| World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Adler Arena (Sochi) |
| Dates | 21–24 March 2013 |
| 2013 World Speed Skating Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| Team pursuit | men | women |
The 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships took place between 21 and 24 March 2013 in the Adler Arena, Sochi, Russia. It was a test event for the 2014 Olympic Games. [1]
| Date | Time | Events |
|---|---|---|
| 21 March | 16:35 | 1500 m men |
| 17:30 | 3000 m women | |
| 22 March | 15:00 | 1000 m men |
| 15:51 | 1500 m women | |
| 16:53 | 5000 m men | |
| 23 March | 13:30 | 1000 m women |
| 14:25 | 10000 m men | |
| 17:35 | 5000 m women | |
| 24 March | 15:00 | 500 m women |
| 500 m men | ||
| 18:06 | Team pursuit women | |
| Team pursuit men |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | Mo Tae-bum  South Korea | 69.760 TR | Joji Kato  Japan | +0.06 | Jan Smeekens  Netherlands | +0.10 |
| 1000 m | Denis Kuzin  Kazakhstan | 1:09.14 TR | Mo Tae-bum South Korea | +0.10 | Shani Davis  United States | +0.16 |
| 1500 m | Denis Yuskov  Russia | 1:46.32 TR | Shani Davis United States | +0.51 | Ivan Skobrev Russia | +0.65 |
| 5000 m | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6:14.41 TR | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | +3.53 | Ivan Skobrev Russia | +3.90 |
| 10000 m | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 12:57.69 TR | Sven Kramer Netherlands | +2.02 | Bob de Jong Netherlands | +2.57 |
| Team pursuit | Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Koen Verweij | 3:42.03 TR | South Korea Joo Hyong-jun Kim Cheol-min Lee Seung-hoon | +2.57 |  Poland Zbigniew Bródka Konrad Niedźwiedzki Jan Szymański | +3.19 |
Source: ISU [4]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 75.347 TR | Wang Beixing  China | +0.70 | Olga Fatkulina Russia | +0.75 |
| 1000 m | Olga Fatkulina Russia | 1:15.44 TR | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | +0.27 | Brittany Bowe United States | +0.43 |
| 1500 m | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:55.38 TR | Lotte van Beek Netherlands | +2.64 | Christine Nesbitt  Canada | +2.69 |
| 3000 m | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 4:02.43 TR | Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic | +2.37 | Claudia Pechstein  Germany | +5.32 |
| 5000 m | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 6:54.31 TR | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | +8.65 | Claudia Pechstein Germany | +9.76 |
| Team pursuit | Netherlands Marrit Leenstra Diane Valkenburg Ireen Wüst | 3:00.02 TR | Poland Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Natalia Czerwonka Luiza Złotkowska | +4.89 | South Korea Kim Bo-reum Noh Seon-yeong Park Do-yeong | +5.30 |
Source: ISU [4]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands (NED) | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |
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