There is no right answer to your question. there can be 5, 2, or 12.
it depends on how many metres the race is set for
500 meter-5 laps 1000 meter-9 laps 1500 meter-14 laps
In speed skating, you do what called a relay. One person is skating on the track at a time, and when they finish a pre-determined number of laps, a team mate comes out onto the track in front of the skater, and the skater that is finishing his laps, pushes the new skater. That skater then goes and skates his laps and so on. There are different distances of relays. Yourger skaters might skate a 1500m relay. Teenagers might do a 3km relay. And when you get into distance relays in long track, you could do a marathon relay (42km).
BEcause many people participate in it... Many people make their lives by skating.
you attend speed skating practices.
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Winter Olympic sports held indoors are curling, speed skating, short track speed skating, figure skating, and ice hockey.
There are many compnents to skating... to find them all... you'll just have to try it yourself :)
Sixteen: 4 man bobsled,Biathlon, Curling, Men's Figure Skating, Women's Figure Skating, Pair's Figure Skating, Hockey, 18k Cross-Country Skiing, 50k Cross-Country Skiing, Ski Jumping, Nordic Combined Skiing, Speed Skating 500m, Speed Skating 1500m, Speed Skating 5000m, Speed Skating 10,000m, Combined Skiing
Speed Skating Canada was created in 1887.
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In the Winter Olympics, there are both individual events and team events in speed skating. Men's individual events are the 500 meters, 1000 meters, 1500 meters, 5000 meters, and 10000 meters. Women's individual events are the 500 meters, 1000 meters, 1500 meters, 3000 meters, and 5000 meters. The men's team event is a pursuit of 8 laps where 4 skaters skate 2 laps each. The women's team event is a pursuit of 6 laps where 3 skaters skate 2 laps each.