Beijing National Speed Skating Oval#Track records
{{Short description|Speed skating arena in Beijing}}
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| name = National Speed Skating Oval
| nickname = The Ice Ribbon
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| caption = National Speed Skating Oval (2019)
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| location = Olympic Green, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
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| broke_ground = April 2017{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1083084/national-speed-skating-oval-beijing-2022|title = China's National Speed Skating Oval to be open all year round after Beijing 2022}}
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| architect = Populous
Beijing Institute of Architectural Design
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| capacity = 5,200 seats (temporary)
6,800 (permanent)
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| tenants = 2022 Winter Olympics
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The National Speed Skating Oval (The Ice Ribbon) is a speed skating arena which is the only new venue built on Beijing's Olympic Green for the Winter Olympics. It hosted the speed skating competitions at the 2022 Winter Olympics.Beijing Olympic bid book It was built on the location of the former Olympic Green Hockey Field used for field hockey event and the Olympic Green Archery Field used for the archery event.
It can accommodate 12,000 spectators (6,800 permanent and 5,200 temporary seats) according to the bid book. After the games it is foreseen to use it as a public skating venue and for ice hockey clubs.
Designed by Populous and Beijing Institute of Architectural Design, construction began in mid-2017, and was completed in 2019.[https://populous.com/news/2017/05/02/populous-design-beijings-national-speed-skating-arena-2022-winter-olympic-games/ Populous To Design Beijing’s National Speed Skating Oval For 2022 Winter Olympic Games] First competition was held on 8 October 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.beijing2022.cn/sv1/wog.html?cmsid=20211008002421|title=“冰丝带”迎来首场国际比赛|work=beijing2022.cn|date=2021-10-08|access-date=2022-01-08|archive-date=2021-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009072702/https://www.beijing2022.cn/sv1/wog.html?cmsid=20211008002421|url-status=dead}} It has an area of 12,000 square meters, being the largest speed skating venue in Asia. The facade is highlighted by 22 "ice ribbon" with a length of 622 meters each. The second floor has a Temple of Heaven-inspired curved curtain wall system.{{cn|date=February 2022}}
Technologies
This Olympic venue is one of the few large-size ice arenas in the world that uses {{CO2}} refrigerant. {{CO2}} is used as both refrigerant in cooling system and secondary refrigerant in cooling distribution system, including the rink pipes. The arena has been completed with a heat recovery function, that can cover arena heating demands like ventilation, air dehumidification, hot water production, etc. The refrigeration {{CO2}} rack, including cooling machines, has 4 MW max cooling capacity.{{Cite web|last=Bolteau|first=Simon|date=2022-01-03|title=EKA contributes to the best possible ice for the Olympic arena in Beijing|url=https://www.ekanalys.se/post/we-contribute-to-the-best-possible-ice-for-the-olympic-arena-in-beijing?lang=en|access-date=2022-02-05|website=EKA Sweden|language=en}}
Track records
=Men=
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!width=12%|Event !width=5%|Time !width=18%|Name !width=15%|Country !width=15%|Date !width=31%|Meet !width=3%|Ref |
| 500 metres
|align=right|34.27 |{{USA}} |29 November 2024 |
| 1000 metres
|align=right|1:07.62 |{{USA}} |30 November 2024 |
| 1500 metres
|align=right|1:43.21 |{{NED}} |8 February 2022 |
| 5000 metres
|align=right|6.08.84 |{{SWE}} |6 February 2022 |
| 10000 metres
|align=right|12:30.74 |{{SWE}} |11 February 2022 |
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|Team pursuit |align=right|3:36.62 |Daniil Aldoshkin |{{flagIOC|ROC|2022 Winter}} |15 February 2022 |
=Women=
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!width=12%|Event !width=5%|Time !width=18%|Name !width=15%|Country !width=15%|Date !width=31%|Meet !width=3%|Ref |
| 500 metres
|align=right|37.04 |{{USA}} |13 February 2022 |
| 1000 metres
|align=right|1:13.19 |{{JPN}} |17 February 2022 |
| 1500 metres
|align=right|1:53.28 |{{NED}} |7 February 2022 |
| 3000 metres
|align=right|3:56.93 |{{NED}} |5 February 2022 |
| 5000 metres
|align=right|6:43.51 |{{NED}} |10 February 2022 |
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|Team pursuit |align=right|2.53.44 |Ivanie Blondin |{{CAN}} |15 February 2022 |
References
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