The 18th Winter Olympics were held in February 1998 in Nagano, Japan, where the Olympic Memorial Arena (Fig. 1) was the venue for the speed skating competition. The arena, covering an area of 80 x 216 m. contains a 400 m speed-skating oval and seating for about 10000 spectators.
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