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Speed skating

Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. In the Olympic Games, long-track speed skating is usually referred to as just "speed skating", while short-track…

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Highest governing body
International Skating Union
Mixed-sex
Yes
Olympic
1924

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Speed skating

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Speed skating

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related to Olympic Games · 33
Speed skating → American, Americans, At, Austrians, Canada, Chamonix, Charles Jewtraw, Clas Thunberg, European Championships, Finland, Finnish, Games, However, ISU-approved, It, Ivar Ballangrud's, Lake Placid, Latvians, Netherlands, New York
related to ISU development · 29
Speed skating → Amateur Champion Skater, Amsterdam, Axel Paulsen, Christiania, Competitions, Five, Hamar European Championships, However, In, International Skating Union, ISU, Jaap Eden, Long, Norwegian, Norwegian Axel Paulsen, Organized, Peter Sinnerud, Remke, Russia, Scheveningen
related to history · 23
Speed skating → By, Edinburgh, Elfstedentocht, England, Europe, Fens, Friesland, However, It, John Lamb, King Eystein, King Eystein Magnusson, Later, Netherlands, North, Norway, Scandinavia, Scotsman, The, The Skating Club
related to Further reading · 20
Speed skating → Basic Guide, Ca, Champaign, Dianne Holum, Germany, Griffin Publishers, Human Kinetics Publishers, Ill, ISBN, Lotok Publ, Opatz, Pocketguide Speedskating, Publow, Skates, Speed, Stedten-upon-Ilm, Taschenfibel Eisschnelllauf, The Complete Handbook, Torrance, XUSOC
related to North American professionals · 19
Speed skating → America, American, Bobby McLean, Chad Hedrick, Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Derek Parra, During, European, FIRS World Championships, ISU, Later, Like, North America, Olympic, Oscar Mathisen, Professional World Championships, Roller-skating, Silver Skates
related to Long track · 13
Speed skating → Finally, First, Go, If, In, Races, Ready, Second, Skaters, Some, The, There, Unlike
related to Short track enters the Olympics · 11
Speed skating → Albertville Games, Although, Europe, In, Netherlands, Norway, Olympic, Short, Soviet Union, Sportsboken, The Norwegian
related to Team pursuit · 11
Speed skating → In, Olympic, One, Only, Races, The, The Olympic, There, Two, World Championships, World Cup
related to External links · 3
Speed skating → Roller Sports, Skating Union, Sport
see also · 3
Speed skating → Fen, Olympic, Speed

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Speed skatingHighest governing bodyInternational Skating Union1.00infobox
Speed skatingMixed-sexYes1.00infobox
Speed skatingOlympic19241.00infobox
Speed skatingis acompetitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates0.90text
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but may also be held on artificially frozen 400 m tracksinstance ofand bodies of water0.80text
with skaters circling the track 100 timesinstance ofand bodies of water0.80text
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Speed skatingrelated to External linksRoller Sports0.60section
Speed skatingrelated to External linksSport0.60section
Speed skatingrelated to External linksSkating Union0.60section

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