| World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
 Thialf during the event | |
| Venue | Thialf, Heerenveen |
| Dates | 12–15 February 2015 |
| Competitors | 161 from 23 nations |
| 2015 World Speed Skating Championships | ||
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| Participating nations | ||
| 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 |
| Mass start | men | women |
The 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships was held between 12 and 15 February 2015 in Heerenveen, Netherlands.
| Date | Time | Events |
|---|---|---|
| 12 February | 18:00 | 3000 m women |
| 19:33 | 10000 m men | |
| 13 February | 18:00 | 1000 m women |
| 18:53 | 1500 m men | |
| 19:53 | 5000 m women | |
| 21:29 | Team pursuit men | |
| 14 February | 13:00 | 5000 m men |
| 14:57 | 500 m women | |
| 15:41 | 1000 m men | |
| 17:24 | Team pursuit women | |
| 15 February | 13:15 | 500 m men |
| 14:00 | 1500 m women | |
| 15:54 | Mass start men | |
| 16:19 | Mass start women |
161 speed skaters from 23 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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* Host nation (Netherlands)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands (NED)* | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 |  Russia (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m [5] | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 68.931 | Michel Mulder Netherlands | 69.622 | Laurent Dubreuil Canada | 69.694 |
| 1000 m [6] | Shani Davis United States | 1:08.57 | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 1:08.61 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:08.71 |
| 1500 m [7] | Denis Yuskov Russia | 1:43.36 | Denny Morrison Canada | 1:45.08 | Koen Verweij Netherlands | 1:45.15 |
| 5000 m [8] | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6:09.65 | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 6:11.53 | Douwe de Vries Netherlands | 6:18.24 |
| 10000 m [9] | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 12:54.82 | Erik Jan Kooiman Netherlands | 13:02.57 | Patrick Beckert Germany | 13:10.95 |
| Team pursuit [10] | Netherlands Sven Kramer Koen Verweij Douwe de Vries | 3:41.40 | Canada Ted-Jan Bloemen Denny Morrison Jordan Belchos | 3:44.09 | South Korea Lee Seung-hoon Kim Cheol-min Ko Byung-wook | 3:44.96 |
| Mass start | Arjan Stroetinga Netherlands | Fabio Francolini Italy | Alexis Contin France | |||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m [11] | Heather Richardson United States | 75.332 | Brittany Bowe United States | 75.785 | Nao Kodaira Japan | 75.893 |
| 1000 m [12] | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:13.90 | Heather Richardson United States | 1:14.49 | Karolína Erbanová Czech Republic | 1:15.26 |
| 1500 m [13] | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:54.27 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:54.76 | Heather Richardson United States | 1:55.60 |
| 3000 m [14] | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 4:02.17 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 4:03.46 | Marije Joling Netherlands | 4:05.51 |
| 5000 m [15] | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 6:52.73 | Carlijn Achtereekte Netherlands | 6:54.49 | Claudia Pechstein Germany | 6:56.53 |
| Team pursuit [16] | Japan Ayaka Kikuchi Miho Takagi Nana Takagi | 3:01.53 | Netherlands Marije Joling Marrit Leenstra Ireen Wüst | 3:01.55 | Russia Olga Graf Yuliya Skokova Natalya Voronina | 3:03.19 |
| Mass start [17] | Irene Schouten Netherlands | Ivanie Blondin Canada | Mariska Huisman Netherlands | |||
Sven Kramer is a retired Dutch long track speed skater who has won an all time record nine World Allround Championships as well as a record ten European Allround Championships. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meters at the Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics, and won a record 21 gold medals at the World Single Distance Championships; eight in the 5000 meters, five in the 10,000 meters, and eight in the team pursuit. Kramer is the current world record holder in the team pursuit and broke the world records in the 5000 meter and 10,000 meter events three times. By winning the 2010 World Allround Championship, Kramer became the first speed skater in history to win four consecutive world allround championships and eight consecutive international allround championships. He was undefeated in the 18 international allround championships he participated in from the 2006/2007 season until the 2016/2017 season. From November 2007 to March 2009, he was ranked first in the Adelskalender, but despite his dominance as an all-round skater he has since been overtaken on that list by Shani Davis and, more recently, by his teammate Patrick Roest.
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