List of Olympic venues in short track speed skating

Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre hosted the short track speed skating events for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.
EnergySolutions Arena (now known as Vivint Smart Home Arena) in Salt Lake City in 2006. For the 2002 Winter Olympics, the arena was renamed as the Salt Lake Ice Center, and hosted the short track speed skating events.

For the Winter Olympics, there are eight venues that have been or will be used for short track speed skating. The 1988 events were held at the same venue with the curling events though both were demonstration events. Since then, the short track speed skating events have been held with the figure skating events.

Games Venue Other sports hosted at venue for those games Capacity Ref.
1988 Calgary Max Bell Arena (demonstration) Curling (demonstration) 3,200 [1]
1992 Albertville La halle de glace Olympique Figure skating 9,000 [2]
1994 Lillehammer Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre Figure skating 6,000 [3]
1998 Nagano White Ring Figure skating 7,351 [4]
2002 Salt Lake City Salt Lake Ice Center
(was known as the Delta Center,
but renamed
due to sponsorship rules).
Figure skating 17,500 [5]
2006 Turin Palavela Figure skating 8,000 [6]
2010 Vancouver Pacific Coliseum Figure skating 14,239 [7]
2014 Sochi Iceberg Skating Palace Figure skating 12,000 [8]
2018 PyeongChang Gangneung Ice Arena Figure skating 12,000 [9]
2022 Beijing Capital Indoor Stadium Figure skating 18,000

References

  1. 1988 Winter Olympics official report. Part 1. pp. 165-6. Accessed 29 November 2010. (English) & (French)
  2. 1992 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 83, 87. Accessed 5 December 2010. (English) & (French)
  3. 1994 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 3. pp. 57-60. Accessed 8 December 2010.
  4. 1998 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 215-8. Accessed 12 December 2010.
  5. 2002 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 92-5. Accessed 21 December 2010.
  6. 2006 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 3. pp. 76-8. Accessed 27 December 2010. (English) & (Italian)
  7. "VenuesPacific Coliseum". Vancouver Organizing Committee. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  8. Sochi2014.com profile of the Sochi Olympic Skating Centre. Accessed 31 December 2010.
  9. Sochi2014.com profile of the Sochi Olympic Skating Centre. Accessed 31 December 2010.
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