Legacy

The 1988 Winter Olympics transformed the University of Calgary, bonding high-performance sport, the athletes and researchers who continually push boundaries. No other university has an Olympic skating oval on campus, and its presence has created a hub for elite sport and related research. That Olympic legacy gives the U of C a unique flavour, drawing high performance athletes to our world-class facilities. As Vancouver’s 2010 Winter Games approach, the excitement is growing on both sides of the Rockies. Visit often for compelling research stories, student-athlete profiles, experts and more.

 

A Grand Success

Besides becoming Canada’s Olympic ‘medal factory,’ The Olympic Oval has become a special place in Calgary for amateur sports and recreation.

Answering the big questions

One of the greatest legacies of the ’88 Winter Olympic Games may well be the creation of the Human Performance Lab (HPL), a facility that became greater than the vision.

“A Job Well Done”

Roger Jackson reflects on bringing high performance sports to the U of C and creating the modern Faculty of Kinesiology.

One of the most famous pieces of artwork at the Oval is this Brothers of the Wind bronze sculpture. All athletes who set world records in the building are given gold rings with this engraved on them, making this piece of art synonymous in the speed skating world with Calgary’s Olympic Oval.