The Gangneung Oval () is a speed skating oval in South Korea, which was used for the speed skating competitions at the 2018 Winter Olympics. The building of the oval was started in September 2013. The venue consists of a double track 400 metre rink and has a capacity of 8000 seats. It has three floors above ground and two underground levels. The original plan was to build the venue at the Gangneung Science Park, but because there was limited space due to the number of local businesses taking the opportunity to relocate, the oval was built in the Gangneung Olympic Park, in the vicinity of the Gangneung Ice Arena and Gangneung Hockey Centre.
Construction of the facility was started on 29 October 2014. The speed skating rink was delivered by January 2017, in time for the first event in February: 2017 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships.Ground broken on new speed skating rink for PyeongChang 2018 - International Olympic Committee - 29/10/2014
Track records Men EventTimeNameCountryDateMeetRef500 metres34.41Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen19 February 2018Olympic Games1000 metres1:07.95Kjeld Nuis23 February 2018Olympic Games1500 metres1:44.01Kjeld Nuis13 February 2018Olympic Games3000 metres3:38.64Sven Kramer5 February 2018Test Competition5000 metres6:06.82Sven Kramer9 February 2017World Single Distance Championships10000 metres12:38.89Sven Kramer11 February 2017World Single Distance ChampionshipsTeam pursuit(8 laps)3:37.08Håvard BøkkoSimen Spieler NilsenSverre Lunde Pedersen21 February 2018Olympic Games
Women EventTimeNameCountryDateMeetRef500 metres36.94Nao Kodaira18 February 2018Olympic Games1000 metres1:13.56Jorien ter Mors14 February 2018Olympic Games1500 metres1:54.08Heather Bergsma12 February 2017World Single Distance Championships3000 metres3:59.05Ireen Wüst9 February 2017World Single Distance Championships5000 metres6:50.23Esmee Visser16 February 2018Olympic GamesTeam pursuit(6 laps)2:53.89Ayano SatoMiho TakagiNana Takagi21 February 2018Olympic Games
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