List of Olympic venues in figure skating

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]

References

Figure skating at the Olympic Games 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 List of medalists List of venues

Olympic venues in figure skating 1908: Prince's Skating Club 1920: Palais de Glace d'Anvers 1924: Stade Olympique de Chamonix 1928: St. Moritz Olympic Ice Rink 1932: Olympic Arena 1936: Olympia-Kunsteisstadion 1948: Olympic Stadium 1952: Bislett stadion 1956: Stadio Olimpico Del Ghiaccio 1960: Blyth Arena 1964: Olympiahalle 1968: Le Stade de Glace 1972: Makomanai Ice Arena (final), Mikaho Indoor Skating Rink 1976: Olympiahalle 1980: Olympic Center 1984: Skenderija II Hall, Zetra Ice Hall 1988: Olympic Saddledome (final), Stampede Corral 1992: La halle de glace Olympique 1994: Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre 1998: White Ring 2002: Salt Lake Ice Center 2006: Palavela 2010: Pacific Coliseum 2014: Iceberg Skating Palace 2018: Gangneung Ice Arena NOTE: During the Olympic Games, venues that have naming rights sold may not use their name during the Olympic Games.