Combined all-time medal count
| rank | country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | total |
| 1 |  | 19 | 23 | 15 | 57 |
| 2 |  | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 |  | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 4 |  | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
The Asian Speed Skating Championships are a series of speed skating events held annually to determine the best allround speed skater of Asia. These competitions are doubling as the qualification tournament for the World Allround Speed Skating Championships. The International Skating Union has organised the competitions since 1999.
| rank | country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | total |
| 1 | | 19 | 23 | 15 | 57 |
| 2 | | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 4 | | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
The International Skating Union organises the following World Championships in the sport of speed skating:
The World Allround Speed Skating Championships are a series of speed skating events held annually to determine the best allround speed skater of the world. The event is held over two days, with all skaters entering the first three distances and the best eight skaters over these distances getting to ride the last event. The results of the races are converted to points, and the skater with lowest total score wins the championship.
Speed skating is the Olympic discipline of speed skating where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. It is also a sport for leisure. Sports such as ice skating marathon, short track speedskating, inline speedskating, and quad speed skating are also called speed skating.
Sven Kramer is a 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 team mate Patrick Roest.
Lyudmila Yevgenyevna Titova is a retired Russian speed skater.
Tamara Nikolayevna Rylova is a former speed skater.
The 2007 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were held in Vikingskipet, Hamar, on 20–21 January 2007. They were the 36th World Championships, and it was the third time the Championships were held in Hamar. Several of the world's top skaters, including the top two from the 2006 men's and women's standings, did not take part in the competition, while Lee Kang-seok (men), Lee Sang-hwa and Wang Beixing (women), all among the top three in the 500 meter World Cup rankings, did not take part as they are competing in other colliding tournaments.
In 1971, the ISU congress decided to hold a World Junior Speed Skating Championships. After two test-championships, where only a boys' competition was held in the 1972 edition, the first official championship was introduced in Cortina d'Ampezzo. In this championship boys and girls could enter. Since this championship the World Junior Speed Skating Championships are held every year.
Kornél Pajor was a Hungarian speed skating World Champion. He was born in Budapest.
Luca Stefani is an Italian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.
Sverre Lunde Pedersen is a Norwegian speed skater. He is the son of former speed-skater Jarle Pedersen.
Miho Takagi is a Japanese speed skater.
Naoki Kotake is a former Japanese long track speed skater. He represented Japan at international competitions as a senior between 1988 and 1994.
Dalanbayar Delgermaa is a Mongolian former long track speed skater, who was active between 2007 and 2018.
Choi Jin-seon also written as Choi Jin-sun is a South Korean former long track speed skater, who was active between 1997 and 2003.
Yoon Hee-joon also written as Yoon Hee-Jeun or Yun Hyi-jun is a South Korean former long track speed skater, who was active between 1997 and 2002.
Chishiro Monda is a Japanese former long track speed skater, who was active between 1989 and 1998.
Saori Igami is a Japanese former long track speed skater, who was active in the 1990s.
Mai Kiyama is a Japanese former long track speed skater, who was active between 2000 and 2018.
Yevgeniya Solomatina also written as Jevgenija Solomatina is a Kazakhstani former long track speed skater, who was active between 1992 and 1996.
