Inline speed skating
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Inline skates
In-line skates are a type of roller skate used for inline skating. Unlike quad skates, which have two front and two rear wheels, inline skates have two, three, four, or five wheels arranged in a single line...
(Roller sports) It is often called inline racing by participants. Although it primarily evolved from racing on traditional roller skates, the sport is similar enough to ice speed skating
Speed skating
Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...
that many competitors are now known to switch between inline and ice speed skating according to the season.
The skate
Leather
Leather is a durable and flexible material created via the tanning of putrescible animal rawhide and skin, primarily cattlehide. It can be produced through different manufacturing processes, ranging from cottage industry to heavy industry.-Forms:...
and carbon fiber and/or fiberglass composites
Composite material
Composite materials, often shortened to composites or called composition materials, are engineered or naturally occurring materials made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties which remain separate and distinct at the macroscopic or...
. For best performance the boot must conform closely to the shape of the foot, so most inline speed skating boots are heat-moldable, which allows the user to re-shape the boots to some extent when heat is applied (by placing the boots in oven at 185 °F (85 °C) for 15 minutes after taking off the wheels, frames, and straps/buckles). It is also quite common to have boots custom-made, for improved fit.
Speed skating boots are low-cut and offer little ankle support, allowing the skater extra ankle movement. Skin blisters due to friction can be a problem, and common solutions include: neoprene or silicone "ankle bootee" such as "Ezeefit" or "Bunga Pads", double thin synthetic socks, SMALLER BOOTS, improving technique, re-moulding the boots, and use of "advanced healing" plasters to help recovery.
The frame (sometimes called the chassis or plate) which holds the wheels is made of aircraft-quality aluminum or magnesium. The frame position can usually be adjusted with respect to the skate, to adjust for a skater's individual foot, ankle and leg characteristics. The frame usually mounts three, four, or five polyurethane
Polyurethane
A polyurethane is any polymer composed of a chain of organic units joined by carbamate links. Polyurethane polymers are formed through step-growth polymerization, by reacting a monomer with another monomer in the presence of a catalyst.Polyurethanes are...
wheel
Wheel
A wheel is a device that allows heavy objects to be moved easily through rotating on an axle through its center, facilitating movement or transportation while supporting a load, or performing labor in machines. Common examples found in transport applications. A wheel, together with an axle,...
s. The three wheel frames are used by skaters with small feet, otherwise 4 wheel frames are commonly used, with 90 mm to 110 mm diameter wheels. 5 wheel frames with smaller wheel have lost favor. Each wheel contains 2 ball bearings with an aluminum spacer, held in place with an axle screwed into the frame.
Larger wheels require better skating technique, so skaters generally progress upwards in wheel size as they gain experience. "Hi-Lo" arrangements are also available, which usually have 3 larger wheels and one smaller wheel under the ball of the foot, allowing a lower and shorter overall frame design.
Harder wheels minimize elastic hysteresis energy absorption, due to skater's weight deforming the solid polyurethane "tyre". So, speed skaters tend to select the hardest possible wheels, with the highest polyurethane durometer for their skating condition, limited by either wheel slip or foot vibration. Durometer selection is also affected by skater weight, and temperature. Wheels for indoor use are hardest with a durometer of 88 - 95. They tend to last well, but can be easily damaged if used outdoors. Wheels for outdoor use are softer with a durometer of 82 - 87, and tend to wear more quickly. Harder outdoor wheels can also be used effectively indoors. Skaters sometimes combine different hardness wheels on the same skate in an attempt to achieve the best combination. In other words, the key is harder wheels for softer surfaces, and vice versa.
Skaters also refer to wheel "rebound". This refers to the relative height to which a dropped wheel rebounds. It is a reasonable comparative indicator of the relative energy absorbed by elastic hysteresis of a wheel during skating.
Bearing
Ball bearing
A ball bearing is a type of rolling-element bearing that uses balls to maintain the separation between the bearing races.The purpose of a ball bearing is to reduce rotational friction and support radial and axial loads. It achieves this by using at least two races to contain the balls and transmit...
sizes have been standardized around the popular 608 series. A smaller and lighter 688 series has had limited acceptance.
Bearing manufacturing precision generally run from ABEC
ABEC scale
The ABEC scale is an industry accepted standard for the tolerances of a ball bearing. It was developed by the Annular Bearing Engineering Committee of the American Bearing Manufacturers Association . There are five classes from largest to smallest tolerances: 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9...
-1 to ABEC
ABEC scale
The ABEC scale is an industry accepted standard for the tolerances of a ball bearing. It was developed by the Annular Bearing Engineering Committee of the American Bearing Manufacturers Association . There are five classes from largest to smallest tolerances: 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9...
-9, and some skate bearings are additionally designed to be "loose" to minimize ball rolling friction. Various grades of steel offer better hardness, rust resistance etc.
You can find bearings for nearly $350.00 but, keep in mind that these bearings are only effective on machinery spinning at thousands of RPM, Hence, expensive bearings - those over $80.00 - might last longer but will not increase performance.
Bearings with ceramic balls have been marketed since the late 1990s, and are lighter, longer lasting and lower friction, however significantly more expensive. Black silicon nitride
Silicon nitride
Silicon nitride is a chemical compound of silicon and nitrogen. If powdered silicon is heated between 1300° and 1400°C in an atmosphere of nitrogen, trisilicon tetranitride, Si3N4, is formed. The silicon sample weight increases progressively due to the chemical combination of silicon and nitrogen...
ceramic is superior to white zirconium dioxide
Zirconium dioxide
Zirconium dioxide , sometimes known as zirconia , is a white crystalline oxide of zirconium. Its most naturally occurring form, with a monoclinic crystalline structure, is the rare mineral baddeleyite. The high temperature cubic crystalline form is rarely found in nature as mineral tazheranite O2...
ceramic, since it is considerably harder and tougher.
Bearing shields reduce the entry of dirt into the bearing. Metal and rubber non-contact shields are commonly used, of which rubber shields are slightly more effective. Neither shield type is totally effective, often resulting in the need for bearing maintenance.
The ball retainer is usually made of either metal or plastic. Plastic types are preferred since they are quieter.
Bearing lubrication is usually either light oil or grease. Synthetic types last longer before breaking down. Grease assists in holding dirt away, and stays in the bearing longer, reducing maintenance and increasing bearing life. The lifetime of bearings used for outdoor speed skating is often quite limited due to damage caused by dirt ingress.
The overall impact of bearings on skating speed is usually minor, as long as they are lubricated, properly fitted, and in good condition. Much larger speed impacts come from wind (hence use of skinsuits), and then energy absorbed by elastic hysteresis in the wheels.
Technique and control
Speedskaters may also move each foot across the centerline of travel, leading to the double push
Double push
Double push is an inline speed skating technique. Its major advantage over the previously practised "classic" technique is that it allows the skater to do useful work during the part of the stride that was "wasted", and therefore to go faster...
method invented by the United States skater Chad Hedrick
Chad Hedrick
Chad Hedrick is an American inline speed skater and ice speed skater. He was born in Spring, Texas.Hedrick revolutionized the inline speed skating world with his unique technique, called the double push or DP...
. The technique literally allows for two pushes in each stroke of the skate. However, it can also be tiring for inexperienced skaters who exercise improper technique and they will often save it until needed, such as the latter stages or final sprint of a distance race. With proper execution, the double push can actually be an energy conserver. The double push is mainly only used for outdoor racing.
Turning is significantly more difficult with inline speed skates than recreational skates because of more and larger wheels, creating a longer wheelbase. The wheel profile, that is, the cross-section, is parabolic, with a sharper shape than recreational or aggressive wheels, allowing the skater to essentially skate on a smaller, and hence more agile, wheel when leaned over in a turn.
Brakes are not generally used on speed skates so various other techniques to slow down are used, such as slaloming (skating s-curves) or v-plowing (or "snow-plowing"), where the heels are pushed outward and the toes inward. It is not readily obvious to an observer from a skater's stance that the skater is v-plowing, if it were the skater would quickly crash. The v-plow is often the stop used in situations where there is little lateral and forward room to stop. One technique is the T-stop, essentially dragging one foot perpendicular to and behind the other, however this wears the wheels of that skate quickly. Another stop involves picking up one foot and setting it down quickly and repeatedly somewhat perpendicular to the forward motion while keeping weight on the other foot. Hockey stop
Hockey stop
A hockey stop is a specific and primary way of stopping on ice skates while playing ice hockey.The hockey stop allows the skater to change directions quickly, keeping up with play. It takes practice to effectively stop facing both ways. As with dribbling in basketball, most skaters are stronger...
s are possible on speed skates, but require a very deep lean in order to cause the wheels to lose traction and slide, also the fact that wheels are sliding means that the wheels are also wearing down very quickly. Grass runouts are always a last option, given an adjacent grassy area.
An inline speedskater takes much time to stop and often has still fewer options in an emergency, often taking several hundred feet on a level surface to come to a stop at a full, controlled deceleration. Thus, a skater should be familiar with and proficient in stopping techniques before attempting difficult situations such as heavily travelled roads or hills.
A resource book on inline racing technique and training is Speed on Skates by Barry Publow (ISBN 0-88011-721-4). Although dated because it was published in 1999 prior to significant changes in skate designs, the book nevertheless remains a valuable resource and is the only inline racing text widely available in North America.
Tactics
Tactics in outdoor inline racing are similar to those of marathon ice speed skating and of road bicycle racingRoad bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...
. Skaters tend to form packs or "pacelines" (also called "pelotons") in which skaters line up behind a lead skater, thereby saving energy by skating in his draft. Sportsmanship requires that skaters in the paceline share the duty as paceline leader. Those who never "take a pull" at the front will likely find other skaters tacitly working together to defeat them.
During the course of a race skaters may make "attacks", speeding up the pace in an effort to weed out the weaker and slower competition. These attacks may include "breakaways" and "fliers", in which skaters try to create new smaller and faster packs or else to escape entirely from the other skaters. Depending on the length of the race and the skills and the cooperative effort of the chasers, these breakaways may or may not prove successful. If a skater escapes a pack in order to join a successful breakaway group, it is known as "bridging up".
When skaters who are member of teams participate in a race together, they often have pre-determined roles. One or two would be designated attackers whose role it is to tire out the competition. Another skater may be the designated winner for the team, and he may avoid chasing any breakaways until late in a race, possibly until the final sprint if the lead pack has never broken up.
Quad speed skating
Conventional roller-skating racing is still a recognized discipline within the realm of roller sports. Although participation has significantly declined, the sport holds national championship competition in the United States at the inline speedskating national championships.Quad roller-skating racing is the precursor to the popularity and acclaim received by competitive racing on in-line skates.
Race venues and formats
Inline speed skating races are held in a variety of formats and on a variety of surfaces.Indoor races are most common in the United States, which has a long tradition of racing on skates at rinks. The competitions are generally held at roller skating rinks with plastic coated wood floors and less commonly, a plastic coated cement floor. The track is about 100 m in circumference. At USARS (USA Roller Sports) events, tracks are marked by four pylons set in a rectangular shape, while at NIRA (National Inline Racing Association) events, tracks are marked by multiple pylons that create an oval shaped track. Events, or meets, are typically structured so that members of numerous age groups race in three or four distances. For the more populous divisions, there may be a number of heats in order to qualify for the final race. To some extent, indoor inline races are similar to short track speed skating
Short track speed skating
Short track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters skate on an oval ice track with a circumference of 111.12 m...
.
Outdoor races may be held on regular pavement on city streets or park roads, or they may be held at specialized venues similar to velodrome
Velodrome
A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of two 180-degree circular bends connected by two straights...
s, sometimes called patinodromes. A patinodrome is generally about 400 m in circumference and may be surfaced with asphalt, concrete or similar material. The curves may be banked. Such specialized skating tracks are relatively common in Europe but rare in the United States.
Race formats include:
Time trials: Held "against the clock", each skater races individually or in pairs over a distance of 100 m to 300 m, attempting to establish the best time. Time trials are occasionally held over longer distances, but they are very physically demanding and not popular.
Sprints: Skating in small groups of about a half dozen over a distance of 300 m to 1000 m, skaters advance in a series of heats to a final round.
Elimination races: In these moderate-distance races, also known as last man out, the hindmost skater is eliminated from the competition each time the pack of skaters complete a lap or when they complete certain specified lap numbers. At one or two laps to before the finish, the group has usually been pared down to four or five skaters. At this point the first across the finish line is the winner.
Points races: In these moderate-distance races, the first, second and third skaters to cross the start/finish line at certain specified laps are awarded points. Laps late in the race are worth more points, with the final lap worth the most points of all. It is possible to win a points race without actually being the first to cross the finish line at the end.
Points-elimination races: A combination of elimination races and points races.
Relays: Relay events include teams of two to four skaters each. Indoor meets may include "mixed" relay events in which teams have either one female and one male OR two females and two males, but outdoor relays (usually held on tracks) are usually if not always single-sex events. In a mix relay, it is traditional that a female goes to the starting line as the first skater to race.
Criterium races: Instead of racing a specified distance or number laps, the skaters skate for a certain amount of time, then plus a (small) number of laps. The time is typically between 15 and 45 minutes, after which a bell is rung and the skaters informed the race is over when they skate one or two more laps around the course. The portion of the race skated after the bell is rung is known as the bell lap (or laps).
Distance races: Although events such as points-elimination races and criteriums may cover a distance of 10 to 25 km, a distance race usually refers to a race over a set distance of about 5 km or longer and without specialized points or elimination rules. The event may be truly point-to-point or may held on a repeating course with a circumference of at least 1 km. Distance races are often marketed to the general populace and not just to members of inline racing clubs.
Marathons: Lately there is a new movement of skaters bringing big masses to events, this events are the skate marathons, 42.195 kilometres (26.2 mi). The most popular marathons in the USA are: The The North Shore Marathon and Saint Paul Inline Marathon, however they are now taking place all over the world including the Goodwood Roller Marathon
Goodwood Roller Marathon
Goodwood Roller Marathon is an annual charity race around the historic Goodwood Motor Circuit organised by the , currently raising money for the NSPCC...
in the UK. These races gain more popularity everyday as skaters form friendships and bonds at this events.
Ultra Marathons: Ultra Marathons draw large numbers, given the time needed to complete such events, one could say that they are the equivalent to a running marathon, this events were very popular in the late 1990s but declined after the year 2001, there is a new movement of people keeping this events alive and bringing them back to the forefront of the speed skating world.
There are two very old and popular Ultra Marathons in the USA:
The New York City Skate Marathon And NY 100K The New York City Skate Marathon & NY 100K on its 17th year this event has drawn the best skaters in the world such as Chad Hedrick and Dereck Parra.
Athens to Atlanta Road Skate (The A2A)
Athens to Atlanta Road Skate (The A2A)
The Athens to Atlanta Road Skate, also called the A2A, is America’s oldest road skating event. Held each October since 1972, the race consists of 3 different distances: the Full 87 miles, the Half 38 miles and the Double Marathon 52 miles...
http://www.a2a.net This is the longest running point to point event in the USA with a maximum distance of 86.7 miles (139.5 km).
In the early days of inline racing, sponsors of distance races were often also running event organizers, and the races they organized were commonly the same distances as those of running races, about 5–10 km. By the mid-1990s such events were proving to not be very popular and in the United States, where sales of inline skates were also beginning to slip, there was a decline in participation at races. However, at about that time in Europe, where inline skate sales were beginning to rise, race sponsors began to regularly organize longer events, particularly inline marathons. Such events proved to be enormously popular among fitness skaters, with some events such as the Berlin Inline Marathon (with more than 11.000 at its peak) and the Engadin
Engadin
The Engadin or Engadine is a long valley in the Swiss Alps located in the canton of Graubünden in southeast Switzerland. It follows the route of the Inn River from its headwaters at Maloja Pass running northeast until the Inn flows into Austria one hundred kilometers downstream...
Inline Marathon in St. Moritz
St. Moritz
St. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...
, Switzerland, regularly attracting over 5000 skaters each year.
In about 2000 American event sponsors followed suit, and inline half-marathons and marathons were scheduled more and more frequently around the country. As in Europe the events proved a big draw with fitness skaters looking for events which would give their training a focus. However, by 2005 this surge was tempered as some major events were either postponed for a year or cancelled permanently. In the United States the most popular inline marathon has continued to be the NorthShore Inline Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Saint Louis County. The fourth largest city in Minnesota, Duluth had a total population of 86,265 in the 2010 census. Duluth is also the second largest city that is located on Lake Superior after Thunder Bay, Ontario,...
.
In 1999, a team of six British men led by Paul Robinson skated from Land's End
Land's End
Land's End is a headland and small settlement in west Cornwall, England, within the United Kingdom. It is located on the Penwith peninsula approximately eight miles west-southwest of Penzance....
to John O'Groats, a distance of 886 miles (1,425.9 km).
This is the only known long-distance skating event held in the world to date.
Dryland triathlons: Occasionally organized by triathlon
Triathlon
A triathlon is a multi-sport event involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance events. While many variations of the sport exist, triathlon, in its most popular form, involves swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances...
sponsors, these events substitute inline skating for the swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
component of the race. These events were infrequent even during the mid 1990s boom in inline skating participation. Today they are rare to non-existent.
Downhill races: An event most popular in the Alpine
Alps
The Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west....
countries of Europe, these races are timed events down a steep course. Racers usually skate alone and the event commonly uses the best time of two heats to establish the winner. Downhill inline racers usually wear skates much more like "regular" inline skates than inline speed skates, along with extensive body covering and protective gear, and strong helmets. They may reach speeds of up to 130 km/h.
World Championships
| Year | Country | Participants |  |
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| 1986 | I | Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River.... |
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| 1987 | II | Grenoble | * | / | / | / |
| 1988 | III | Cassano d´Adda | * | / | / | / |
| 1989 | IV | Hastings | * | |||
| 1990 | V | Bello | 14 | |||
| 1991 | VI | Ostende | * | / | ||
| 1992 | VII | Roma | * | |||
| 1993 | VIII | Colorado Springs | * | / | ||
| 1994 | IX | Gujan Mestras | * | |||
| 1995 | X | Perth | * | / | ||
| 1996 | XI | Venezia | * | / | ||
| 1997 | XII | Mar del Plata | * | / | ||
| 1998 | XIII | Pamplona | * | / | ||
| 1999 | XIV | Santiago | * | / | ||
| 2000 | XV | Barrancabermeja | 31 | |||
| 2001 | XVI | Valence d´Agen | * | |||
| 2002 | XVII | Ostende | * | |||
| 2003 | XVIII | Barquisimeto | * | |||
| 2004 | XIX | Abruzzo | 39 | |||
| 2005 | XX | Suzhou | 31 | |||
| 2006 | XXI | Anyang | 46 | |||
| 2007 | XXII | Cali | 42 | |||
| 2008 | XXIII | Gijon | 57 | |||
| 2009 | XXIV | Haining Official Website | 42 | |||
| 2010 | XXV | Guarne | 34 | |||
| 2011 | XXVI | Yeosu Official Website | 19 |
Olympic status
Attempts by the world governing body for roller sports, the International Roller Sports FederationInternational Roller Sports Federation
The International Roller Sports Federation or Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports is the world governing body for roller sports, including rink hockey, inline hockey, Inline speed skating and artistic roller skating...
(FIRS), to gain Olympic
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
status for any of its disciplines were distinctly insufficient in the closing decades of the 20th century. Most notably, it failed to capitalize when rink hockey (a form of roller hockey
Roller hockey
Roller Hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry surface using skates with wheels. The term "Roller Hockey" is often used interchangeably to refer to two variant forms chiefly differentiated by the type of skate used. There is traditional "Roller Hockey," played with quad roller skates, and...
) appeared as a demonstration sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
.
Efforts by FIRS to obtain Olympic status became more coherent in about 2000, with inline speed skating promoted as the roller sport best suited for the Olympics. However, the federation faces competition from approximately 20 other sports also seeking entry into the Olympics, while at the same time the president of the International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
has expressed a desire to reduce the size of the summer Olympic Games. Roller sports was a candidate sport for the 2016 Summer Olympics
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, are a major international multi-sport event to be celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games, as governed by the International Olympic Committee...
, following the drop of baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
and softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, but the Olympic Committee eventually chose rugby seven and golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
instead.
Track
| Distance | Skater | Time | Date | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300 | Joey Mantia | 24.250 | 19/9/2009 | Haining (China) | |
| 500 | Lou Weilin | 40,517 | 19 September 2009 | Haining (China) | |
| 1000 | J.L. Botero | 1:23,09 | 12 April 1988 | Medellín (Colombia) | |
| 1500 | G. De Persio | 2:07,770 | 1 August 1980 | Finale Emilia (Italy) | |
| 2000 | R. Kloess | 2:54,560 | 28 August 1980 | Inzell, Germany | |
| 3000 | Giuseppe De Persio | 4:21,764 | 1 August 1980 | Finale Emilia (Italy) | |
| 5000 | Mirko Giupponi | 7:34,938 | 29 August 1987 | Grenoble (France) | |
| 10000 | Bart Swings | 14:41,425 | 18 September 2009 | Haining (China) | |
| 15000 | Joey Mantia | 22:32,644 | 19 September 2009 | Haining (China) | |
| 20000 | Paolo Bomben | 30:52,792 | 29 August 1987 | Grenoble (France) | |
| 30000 | T. Rossi | 47:42,820 | 29 August 1987 | Grenoble (France) | |
| 50000 | T. Rossi | 1:20:17,736 | 29 August 1987 | Grenoble (France) | |
| Updated January 07, 2010 | |||||
| Distance | Skater | Time | Date | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300 | Nicoletta Falcone | 26,213 | 23 July 2007 | Estarreja (Portugal) | |
| 500 | Simona De Cesaris | 44,404 | 28 August 1987 | Grenoble (France) | |
| 1000 | Barbara Fischer | 1:27,060 | 28 August 1988 | Inzell (Germany) | |
| 1500 | Marisa Canafoglia | 2:14,644 | 27 August 1987 | Grenoble (France) | |
| 2000 | Nicola Malmstrom | 3:02,025 | 28 August 1988 | Inzell (Germany) | |
| 3000 | Marisa Canafoglia | 4:38,464 | 29 August 1987 | Grenoble (France) | |
| 5000 | Marisa Canafoglia | 7:48,508 | 30 August 1987 | Grenoble (France) | |
| 10000 | Marisa Canafoglia | 15:58,022 | 30 August 1987 | Grenoble (France) | |
| 15000 | Laura Lardani | 23:47,549 | 19 September 2009 | Haining (China) | |
| 20000 | Annie Lambrechts | 32:53,970 | 28 June 1985 | Lovaina (Belgium) | |
| 30000 | Annie Lambrechts | 49:15,906 | 28 June 1985 | Lovaina (Belgium) | |
| 50000 | Annie Lambrechts | 1:21,26,942 | 28 June 1985 | Lovaina (Belgium) | |
| 100000 | Helle Carlsen | 3:31:58 | September 1998 | New York (USA) | |
| Updated May 2009 | |||||
Road
| Distance | Skater | Time | Date | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 | G.Duggento | 16,209 | 6 September 2007 | Anyang (Korea) | |
| 300 | Andres Felipe Muñoz | 23,628 | 21 august 2008 | Gijon(spain) | |
| 500 | Joey Mantia | 38,660 | 7 September 2006 | Anyang (Korea) | |
| 1000 | Ippolito Sanfratello Ippolito Sanfratello Ippolito Sanfratello is an ice speed skater from Italy, who won the gold medal in the Team Pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He placed 18th in the 1500m, 14th in the 5000m and 12th in the 10000m.... |
1:17,757 | 17 June 1999 | Padua (Italy) | |
| 1500 | Chad Hedrick Chad Hedrick Chad Hedrick is an American inline speed skater and ice speed skater. He was born in Spring, Texas.Hedrick revolutionized the inline speed skating world with his unique technique, called the double push or DP... |
1:57,698 | 17 June 1999 | Padua (Italy) | |
| 2000 | Derek Downing | 2:40,658 | 17 June 1999 | Padua (Italy) | |
| 3000 | Fabio Marangoni | 4:18,379 | 17 June 1999 | Padua (Italy) | |
| 5000 | Arnaud Gicquel | 6:43,900 | 30 July 2003 | Padua (Italy) | |
| 10000 | Joey Mantia Joey Mantia Joey Mantia is an American multiple world champion and world record holder inline speed skater. Apart from his world titles, he won 2 gold medals at the 2003 Pan American Games and a further gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games, and won the American Speed Skater of the Year award three times... |
13:46,801 | 6 September 2006 | (Korea) | |
| 15000 | Chad Hedrick Chad Hedrick Chad Hedrick is an American inline speed skater and ice speed skater. He was born in Spring, Texas.Hedrick revolutionized the inline speed skating world with his unique technique, called the double push or DP... |
22:11,960 | 2 August 2000 | Barrancabermeja (Colombia) | |
| 20000 | Joey Mantia | 29:01,955 | 7 September 2006 | Anyang (Korea) | |
| 30000 | Derek Downing | 48:42,179 | 28 August 1997 | Road Rash Nationals (USA) | |
| 42195 (maratón) | Roger Schneider Roger Schneider Roger Schneider is a Swiss long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.-Personal records:-Career highlights:European Allround ChampionshipsNational Championships-External links:***... |
58:17 --- | 2 August 2003 | Abano Terme (Italy) | |
| 50000 | Mauro Lollobrigida | 1:21:29,102 | 28 August 1997 | Grenoble (France) | |
| 84390 | Luca Presti | 2:14:37,000 | 3 November 1999 | Santiago (Chile) | |
| Updated May 2009 | |||||
| Distance | Skater | Time | Date | Place | |
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| 200 | Jennifer Caicedo | 18,27 | 30 August 2007 | Cali (Colombia) | |
| 300 | Andrea González | 26,791 | 26 July 1999 | Winnipeg (Canada) | |
| 500 | Jennifer Caicedo | 43,478 | 7 September 2006 | Anyang (Korea) | |
| 1000 | Marisa Canafoglia | 1:28,014 | 28 August 1987 | Grenoble (France) | |
| 1500 | Marisa Canafoglia | 2:14,122 | 28 August 1987 | Grenoble (France) | |
| 2000 | Luz Mery Tristán | 3:07,040 | 12 November 1990 | Bello (Colombia) | |
| 3000 | Francesca Monteverde | 4:55,506 | 29 August 1987 | Grenoble (France) | |
| 5000 | Simona Di Eugenio | 7:40,530 | 30 July 2003 | Padua (Italy) | |
| 10000 | Julie Brabant | 13:28,00 | ?/07/1998 | Toronto (Canada) | |
| 15000 | Sheila Herrero | 24:57,820 | 2 August 2000 | Barrancabermeja (Colombia) | |
| 20000 | Alexandra Vivas | 32:18,177 | 7 September 2006 | Anyang (Korea) | |
| 21097 (1/2 maratón) | Adelia Marra | 35:02,930 | 28 August 1987 | Pamplona (Spain) | |
| 30000 | Marisa Canafoglia | 52:38,640 | 28 August 1987 | Grenoble (France) | |
| 40000 | Sheila Herrero | 1:18:01,000 | 3 October 1999 | Santiago (Chile) | |
| 42195 (maratón) | Alessandra Susmeli | 1:10:43 --- | 2 August 2003 | Abano Terme (Italy) | |
| 50000 | Marisa Canafoglia | 1:28:16,852 | 28 August 1987 | Grenoble (France) | |
| Updated November 2007 | |||||
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