Inline speed skating is the roller sport of racing on inline skates.

Inline speed skating (Boys)

Efforts by FIRS to obtain Olympic status became more coherent in about 2000, with inline speed skating promoted as the roller sport best suited for the Olympics.

"Inline speed skating is a 21st century sport that can bring a new dimension to the Olympic movement," Anne-Marie Waugh, CEO of the British Roller Sports Federation, told BBC Sport.

The European Inline Speed Skating Championships is the main inline speed skating championships in Europe, organized by European Confederation of Roller Skating.

The sport of inline speed skating is run globally by the international governing body, the Federation International de Roller Sports (FIRS), which holds World Championships - senior and junior - every year on both road and track circuits.