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World Speed Skating Championships

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nameWorld Speed Skating Championships
imageSpeed skating pictogram.svg
image_upright0.8
formation1893 (official)
recurrenceYear
purposeWorld Championships of speed skating

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

SportDisciplineChampionships for:
Long trackAllroundMen
SprintMenWomen
Single DistancesMenWomen
Short trackShort trackMen

Records

World Allround

Main article: World Allround Speed Skating Championships

Men

SkaterYear
NED Sven Kramer9
FIN Clas Thunberg5
NOR Oscar Mathisen5
NOR Ivar Ballangrud4
NED Rintje Ritsma4

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

Women

SkaterYear
GDR / GER Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Kleemann)8
NED Ireen Wüst7
CZE Martina Sáblíková5
GDR Karin Kania (Enke, Busch)5
URS Inga Voronina (Artamonova)4
NED Atje Keulen-Deelstra4

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

Junior

; Multiple champions (overall classification) ; Boys

SkaterYear
USA Eric Heiden2
NED Koen Verweij2
SWE Tomas Gustafson2
URS Valeri Guk2
NED Falko Zandstra2
NED Bob de Jong2
NOR Sverre Lunde Pedersen2
NED Patrick Roest2

; Girls

SkaterYear
GDR Angela Stahnke3
USA Beth Heiden2
GDR Monique Garbrecht2
GDR Ulrike Adeberg2
NED Frédérique Ankoné2
JPN Miho Takagi2
NED Femke Kok2
NED Angel Daleman2

World Sprint

Main article: World Sprint Speed Skating Championships

Men

SkaterYear
URS / CIS / Belarus Igor Zhelezovski6
CAN Jeremy Wotherspoon4
KOR Lee Kyou-hyuk4
USA Eric Heiden4
RUS Pavel Kulizhnikov3

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

Women

SkaterYear
GDR Karin Kania (Enke, Busch)6
GER Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt5
USA Bonnie Blair3
USA Sheila Young3

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

World Single Distances

Main article: World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships

Men

SkaterYear
NED Sven Kramer21
USA Shani Davis8
NED Bob de Jong7
NED Gianni Romme7
NED Erben Wennemars6
USA Jordan Stolz6

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

Women

SkaterYear
CZE Martina Sáblíková16
NED Ireen Wüst15
GER Anni Friesinger-Postma12
GER Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann11
NED Irene Schouten8
CAN Christine Nesbitt7
NED Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong6
JPN Miho Takagi6

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

World Short Track (Overall)

Main article: World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

Men

SkaterYear
KOR Ahn Hyun-soo / RUS Viktor An6
CAN Marc Gagnon4

Women

SkaterYear
CHN Yang Yang (A)6
CAN Sylvie Daigle5
KOR Choi Min-jeong4
CHN Wang Meng3
CAN Nathalie Lambert3
KOR Chun Lee-kyung3
KOR Jin Sun-yu3

Combined all-time medal count

Updated after the 2025 World Single Distances 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 (1996–2025). Unofficial World Championships (not recognized by the ISU) also included

RankNationFromToGoldSilverBronzeTotalTotal6055975931795
1.18932025189151156496
2.18912025614759167
3.18982025576263182
4.19912020565139146
5.18972025456156162
6.**19481991434838129
7.19702025233643102
8.1910202022253582
9.20072025219838
10.**196019902017946
11.1990202517161245
12.190120131316736
13.1991202510171037
14.19912025712827
15.1908202276720
16.1933202345514
17.1996202522711
18.**197119822035
19.Russian Skating Union2021202113711
20.199320051225
21.199520131113
22.193919401102
23.**199219921001
194919491001
25.19782025041014
26.196020170224
27.195120230112
201720170112
29.196619660101
30.201420140011
199419940011
202420240011
-independent195119510011
-none declared188919077181843

References

References

  1. [http://www.isu.org Homepage ISU]
  2. "Medal table World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com.
  3. "Medal table World Championship Allround Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com.
  4. "Medal table World Championship Sprint Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com.
  5. "Medal table World Championship Sprint Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com.
  6. "Medal table World Championship Single Distance Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com.
  7. "Medal table World Championship Single Distance Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com.
  8. [[Kornél Pajor]] skated for Hungary until he defected in 1949. From then on, the [[International Skating Union. 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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