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    Speed skating - Wikipedia

    • 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 skating. In the Olympic Games, long-track speed skating is usually referred to as just "speed skating", while short-track speed skat… See more

    Overview

    The standard rink for long track is 400 meters long, but tracks of 200, 250 and 3331⁄3 meters are used occasionally. It is … See more

    History

    The origins of speed skating date back over a millennium in the North of Europe, especially Scandinavia and the Netherlands, where the natives added bones to their shoes and used them to travel on frozen rivers, cana… See more

    Highest governing bodyInternational Skating Union
    Mixed-sexYes
    Olympic1924
    Rules

    Races are run counter-clockwise on a 111-meter track. Short track races are almost always run in a mass start format in which two to six skaters may race at once. Skaters may be disqualified for false starts, impeding, a… See more

    Equipment

    Speed skates Speed skates differ greatly from hockey skates and figure skates. Unlike hockey skates and figure skates, speed skates cut off at the ankle and are built more like a shoe than a boot to allow for more an… See more

    Further reading

    • Dianne Holum: The Complete Handbook of Speed Skating (1984), ISBN 0-89490-051-X
    • USOC: A Basic Guide to Speed Skating, Griffin Publishers – Torrance, Ca. (2002), ISBN 1-58000-087-8… See more

    External links

    • Roller Sports C. I. C. – Sport regulations, regulations of inline speed skating
    • International Skating Union See more

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