Olympic OvalCan

Place Calgary
Altitude 1035 m above sea level
Type Indoor, Artificial ice
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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


3rd World Cup 1987-1988 4—6 December 1987
Olympic Winter Games 1988 13—28 February 1988
6th World Cup 1988-1989 11—12 February 1989
World Championships Women 1990 10—11 February 1990
3rd World Cup 1990-1991 8—9 December 1990
World Junior Championships 1991 1—3 March 1991
World Championships Men 1992 21—22 March 1992
World Sprint Championships 1994 29—30 January 1994
7th World Cup 1994-1995 11—12 February 1995
Canadian Allround Championships 1996 27—28 December 1995
World Cup Final 1995-1996 1—3 March 1996
World Junior Championships 1996 8—10 March 1996
Canadian Allround Championships 1997 28—29 December 1996
5th World Cup 1996-1997 3—4 January 1997
2nd World Cup 1997-1998 22—23 November 1997
World Single Distance Championships 1998 27—29 March 1998
World Sprint Championships 1999 20—21 January 1999
Canadian Allround Championships 2000 18—19 December 1999
World Championship Qualifier North America and Oceania 2000 14—16 January 2000
7th World Cup (Sprint Final) 1999-2000 29—30 January 2000
Canadian Allround Championships 2001 2—4 January 2001
World Cup Final 2000-2001 2—4 March 2001
Canadian Sprint Championships 2002 30 November—1 December 2001
Canadian Allround Championships 2002 30—2 November 2001
5th World Cup 2001-2002 8—9 December 2001
Canadian Single Distance Championships 2002 17—21 December 2001
Canadian Sprint Championships 2003 2—3 January 2003
Canadian Allround Championships 2003 3—5 January 2003
World Sprint Championships 2003 18—19 January 2003
4th World Cup 2003-2004 6—7 December 2003
Canadian Sprint Championships 2004 21—22 December 2003
Canadian Allround Championships 2004 3—5 January 2004
World Championships Qualifier North America and Oceania 2004 17—18 January 2004
Canadian Allround Championships 2005 20—22 December 2004
Canadian Sprint Championships 2005 27—29 December 2004
6th World Cup 2004-2005 14—15 January 2005
1st World Cup 2005-2006 12—13 November 2005
World Championship Qualifier North America and Oceania 2006 21—22 January 2006
World Championships 2006 18—19 March 2006

World Records


Distance Time Skater Nation Date
1000 m Men Junior 1.14,11 Jeremy Wotherspoon Can 17 March 1995
1000 m Men Junior 1.13,55 Jeremy Wotherspoon Can 22 December 1995
1000 m Men Junior 1.13,35 Jeremy Wotherspoon Can 23 December 1995
1000 m Men Junior 1.13,28 Jeremy Wotherspoon Can 1 March 1996
1000 m Men Junior 1.13,14 Jeremy Wotherspoon Can 23 March 1996
1000 m Men Junior 1.10,87 Choi Jae-Bong Kor 20 February 1999
1000 m Men Junior 1.10,83 Masaaki Kobayashi Jpn 18 March 2000
1500 m Men Junior 1.53,26 Falko Zandstra Ned 2 March 1991
1500 m Men Junior 1.52,88 Yusuke Imai Jpn 2 March 1996
1500 m Men Junior 1.52,78 Yusuke Imai Jpn 9 March 1996
1500 m Men Junior 1.52,33 Yusuke Imai Jpn 23 February 1997
1500 m Men Junior 1.50,45 Dmitri Shepel Rus 21 March 1998
1500 m Men Junior 1.49,71 Choi Jae-Bong Kor 28 November 1998
1500 m Men Junior 1.48,45 Mark Tuitert Ned 19 March 1999
1500 m Men Junior 1.47,33 Shingo Doi Jpn 17 March 2001
3000 m Men Junior 3.57,64 Falko Zandstra Ned 1 March 1991
3000 m Men Junior 3.53,06 Bob de Jong Ned 8 March 1996
3000 m Men Junior 3.48,56 Mark Tuitert Ned 19 March 1999
500 m Men Junior 36,67 Jeremy Wotherspoon Can 1 March 1996
500 m Men Junior 36,59 Lee Kyu-Hyeok Kor 8 March 1996
500 m Men Junior 36,58 Jeremy Wotherspoon Can 23 March 1996
500 m Men Junior 36,30 Choi Jae-Bong Kor 27 November 1998
500 m Men Junior 36,23 Masaaki Kobayashi Jpn 18 March 2000
500 m Men Junior 35,93 Masaaki Kobayashi Jpn 19 March 2000
5000 m Men Junior 7.01,56 Song Yong-Hun Prk 17 February 1988
5000 m Men Junior 6.47,10 Falko Zandstra Ned 3 March 1991
5000 m Men Junior 6.37,55 Bob de Jong Ned 10 March 1996
5000 m Men Junior 6.33,26 Mark Tuitert Ned 20 March 1999
5000 m Men Junior 6.31,46 Hiroki Hirako Jpn 3 March 2001
5000 m Men Junior 6.31,10 Johan Röjler Swe 17 March 2001
Allround Men Junior 156.059 Falko Zandstra Ned 3 March 1991
Allround Men Junior 153.689 Choi Jae-Bong Kor 29 November 1998
Allround Men Junior 153.363 Philippe Marois Can 18 March 2000
Allround Men Junior 151.258 Shingo Doi Jpn 17 March 2001
Sprint Men Junior 148.350 Jeremy Wotherspoon Can 18 March 1995
Sprint Men Junior 147.300 Jeremy Wotherspoon Can 23 December 1995
Sprint Men Junior 146.465 Jeremy Wotherspoon Can 24 March 1996
Sprint Men Junior 143.965 Choi Jae-Bong Kor 21 February 1999
Sprint Men Junior 143.015 Masaaki Kobayashi Jpn 19 March 2000
1000 m Women Junior 1.20,77 Chris Witty Usa 25 March 1994
1000 m Women Junior 1.20,61 Anni Friesinger Ger 9 March 1996
1000 m Women Junior 1.18,40 Aki Tonoike Jpn 22 November 1997
1000 m Women Junior 1.18,28 Aki Tonoike Jpn 23 November 1997
1000 m Women Junior 1.17,49 Sayuri Osuga Jpn 30 January 2000
1000 m Women Junior 1.17,33 Sayuri Osuga Jpn 18 March 2000
1000 m Women Junior 1.16,92 Heike Hartmann Ger 3 March 2001
1500 m Women Junior 2.05,14 Svetlana Bazhanova Urs 2 March 1991
1500 m Women Junior 2.05,00 Becky Sundstrom Usa 18 March 1995
1500 m Women Junior 2.03,72 Anni Friesinger Ger 1 March 1996
1500 m Women Junior 2.03,61 Kirstin Holum Usa 22 February 1997
1500 m Women Junior 2.01,87 Kirstin Holum Usa 24 January 1998
1500 m Women Junior 2.01,79 Aki Tonoike Jpn 29 March 1998
1500 m Women Junior 2.00,37 Catherine Raney Usa 20 March 1999
1500 m Women Junior 2.00,04 Song Li Chn 29 January 2000
1500 m Women Junior 1.59,24 Sarah Elliott Usa 16 March 2001
3000 m Women Junior 4.21,59 Svetlana Bazhanova Urs 3 March 1991
3000 m Women Junior 4.18,88 Nami Nemoto Jpn 25 March 1994
3000 m Women Junior 4.17,04 Anni Friesinger Ger 2 March 1996
3000 m Women Junior 4.11,83 Catherine Raney Usa 27 March 1998
3000 m Women Junior 4.10,30 Song Li Chn 30 January 2000
500 m Women Junior 39,85 Tomomi Shimizu Jpn 3 January 1997
500 m Women Junior 39,72 Choi Seung-Yong Kor 28 November 1998
500 m Women Junior 39,55 Choi Seung-Yong Kor 29 November 1998
500 m Women Junior 38,58 Sayuri Osuga Jpn 29 January 2000
Allround Women Junior 169.124 Anke Baier Gdr 3 March 1991
Allround Women Junior 167.819 Becky Sundstrom Usa 19 March 1995
Allround Women Junior 166.476 Anni Friesinger Ger 10 March 1996
Allround Women Junior 162.452 Wieteke Cramer Ned 18 March 2000
Sprint Women Junior 162.820 Chris Witty Usa 26 March 1994
Sprint Women Junior 161.050 Tomomi Shimizu Jpn 4 January 1997
Sprint Women Junior 158.785 Choi Seung-Yong Kor 29 November 1998
Sprint Women Junior 155.565 Sayuri Osuga Jpn 19 March 2000
1000 m Men 1.12,54 Kevin Scott Can 17 December 1993
1000 m Men 1.12,37 Yasunori Miyabe Jpn 26 March 1994
1000 m Men 1.12,27 Sylvain Bouchard Can 22 December 1995
1000 m Men 1.12,19 Kevin Overland Can 23 December 1995
1000 m Men 1.11,67 Manabu Horii Jpn 1 March 1996
1000 m Men 1.10,63 Jan Bos Ned 22 November 1997
1000 m Men 1.10,63 Manabu Horii Jpn 22 November 1997
1000 m Men 1.10,42 Lee Kyu-Hyeok Kor 23 November 1997
1000 m Men 1.10,16 Jeremy Wotherspoon Can 29 December 1997
1000 m Men 1.09,60 Sylvain Bouchard Can 29 March 1998
1000 m Men 1.09,09 Jeremy Wotherspoon Can 15 January 1999
1000 m Men 1.08,66 Jeremy Wotherspoon Can 20 February 1999
1000 m Men 1.08,55 Jan Bos Ned 21 February 1999
1000 m Men 1.08,49 Jeremy Wotherspoon Can 12 January 2000
1000 m Men 1.08,35 Jeremy Wotherspoon Can 18 March 2000
1000 m Men 1.08,34 Mike Ireland Can 3 March 2001
10000 m Men 13.48,51 Geir Karlstad Nor 4 December 1987
10000 m Men 13.48,20 Tomas Gustafson Swe 21 February 1988
10000 m Men 13.08,71 Gianni Romme Ned 29 March 1998
1500 m Men 1.52,50 Igor Zhelezovski Urs 5 December 1987
1500 m Men 1.52,06 André Hoffmann Gdr 20 February 1988
1500 m Men 1.50,61 Hiroyuki Noake Jpn 2 March 1996
1500 m Men 1.50,09 KC Boutiette Usa 15 March 1997
1500 m Men 1.50,05 Neal Marshall Can 16 March 1997
1500 m Men 1.49,07 Kevin Overland Can 29 November 1997
1500 m Men 1.46,43 Ådne Søndrål Nor 28 March 1998
1500 m Men 1.45,56 Jakko Jan Leeuwangh Ned 29 January 2000
1500 m Men 1.45,20 Lee Kyu-Hyeok Kor 15 March 2001
3000 m Men 3.56,16 Thomas Bos Ned 3 April 1992
3000 m Men 3.53,06 Bob de Jong Ned 8 March 1996
3000 m Men 3.48,91 Bart Veldkamp Bel 21 March 1998
3000 m Men 3.45,23 Steven Elm Can 19 March 1999
3000 m Men 3.43,76 Steven Elm Can 17 March 2000
3000 m Men 3.42,75 Gianni Romme Ned 11 August 2000
500 m Men 36,45 Uwe-Jens Mey Gdr 14 February 1988
500 m Men 36,41 Dan Jansen Usa 19 March 1993
500 m Men 36,02 Dan Jansen Usa 20 March 1993
500 m Men 35,76 Dan Jansen Usa 30 January 1994
500 m Men 35,39 Hiroyasu Shimizu Jpn 2 March 1996
500 m Men 35,36 Hiroyasu Shimizu Jpn 28 March 1998
500 m Men 34,82 Hiroyasu Shimizu Jpn 28 March 1998
500 m Men 34,76 Jeremy Wotherspoon Can 20 February 1999
500 m Men 34,63 Jeremy Wotherspoon Can 29 January 2000
5000 m Men 6.43,59 Geir Karlstad Nor 4 December 1987
5000 m Men 6.21,49 Gianni Romme Ned 27 February 1998
5000 m Men 6.18,72 Gianni Romme Ned 30 January 2000
Allround Men 157.150 Roberto Sighel Ita 22 March 1992
Small Allround Men 156.059 Falko Zandstra Ned 3 March 1991
Small Allround Men 154.103 KC Boutiette Usa 15 March 1997
Small Allround Men 153.767 Carl Verheijen Ned 21 March 1998
Small Allround Men 153.583 Erben Wennemars Ned 16 August 1998
Small Allround Men 152.043 Steven Elm Can 29 November 1998
Small Allround Men 149.283 Christian Breuer Ger 20 March 1999
Small Allround Men 149.188 Erben Wennemars Ned 15 August 1999
Small Allround Men 147.668 Jochem Uytdehaage Ned 17 March 2001
Sprint Men 145.580 Dan Jansen Usa 20 March 1993
Sprint Men 144.815 Dan Jansen Usa 30 January 1994
Sprint Men 144.445 Yasunori Miyabe Jpn 26 March 1994
Sprint Men 143.425 Manabu Horii Jpn 3 March 1996
Sprint Men 141.995 Jeremy Wotherspoon Can 23 November 1997
Sprint Men 140.050 Jeremy Wotherspoon Can 16 January 1999
Sprint Men 138.310 Jeremy Wotherspoon Can 21 February 1999
1000 m Women 1.18,11 Karin Kania-Enke Gdr 5 December 1987
1000 m Women 1.17,65 Christa Rothenburger Gdr 26 February 1988
1000 m Women 1.16,07 Catriona Le May Doan Can 22 November 1997
1000 m Women 1.15,43 Chris Witty Usa 23 November 1997
1000 m Women 1.14,96 Chris Witty Usa 28 March 1998
1000 m Women 1.14,61 Monique Garbrecht Ger 21 February 1999
1000 m Women 1.14,58 Chris Witty Usa 3 March 2001
1500 m Women 1.57,87 Catriona Le May Doan Can 29 November 1997
1500 m Women 1.56,95 Anni Friesinger Ger 29 March 1998
1500 m Women 1.55,50 Annamarie Thomas Ned 20 March 1999
1500 m Women 1.54,38 Anni Friesinger Ger 4 March 2001
3000 m Women 4.16,76 Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn Gdr 5 December 1987
3000 m Women 4.11,94 Yvonne van Gennip Ned 23 February 1988
3000 m Women 4.10,80 Gunda Kleemann Ger 9 December 1990
3000 m Women 4.09,32 Gunda Niemann-Kleemann Ger 25 March 1994
3000 m Women 4.01,67 Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Ger 27 March 1998
3000 m Women 4.00,51 Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Ger 30 January 2000
3000 m Women 3.59,27 Claudia Pechstein Ger 2 March 2001
500 m Women 39,39 Christa Rothenburger Gdr 6 December 1987
500 m Women 39,10 Bonnie Blair Usa 22 February 1988
500 m Women 38,99 Bonnie Blair Usa 26 March 1994
500 m Women 38,69 Bonnie Blair Usa 12 February 1995
500 m Women 37,90 Catriona Le May Doan Can 22 November 1997
500 m Women 37,90 Catriona Le May Doan Can 23 November 1997
500 m Women 37,71 Catriona Le May Doan Can 28 December 1997
500 m Women 37,55 Catriona Le May Doan Can 29 December 1997
500 m Women 37,40 Catriona Le May Doan Can 6 January 2001
5000 m Women 7.14,13 Yvonne van Gennip Ned 28 February 1988
5000 m Women 7.03,26 Gunda Niemann-Kleemann Ger 26 March 1994
5000 m Women 6.58,63 Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Ger 28 March 1998
Small Allround Women 164.658 Emese Hunyady Aut 27 March 1994
Small Allround Women 163.901 Annamarie Thomas Ned 23 March 1996
Small Allround Women 163.315 Marianne Timmer Ned 16 March 1997
Small Allround Women 162.731 Maki Tabata Jpn 16 August 1998
Small Allround Women 161.439 Becky Sundstrom Usa 29 November 1998
Small Allround Women 158.183 Annamarie Thomas Ned 21 March 1999
Small Allround Women 155.576 Cindy Klassen Can 17 March 2001
Sprint Women 157.405 Bonnie Blair Usa 30 January 1994
Sprint Women 156.505 Bonnie Blair Usa 26 March 1994
Sprint Women 156.435 Bonnie Blair Usa 11 February 1995
Sprint Women 151.690 Catriona Le May Doan Can 23 November 1997
Sprint Women 151.605 Monique Garbrecht Ger 21 February 1999
Sprint Women 150.085 Catriona Le May Doan Can 7 January 2001
500 m Women 37,29 Catriona Le May Doan Can 8 December 2001
500 m Women 37,22 Catriona Le May Doan Can 9 December 2001
1000 m Men Junior 1.10,65 Beorn Nijenhuis Ned 23 March 2002
1500 m Men Junior 1.46,80 Beorn Nijenhuis Ned 21 March 2002
3000 m Men Junior 3.46,75 Tom Prinsen Ned 21 March 2002
5000 m Men Junior 6.29,69 Tom Prinsen Ned 22 March 2002
Allround Men Junior 150.454 Remco Olde Heuvel Ned 22 March 2002
1000 m Women Junior 1.16,14 Judith Hesse Ger 22 March 2002
1500 m Women Junior 1.58,93 Elma de Vries Ned 21 March 2002
3000 m Women Junior 4.09,66 Elma de Vries Ned 22 March 2002
Allround Women Junior 159.938 Elma de Vries Ned 22 March 2002
500 m Men Junior 35,24 Tadashi Obara Jpn 24 March 2002
Sprint Men Junior 141.985 Tadashi Obara Jpn 24 March 2002
Sprint Men Junior 139.750 Beorn Nijenhuis Ned 19 January 2003
Sprint Women Junior 154.725 Shannon Rempel Can 4 January 2003
Sprint Women Junior 154.480 Shannon Rempel Can 19 January 2003
1000 m Men Junior 1.08,53 Beorn Nijenhuis Ned 19 January 2003
Sprint Men 137.230 Jeremy Wotherspoon Can 19 January 2003
1500 m Men Junior 1.46,73 Remco Olde Heuvel Ned 21 March 2003
3000 m Men Junior 3.45,87 Remco Olde Heuvel Ned 20 March 2003
Allround Men Junior 149.481 Remco Olde Heuvel Ned 21 March 2003
500 m Women Junior 38,53 Shannon Rempel Can 22 March 2003
1500 m Women Junior 1.58,10 Ireen Wüst Ned 11 March 2004
3000 m Women Junior 4.08,64 Ireen Wüst Ned 12 March 2004
5000 m Men Junior 6.28,45 Sven Kramer Ned 12 March 2004
500 m Women Junior 38,09 Sayuri Yoshii Jpn 13 March 2004
Allround Women Junior 158.916 Ireen Wüst Ned 12 March 2004
3000 m Men 3.39,02 Chad Hedrick Usa 10 March 2005
3000 m Men Junior 3.44,72 Wouter Olde Heuvel Ned 10 March 2005
Allround Men Junior 148.614 Wouter Olde Heuvel Ned 11 March 2005
1000 m Women Junior 1.15,93 Ireen Wüst Ned 11 March 2005
1500 m Women Junior 1.56,69 Ireen Wüst Ned 10 March 2005
3000 m Women Junior 4.07,71 Ireen Wüst Ned 11 March 2005
Allround Women Junior 157.436 Ireen Wüst Ned 11 March 2005
Small Allround Men 146.365 Erben Wennemars Ned 13 August 2005
1500 m Women 1.53,77 Cindy Klassen Can 28 October 2005
3000 m Men 3.37,28 Eskil Ervik Nor 5 November 2005
3000 m Men Junior 3.43,66 Håvard Bøkko Nor 5 November 2005
3000 m Women 3.55,75 Cindy Klassen Can 12 November 2005
3000 m Women Junior 4.03,35 Martina Sáblíková Cze 12 November 2005
5000 m Men 6.09,68 Chad Hedrick Usa 13 November 2005
1500 m Women 1.53,22 Anni Friesinger Ger 6 November 2005
5000 m Men Junior 6.18,93 Håvard Bøkko Nor 13 November 2005
Allround Women 157.177 Cindy Klassen Can 22 January 2006
Allround Men 148.799 Chad Hedrick Usa 22 January 2006
1500 m Men 1.42,68 Shani Davis Usa 19 March 2006
10000 m Men 12.51,60 Sven Kramer Ned 19 March 2006
Allround Men 145.742 Shani Davis Usa 19 March 2006
3000 m Women 3.53,34 Cindy Klassen Can 18 March 2006
Allround Women 154.580 Cindy Klassen Can 19 March 2006
1000 m Women 1.13,46 Cindy Klassen Can 24 March 2006
3000 m Men Junior 3.43,20 Håvard Bøkko Nor 21 March 2006
1000 m Women 1.13,11 Cindy Klassen Can 25 March 2006
Sprint Women 149.305 Cindy Klassen Can 26 March 2006