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:

Sport Discipline Championships for:
Long track Allround Men Women Junior
Sprint Men Women
Single Distances Men Women
Short track Short track Men Women Junior Team

Records

World Allround

Main article: World Allround Speed Skating Championships

Men

Skater 1st place, gold medalist(s) Year 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Netherlands Sven Kramer 9 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 0 3
Finland Clas Thunberg 5 1923, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 1 1
Norway Oscar Mathisen 5 1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1914 1 0
Norway Ivar Ballangrud 4 1926, 1932, 1936, 1938 4 3
Netherlands Rintje Ritsma 4 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001 2 3

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[2]

Women

Skater 1st place, gold medalist(s) Year 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
East Germany / Germany Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Kleemann) 8 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 2 0
Netherlands Ireen Wüst 7 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2020 4 2
Czech Republic Martina Sáblíková 5 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2019 2 1
East Germany Karin Kania (Enke, Busch) 5 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988 2 0
Soviet Union Inga Voronina (Artamonova) 4 1957, 1958, 1962, 1965 2 0
Netherlands Atje Keulen-Deelstra 4 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974 0 0

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[3]

Junior

Multiple champions (overall classification)
Boys
Skater 1st place, gold medalist(s) Year 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
United States Eric Heiden 2 1977, 1978 1 0
Netherlands Koen Verweij 2 2009, 2010 1 0
Sweden Tomas Gustafson 2 1979, 1980 0 0
Soviet Union Valeri Guk 2 1984, 1985 0 0
Netherlands Falko Zandstra 2 1990, 1991 0 0
Netherlands Bob de Jong 2 1995, 1996 0 0
Norway Sverre Lunde Pedersen 2 2011, 2012 0 0
Netherlands Patrick Roest 2 2014, 2015 0 0
Girls
Skater 1st place, gold medalist(s) Year 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
East Germany Angela Stahnke 3 1982, 1983, 1984 0 0
United States Beth Heiden 2 1978, 1979 2 0
East Germany Monique Garbrecht 2 1986, 1987 0 1
East Germany Ulrike Adeberg 2 1989, 1990 0 0
Netherlands Frédérique Ankoné 2 2000, 2001 0 0
Japan Miho Takagi 2 2012, 2013 0 0
Netherlands Femke Kok 2 2019, 2020 0 0

World Sprint

Main article: World Sprint Speed Skating Championships

Men

Skater 1st place, gold medalist(s) Year 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Soviet Union / Commonwealth of Independent States / Belarus Igor Zhelezovski 6 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993 0 1
Canada Jeremy Wotherspoon 4 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 4 1
South Korea Lee Kyou-Hyuk 4 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 1 0
United States Eric Heiden 4 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 0 0

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[4]

Women

Skater 1st place, gold medalist(s) Year 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
East Germany Karin Kania (Enke, Busch) 6 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987 2 0
Germany Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt 5 1991, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 0 0
United States Bonnie Blair 3 1989, 1994, 1995 4 2
United States Sheila Young 3 1973, 1975, 1976 0 0

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[5]

World Single Distances

Main article: World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships

Men

Skater 1st place, gold medalist(s) Year 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Netherlands Sven Kramer 21 5000 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		 3 2
United States Shani Davis 8 1000 m: 2007, 2008, 2011, 2015
1500 m: 2004, 2007, 2009
Team pursuit: 2011 		4 3
Netherlands Bob de Jong 7 5000 m: 2001, 2011
10000 m: 1999, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2012		 8 5
Netherlands Gianni Romme 7 5000 m: 1998, 1999, 2000
10000 m: 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000		 2 3
Netherlands Erben Wennemars 6 1000 m: 2003, 2004
1500 m: 2003
Team pursuit: 2005, 2007, 2008		 2 3

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[6]

Women

Skater 1st place, gold medalist(s) Year 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Czech Republic Martina Sáblíková 16 3000 m: 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020
5000 m: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019		 6 2
Netherlands Ireen Wüst 15 1000 m: 2007
1500 m: 2007, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2020
3000 m: 2011, 2013, 2017
Team pursuit: 2008, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021 		15 1
Germany Anni Friesinger-Postma 12 1000 m: 2003, 2004, 2008
1500 m: 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009
3000 m: 2003
5000 m: 2005
Team pursuit: 2005		 9 1
Germany Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann 11 1500 m: 1997
3000 m: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
5000 m: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 		3 0
Canada Christine Nesbitt 7 1000 m: 2009, 2011, 2012
1500 m: 2012
Team pursuit: 2007, 2009, 2011 		2 3

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[7]

World Short Track (Overall)

Main article: World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

Men

Skater 1st place, gold medalist(s) Year 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
South Korea Ahn Hyun Soo / Russia Viktor An 6 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014 1 0
Canada Marc Gagnon 4 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998 2 1

Women

Skater 1st place, gold medalist(s) Year 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
China Yang Yang (A) 6 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 1 0
Canada Sylvie Daigle 5 1979, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990 2 1
China Wang Meng 3 2008, 2009, 2013 3 0
Canada Nathalie Lambert 3 1991, 1993, 1994 2 2
South Korea Chun Lee-Kyung 3 1995, 1996, 1997 2 0
South Korea Choi Min-jeong 3 2015, 2016, 2018 1 0
South Korea Jin Sun-Yu 3 2005, 2006, 2007 0 0

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.  Netherlands 1893 2023 174 138 146 458
2.  Germany 1991 2020 56 51 39 146
3.  United States 1891 2023 56 44 55 155
4.  Norway 1898 2023 55 60 59 174
5.  Canada 1897 2023 43 53 51 147
6.  Soviet Union 1948 1991 43 48 38 129
7.  Russia 1910 2020 22 25 35 82
8.  Czech Republic 2007 2023 21 8 5 34
9.  East Germany 1960 1990 20 17 9 46
10.  Japan 1970 2023 19 35 42 96
11.  South Korea 1990 2020 17 14 11 42
12.  Finland 1901 2013 13 16 7 36
13.  China 1991 2023 8 14 9 31
14.  Sweden 1908 2022 7 6 7 20
15.  Austria 1933 2023 4 5 5 14
16.  Italy 1991 2023 2 10 7 19
17.  West Germany 1971 1982 2 0 3 5
18. Russian Skating Union Russian Skating Union 2021 2021 1 3 7 11
19.  Belgium 1996 2023 1 2 6 9
20.  Belarus 1993 2005 1 2 2 5
21.  Kazakhstan 1995 2013 1 1 1 3
22.  Latvia 1939 1940 1 1 0 2
23.  CIS 1992 1992 1 0 0 1
 Hungary 1949 1949 1 0 0 1
25.  Poland 1978 2022 0 3 6 9
26.  France 1960 2017 0 2 2 4
27.  Great Britain 1951 2023 0 1 1 2
 New Zealand 2017 2017 0 1 1 2
29.  North Korea 1966 1966 0 1 0 1
30.  Australia 2014 2014 0 0 1 1
 Romania 1994 1994 0 0 1 1
- independent 1951 1951 0 0 1 1 [8]
- none declared 1889 1907 7 18 18 43 [9]
Total 569 561 557 1687

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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