List of indoor speed skating rinks
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This is a list of all full-length (400 meter) indoor
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Richmond Olympic Oval The Richmond Olympic Oval (french: Anneau olympique de Richmond) is an indoor multi-sports arena in the Canadian city of Richmond, British Columbia. The oval was built for the 2010 Winter Olympics and was originally configured with a speed skati ...
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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 The Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is North America's first covered speed skating oval; it was built for the 1988 Winter Olympics and opened on September 27, 1987.Calgary,
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in Lillehammer, Norway all speed skating competitions have been held in indoor ovals.


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