World_Speed_Skating_Championship
The International Skating Union[1] organises the following World Championships in the sport of speed skating:
More information Sport, Discipline ...
| 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 |
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Quick Facts First event, Occur every ...
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| First event | 1893 (official) |
|---|---|
| Occur every | Year |
| Purpose | World Championships of speed skating |
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World Allround
Main article: World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Men
More information Skater, Year ...
| Skater |  | Year |  | 
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|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sven Kramer | 9 | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 | 0 | 3 |
 Clas Thunberg | 5 | 1923, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 | 1 | 1 |
 Oscar Mathisen | 5 | 1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1914 | 1 | 0 |
| Ivar Ballangrud | 4 | 1926, 1932, 1936, 1938 | 4 | 3 |
| Rintje Ritsma | 4 | 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001 | 2 | 3 |
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Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[2]
Women
More information Skater, Year ...
| Skater | | Year | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
 /  Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Kleemann) | 8 | 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| Ireen Wüst | 7 | 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2020 | 4 | 2 |
 Martina Sáblíková | 5 | 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| Karin Kania (Enke, Busch) | 5 | 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988 | 2 | 0 |
 Inga Voronina (Artamonova) | 4 | 1957, 1958, 1962, 1965 | 2 | 0 |
| Atje Keulen-Deelstra | 4 | 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974 | 0 | 0 |
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Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[3]
Junior
- Multiple champions (overall classification)
- Boys
More information Skater, Year ...
| Skater | | Year | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Eric Heiden | 2 | 1977, 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| Koen Verweij | 2 | 2009, 2010 | 1 | 0 |
 Tomas Gustafson | 2 | 1979, 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| Valeri Guk | 2 | 1984, 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| Falko Zandstra | 2 | 1990, 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob de Jong | 2 | 1995, 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| Sverre Lunde Pedersen | 2 | 2011, 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Roest | 2 | 2014, 2015 | 0 | 0 |
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- Girls
More information Skater, Year ...
| Skater | | Year | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angela Stahnke | 3 | 1982, 1983, 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| Beth Heiden | 2 | 1978, 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| Monique Garbrecht | 2 | 1986, 1987 | 0 | 1 |
| Ulrike Adeberg | 2 | 1989, 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| Frédérique Ankoné | 2 | 2000, 2001 | 0 | 0 |
 Miho Takagi | 2 | 2012, 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| Femke Kok | 2 | 2019, 2020 | 0 | 0 |
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World Sprint
Main article: World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
Men
More information Skater, Year ...
| Skater | | Year | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
/  /  Igor Zhelezovski | 6 | 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993 | 0 | 1 |
 Jeremy Wotherspoon | 4 | 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 | 4 | 1 |
 Lee Kyou-hyuk | 4 | 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| Eric Heiden | 4 | 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 | 0 | 0 |
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Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[4]
Women
More information Skater, Year ...
| Skater | | Year | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karin Kania (Enke, Busch) | 6 | 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt | 5 | 1991, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| Bonnie Blair | 3 | 1989, 1994, 1995 | 4 | 2 |
| Sheila Young | 3 | 1973, 1975, 1976 | 0 | 0 |
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Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[5]
World Single Distances
Main article: World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships
Men
More information Skater, Year ...
| Skater | | Year | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Shani Davis | 8 | 1000 m: 2007, 2008, 2011, 2015 1500 m: 2004, 2007, 2009 Team pursuit: 2011 | 4 | 3 |
| Bob de Jong | 7 | 5000 m: 2001, 2011 10000 m: 1999, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2012 | 8 | 5 |
| Gianni Romme | 7 | 5000 m: 1998, 1999, 2000 10000 m: 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 | 2 | 3 |
| Erben Wennemars | 6 | 1000 m: 2003, 2004 1500 m: 2003 Team pursuit: 2005, 2007, 2008 | 2 | 3 |
| Jordan Stolz | 6 | 500 m: 2023, 2024 1000 m: 2023, 2024 1500 m: 2023, 2024 | 0 | 0 |
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Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[6]
Women
More information Skater, Year ...
| Skater | | Year | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martina Sáblíková | 16 | 3000 m: 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020 5000 m: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 | 6 | 4 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | 11 | 1500 m: 1997 3000 m: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 5000 m: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| Irene Schouten | 8 | 3000 m: 2024 5000 m: 2021, 2023 Mass start: 2015, 2019, 2024 Team pursuit: 2021, 2024 | 2 | 5 |
| Christine Nesbitt | 7 | 1000 m: 2009, 2011, 2012 1500 m: 2012 Team pursuit: 2007, 2009, 2011 | 2 | 3 |
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Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[7]
World Short Track (Overall)
Main article: World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
Men
More information Skater, Year ...
| Skater | | Year | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Ahn Hyun-soo /  Viktor An | 6 | 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| Marc Gagnon | 4 | 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998 | 2 | 1 |
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Women
More information Skater, Year ...
| Skater | | Year | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
 Yang Yang (A) | 6 | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| Sylvie Daigle | 5 | 1979, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990 | 2 | 1 |
| Wang Meng | 3 | 2008, 2009, 2013 | 3 | 0 |
| Nathalie Lambert | 3 | 1991, 1993, 1994 | 2 | 2 |
| Chun Lee-kyung | 3 | 1995, 1996, 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| Choi Min-jeong | 3 | 2015, 2016, 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| Jin Sun-yu | 3 | 2005, 2006, 2007 | 0 | 0 |
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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
More information Rank, Nation ...
| Rank | Nation | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Netherlands | 1893 | 2024 | 181 | 145 | 152 | 478 |
| 2. |  United States | 1891 | 2024 | 60 | 45 | 56 | 161 |
| 3. | Germany | 1991 | 2020 | 56 | 51 | 39 | 146 |
| 4. | Norway | 1898 | 2024 | 55 | 61 | 63 | 179 |
| 5. | Canada | 1897 | 2024 | 45 | 59 | 54 | 158 |
| 6. | Soviet Union | 1948 | 1991 | 43 | 48 | 38 | 129 |
| 7. | Japan | 1970 | 2024 | 22 | 35 | 43 | 100 |
| 8. | Russia | 1910 | 2020 | 22 | 25 | 35 | 82 |
| 9. | Czech Republic | 2007 | 2024 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 36 |
| 10. | East Germany | 1960 | 1990 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 46 |
| 11. | South Korea | 1990 | 2024 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 43 |
| 12. | Finland | 1901 | 2013 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 36 |
| 13. | China | 1991 | 2024 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 35 |
| 14. | Sweden | 1908 | 2022 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 15. |  Italy | 1991 | 2024 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 22 |
| 16. |  Austria | 1933 | 2023 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 17. |  Belgium | 1996 | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 18. | West Germany | 1971 | 1982 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 19. | Russian Skating Union | 2021 | 2021 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 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 | 2024 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 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 | |
 Switzerland | 2024 | 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| - | independent | 1951 | 1951 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 [8] |
| - | none declared | 1889 | 1907 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 43 [9] |
| Total | 589 | 581 | 577 | 1747 | |||
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- "Medal table World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- "Medal table World Championship Allround Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- "Medal table World Championship Sprint Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- "Medal table World Championship Sprint Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- "Medal table World Championship Single Distance Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- "Medal table World Championship Single Distance Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- 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.