2004 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Taereung Indoor Ice Rink (Seoul)
Venue	Taereung Indoor Ice Rink (Seoul)
Dates	12–14 March 2004
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The 2004 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 12 and 14 March 2004 in the Taereung Indoor Ice Rink, Seoul, South Korea.

Schedule

Date	Events
12 March	500 m men (1st)
	500 m men (2nd)
	5000 m men
	1500 m women
13 March	1500 m men
	500 m women (1st)
	500 m women (2nd)
	3000 m women
14 March	1000 m men
	10000 m men
	1000 m women
	5000 m women

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m details	Jeremy Wotherspoon   Canada	1:10.79 35.54 35.25	Dmitry Lobkov   Russia	1:11.14 35.68 35.46	Mike Ireland   Canada	1:11.20 35.40 35.80
1000 m details	Erben Wennemars   Netherlands	1:10.66	Jeremy Wotherspoon   Canada	1:11.12	Masaki Kobayashi   Japan	1:11.58
1500 m details	Shani Davis   United States	1:48.64	Mark Tuitert   Netherlands	1:49.29	Erben Wennemars   Netherlands	1:49.40
5000 m details	Chad Hedrick   United States	6:34.37	Carl Verheijen   Netherlands	6:38.15	Gianni Romme   Netherlands	6:38.73
10000 m details	Carl Verheijen   Netherlands	13:37,15	Bob de Jong   Netherlands	13:45,52	Chad Hedrick   United States	13:54.98

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m details	Wang Manli   China	1:16.88 38.65 38.23	Anzhelika Kotyuga   Belarus	1:17.86 39.17 38.69	Ren Hui   China	1:18.32 39.16 39.16
1000 m details	Anni Friesinger   Germany	1:17.82	Marianne Timmer   Netherlands	1:18.50	Cindy Klassen   Canada	1:18.68
1500 m details	Anni Friesinger   Germany	2:00.48	Cindy Klassen   Canada	2:01.21	Jennifer Rodriguez   United States	2:01.54
3000 m details	Claudia Pechstein   Germany	4:13.46	Gretha Smit   Netherlands Anni Friesinger   Germany	4:13.85
5000 m details	Clara Hughes   Canada	7:10.66	Gretha Smit   Netherlands	7:11.17	Claudia Pechstein   Germany	7:13.42

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany  (GER)	3	1	1	5
2	Netherlands  (NED)	2	6	2	10
3	Canada  (CAN)	2	2	2	6
4	United States  (USA)	2	0	2	4
5	China  (CHN)	1	0	1	2
6	Belarus  (BLR)	0	1	0	1
	Russia  (RUS)	0	1	0	1
8	Japan  (JPN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		10	11	9	30

External links

• ISU results