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World Allround Speed Skating Championships

Championship

The World Allround Speed Skating Championships are a series of speed skating events held annually to determine the best allround speed skater of the world. The event is held over two days, with all skaters entering the first three distances (500 m, 3000 m and 1500 m for women; 500 m, 5000 m and 1500 m for men) and the best eight skaters over these distances getting to ride the last event (5000 m for women; 10 000 m for men). The results of the races are converted to points, and the skater with lowest total score wins the championship.

The International Skating Union has organised the World Allround Championships for Men since 1893 (with unofficial Championships being held in the years 1889–1892) and the World Allround Championships for Women since 1936 (unofficial Championships were held in the years 1933–1935). Since 1996 the men's and women's World Allround Championships are held at the same time and venue. Since 2020, the men's and women's World Allround Championships are held every even year – at same time and venue as the men's and women's World Sprint Championships.

Overview

Men	Women	Top 8 skaters (Men / Women)
500 m
1,500 m
5,000 m	3,000 m
10,000 m	5,000 m

History and medal winners

Main article: World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men, World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women

Combined all-time medal count

Main article: World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men#All-time medal count, World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women#All-time medal count

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.
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.
Unofficial World Championships (not recognized by the ISU) included

Repeat winners

Rank	Skater	Year	Total
1	NED Sven Kramer	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017	9
2	GDR / GER Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Kleemann)	1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999	8
3	NED Ireen Wüst	2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2020	7
4	CZE Martina Sáblíková	2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2019	5
5	GDR Karin Kania (Enke, Busch)	1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988	5
6	FIN Clas Thunberg	1923, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931	5
7	NOR Oscar Mathisen	1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1914	5
8	NOR Ivar Ballangrud	1926, 1932, 1936, 1938	4
9	NED Rintje Ritsma	1995, 1996, 1999, 2001	4
10	URS Inga Voronina (Artamonova)	1957, 1958, 1962, 1965	4
11	NED Atje Keulen-Deelstra	1970, 1972, 1973, 1974	4
12	NED Patrick Roest	2018, 2019, 2020	3
13	NED Ard Schenk	1970, 1971, 1972	3
14	NOR Michael Staksrud	1930, 1935, 1937	3
URS Valentina Stenina	1960, 1961, 1966	3	2
16	URS Oleg Goncharenko	1953, 1956, 1958	3
17	NOR Johann Olav Koss	1990, 1991, 1994	3
GER Anni Friesinger	2001, 2002, 2005	3	1
19	USA Eric Heiden	1977, 1978, 1979	3
20	NED Jaap Eden	1893, 1895, 1896	3
NOR Laila Schou Nilsen	1935 *, 1937, 1938	3	0
URS Maria Isakova	1948, 1949, 1950	3	0
NOR Hjalmar Andersen	1950, 1951, 1952	3	0
24	NED Stien Kaiser	1967, 1968	2
25	NED Ids Postma	1997, 1998	2
26	GDR Andrea Ehrig (Schöne)	1983, 1985	2
27	FIN Verné Lesche	1939, 1947	2
28	CAN Cindy Klassen	2003, 2006	2
29	NOR Bernt Evensen	1927, 1934	2
URS Lidiya Skoblikova	1963, 1964	2	1
31	URS Lidia Selikhova	1952, 1954	2
32	NOR Odd Lundberg	1946 *, 1948	2
URS Natalya Petrusyova	1980, 1981	2	1
USA Shani Davis	2005, 2006	2	1
35	NOR Knut Johannesen	1957, 1964	2
36	NED Kees Verkerk	1966, 1967	2
37	NED Hilbert van der Duim	1980, 1982	2
38	NOR Peder Østlund	1898, 1899	2
RUS Nikolay Strunnikov	1910, 1911	2	0
NED Hein Vergeer	1985, 1986	2	0
NED Gianni Romme	2000, 2003	2	0

unofficial World Championships

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

References

"Medal table World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com.

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