Lake Placid Speedskating Oval
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The James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink is an artificial ice track for speed skating in Lake Placid, New York
. The arena hosted the speedskating events at both the 1932
and 1980 Winter Olympics
. At the 1932 games, six of the twelve ice hockey
matches. During the time between the Olympics, it hosted Lake Placid High School football games.
The rink, which is located in the area of Lake Placid High School, was built as a skating rink at the Winter Olympics in 1932. Besides speed drills, this was also an arena for the opening and closing ceremonies, the starting and destination for cross-country exercises and dog racing (demonstration branch), as well as some of the ice hockey matches. The Tribune, which had room for 7,500 spectators, was demolished after the Games were over.
Two weeks after the 1932 Olympics, the Allround World Championships were held on the same rink. In the years after the Olympics, the rink was reused for other sports. It was not held any international skating competitions here since the olympics.
When the city in 1974 was awarded the 1980 Winter Olympics
, there was a in the process of building an artificial ice track in place. This was opened late autumn 1977, and the first international championship for the new rink was the Sprint World Championships for women the same season.
During the Olympic competition in 1980 when Eric Heiden
won five gold medals and set a world record of the 10,000 m with 14.28,13 - the only world record that is listed on the court.
In 1989 the Allround World Championships for women were held here. Since then, it is not held international championships.
Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 2,638....
. The arena hosted the speedskating events at both the 1932
1932 Winter Olympics
The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1932 in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The games opened on February 4 and closed on February 15. It would be the first winter olympics held in the United...
and 1980 Winter Olympics
1980 Winter Olympics
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, was a multi-sport event which was celebrated from 13 February through 24 February 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. This was the second time the Upstate New York village hosted the Games, after 1932...
. At the 1932 games, six of the twelve ice hockey
Ice hockey at the 1932 Winter Olympics
At the 1932 Winter Olympics, the ice hockey tournament was contested by only four teams. The competition was held from Thursday, February 4, 1932 to Saturday, February 13, 1932...
matches. During the time between the Olympics, it hosted Lake Placid High School football games.
The rink, which is located in the area of Lake Placid High School, was built as a skating rink at the Winter Olympics in 1932. Besides speed drills, this was also an arena for the opening and closing ceremonies, the starting and destination for cross-country exercises and dog racing (demonstration branch), as well as some of the ice hockey matches. The Tribune, which had room for 7,500 spectators, was demolished after the Games were over.
Two weeks after the 1932 Olympics, the Allround World Championships were held on the same rink. In the years after the Olympics, the rink was reused for other sports. It was not held any international skating competitions here since the olympics.
When the city in 1974 was awarded the 1980 Winter Olympics
1980 Winter Olympics
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, was a multi-sport event which was celebrated from 13 February through 24 February 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. This was the second time the Upstate New York village hosted the Games, after 1932...
, there was a in the process of building an artificial ice track in place. This was opened late autumn 1977, and the first international championship for the new rink was the Sprint World Championships for women the same season.
During the Olympic competition in 1980 when Eric Heiden
Eric Heiden
Eric Arthur Heiden, M.D. is an American former long track speed skater and road cyclist who won all the men's speed skating races, and thus an unprecedented five individual gold medals, and set four Olympic records and one world record at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York,...
won five gold medals and set a world record of the 10,000 m with 14.28,13 - the only world record that is listed on the court.
In 1989 the Allround World Championships for women were held here. Since then, it is not held international championships.
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