Max Aicher Arena

Max Aicher Arena
Former names	Ludwig-Schwabl-Stadion
Location	Inzell, Germany
Capacity	10.000
Construction
Opened	1965
Renovated	2010

The Max Aicher Arena (in the past known as Eisstadion Inzell and Ludwig-Schwabl-Stadion) is a stadium located in Inzell, Germany, best known as a speed skating venue. It is an indoor, artificial ice rink, located 690 metres (2,264 feet) above sea level and has a capacity of 10,000 people. Since its opening, as an outdoor venue, towards the end of 1965, more than 80 world records in speed skating have been broken here, and until the advent of indoor speed skating arenas, it was known as the fastest European speed skating rink, second in the world after the Medeu rink.^{[citation needed]}

The stadium is also used for ice hockey, ice speedway, and (in the summer months) roller skating.

History

About five kilometers north of Inzell is the Frillensee [de], one of the coldest lakes in Germany. Natural ice was prepared for speed skating and ice hockey and became a main training and competitions facility from 1959. The harsh winter conditions finally put an end to the Frillensee as an skating facility with the last German Championships held on 26–27 January 1963. In 1963 an natural ice stadium was built down the valley at Zwingsee [de] and was converted into an artificial ice stadium in 1965. In 1965 the 400m artificial ice rink was built at the foot of the Falkenstein.^[1]

Competitions

Track records

Men
Distance	Time	Skater	Date	Duration
500 m	34.22	Ruslan Murashov	8 February 2019	2093 days
1000 m	1:07.39	Kai Verbij	9 February 2019	2092 days
1500 m	1:42.58	Thomas Krol	10 February 2019	2091 days
3000 m	3:37.45	Sven Kramer	7 October 2017	2582 days
5000 m	6:07.16	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	7 February 2019	2094 days
10000 m	12:46.91	Nils van der Poel	13 December 2020	1419 days
Team pursuit	3:38.43	Netherlands	8 February 2019	2093 days

Women
Distance	Time	Skater	Date	Duration
500 m	37.12	Vanessa Herzog	8 February 2019	2093 days
1000 m	1:13.41	Brittany Bowe	9 February 2019	2092 days
1500 m	1:52.81	Ireen Wüst	10 February 2019	2091 days
3000 m	3:58.91	Martina Sáblíková	7 February 2019	2094 days
5000 m	6:44.85	Martina Sáblíková	9 February 2019	2092 days
Team pursuit	2:55.78	Japan	8 February 2019	2093 days