List of Olympic venues in figure skating

For the Summer and Winter Olympics, there are 27 venues that have been or will be used for figure skating. This is one of two sports in the Winter Olympics to debut in the Summer Olympics with ice hockey being the other.[1] The first venue for the event took place during the 1908 Games was held indoors.[2] Twelve years later, the venue joined ice hockey as another Winter Olympic sport in the Summer Olympics.[1][3] For the first two Winter Olympics, figure skating was held outdoors.[4][5][6] With figure skating being held outdoors, there were weather concerns with thawing for the first two Winter Games.[7] A suggestion by International Olympic Committee President Count Henri de Baillet-Latour to 1932 Olympic Organizing Committee President Godfrey Dewey in September 1930 led Dewey to create the first indoor arena for the Winter Olympics.[7] For the 1936 Games, the venue was covered partially.[8] Following World War II, the 1948 venue became the first venue to be used twice at the Winter Olympics since it had been used twenty years earlier.[9] Figure skating's final competition that took place outdoors was in 1956 though that venue has since had a roof added to it.[10] Since 1960, all figure skating competitions have taken place indoors.[11] Three National Hockey League (NHL) venues have hosted Olympic figure skating competitions: the 1988 (both venues) and the 2010 though the NHL Vancouver Canucks moved out of the 2010 venue following the 1994–95 season.[12][13][14][15][16] The 2002 venue was a National Basketball Association (NBA) venue which meant the Utah Jazz was on a road trip during the 2002 Games.[17][18]

Games Venue Other sports hosted at venue for those games Capacity Ref.
1908 LondonPrince's Skating ClubNoneNot listed. [19]
1920 AntwerpPalais de Glace d'AnversIce hockeyNot listed. [1][3]
1924 ChamonixStade Olympique de ChamonixCross-country skiing, Curling, Ice hockey, Military patrol, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing), Speed skating45,000. [4]
1928 St. MoritzSt. Moritz Olympic Ice RinkIce hockey, Speed skating4000 [5][6]
1932 Lake PlacidOlympic ArenaIce hockey (final)3360 [7]
1936 Garmisch-PartenkirchenOlympia-KunsteisstadionIce hockey (final)17,000 [8]
1948 St. MoritzOlympic StadiumIce hockey (final), Speed skatingNot listed. [9]
1952 Oslo Bislett stadion Bandy (demonstration), Speed skating 29,000 [20]
1956 Cortina d'AmpezzoOlympic Ice StadiumIce hockey12,042 [10]
1960 Squaw ValleyBlyth ArenaIce hockey (final)8,500 [11]
1964 InnsbruckOlympiahalleIce hockey10.836 [21]
1968 GrenobleLe Stade de GlaceClosing ceremonies, Ice hockey12,000 [22]
1972 SapporoMakomanai Ice Arena (final)Ice hockey (final), Closing ceremonies2,700 [23]
Mikaho Indoor Skating RinkNone12,000 [24]
1976 InnsbruckOlympiahalleIce hockey (final)Not listed. [25]
1980 Lake PlacidOlympic CenterIce hockey8,500 (ice hockey)
2,000 (figure skating)
[26]
1984 SarajevoSkenderija II HallIce hockey15,000 [27]
Zetra Ice HallClosing ceremonies, Ice hockey (final)15,000 [28]
1988 CalgaryOlympic Saddledome (final)Ice hockey (final)16,605 [12]
Stampede CorralIce hockey6,475 [13]
1992 AlbertvilleLa halle de glace OlympiqueShort track speed skating9,000 [29]
1994 LillehammerHamar Olympic AmphitheatreShort track speed skating6,000 [30]
1998 NaganoWhite RingShort track speed skating7,351 [31]
2002 Salt Lake CitySalt Lake Ice Center (was called Delta Center before the games,but renamed due to the no-commercialization policy).Short track speed skating17,500 [17]
2006 TurinPalavelaShort track speed skating8,000 [32]
2010 Vancouver Pacific Coliseum Short track speed skating 14,239 [14]
2014 SochiIceberg Skating PalaceShort track speed skating12,000 [33]
2018 PyeongChangGangneung Ice ArenaShort track speed skating12,000 [33]
2022 BeijingCapital Indoor StadiumShort track speed skating18,000
2026 Milano - Cortina d'AmpezzoMediolanum ForumShort track speed skating12,700
For the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, the Olympic Arena became the first indoor Winter Olympic venue when it hosted the figure skating events. Forty-eight years later as Olympic Center, the venue hosted figure skating events for the second time.
Pacific Coliseum hosted the figure skating events for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

References

  1. Sports-reference.com profile of the men's Ice Hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
  2. 1908 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 288-89. Accessed 21 March 2011.
  3. Sports-reference.com profile of Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
  4. 1924 Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 645, 648-50. (in French)
  5. 1928 Winter Olympics official report. Part 1. p. 46. (in French) Accessed 10 October 2010.
  6. 1928 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2011-02-16 at WebCite Part 2. pp. 1-7, 15. (in French) Accessed 10 October 2010.
  7. 1932 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 141, 150-57. Accessed 12 October 2010.
  8. 1936 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2007-08-09 at the Wayback Machine pp. 123-8, 139. Accessed 16 October 2010. (in German)
  9. 1948 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 6, 23. Accessed 18 October 2010. (in French and German)
  10. The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIIth Winter Olympic Games 1956 at Cortina. (1956) CONI. pp. 124-32, 191. Accessed 24 October 2010. (in English and Italian)
  11. 1960 Winter Olympics official report. p. 121. Accessed 27 October 2010.
  12. 1988 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2011-01-14 at the Wayback Machine Part 1. pp. 152-7. Accessed 29 November 2010. (in English and French)
  13. 1988 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2011-01-14 at the Wayback Machine Part 1. pp. 160-3. Accessed 29 November 2010. (in English and French)
  14. "VenuesPacific Coliseum". Vancouver Organizing Committee. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  15. Hockey-reference.com 1994-95 Vancouver Canucks season results. Accessed 21 March 2011.
  16. Hockey-reference.com 1995-96 Vancouver Canucks season results. Accessed 21 March 2011.
  17. 2002 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 92-. Accessed 21 December 2010.
  18. Basketball-reference.com 2001-02 Utah Jazz season results. Accessed 21 March 2011.
  19. 1908 Summer Olympics official report. p. 284. Accessed 5 October 2010.
  20. 1952 Winter Olympic official report. Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine p. 28.
  21. 1964 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine pp. 46, 66-7. Accessed 30 October 2010. (in German)
  22. 1968 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 108-11. Accessed 1 November 2010. (in English and French)
  23. 1972 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 256-8. Accessed 6 November 2010. (in English and French)
  24. 1972 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 285-7. Accessed 6 November 2010. (in English and French)
  25. 1976 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 204-8. Accessed 10 November 2010. (in English, French, and German)
  26. 1980 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 47-59. Accessed 16 November 2010. (in English and French)
  27. 1984 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2011-12-21 at WebCite pp. 105-8. Accessed 22 November 2010. (in English, French, and Serbo-Croatian)
  28. 1984 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2011-12-21 at WebCite pp. 71-2, 87-88, 105-8. Accessed 22 November 2010. (in English, French, and Serbo-Croatian)
  29. 1992 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 83, 87. Accessed 5 December 2010. (in English and French)
  30. 1994 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2010-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Volume 3. pp. 57-60. Accessed 8 December 2010.
  31. 1998 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 215-8. Accessed 12 December 2010.
  32. 2006 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 3. pp. 76-8. Accessed 27 December 2010. (in English and Italian)
  33. Sochi2014.com profile of the Sochi Olympic Skating Centre. Accessed 31 December 2010.
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