2015 World Allround Speed Skating Championships | |||||||||||||
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Location | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | ||||||||||||
Venue | Olympic Oval | ||||||||||||
Dates | 7–8 March 2015 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 48 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalist men | |||||||||||||
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Medalist women | |||||||||||||
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The 2015 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, from 7 to 8 March 2015.
Date | Event |
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7 March | Women's 500 m |
Men's 500 m | |
Women's 3000 m | |
Men's 5000 m | |
8 March | Women's 1500 m |
Men's 1500 m | |
Women's 5000 m | |
Men's 10000 m |
48 speed skaters (24 men, 24 women) from 18 nations participated. The number of speed skaters per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.
Participating nations Click on a nation to go to the nations' 2015 Championships page |
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Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Totals (4 nations) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men [1] | Sven Kramer | 146.509 | Denis Yuskov | 146.934 | Sverre Lunde Pedersen | 147.182 |
Women [2] | Martina Sáblíková | 157.717 | Ireen Wüst | 159.278 | Ida Njåtun | 159.795 |
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