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Heilongjiang Indoor Rink is an indoor ice skating arena in
Harbin
Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest c ...
in
Heilongjiang
Heilongjiang () Postal romanization, formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a Provinces of China, province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is th ...
in north east China. The arena was opened on 18 November 1995. It was the first indoor arena for
speed skating
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skati ...
in Asia. The rink was built at the same place where an old outdoor skating rink was situated. The old rink was inaugurated in 1955.Speed Skating News - banerekorder og resultater for den gamle banen The rink is situated 141 m above sea level.
The
1996 Asian Winter Games
The 3rd Asian Winter Games () were held from February 4 to 11, 1996 in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. North Korea's Samjiyon was the original host for the games scheduled in 1995, but withdrew in August 1992. After the withdrawal, South Korea and ...
was the first major event held in the arena. With a 400 m long track, it was regularly used for the
Speed Skating World Cup The ISU Speed Skating World Cup is a series of international speed skating competitions, organised annually by the International Skating Union since the winter of 1985–86. Every year during the winter season, a number of competitions on different ...