This is a list of all full-length (400 meter) indoor speed skating rinks in the world.Speed Skating News 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. 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 Minsk Arena Minsk 2010 3,000 Olympic Oval Calgary 1987 1988 4,000 Pomeroy Sport Centre Fort St. John 2009 1,000 Centre de glaces Intact Assurance Quebec City 2021 Beijing National Speed Skating Oval Beijing 2020 2022 12,000 Erqi Training Base Beijing-Fengtai Beijing 2019 Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Rink Changchun 2016 2,600 Daqing Stadium Daqing 2005 1,800 Heilongjiang Indoor Rink Harbin 1995 4,500 The Ice Sports Training Center Hulun Buir-Hailar Hulunbuir 2019 Indoor Ice Rink Qiqihar 2007 Bayi Speed Skating Oval Shenyang 1999 Xinjiang Ice Sport Centre Ürümqi 2015 Sportforum Hohenschönhausen Berlin 1985 3,700 Gunda-Niemann-Stirnemann-Halle Erfurt 2001 4,000 Eisstadion Inzell Inzell 2011 6,000 Oval Lingotto Turin 2005 2006 8,500 YS Arena Hachinohe Hachinohe 2019 M-Wave Nagano 1996 1998 6,400 Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval Obihiro 2009 3,000 Alau Ice Palace Astana 2011 8,000 Leisure World Ice Center Dronten 1998 De Westfries Hoorn 2006 IJsbaan Twente Enschede 2008 2,000 Kardinge Groningen 1993 Thialf Heerenveen 1986 2030 12,500 Elfstedenhal Leeuwarden 2015 Schaatsbaan Rotterdam Rotterdam 2013 Ireen Wüst IJsbaan Tilburg 2009 Fosenhallen Botngård 2007 1,500 Vikingskipet Hamar 1992 1994 10,600 Arena Nordvest Kristiansund 2018 Sørmarka Arena Stavanger 2010 4,000 Arena Lodowa Tomaszów Mazowiecki Tomaszów Mazowiecki 2017 11,000 Uralskaya Molniya Chelyabinsk 2005 1,600 Ice Arena Baikal Irkutsk 2020 6,059 Ice Arena Kuzbass Kemerovo 2021 6,000 Speed Skating Centre Kolomna 2006 6,150 Ice Palace Krylatskoye Moscow 2004 8,000 Gangneung Oval Gangneung South Korea 2015 2018 8,000 Taereung International Skating Rink Seoul South Korea 2000 2,700 Tingvalla isstadion Karlstad Sweden 2022 1,800 Pettit National Ice Center West Allis 1993 2 500 Utah Olympic Oval Kearns 2000 2002 6,500
Closed/Reconfigured rinks Venue City Country Altitude(m) Altitude(ft) Opened Closed Olympics Adler Arena Skating Center Sochi Russia 2012 2014 After the Olympics the rink is to be converted into a trade and exhibition center. 2014 Milan Italy 2025 2026 After the Olympics the rink is to be converted into a temporary figure skating and ice hockey rink. 2026 Richmond Olympic Oval Richmond 2008 2010Reconfigured 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. 2010 Sport und Koncert Komplex (Winter Stadium)333,3 meter rink St. Petersburg 1981 1992
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