1396 when was the first international speed skating competition held?

The first international speed skating competition was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. World Speed Skating Championships, a world speed skating competition organized by the International Skating Federation. 1889- 189 1 year, Amsterdam, the Netherlands held three world men's speed skating championships, with races of 0.5 mile, 1 mile, 2 miles and 5 miles respectively.

1892 After the establishment of the International Skating Federation, the World Speed Skating Championships were re-established, and the schedule was changed to 500m,1500m, 500m and10000m. The first men's competition was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 1893, and the women's competition was held in Stockholm, Sweden on 1936. Are held once a year.

Speed skating is a kind of ice competition with skates as tools. It belongs to skating in international sports taxonomy.

It refers to the skating competition aimed at competing within a specified distance, referred to as speed skating, which is the official event of the Winter Olympics. Athletes slide on the ice with skates, and the blades of skates cut into the ice to form stable support points. They push the ice alternately with their legs, retract their legs and cut the knife, slide in and coordinate the whole body to slide forward quickly.