World Speed Skating Championships

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

World Speed Skating Championships
First event1893 (official)
Occur everyYear
PurposeWorld Championships of speed skating
SportDisciplineChampionships for:
Long trackAllroundMenWomenJunior
SprintMenWomen
Single DistancesMenWomen
Short trackShort trackMenWomenJuniorTeam

Records edit

World Allround edit

Men edit

Skater Year
Sven Kramer92007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 03
Clas Thunberg51923, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 11
Oscar Mathisen51908, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1914 10
Ivar Ballangrud41926, 1932, 1936, 1938 43
Rintje Ritsma41995, 1996, 1999, 2001 23

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[2]

Women edit

Skater Year
/ Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Kleemann)81991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 20
Ireen Wüst72007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2020 42
Martina Sáblíková52009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2019 21
Karin Kania (Enke, Busch)51982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988 20
Inga Voronina (Artamonova)41957, 1958, 1962, 1965 20
Atje Keulen-Deelstra41970, 1972, 1973, 1974 00

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[3]

Junior edit

Multiple champions (overall classification)
Boys
Skater Year
Eric Heiden21977, 197810
Koen Verweij22009, 201010
Tomas Gustafson21979, 198000
Valeri Guk21984, 198500
Falko Zandstra21990, 199100
Bob de Jong21995, 199600
Sverre Lunde Pedersen22011, 201200
Patrick Roest22014, 201500
Girls
Skater Year
Angela Stahnke31982, 1983, 198400
Beth Heiden21978, 197920
Monique Garbrecht21986, 198701
Ulrike Adeberg21989, 199000
Frédérique Ankoné22000, 200100
Miho Takagi22012, 201300
Femke Kok22019, 202000

World Sprint edit

Men edit

Skater Year
/ / Igor Zhelezovski61985, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 199301
Jeremy Wotherspoon41999, 2000, 2002, 2003 41
Lee Kyou-hyuk42007, 2008, 2010, 2011 10
Eric Heiden41977, 1978, 1979, 1980 00

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[4]

Women edit

Skater Year
Karin Kania (Enke, Busch)61980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987 20
Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt51991, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 00
Bonnie Blair31989, 1994, 1995 42
Sheila Young31973, 1975, 1976 00

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[5]

World Single Distances edit

Men edit

Skater Year
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
Shani Davis81000 m: 2007, 2008, 2011, 2015
1500 m: 2004, 2007, 2009
Team pursuit: 2011
43
Bob de Jong75000 m: 2001, 2011
10000 m: 1999, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2012
85
Gianni Romme75000 m: 1998, 1999, 2000
10000 m: 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000
23
Erben Wennemars61000 m: 2003, 2004
1500 m: 2003
Team pursuit: 2005, 2007, 2008
23
Jordan Stolz6500 m: 2023, 2024
1000 m: 2023, 2024
1500 m: 2023, 2024
00

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[6]

Women edit

Skater Year
Martina Sáblíková163000 m: 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020
5000 m: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
64
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
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
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann111500 m: 1997
3000 m: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
5000 m: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
30
Irene Schouten83000 m: 2024
5000 m: 2021, 2023
Mass start: 2015, 2019, 2024
Team pursuit: 2021, 2024
25
Christine Nesbitt71000 m: 2009, 2011, 2012
1500 m: 2012
Team pursuit: 2007, 2009, 2011
23

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[7]

World Short Track (Overall) edit

Men edit

Skater Year
Ahn Hyun-soo / Viktor An62003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014 10
Marc Gagnon41993, 1994, 1996, 1998 21

Women edit

Skater Year
Yang Yang (A)61997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 10
Sylvie Daigle51979, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990 21
Wang Meng32008, 2009, 2013 30
Nathalie Lambert31991, 1993, 1994 22
Chun Lee-kyung31995, 1996, 1997 20
Choi Min-jeong32015, 2016, 2018 10
Jin Sun-yu32005, 2006, 2007 00

Combined all-time medal count edit

Updated after the 2024 World Allround Speed Skating Championships.

This table include all medals won at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships (1889–2024), World Sprint Speed Skating Championships (1970–2024) and World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships (1996–2024). Unofficial World Championships (not recognized by the ISU) also included

RankNationFromToGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1.  Netherlands18932024181145152478
2.  United States18912024604556161
3.  Germany19912020565139146
4.  Norway18982024556163179
5.  Canada18972024455954158
6.  Soviet Union19481991434838129
7.  Japan19702024223543100
8.  Russia1910202022253582
9.  Czech Republic20072024218736
10.  East Germany196019902017946
11.  South Korea1990202417151143
12.  Finland190120131316736
13.  China19912024917935
14.  Sweden1908202276720
15.  Italy19912024411722
16.  Austria1933202345514
17.  Belgium1996202422610
18.  West Germany197119822035
19.Russian Skating Union2021202113711
20.  Belarus199320051225
21.  Kazakhstan199520131113
22.  Latvia193919401102
23.  CIS199219921001
 Hungary194919491001
25.  Poland1978202403811
26.  France196020170224
27.  Great Britain195120230112
 New Zealand201720170112
29.  North Korea196619660101
30.  Australia201420140011
 Romania199419940011
 Switzerland202420240011
-independent195119510011 [8]
-none declared188919077181843 [9]
Total5895815771747

References edit

  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.