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speed skating

competitive form of ice skating in which competitors race each other
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speed skating
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Summary

speed skating is a type of sport[1]. It draws 1,419 Wikipedia views per month (type of sport category, ranking #168 of 435).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: ice skating[3], Olympic sport[4]
  • Commons category: Speed skating[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Speed skating[6]
  • Uses: ice skate[7]
  • Practiced by: speed skater[8], speed skating trainer[9]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10]

Why It Matters

speed skating has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 28d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000305
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  2. 5w ago · C960657 · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id → hurtigløb_på_skøjter
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Lex id: hurtigløb_på_skøjter"
  3. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → speed-skating
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: speed-skating, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960641|speed skating (#289960641)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0283801-rychlobrusleni
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0283801-rychlobrusleni, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → ice skating, Olympic sport
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → type of sport
    Local thumb → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 6876, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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