Olympic Oval
Place
| Calgary
|
Altitude
| 1035 m above sea level
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Type
| Indoor, Artificial ice
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Map
Speed skating events have been held at the old rink in Calgary since 1962. The new indoor oval, constructed for the 1988 Olympic Games, was opened in November 1987. In the first World Cup event in Calgary, December 1987, six World Records were broken, and during the Olympic Games 8 out of 10 World Records were broken. Since then, it has been one of the fastest speed skating venues in the world, and a record breaking number of World Records have been set at the Olympic Oval. In 2001, the rink got competition as the World's fastest rink from another high-altitude indoor rink, the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City (USA), built for the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Since 1988, Calgary has been the centre of Canadian speed skating, and the main reason of the Canadian speed skating progress during the 1990s, especially on the sprint distances.
Last updated on 22 December 2006 by Bjarte Hetland.
Tournaments
World Records
Distance
| Time
| Skater
| Nation
| Date
|
1000 m Men Junior
| 1.14,11
| Jeremy Wotherspoon
|
| 17 March 1995
|
1000 m Men Junior
| 1.13,55
| Jeremy Wotherspoon
|
| 22 December 1995
|
1000 m Men Junior
| 1.13,35
| Jeremy Wotherspoon
|
| 23 December 1995
|
1000 m Men Junior
| 1.13,28
| Jeremy Wotherspoon
|
| 1 March 1996
|
1000 m Men Junior
| 1.13,14
| Jeremy Wotherspoon
|
| 23 March 1996
|
1000 m Men Junior
| 1.10,87
| Choi Jae-Bong
|
| 20 February 1999
|
1000 m Men Junior
| 1.10,83
| Masaaki Kobayashi
|
| 18 March 2000
|
1500 m Men Junior
| 1.53,26
| Falko Zandstra
|
| 2 March 1991
|
1500 m Men Junior
| 1.52,88
| Yusuke Imai
|
| 2 March 1996
|
1500 m Men Junior
| 1.52,78
| Yusuke Imai
|
| 9 March 1996
|
1500 m Men Junior
| 1.52,33
| Yusuke Imai
|
| 23 February 1997
|
1500 m Men Junior
| 1.50,45
| Dmitri Shepel
|
| 21 March 1998
|
1500 m Men Junior
| 1.49,71
| Choi Jae-Bong
|
| 28 November 1998
|
1500 m Men Junior
| 1.48,45
| Mark Tuitert
|
| 19 March 1999
|
1500 m Men Junior
| 1.47,33
| Shingo Doi
|
| 17 March 2001
|
3000 m Men Junior
| 3.57,64
| Falko Zandstra
|
| 1 March 1991
|
3000 m Men Junior
| 3.53,06
| Bob de Jong
|
| 8 March 1996
|
3000 m Men Junior
| 3.48,56
| Mark Tuitert
|
| 19 March 1999
|
500 m Men Junior
| 36,67
| Jeremy Wotherspoon
|
| 1 March 1996
|
500 m Men Junior
| 36,59
| Lee Kyu-Hyeok
|
| 8 March 1996
|
500 m Men Junior
| 36,58
| Jeremy Wotherspoon
|
| 23 March 1996
|
500 m Men Junior
| 36,30
| Choi Jae-Bong
|
| 27 November 1998
|
500 m Men Junior
| 36,23
| Masaaki Kobayashi
|
| 18 March 2000
|
500 m Men Junior
| 35,93
| Masaaki Kobayashi
|
| 19 March 2000
|
5000 m Men Junior
| 7.01,56
| Song Yong-Hun
|
| 17 February 1988
|
5000 m Men Junior
| 6.47,10
| Falko Zandstra
|
| 3 March 1991
|
5000 m Men Junior
| 6.37,55
| Bob de Jong
|
| 10 March 1996
|
5000 m Men Junior
| 6.33,26
| Mark Tuitert
|
| 20 March 1999
|
5000 m Men Junior
| 6.31,46
| Hiroki Hirako
|
| 3 March 2001
|
5000 m Men Junior
| 6.31,10
| Johan Röjler
|
| 17 March 2001
|
Allround Men Junior
| 156.059
| Falko Zandstra
|
| 3 March 1991
|
Allround Men Junior
| 153.689
| Choi Jae-Bong
|
| 29 November 1998
|
Allround Men Junior
| 153.363
| Philippe Marois
|
| 18 March 2000
|
Allround Men Junior
| 151.258
| Shingo Doi
|
| 17 March 2001
|
Sprint Men Junior
| 148.350
| Jeremy Wotherspoon
|
| 18 March 1995
|
Sprint Men Junior
| 147.300
| Jeremy Wotherspoon
|
| 23 December 1995
|
Sprint Men Junior
| 146.465
| Jeremy Wotherspoon
|
| 24 March 1996
|
Sprint Men Junior
| 143.965
| Choi Jae-Bong
|
| 21 February 1999
|
Sprint Men Junior
| 143.015
| Masaaki Kobayashi
|
| 19 March 2000
|
1000 m Women Junior
| 1.20,77
| Chris Witty
|
| 25 March 1994
|
1000 m Women Junior
| 1.20,61
| Anni Friesinger
|
| 9 March 1996
|
1000 m Women Junior
| 1.18,40
| Aki Tonoike
|
| 22 November 1997
|
1000 m Women Junior
| 1.18,28
| Aki Tonoike
|
| 23 November 1997
|
1000 m Women Junior
| 1.17,49
| Sayuri Osuga
|
| 30 January 2000
|
1000 m Women Junior
| 1.17,33
| Sayuri Osuga
|
| 18 March 2000
|
1000 m Women Junior
| 1.16,92
| Heike Hartmann
|
| 3 March 2001
|
1500 m Women Junior
| 2.05,14
| Svetlana Bazhanova
|
| 2 March 1991
|
1500 m Women Junior
| 2.05,00
| Becky Sundstrom
|
| 18 March 1995
|
1500 m Women Junior
| 2.03,72
| Anni Friesinger
|
| 1 March 1996
|
1500 m Women Junior
| 2.03,61
| Kirstin Holum
|
| 22 February 1997
|
1500 m Women Junior
| 2.01,87
| Kirstin Holum
|
| 24 January 1998
|
1500 m Women Junior
| 2.01,79
| Aki Tonoike
|
| 29 March 1998
|
1500 m Women Junior
| 2.00,37
| Catherine Raney
|
| 20 March 1999
|
1500 m Women Junior
| 2.00,04
| Song Li
|
| 29 January 2000
|
1500 m Women Junior
| 1.59,24
| Sarah Elliott
|
| 16 March 2001
|
3000 m Women Junior
| 4.21,59
| Svetlana Bazhanova
|
| 3 March 1991
|
3000 m Women Junior
| 4.18,88
| Nami Nemoto
|
| 25 March 1994
|
3000 m Women Junior
| 4.17,04
| Anni Friesinger
|
| 2 March 1996
|
3000 m Women Junior
| 4.11,83
| Catherine Raney
|
| 27 March 1998
|
3000 m Women Junior
| 4.10,30
| Song Li
|
| 30 January 2000
|
500 m Women Junior
| 39,85
| Tomomi Shimizu
|
| 3 January 1997
|
500 m Women Junior
| 39,72
| Choi Seung-Yong
|
| 28 November 1998
|
500 m Women Junior
| 39,55
| Choi Seung-Yong
|
| 29 November 1998
|
500 m Women Junior
| 38,58
| Sayuri Osuga
|
| 29 January 2000
|
Allround Women Junior
| 169.124
| Anke Baier
|
| 3 March 1991
|
Allround Women Junior
| 167.819
| Becky Sundstrom
|
| 19 March 1995
|
Allround Women Junior
| 166.476
| Anni Friesinger
|
| 10 March 1996
|
Allround Women Junior
| 162.452
| Wieteke Cramer
|
| 18 March 2000
|
Sprint Women Junior
| 162.820
| Chris Witty
|
| 26 March 1994
|
Sprint Women Junior
| 161.050
| Tomomi Shimizu
|
| 4 January 1997
|
Sprint Women Junior
| 158.785
| Choi Seung-Yong
|
| 29 November 1998
|
Sprint Women Junior
| 155.565
| Sayuri Osuga
|
| 19 March 2000
|
1000 m Men
| 1.12,54
| Kevin Scott
|
| 17 December 1993
|
1000 m Men
| 1.12,37
| Yasunori Miyabe
|
| 26 March 1994
|
1000 m Men
| 1.12,27
| Sylvain Bouchard
|
| 22 December 1995
|
1000 m Men
| 1.12,19
| Kevin Overland
|
| 23 December 1995
|
1000 m Men
| 1.11,67
| Manabu Horii
|
| 1 March 1996
|
1000 m Men
| 1.10,63
| Jan Bos
|
| 22 November 1997
|
1000 m Men
| 1.10,63
| Manabu Horii
|
| 22 November 1997
|
1000 m Men
| 1.10,42
| Lee Kyu-Hyeok
|
| 23 November 1997
|
1000 m Men
| 1.10,16
| Jeremy Wotherspoon
|
| 29 December 1997
|
1000 m Men
| 1.09,60
| Sylvain Bouchard
|
| 29 March 1998
|
1000 m Men
| 1.09,09
| Jeremy Wotherspoon
|
| 15 January 1999
|
1000 m Men
| 1.08,66
| Jeremy Wotherspoon
|
| 20 February 1999
|
1000 m Men
| 1.08,55
| Jan Bos
|
| 21 February 1999
|
1000 m Men
| 1.08,49
| Jeremy Wotherspoon
|
| 12 January 2000
|
1000 m Men
| 1.08,35
| Jeremy Wotherspoon
|
| 18 March 2000
|
1000 m Men
| 1.08,34
| Mike Ireland
|
| 3 March 2001
|
10000 m Men
| 13.48,51
| Geir Karlstad
|
| 4 December 1987
|
10000 m Men
| 13.48,20
| Tomas Gustafson
|
| 21 February 1988
|
10000 m Men
| 13.08,71
| Gianni Romme
|
| 29 March 1998
|
1500 m Men
| 1.52,50
| Igor Zhelezovski
|
| 5 December 1987
|
1500 m Men
| 1.52,06
| André Hoffmann
|
| 20 February 1988
|
1500 m Men
| 1.50,61
| Hiroyuki Noake
|
| 2 March 1996
|
1500 m Men
| 1.50,09
| KC Boutiette
|
| 15 March 1997
|
1500 m Men
| 1.50,05
| Neal Marshall
|
| 16 March 1997
|
1500 m Men
| 1.49,07
| Kevin Overland
|
| 29 November 1997
|
1500 m Men
| 1.46,43
| Ådne Søndrål
|
| 28 March 1998
|
1500 m Men
| 1.45,56
| Jakko Jan Leeuwangh
|
| 29 January 2000
|
1500 m Men
| 1.45,20
| Lee Kyu-Hyeok
|
| 15 March 2001
|
3000 m Men
| 3.56,16
| Thomas Bos
|
| 3 April 1992
|
3000 m Men
| 3.53,06
| Bob de Jong
|
| 8 March 1996
|
3000 m Men
| 3.48,91
| Bart Veldkamp
|
| 21 March 1998
|
3000 m Men
| 3.45,23
| Steven Elm
|
| 19 March 1999
|
3000 m Men
| 3.43,76
| Steven Elm
|
| 17 March 2000
|
3000 m Men
| 3.42,75
| Gianni Romme
|
| 11 August 2000
|
500 m Men
| 36,45
| Uwe-Jens Mey
|
| 14 February 1988
|
500 m Men
| 36,41
| Dan Jansen
|
| 19 March 1993
|
500 m Men
| 36,02
| Dan Jansen
|
| 20 March 1993
|
500 m Men
| 35,76
| Dan Jansen
|
| 30 January 1994
|
500 m Men
| 35,39
| Hiroyasu Shimizu
|
| 2 March 1996
|
500 m Men
| 35,36
| Hiroyasu Shimizu
|
| 28 March 1998
|
500 m Men
| 34,82
| Hiroyasu Shimizu
|
| 28 March 1998
|
500 m Men
| 34,76
| Jeremy Wotherspoon
|
| 20 February 1999
|
500 m Men
| 34,63
| Jeremy Wotherspoon
|
| 29 January 2000
|
5000 m Men
| 6.43,59
| Geir Karlstad
|
| 4 December 1987
|
5000 m Men
| 6.21,49
| Gianni Romme
|
| 27 February 1998
|
5000 m Men
| 6.18,72
| Gianni Romme
|
| 30 January 2000
|
Allround Men
| 157.150
| Roberto Sighel
|
| 22 March 1992
|
Small Allround Men
| 156.059
| Falko Zandstra
|
| 3 March 1991
|
Small Allround Men
| 154.103
| KC Boutiette
|
| 15 March 1997
|
Small Allround Men
| 153.767
| Carl Verheijen
|
| 21 March 1998
|
Small Allround Men
| 153.583
| Erben Wennemars
|
| 16 August 1998
|
Small Allround Men
| 152.043
| Steven Elm
|
| 29 November 1998
|
Small Allround Men
| 149.283
| Christian Breuer
|
| 20 March 1999
|
Small Allround Men
| 149.188
| Erben Wennemars
|
| 15 August 1999
|
Small Allround Men
| 147.668
| Jochem Uytdehaage
|
| 17 March 2001
|
Sprint Men
| 145.580
| Dan Jansen
|
| 20 March 1993
|
Sprint Men
| 144.815
| Dan Jansen
|
| 30 January 1994
|
Sprint Men
| 144.445
| Yasunori Miyabe
|
| 26 March 1994
|
Sprint Men
| 143.425
| Manabu Horii
|
| 3 March 1996
|
Sprint Men
| 141.995
| Jeremy Wotherspoon
|
| 23 November 1997
|
Sprint Men
| 140.050
| Jeremy Wotherspoon
|
| 16 January 1999
|
Sprint Men
| 138.310
| Jeremy Wotherspoon
|
| 21 February 1999
|
1000 m Women
| 1.18,11
| Karin Kania-Enke
|
| 5 December 1987
|
1000 m Women
| 1.17,65
| Christa Rothenburger
|
| 26 February 1988
|
1000 m Women
| 1.16,07
| Catriona Le May Doan
|
| 22 November 1997
|
1000 m Women
| 1.15,43
| Chris Witty
|
| 23 November 1997
|
1000 m Women
| 1.14,96
| Chris Witty
|
| 28 March 1998
|
1000 m Women
| 1.14,61
| Monique Garbrecht
|
| 21 February 1999
|
1000 m Women
| 1.14,58
| Chris Witty
|
| 3 March 2001
|
1500 m Women
| 1.57,87
| Catriona Le May Doan
|
| 29 November 1997
|
1500 m Women
| 1.56,95
| Anni Friesinger
|
| 29 March 1998
|
1500 m Women
| 1.55,50
| Annamarie Thomas
|
| 20 March 1999
|
1500 m Women
| 1.54,38
| Anni Friesinger
|
| 4 March 2001
|
3000 m Women
| 4.16,76
| Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn
|
| 5 December 1987
|
3000 m Women
| 4.11,94
| Yvonne van Gennip
|
| 23 February 1988
|
3000 m Women
| 4.10,80
| Gunda Kleemann
|
| 9 December 1990
|
3000 m Women
| 4.09,32
| Gunda Niemann-Kleemann
|
| 25 March 1994
|
3000 m Women
| 4.01,67
| Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
|
| 27 March 1998
|
3000 m Women
| 4.00,51
| Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
|
| 30 January 2000
|
3000 m Women
| 3.59,27
| Claudia Pechstein
|
| 2 March 2001
|
500 m Women
| 39,39
| Christa Rothenburger
|
| 6 December 1987
|
500 m Women
| 39,10
| Bonnie Blair
|
| 22 February 1988
|
500 m Women
| 38,99
| Bonnie Blair
|
| 26 March 1994
|
500 m Women
| 38,69
| Bonnie Blair
|
| 12 February 1995
|
500 m Women
| 37,90
| Catriona Le May Doan
|
| 22 November 1997
|
500 m Women
| 37,90
| Catriona Le May Doan
|
| 23 November 1997
|
500 m Women
| 37,71
| Catriona Le May Doan
|
| 28 December 1997
|
500 m Women
| 37,55
| Catriona Le May Doan
|
| 29 December 1997
|
500 m Women
| 37,40
| Catriona Le May Doan
|
| 6 January 2001
|
5000 m Women
| 7.14,13
| Yvonne van Gennip
|
| 28 February 1988
|
5000 m Women
| 7.03,26
| Gunda Niemann-Kleemann
|
| 26 March 1994
|
5000 m Women
| 6.58,63
| Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
|
| 28 March 1998
|
Small Allround Women
| 164.658
| Emese Hunyady
|
| 27 March 1994
|
Small Allround Women
| 163.901
| Annamarie Thomas
|
| 23 March 1996
|
Small Allround Women
| 163.315
| Marianne Timmer
|
| 16 March 1997
|
Small Allround Women
| 162.731
| Maki Tabata
|
| 16 August 1998
|
Small Allround Women
| 161.439
| Becky Sundstrom
|
| 29 November 1998
|
Small Allround Women
| 158.183
| Annamarie Thomas
|
| 21 March 1999
|
Small Allround Women
| 155.576
| Cindy Klassen
|
| 17 March 2001
|
Sprint Women
| 157.405
| Bonnie Blair
|
| 30 January 1994
|
Sprint Women
| 156.505
| Bonnie Blair
|
| 26 March 1994
|
Sprint Women
| 156.435
| Bonnie Blair
|
| 11 February 1995
|
Sprint Women
| 151.690
| Catriona Le May Doan
|
| 23 November 1997
|
Sprint Women
| 151.605
| Monique Garbrecht
|
| 21 February 1999
|
Sprint Women
| 150.085
| Catriona Le May Doan
|
| 7 January 2001
|
500 m Women
| 37,29
| Catriona Le May Doan
|
| 8 December 2001
|
500 m Women
| 37,22
| Catriona Le May Doan
|
| 9 December 2001
|
1000 m Men Junior
| 1.10,65
| Beorn Nijenhuis
|
| 23 March 2002
|
1500 m Men Junior
| 1.46,80
| Beorn Nijenhuis
|
| 21 March 2002
|
3000 m Men Junior
| 3.46,75
| Tom Prinsen
|
| 21 March 2002
|
5000 m Men Junior
| 6.29,69
| Tom Prinsen
|
| 22 March 2002
|
Allround Men Junior
| 150.454
| Remco Olde Heuvel
|
| 22 March 2002
|
1000 m Women Junior
| 1.16,14
| Judith Hesse
|
| 22 March 2002
|
1500 m Women Junior
| 1.58,93
| Elma de Vries
|
| 21 March 2002
|
3000 m Women Junior
| 4.09,66
| Elma de Vries
|
| 22 March 2002
|
Allround Women Junior
| 159.938
| Elma de Vries
|
| 22 March 2002
|
500 m Men Junior
| 35,24
| Tadashi Obara
|
| 24 March 2002
|
Sprint Men Junior
| 141.985
| Tadashi Obara
|
| 24 March 2002
|
Sprint Men Junior
| 139.750
| Beorn Nijenhuis
|
| 19 January 2003
|
Sprint Women Junior
| 154.725
| Shannon Rempel
|
| 4 January 2003
|
Sprint Women Junior
| 154.480
| Shannon Rempel
|
| 19 January 2003
|
1000 m Men Junior
| 1.08,53
| Beorn Nijenhuis
|
| 19 January 2003
|
Sprint Men
| 137.230
| Jeremy Wotherspoon
|
| 19 January 2003
|
1500 m Men Junior
| 1.46,73
| Remco Olde Heuvel
|
| 21 March 2003
|
3000 m Men Junior
| 3.45,87
| Remco Olde Heuvel
|
| 20 March 2003
|
Allround Men Junior
| 149.481
| Remco Olde Heuvel
|
| 21 March 2003
|
500 m Women Junior
| 38,53
| Shannon Rempel
|
| 22 March 2003
|
1500 m Women Junior
| 1.58,10
| Ireen Wüst
|
| 11 March 2004
|
3000 m Women Junior
| 4.08,64
| Ireen Wüst
|
| 12 March 2004
|
5000 m Men Junior
| 6.28,45
| Sven Kramer
|
| 12 March 2004
|
500 m Women Junior
| 38,09
| Sayuri Yoshii
|
| 13 March 2004
|
Allround Women Junior
| 158.916
| Ireen Wüst
|
| 12 March 2004
|
3000 m Men
| 3.39,02
| Chad Hedrick
|
| 10 March 2005
|
3000 m Men Junior
| 3.44,72
| Wouter Olde Heuvel
|
| 10 March 2005
|
Allround Men Junior
| 148.614
| Wouter Olde Heuvel
|
| 11 March 2005
|
1000 m Women Junior
| 1.15,93
| Ireen Wüst
|
| 11 March 2005
|
1500 m Women Junior
| 1.56,69
| Ireen Wüst
|
| 10 March 2005
|
3000 m Women Junior
| 4.07,71
| Ireen Wüst
|
| 11 March 2005
|
Allround Women Junior
| 157.436
| Ireen Wüst
|
| 11 March 2005
|
Small Allround Men
| 146.365
| Erben Wennemars
|
| 13 August 2005
|
1500 m Women
| 1.53,77
| Cindy Klassen
|
| 28 October 2005
|
3000 m Men
| 3.37,28
| Eskil Ervik
|
| 5 November 2005
|
3000 m Men Junior
| 3.43,66
| Håvard Bøkko
|
| 5 November 2005
|
3000 m Women
| 3.55,75
| Cindy Klassen
|
| 12 November 2005
|
3000 m Women Junior
| 4.03,35
| Martina Sáblíková
|
| 12 November 2005
|
5000 m Men
| 6.09,68
| Chad Hedrick
|
| 13 November 2005
|
1500 m Women
| 1.53,22
| Anni Friesinger
|
| 6 November 2005
|
5000 m Men Junior
| 6.18,93
| Håvard Bøkko
|
| 13 November 2005
|
Allround Women
| 157.177
| Cindy Klassen
|
| 22 January 2006
|
Allround Men
| 148.799
| Chad Hedrick
|
| 22 January 2006
|
1500 m Men
| 1.42,68
| Shani Davis
|
| 19 March 2006
|
10000 m Men
| 12.51,60
| Sven Kramer
|
| 19 March 2006
|
Allround Men
| 145.742
| Shani Davis
|
| 19 March 2006
|
3000 m Women
| 3.53,34
| Cindy Klassen
|
| 18 March 2006
|
Allround Women
| 154.580
| Cindy Klassen
|
| 19 March 2006
|
1000 m Women
| 1.13,46
| Cindy Klassen
|
| 24 March 2006
|
3000 m Men Junior
| 3.43,20
| Håvard Bøkko
|
| 21 March 2006
|
1000 m Women
| 1.13,11
| Cindy Klassen
|
| 25 March 2006
|
Sprint Women
| 149.305
| Cindy Klassen
|
| 26 March 2006
|