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List of indoor speed skating rinks

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Uralskaya Molniya
Arena Lodowa Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland[1]

This is a list of all full-length (400 meter) indoor speed skating rinks in the world.[2] 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.[3] 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

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Venue City Country Altitude
(m)		 Altitude
(ft)		 Opened Olympics Capacity
Minsk Arena Minsk  Belarus 209 686 2010 3,000
Olympic Oval Calgary  Canada 1,105 3,625 1987 1988 4,000
Pomeroy Sport Centre Fort St. John  Canada 671 2,201 2009 1,000
Centre de glaces Intact Assurance Quebec City  Canada 103 338 2021
Beijing National Speed Skating Oval Beijing  China 49 161 2020 2022 12,000
Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Rink Changchun  China 210 690 2016 2,600
Daqing Stadium Daqing  China 149 489 2005 1,800
Heilongjiang Indoor Rink Harbin  China 141 463 1995 4,500
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 3,700
Gunda-Niemann-Stirnemann-Halle Erfurt  Germany 214 702 2001 4,000
Eisstadion Inzell Inzell  Germany 690 2,260 2011 6,000
Oval Lingotto Torino  Italy 233 764 2005 2006 8,500
YS Arena Hachinohe Hachinohe  Japan 13 43 2019
M-Wave Nagano  Japan 346 1,135 1996 1998 6,400
Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval Obihiro  Japan 79 259 2009 3,000
Alau Ice Palace Nur-Sultan  Kazakhstan 348 1,142 2011 8,000
Leisure World Ice Center Dronten  Netherlands −3 −9.8 1998
De Westfries Hoorn  Netherlands 0 0 2006
IJsbaan Twente Enschede  Netherlands 27 89 2008 2,000
Kardinge Groningen  Netherlands 0 0 1993
Thialf Heerenveen  Netherlands 0 0 1986 12,500
Elfstedenhal Leeuwarden  Netherlands 0 0 2015
Schaatsbaan Rotterdam Rotterdam  Netherlands −2 −6.6 2013
Ireen Wüst IJsbaan Tilburg  Netherlands 13 43 2009
Fosenhallen Botngård  Norway 8 26 2007 1,500
Vikingskipet Hamar  Norway 125 410 1992 1994 10,600
Arena Nordvest Kristiansund  Norway 22 72 2018
Sørmarka Arena Stavanger  Norway 48 157 2010 4,000
Arena Lodowa Tomaszów Mazowiecki Tomaszów Mazowiecki  Poland 153 502 2017 11,000
Uralskaya Molniya Chelyabinsk  Russia 222 728 2005 1,600
Ice Arena Baikal Irkutsk  Russia 442 1,450 2020 6,059
Ice Arena Kuzbass Kemerovo  Russia 113 371 2021 6,000
Speed Skating Centre Kolomna  Russia 120 390 2006 6,150
Ice Palace Krylatskoye Moscow  Russia 127 417 2004 8,000
Gangneung Oval Gangneung South Korea South Korea 26 85 2015 2018 8,000
Taereung International Skating Rink Seoul South Korea South Korea 63 207 2000 2,700
Tingvalla isstadion Karlstad Sweden Sweden 50 160 2022 1,800
Pettit National Ice Center Milwaukee  United States 216 709 1993 2 500
Utah Olympic Oval Kearns  United States 1,423 4,669 2000 2002 6,500

Closed/Reconfigured rinks

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Venue City Country Altitude
(m)		 Altitude
(ft)		 Opened Closed Olympics
Adler Arena Skating Center Sochi Russia Russia 27 89 2012 2014 [nb 1][4] 2014
Richmond Olympic Oval Richmond  Canada 4 13 2008 2010[nb 2] 2010
Sport und Koncert Komplex (Winter Stadium)[5] St. Petersburg  Russia 15 49 1981 1992

Notes

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  1. ^ After the Olympics the rink is to be converted into a trade and exhibition center.
  2. ^ 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

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  1. ^ "New USD 13 million speed skating arena opens in Poland". Polskie Radio dla Zagranicy. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  2. ^ Speed Skating News
  3. ^ "Rink Card – Sport und Koncert Komplex (Winter Stadium)". Speed Skating News. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
  4. ^ "Olympic Oval Skating Center". Sochi 2014. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
  5. ^ 333,3 meter rink
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