. Moritz. For the first time in the history of the Winter Olympics, an indoor venue was used for the figure skating and six of the twelve ice hockey events at the Olympic Arena. The first bobsleigh venue outside Europe was constructed for use. Four different 18 km and five different 50 km venues were submitted for approval prior to the Olympics. After the 1932 games, three of these venues served as host for their respective championships that were held outside Europe for the first time.

For the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, a total of six sports venues were used. Alpine skiing events took place for the first time and were held in three different locations. Riessersee held the speed skating and some of the ice hockey matches while the bobsleigh events took place south of the lake. The ski jump and its neighboring stadium played host to the cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, and ski jumping events. Even though figure skating and some of the ice hockey matches took place outdoors at the ice stadium, the ice itself was artificially refrigerated to prevent ice thawing.

For the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, a total of ten sports venues were used. Most venues were constructed between the 1964 Winter Games in Innsbruck and the 1968 Games. Thawing was an issue for the four-man bobsleigh run. They were limited to only two runs. Thawing also affected the men's 500 m speed skating event. Electronic timing in alpine skiing affected the results of the women's giant slalom event. It gave Canada's Nancy Greene a headache for two days despite her gold medal in the event.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Venues of the 1980 Winter Olympics</span>

For the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, United States, a total of seven sports venues were used. All five of the venues used for the 1932 Winter Olympics were also used at the 1980 Winter Games with adjustments. These adjustments included electronic scoreboards, increased refrigeration, and the addition of a separate luge track. This was the last Winter Olympics where there were separate bobsleigh and luge tracks. The closest finish in Olympic history in cross-country skiing led skiing officials to time future events in hundredths of a second rather than tenths of a second. This would also apply to biathlon events. Eric Heiden won five gold medals at the speed skating oval while the "Miracle on Ice" took place between Americans and Soviets at the Olympic Center. In the late 1990s, the luge track was demolished and a new combination track was constructed in time for the only Winter Goodwill Games held. The sliding venue was named to the American National Register of Historical Places in February 2010.

For the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, a total of thirteen sports venues were used. Val-d'Isère has been part of the Alpine Skiing World Cup since the late 1960s while Tignes served as host of the first Freestyle World Ski Championships in 1986. Most of the venues used were constructed between 1987 and mid 1990 with the test events taking place in late 1990 and early 1991. It was the last Winter Olympics with an outdoor speed skating rink which led to weather issues for three of the ten events. Three cross-country skiing events were run in snowstorms while the men's 20 km biathlon was found to be 0.563 km (0.350 mi) too short. The downhill events in alpine skiing were criticized for being too steep. Freestyle skiing made its official debut at these games with the men's winner being stormed after his win while the women's winner won her event in a snow storm. La Plagne hosted the skeleton World Championships in 1993 while Val-d'Isère hosted the Alpine World Ski Championships in 2009.Some of the venues will be used again during the 2030 Winter Olympics,when the main host city will be Nice.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Venues of the 1998 Winter Olympics</span>

For the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, a total of fifteen sports venues were used. Nagano had attempted twice to host the Winter Olympics, losing out to Sapporo, host of the 1972 Winter Olympics. The third time, in 1991, Nagano edged out Salt Lake City to host the 1998 Games. The biathlon venue was adjusted in accordance with the Washington Convention over endangered species. The biggest venue controversy was at Happo'one resort on the length of the men's downhill and the battle that ensued to the point where skiing officials threatened to pull the event entirely before a compromise was reached three months before the Olympics. M-Wave has hosted three World Speed Skating Championships since the Olympics, while the Spiral has hosted a couple of world championships in bobsleigh, luge and skeleton.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Olympic Center</span> Sports complex in Lake Placid, New York

The Olympic Center is a sports complex in Lake Placid, New York that acted as the Olympic Park for both the 1932 and the 1980 Winter Olympics. The venues inside this area is the main complex of the 2023 Winter World University Games.

References

  1. ↑ 1924 Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 645, 648–650. (in French)
  2. ↑ 1928 Winter Olympics official report. Part 1. p. 46. (in French) Accessed 10 October 2010.
  3. ↑ 1928 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2010-12-17 at the Wayback Machine Part 2. pp. 1–7, 15. (in French) Accessed 10 October 2010.
  4. ↑ 1932 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 141, 147–150. Accessed 12 October 2010.
  5. ↑ 1936 Olympic Winter Games official report. Archived 2007-08-09 at the Wayback Machine pp. 70, 71, 74, 132–140, 153, 408–419. Accessed 16 October 2010. (in German)
  6. ↑ 1948 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 6, 23. Accessed 18 October 2010. (in French and German)
  7. ↑ 1952 Winter Olympic official report. Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine p. 28.
  8. ↑ The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIIth Winter Olympic Games 1956 at Cortina. (1956) CONI. pp. 180–188, 191. Accessed 24 October 2010. (in English and Italian)
  9. ↑ 1960 Winter Olympics official report. p. 121. Accessed 27 October 2010.
  10. ↑ 1964 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine p. 142. Accessed 30 October 2010. (in German)
  11. ↑ 1968 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 105–106. Accessed 1 November 2010. (in English and French)
  12. ↑ 1972 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 253–255. Accessed 6 November 2010. (in English and French)
  13. ↑ 1976 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 205–207. Accessed 10 November 2010. (in English, French, and German)
  14. ↑ 1980 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 43–47. Accessed 16 November 2010. (in English and French)
  15. ↑ 1984 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2011-11-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 73–86, 105–108. Accessed 22 November 2010. (in English, French, and Serbo-Croatian)
  16. ↑ 1988 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2011-01-14 at the Wayback Machine Part 1. pp. 144–151. Accessed 29 November 2010. (in English and French)
  17. ↑ 1992 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 84–87. Accessed 5 December 2010. (in English and French)
  18. ↑ 1994 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2010-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Volume 3. pp. 51–56. Accessed 8 December 2010.
  19. ↑ 1998 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 212–214. Accessed 12 December 2010.
  20. ↑ 2002 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 96–97. Accessed 21 December 2010.
  21. ↑ 2006 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2010-05-06 at the Wayback Machine Volume 3. pp. 66–67. Accessed 27 December 2010. (in English and Italian)
  22. ↑ "Venues–Richmond Olympic Oval". Vancouver Organizing Committee. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  23. ↑ Sochi2014.com profile of the Olympic Oval. Accessed 31 December 2010.
  24. ↑ PyeongChang2018.orgm profile of the Olympic Venues. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 31 December 2010.
  25. ↑ "Pyeongchang 2018 move venue for Opening and Closing Ceremonies". July 6, 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  26. ↑ Rowbottom, MIke (19 April 2023). "Milan The Unanimous Choice for Speed Skating at 2026 Winter Olympics". Inside the Games. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  27. ↑ Ridley, Bob (19 April 2023). "Fiera Milano Rho To Be New Home for Speed Skating at 2026 Winter Olympics". The Stadium Business. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
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