World Speed Skating Championships

World Speed Skating Championships
Highest governing body International Skating Union
Characteristics
Mixed gender Yes

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

SportDiscipline 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

Men

Skater1st, gold medalist(s)Year2nd, silver medalist(s)3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Netherlands Sven Kramer 8 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 0 2
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

Skater1st, gold medalist(s)Year2nd, silver medalist(s)3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Germany Gunda Niemann 8 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 2 0
Germany Karin Enke 5 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988 2 0
Netherlands Ireen Wüst 5 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 3 2
Soviet Union Inga Artamonova 4 1957, 1958, 1962, 1965 2 0
Czech Republic Martina Sablikova 4 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016 1 1
Netherlands Atje Keulen-Deelstra 4 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974 0 0

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[3]

Junior

Multiple champions
Boys
Skater1st, gold medalist(s)Year2nd, silver medalist(s)3rd, 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
Girls
Skater1st, gold medalist(s)Year2nd, silver medalist(s)3rd, 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-Enfeldt 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

World Sprint

Men

Skater1st, gold medalist(s)Year2nd, silver medalist(s)3rd, bronze medalist(s)
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

Skater1st, gold medalist(s)Year2nd, silver medalist(s)3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Germany Karin Enke 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 Distance

Men

Skater1st, gold medalist(s)Year2nd, silver medalist(s)3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Netherlands Sven Kramer 17 5000 m: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015,2016
10000 m: 2007, 2008, 2009,2016
Team pursuit: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015 		2 0
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
Netherlands Carl Verheijen 5 10000 m: 2001, 2004
Team pursuit: 2005, 2007, 2009 		5 3
Japan Hiroyasu Shimizu 5 500 m: 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 3 2

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[6]

Women

Skater1st, gold medalist(s)Year2nd, silver medalist(s)3rd, bronze medalist(s)
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
Czech Republic Martina Sáblíková 12 3000 m: 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016
5000 m: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 		3 0
Germany Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann 11 1500 m: 1997
3000 m: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
5000 m: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 		3 0
Netherlands Ireen Wüst 10 1000 m: 2007
1500 m: 2007, 2011, 2013
3000 m: 2011, 2013
Team pursuit: 2008, 2012, 2013, 2016 		12 1
Canada Christine Nesbitt 7 1000 m: 2009, 2011, 2012
1500 m: 2012
Team pursuit: 2007, 2009, 2011 		2 3
Germany Claudia Pechstein 5 1500 m: 2000
3000 m: 2004, 2004
5000 m: 1996, 2003 		12 12

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[7]

World Short Track (Overall)

Men

Skater1st, gold medalist(s)Year2nd, silver medalist(s)3rd, bronze medalist(s)
South Korea Ahn Hyun Soo 6 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014 1 0
Canada Marc Gagnon 4 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998 2 1

Women

Skater1st, gold medalist(s)Year2nd, silver medalist(s)3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Canada Sylvie Daigle 5 1979, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990 2 1
China Yang Yang (A) 5 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 2 0
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 Jin Sun-Yu 3 2005, 2006, 2007 0 0

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.
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