World Speed Skating Championships
First event1893 (official)
Occur everyYear
PurposeWorld Championships of speed skating

The International Skating Union[1] organises the following World Championships in the sport of speed skating:

SportDisciplineChampionships for:
Long trackAllroundMenWomenJunior
SprintMenWomen
Single DistancesMenWomen
Short trackShort trackMenWomenJuniorTeam

Records

World Allround

Men

Skater1st place, gold medalist(s)Year2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Netherlands Sven Kramer92007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 03
Finland Clas Thunberg51923, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 11
Norway Oscar Mathisen51908, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1914 10
Norway Ivar Ballangrud41926, 1932, 1936, 1938 43
Netherlands Rintje Ritsma41995, 1996, 1999, 2001 23

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[2]

Women

Skater1st place, gold medalist(s)Year2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
East Germany / Germany Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Kleemann)81991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 20
Netherlands Ireen Wüst72007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2020 42
Czech Republic Martina Sáblíková52009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2019 21
East Germany Karin Kania (Enke, Busch)51982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988 20
Soviet Union Inga Voronina (Artamonova)41957, 1958, 1962, 1965 20
Netherlands Atje Keulen-Deelstra41970, 1972, 1973, 1974 00

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[3]

Junior

Multiple champions (overall classification)
Boys
Skater1st place, gold medalist(s)Year2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
United States Eric Heiden21977, 197810
Netherlands Koen Verweij22009, 201010
Sweden Tomas Gustafson21979, 198000
Soviet Union Valeri Guk21984, 198500
Netherlands Falko Zandstra21990, 199100
Netherlands Bob de Jong21995, 199600
Norway Sverre Lunde Pedersen22011, 201200
Netherlands Patrick Roest22014, 201500
Girls
Skater1st place, gold medalist(s)Year2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
East Germany Angela Stahnke31982, 1983, 198400
United States Beth Heiden21978, 197920
East Germany Monique Garbrecht21986, 198701
East Germany Ulrike Adeberg21989, 199000
Netherlands Frédérique Ankoné22000, 200100
Japan Miho Takagi22012, 201300
Netherlands Femke Kok22019, 202000

World Sprint

Men

Skater1st place, gold medalist(s)Year2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Soviet Union / Commonwealth of Independent States / Belarus Igor Zhelezovski61985, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 199301
Canada Jeremy Wotherspoon41999, 2000, 2002, 2003 41
South Korea Lee Kyou-Hyuk42007, 2008, 2010, 2011 10
United States Eric Heiden41977, 1978, 1979, 1980 00

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[4]

Women

Skater1st place, gold medalist(s)Year2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
East Germany Karin Kania (Enke, Busch)61980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987 20
Germany Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt51991, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 00
United States Bonnie Blair31989, 1994, 1995 42
United States Sheila Young31973, 1975, 1976 00

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[5]

World Single Distances

Men

Skater1st place, gold medalist(s)Year2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Netherlands Sven Kramer215000 m: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
10000 m: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017
Team pursuit: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2020
32
United States Shani Davis81000 m: 2007, 2008, 2011, 2015
1500 m: 2004, 2007, 2009
Team pursuit: 2011
43
Netherlands Bob de Jong75000 m: 2001, 2011
10000 m: 1999, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2012
85
Netherlands Gianni Romme75000 m: 1998, 1999, 2000
10000 m: 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000
23
Netherlands Erben Wennemars61000 m: 2003, 2004
1500 m: 2003
Team pursuit: 2005, 2007, 2008
23

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[6]

Women

Skater1st place, gold medalist(s)Year2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Czech Republic Martina Sáblíková163000 m: 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020
5000 m: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
62
Netherlands Ireen Wüst151000 m: 2007
1500 m: 2007, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2020
3000 m: 2011, 2013, 2017
Team pursuit: 2008, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021
151
Germany Anni Friesinger-Postma121000 m: 2003, 2004, 2008
1500 m: 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009
3000 m: 2003
5000 m: 2005
Team pursuit: 2005
91
Germany Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann111500 m: 1997
3000 m: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
5000 m: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
30
Canada Christine Nesbitt71000 m: 2009, 2011, 2012
1500 m: 2012
Team pursuit: 2007, 2009, 2011
23

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[7]

World Short Track (Overall)

Men

Skater1st place, gold medalist(s)Year2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
South Korea Ahn Hyun Soo / Russia Viktor An62003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014 10
Canada Marc Gagnon41993, 1994, 1996, 1998 21

Women

Skater1st place, gold medalist(s)Year2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
China Yang Yang (A)61997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 10
Canada Sylvie Daigle51979, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990 21
China Wang Meng32008, 2009, 2013 30
Canada Nathalie Lambert31991, 1993, 1994 22
South Korea Chun Lee-Kyung31995, 1996, 1997 20
South Korea Choi Min-jeong32015, 2016, 2018 10
South Korea Jin Sun-Yu32005, 2006, 2007 00

Combined all-time medal count

Updated after the 2023 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships.

This table include all medals won at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships (1889–2022), World Sprint Speed Skating Championships (1970–2022) and World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships (1996–2023). Unofficial World Championships (not recognized by the ISU) also included

Rank Nation From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1. Netherlands18932023174138146458
2. Germany19912020565139146
3. United States18912023564455155
4. Norway18982023556059174
5. Canada18972023435351147
6. Soviet Union19481991434838129
7. Russia1910202022253582
8. Czech Republic20072023218534
9. East Germany196019902017946
10. Japan1970202319354296
11. South Korea1990202017141142
12. Finland190120131316736
13. China19912023814931
14. Sweden1908202276720
15. Austria1933202345514
16. Italy19912023210719
17. West Germany197119822035
18.Russian Skating Union2021202113711
19. Belgium199620231269
20. Belarus199320051225
21. Kazakhstan199520131113
22. Latvia193919401102
23. CIS199219921001
 Hungary194919491001
25. Poland197820220369
26. France196020170224
27. Great Britain195120230112
 New Zealand201720170112
29. North Korea196619660101
30. Australia201420140011
 Romania199419940011
-independent195119510011 [8]
-none declared188919077181843 [9]
Total5695615571687

References

  1. Homepage ISU
  2. "Medal table World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  3. "Medal table World Championship Allround Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  4. "Medal table World Championship Sprint Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  5. "Medal table World Championship Sprint Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  6. "Medal table World Championship Single Distance Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  7. "Medal table World Championship Single Distance Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  8. Kornél Pajor skated for Hungary until he defected in 1949. From then on, the ISU allowed him to participate as an independent skater representing the ISU, as he did winning the bronze medal in 1951.
  9. From 1889 to 1907 only gold medals were awarded: to win the gold medal, an athlete was required to win at least three of the distances. In seven competitions, no winner was declared due to this rule.
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