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.
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 London
Prince's Skating Club
None
Not listed.
[ 19]
1920 Antwerp
Palais de Glace d'Anvers
Ice hockey
Not listed.
[ 1] [ 3]
1924 Chamonix
Stade Olympique de Chamonix
Cross-country skiing , Curling , Ice hockey , Military patrol , Nordic combined (cross-country skiing), Speed skating
45,000.
[ 4]
1928 St. Moritz
St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink
Ice hockey , Speed skating
4000
[ 5] [ 6]
1932 Lake Placid
Olympic Arena
Ice hockey (final)
3360
[ 7]
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Olympia-Kunsteisstadion
Ice hockey (final)
17,000
[ 8]
1948 St. Moritz
Olympic Stadium
Ice hockey (final), Speed skating
Not listed.
[ 9]
1952 Oslo
Bislett stadion
Bandy (demonstration), Speed skating
29,000
[ 20]
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo
Olympic Ice Stadium
Ice hockey
12,042
[ 10]
1960 Squaw Valley
Blyth Arena
Ice hockey (final)
8,500
[ 11]
1964 Innsbruck
Olympiahalle
Ice hockey
10.836
[ 21]
1968 Grenoble
Le Stade de Glace
Closing ceremonies, Ice hockey
12,000
[ 22]
1972 Sapporo
Makomanai Ice Arena (final)
Ice hockey (final), Closing ceremonies
2,700
[ 23]
Mikaho Indoor Skating Rink
None
12,000
[ 24]
1976 Innsbruck
Olympiahalle
Ice hockey (final)
Not listed.
[ 25]
1980 Lake Placid
Olympic Center
Ice hockey
8,500 (ice hockey) 2,000 (figure skating)
[ 26]
1984 Sarajevo
Skenderija II Hall
Ice hockey
15,000
[ 27]
Zetra Ice Hall
Closing ceremonies, Ice hockey (final)
15,000
[ 28]
1988 Calgary
Olympic Saddledome (final)
Ice hockey (final)
16,605
[ 12]
Stampede Corral
Ice hockey
6,475
[ 13]
1992 Albertville
La halle de glace Olympique
Short track speed skating
9,000
[ 29]
1994 Lillehammer
Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre
Short track speed skating
6,000
[ 30]
1998 Nagano
White Ring
Short track speed skating
7,351
[ 31]
2002 Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Ice Center
Short track speed skating
17,500
[ 17]
2006 Turin
Palavela
Short track speed skating
8,000
[ 32]
2010 Vancouver
Pacific Coliseum
Short track speed skating
14,239
[ 14]
2014 Sochi
Iceberg Skating Palace
Short track speed skating
12,000
[ 33]
2018 PyeongChang
Gangneung Ice Arena
Short track speed skating
12,000
[ 34]
2022 Beijing
Capital Indoor Stadium
Short track speed skating
15,000
2026 Milano - Cortina d'Ampezzo
Mediolanum Forum
Short track speed skating
15,800
2030 French Alps
TBA
Short track speed skating
10,000
2034 Salt Lake City-Utah
Maverik Center
Short track speed skating
10,100
[ 35]
^ a b c Sports-reference.com profile of the men's Ice Hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
^ 1908 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 288-89. Accessed 21 March 2011.
^ a b Sports-reference.com profile of Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
^ a b 1924 Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 645, 648-50. (in French)
^ a b 1928 Winter Olympics official report. Part 1. p. 46. (in French) Accessed 10 October 2010.
^ a b 1928 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2010-12-17 at the Wayback Machine Part 2. pp. 1-7, 15. (in French) Accessed 10 October 2010.
^ a b c 1932 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 141, 150-57. Accessed 12 October 2010.
^ a b 1936 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2007-08-09 at the Wayback Machine pp. 123-8, 139. Accessed 16 October 2010. (in German)
^ a b 1948 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 6, 23. Accessed 18 October 2010. (in French and German)
^ a b 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)
^ a b 1960 Winter Olympics official report. p. 121. Accessed 27 October 2010.
^ a b 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)
^ a b 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)
^ a b "Venues–Pacific Coliseum" . Vancouver Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 2010-12-25. Retrieved 2010-03-10 .
^ Hockey-reference.com 1994-95 Vancouver Canucks season results. Accessed 21 March 2011.
^ Hockey-reference.com 1995-96 Vancouver Canucks season results. Accessed 21 March 2011.
^ a b 2002 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 92-. Accessed 21 December 2010.
^ Basketball-reference.com 2001-02 Utah Jazz season results. Accessed 21 March 2011.
^ 1908 Summer Olympics official report. p. 284. Accessed 5 October 2010.
^ 1952 Winter Olympic official report. Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine p. 28.
^ 1964 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine pp. 46, 66-7. Accessed 30 October 2010. (in German)
^ 1968 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 108-11. Accessed 1 November 2010. (in English and French)
^ 1972 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 256-8. Accessed 6 November 2010. (in English and French)
^ 1972 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 285-7. Accessed 6 November 2010. (in English and French)
^ 1976 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 204-8. Accessed 10 November 2010. (in English, French, and German)
^ 1980 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 47-59. Accessed 16 November 2010. (in English and French)
^ 1984 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2011-11-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 105-8. Accessed 22 November 2010. (in English, French, and Serbo-Croatian)
^ 1984 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2011-11-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 71-2, 87-88, 105-8. Accessed 22 November 2010. (in English, French, and Serbo-Croatian)
^ 1992 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 83, 87. Accessed 5 December 2010. (in English and French)
^ 1994 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2010-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Volume 3. pp. 57-60. Accessed 8 December 2010.
^ 1998 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 215-8. Accessed 12 December 2010.
^ 2006 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 3. pp. 76-8. Accessed 27 December 2010. (in English and Italian)
^ Sochi2014.com profile of the Sochi Olympic Skating Centre. Accessed 31 December 2010.
^ "2018 Winter Olympics official website – Gangneung Ice Arena" . Archived from the original on 28 February 2018.
^ "Olympic hockey at the Delta Center? Here are the venue changes for the 2034 Winter Games" . Deseret News . 2024-10-09. Retrieved 2024-10-19 .