The International Skating Union has organised the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships for Men since 1996.
Numbers in brackets denotes number of victories in corresponding disciplines. Boldface denotes record number of victories.
Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [1]
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Japan | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
2 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
3 | Canada | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
4 | Russia | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
5 | United States | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
6 | Netherlands | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
7 | Norway | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
8 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Russian Skating Union | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 entries) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 69 |
Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [2]
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Netherlands | 7 | 9 | 8 | 24 |
2 | United States | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
3 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
4 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
5 | Canada | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
6 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
South Korea | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
9 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Russian Skating Union | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 entries) | 23 | 23 | 24 | 70 |
Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [3]
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Netherlands | 9 | 11 | 10 | 30 |
2 | United States | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
3 | Norway | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
4 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
5 | Canada | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
6 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (6 entries) | 23 | 24 | 22 | 69 |
Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [4]
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Netherlands | 18 | 15 | 10 | 43 |
2 | United States | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
3 | Norway | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
4 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Italy | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
7 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
8 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
9 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
11 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Russian Skating Union | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (13 entries) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 69 |
Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [5]
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Netherlands | 19 | 17 | 6 | 42 |
2 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Canada | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
4 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
8 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
United States | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
10 | Russian Skating Union | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (10 entries) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 69 |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
2015 | Arjan Stroetinga | Fabio Francolini | Alexis Contin |
2016 | Lee Seung-hoon | Arjan Stroetinga | Alexis Contin |
2017 | Joey Mantia | Alexis Contin | Olivier Jean |
2019 | Joey Mantia | Um Cheon-ho | Chung Jae-won |
2020 | Jorrit Bergsma | Jordan Belchos | Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu |
2021 | Joey Mantia (3) | Arjan Stroetinga | Bart Swings |
2023 | Bart Swings | Bart Hoolwerf | Andrea Giovannini |
2024 | Bart Swings (2) | Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu | Livio Wenger |
Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [6]
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Netherlands | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
3 | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
4 | South Korea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
5 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
6 | France | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
7 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [7]
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Netherlands | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
2 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
3 | United States | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
4 | Canada | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
5 | Norway | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
6 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
11 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Russian Skating Union | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (13 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [8]
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
2 | Canada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Updated after the 2024 World Championships.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Netherlands | 71 | 60 | 40 | 171 |
2 | United States | 20 | 6 | 14 | 40 |
3 | Canada | 12 | 21 | 21 | 54 |
4 | Russia | 10 | 9 | 15 | 34 |
5 | Norway | 8 | 14 | 14 | 36 |
6 | Japan | 7 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
7 | South Korea | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
8 | Italy | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
9 | Belgium | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
10 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
11 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
12 | Russian Skating Union | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
13 | China | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
14 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
15 | France | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
16 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
17 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Poland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
19 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (20 entries) | 142 | 143 | 142 | 427 |
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