well, i seem to have found jean francois monette from Canada with the time of 41.184 for the distance of 500 m. He set this record oct, 18 2003.
Some different types of skating are Hockey, Figure Skating, and Speed Skating.
Ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, curling.
snowboarding, skiing, bobsledding, luge, ice skating, hockey, speed skating :)
Speed skating requires good equipment and good form. In general the lower one can keep his body the faster one will go. More information can be found at US Speed Skating, and Ellis Method.
Curling, figure skating, hockey, speed skating, basketball, arena football
hockey bobsleigh skeleton skiing snowboarding figure skating and speed skating
Riedell has great speed skates. http://riedell.com/ Hybrids aren't that great though.
They always were short sleeve shirts and shorts because when you speed skate you have to go really fast and you get hot really quick but some speed skaters buy speed skating uniforms that are very light and very stretchy so you can move your legs easily.
some examples of the winter Olympics is ice hockey,figure skating speed skating,and more.You should probably look up some more for more sports.
to give people answers to some of the world records that they are curious about.
basketball luge skiing snowboarding bobsled gymnastics running (multiple events) archery volleyball swimming figure skating speed skating wrestling shotput
You get fit, and you meet some amazing and nice people. You have a fun time, you almost forget that you are working out.