Speed skating Speed skating Adelskalender is a ranking table for speed skating. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adelskalender"
Clap skates (also called clapskates, slap skates, slapskates, from Dutch klapschaats) are a type of ice skate used in speed skating. Unlike in traditional skates where the blade is fixed to the boot, the clap skates have the blade attached to the boot by a hinge at the front. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clap skate"
Double push or DP is an inline speed skating technique. ...more on Wikipedia about "Double push"
The Elfstedentocht, or Eleven-cities Tour is a speed skating competition and leisure skating tour held irregularly in the province of Friesland, Netherlands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Elfstedentocht"
Inline speed skating is the sport of racing on inline skates. It is often called inline racing by participants. Although it primarily evolved from racing on "quad" roller skates, the sport is similar enough to ice speed skating that many competitors are now known to switch between inline and ice speed skating according to the season. ...more on Wikipedia about "Inline speed skating"
The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, The Netherlands in 1892, making it one of the oldest international sport federations. The ISU was formed to establish standardized international rules and regulations for the skating disciplines it governs, and to organize international competitions in these disciplines. It is now based in Lausanne, Switzerland. ...more on Wikipedia about "International Skating Union"
This list of speed skating records is an overview of the current speed skating records in the various events in the speed skating sport. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Speed Skating records"
Samalog, sometimes called sammenlagt, is a scoring system in speed skating. It is used in tournaments to convert results at various distances into points to determine an overall champion. Times are measured in seconds and one second equals one point. All times are converted to the equivalent for 500 meters; thus the number of point for an 1000 meters race is the time in seconds divided by two, for 1500 meters divided bij three, and so on. All points are added up, the lower the score the better. ...more on Wikipedia about "Samalog"
Short track speed skating (also Shorttrack speedskating) is a form of ice skating akin to speed skating. In competitions, a number of skaters (typically 4 to 6) skate simultaneously on a short indoor ice track (111 m). The sport is held at the Olympic Winter Games. ...more on Wikipedia about "Short track speed skating"
2002 Winter Olympic Games Short track speed skating ...more on Wikipedia about "Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics"
2006 Winter Olympic Games Short track speed skating ...more on Wikipedia about "Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics"
Speed skating or speedskating is a form of skating in which the competitors attempt to travel a certain distance as quickly as possible. Types of Speed Skating are long track ice speed skating, short track ice speed skating, inline speed skating and quad speed skating. ...more on Wikipedia about "Speed skating"
At the 1924 Winter Olympics, five speed skating events were contested. ...more on Wikipedia about "Speed skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics"
At the 1928 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested, but the 10000 m event was not completed.. ...more on Wikipedia about "Speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics"
At the 1932 Winter Olympics, four speed skating events were contested. For the first and only time in the olympic history, the speed skating were held as packstyle events. This competition form was not common in Europe, and gave the runners from USA and Canada a major adventage over the European rivals, and only two medals went to Europeans. ...more on Wikipedia about "Speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics"
1968 Winter Olympic Games Speed skating results ...more on Wikipedia about "Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics"
1972 Winter Olympics Speed Skating results ...more on Wikipedia about "Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics"
1976 Winter Olympic Games Speed Skating results ...more on Wikipedia about "Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics"
1980 Winter Olympic Games Speed skating results ...more on Wikipedia about "Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics"
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