API - National Records

Retrieve a country's national records.

URL

Type URL
XML https://speedskatingresults.com/api/xml/country_records.php
JSON https://speedskatingresults.com/api/json/country_records.php

Parameters

Name Description
country

The country's three-character IOC code
gender

Gender (optional) - f (female) or m (male)

If specified, limits the returned records to those for women or men.
age

Age category (optional) - jr (junior) or sr (senior)

If specified, limits the returned records to those for juniors or seniors.
distance

Distance (optional)

When the distance parameter is omitted, the world records for all distances are returned. Specify a value (500, 1000, 1500, 3000, 5000 or 10000) for the distance parameter to retrieve the world record for that distance only.

XML

Element Description
nrs

The list of national records

Attributes

  • country - The IOC country code
record

A national record

Attributes

  • gender - f (women's record) or m (men's record)
  • age - sr (senior) or jr (junior) record
distanceRace distance
timeFinishing time
dateRace date (YYYY-MM-DD)
locationRace location
skaterThe record holder
idThe skater's ID
familynameThe skater's family name
givennameThe skater's given name
familynativeThe skater's family name in native language (if available)
givennativeThe skater's given name in native language (if available)
countryThe skater's IOC country code

Example

API Query: https://speedskatingresults.com/api/xml/country_records.php?country=NOR&distance=500

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<nrs country="NOR">
<record gender="f" age="sr">
  <distance>500</distance>
  <time>38,40</time>
  <date>2000-01-29</date>
  <location>Calgary (CAN)</location>
  <skater>
    <id>308</id>
    <familyname>Høiseth</familyname>
    <givenname>Edel Therese</givenname>
    <country>NOR</country>
  </skater>
</record>
<record gender="m" age="sr">
  <distance>500</distance>
  <time>34,73</time>
  <date>2013-01-27</date>
  <location>Salt Lake City (USA)</location>
  <skater>
    <id>3565</id>
    <familyname>Hvammen</familyname>
    <givenname>Espen Aarnes</givenname>
    <country>NOR</country>
  </skater>
</record>
<record gender="f" age="jr">
  <distance>500</distance>
  <time>39,05</time>
  <date>2011-02-12</date>
  <location>Calgary (CAN)</location>
  <skater>
    <id>4625</id>
    <familyname>Bøkko</familyname>
    <givenname>Hege</givenname>
    <country>NOR</country>
  </skater>
</record>
<record gender="m" age="jr">
  <distance>500</distance>
  <time>35,66</time>
  <date>2012-01-28</date>
  <location>Calgary (CAN)</location>
  <skater>
    <id>8242</id>
    <familyname>Lorentzen</familyname>
    <givenname>Håvard Holmefjord</givenname>
    <country>NOR</country>
  </skater>
</record>
</nrs>

JSON

Key Description
country The IOC country code
records The collection of national records
gender f (women's record) or m (men's record)
age sr (senior) or jr (junior) record
distanceRace distance
timeFinishing time
dateRace date (YYYY-MM-DD)
locationRace location
skaterThe record holder
idThe skater's ID
familynameThe skater's family name
givennameThe skater's given name
familynativeThe skater's family name in native language (if available)
givennativeThe skater's given name in native language (if available)
countryThe skater's IOC country code

Example

API Query: https://speedskatingresults.com/api/json/country_records.php?country=NOR&distance=500

{
  "country":"NOR",
  "records":[
    {"gender":"f", "age":"sr", "distance":500, "time":"38,40", "date":"2000-01-29", "location":"Calgary (CAN)", "skater":{"id":308, "familyname":"Høiseth", "givenname":"Edel Therese", "country":"NOR"}},
    {"gender":"m", "age":"sr", "distance":500, "time":"34,73", "date":"2013-01-27", "location":"Salt Lake City (USA)", "skater":{"id":3565, "familyname":"Hvammen", "givenname":"Espen Aarnes", "country":"NOR"}},
    {"gender":"f", "age":"jr", "distance":500, "time":"39,05", "date":"2011-02-12", "location":"Calgary (CAN)", "skater":{"id":4625, "familyname":"Bøkko", "givenname":"Hege", "country":"NOR"}},
    {"gender":"m", "age":"jr", "distance":500, "time":"35,66", "date":"2012-01-28", "location":"Calgary (CAN)", "skater":{"id":8242, "familyname":"Lorentzen", "givenname":"HÃ¥vard Holmefjord", "country":"NOR"}}
  ]
}

Example Web Page

The sample web page provides a very basic example of how XML data may be retrieved from SpeedskatingResults.com. It makes use of the jQuery library to handle the the interaction with the API.

National Records Example Page (XML)

National Records Example Page (JSON)

HTML Code (XML)

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
  <style type="text/css" media="screen">
    body {font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; padding: 5px;
      font-size: 10pt;}
    table.records {margin: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; }
    table.records td {padding: .2em .5em; }
    table.records td.distance {width: 8em; font-weight: bold;}
    table.records td.time {width: 5em; text-align: right;}
    table.records td.date {}
    table.records td.location {width: 10em;}
    table.records td.skater {width: 15em;}
    a {color: navy; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;}
    a:visited {font-weight: normal;}
    a:hover {color: crimson;}
  </style>
  <title>API Example - National Records</title>
  <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.7.2.min.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript">
  $(document).ready(function(){
    $.ajax({
      type: "GET",
      url: "https://speedskatingresults.com/api/xml/country_records.php",
      data: "country=NOR&age=sr",
      dataType: "xml",
      success: function(xml) {
        $(xml).find('record').each(function() {
          var recordClass = ($(this).attr('gender') == "m") ? "Men" : "Women";
          var distance = $(this).find('distance').text()+"m";
          var time = $(this).find('time').text();
          var date = $(this).find('date').text();
          var location = $(this).find('location').text();
          var skater = $(this).find('givenname').text() + " " +
            $(this).find('familyname').text();
          $('<tr></tr>').html('<td class="distance">'+recordClass+' '+distance+
            '</td><td class="time">'+time+'</td><td class="date">'+date+
            '</td><td class="location">'+location+
            '</td><td class="skater">'+skater+'</td>').appendTo('#nrs');
        });
      }
    });
  });
  </script>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Norway (NOR) - National Records</h1>
  <table id="nrs" class="records">
  </table>
  <p><a href="https://speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=11&n=31">Records</a> from
    <a href="https://speedskatingresults.com">SpeedskatingResults.com</a></p>
</body>
</html>

HTML Code (JSON)

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
  <style type="text/css" media="screen">
    body {font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; padding: 5px;
      font-size: 10pt;}
    table.records {margin: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; }
    table.records td {padding: .2em .5em; }
    table.records td.distance {width: 8em; font-weight: bold;}
    table.records td.time {width: 5em; text-align: right;}
    table.records td.date {}
    table.records td.location {width: 10em;}
    table.records td.skater {width: 15em;}
    a {color: navy; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;}
    a:visited {font-weight: normal;}
    a:hover {color: crimson;}
  </style>
  <title>API Example - National Records</title>
  <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.7.2.min.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript">
  $(document).ready(function(){
    $.ajax({
      type: "GET",
      url: "https://speedskatingresults.com/api/json/country_records.php",
      data: "country=NOR&age=sr",
      dataType: "json",
      success: function(data) {
        data.records.forEach(function(r) {
          var recordClass = (r.gender == "m") ? "Men" : "Women";
          var distance = r.distance + "m";
          var skater = r.skater.givenname + " " + r.skater.familyname;
      
          $('<tr></tr>').html('<td class="distance">'+recordClass+' '+distance+
            '</td><td class="time">'+r.time+
            '</td><td class="date">'+r.date+
            '</td><td class="location">'+r.location+
            '</td><td class="skater">'+skater+'</td>').appendTo('#nrs');
        });
      }
    });
  });
  </script>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Norway (NOR) - National Records</h1>
  <table id="nrs" class="records">
  </table>
  <p><a href="https://speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=11&n=31">Records</a> from
    <a href="https://speedskatingresults.com">SpeedskatingResults.com</a></p>
</body>
</html>

Native Language Names