Sportforum Hohenschönhausen
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Sportforum Hohenschönhausen is a multi-use sports complex in Hohenschönhausen, Germany that includes facilities for speed skating, athletics, cycling, and other sports.
Ice sports arena
An indoor arena opened on 17 November 1986 and was the first covered speed skating oval in the world, just one day prior to Thialf in Heerenveen.It is primarily used for ice hockey and is the home arena of Eisbären Berlin. The arena holds 4,695 people.
Speed skating track records
- 500 m (m): 34.85; Jeremy Wotherspoon, 14 March 2003
- 500 m (w): 37.77; Jenny Wolf, 17 November 2006
- 1000 m (m): 1:08.88; Erben Wennemars, 19 November 2006
- 1000 m (w): 1:15.17; Anni Friesinger, 30 October 2005
- 1500 m (m): 1:45.54; Enrico Fabris, 18 November 2006
- 1500 m (w): 1:55.54; Anni Friesinger, 17 November 2006
- 3000 m (m): 3:46.17; Håvard Bøkko, 25 October 2008
- 3000 m (w): 4:02.44; Renate Groenewold, 18 November 2006
- 5000 m (m): 6:09.76; Sven Kramer, 17 November 2006
- 5000 m (w): 6:59.26; Martina Sáblíková, 10 February 2008
- 10000 m (m): 13:09.06; Sven Kramer, 10 February 2008
- team pursuit (m): 3:40.79; Netherlands, 19 November 2006
- team pursuit (w): 3:02.90; Netherlands, 19 November 2006
Stadium
Football club Berliner FC Dynamo plays its home matches at the Dynamo-Stadion im Sportforum located onsite. Built in 1970, it has a capacity of 10,000 spectators (~2,000 seats). The stadium was renovated in 2005-06 to include fences and player tunnels required to meet security standards.
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See also
References
- DESG
- skatebase.com
- Maps, aerial photos, and other data for the speed skating oval at coordinates 52°32′26″N 13°28′58″E / 52.540645°N 13.482837°E