World Speed Skating Championships

World Speed Skating Championships

First event	1893 (official)
Occur every	Year
Purpose	World Championships of speed skating

The International Skating Union ^[1] organises the following World Championships in the sport of speed skating:

Sport	Discipline	Championships for:
Long track	Allround	Men	Women	Junior
	Sprint	Men	Women
	Single Distances	Men	Women
Short track	Short track	Men	Women	Junior	Team

Records

World Allround

Main article: World Allround Speed Skating Championships

Men

Skater		Year
Sven Kramer	9	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017	0	3
Clas Thunberg	5	1923, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931	1	1
Oscar Mathisen	5	1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1914	1	0
Ivar Ballangrud	4	1926, 1932, 1936, 1938	4	3
Rintje Ritsma	4	1995, 1996, 1999, 2001	2	3

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com ^[2]

Women

Skater		Year
/ Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Kleemann)	8	1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999	2	0
Ireen Wüst	7	2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2020	4	2
Martina Sáblíková	5	2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2019	2	1
Karin Kania (Enke, Busch)	5	1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988	2	0
Inga Voronina (Artamonova)	4	1957, 1958, 1962, 1965	2	0
Atje Keulen-Deelstra	4	1970, 1972, 1973, 1974	0	0

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com ^[3]

Junior

Multiple champions (overall classification)

Boys

Skater		Year
Eric Heiden	2	1977, 1978	1	0
Koen Verweij	2	2009, 2010	1	0
Tomas Gustafson	2	1979, 1980	0	0
Valeri Guk	2	1984, 1985	0	0
Falko Zandstra	2	1990, 1991	0	0
Bob de Jong	2	1995, 1996	0	0
Sverre Lunde Pedersen	2	2011, 2012	0	0
Patrick Roest	2	2014, 2015	0	0

Girls

Skater		Year
Angela Stahnke	3	1982, 1983, 1984	0	0
Beth Heiden	2	1978, 1979	2	0
Monique Garbrecht	2	1986, 1987	0	1
Ulrike Adeberg	2	1989, 1990	0	0
Frédérique Ankoné	2	2000, 2001	0	0
Miho Takagi	2	2012, 2013	0	0
Femke Kok	2	2019, 2020	0	0
Angel Daleman	2	2023, 2024	0	0

World Sprint

Main article: World Sprint Speed Skating Championships

Men

Skater		Year
/ / Igor Zhelezovski	6	1985, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993	0	1
Jeremy Wotherspoon	4	1999, 2000, 2002, 2003	4	1
Lee Kyou-hyuk	4	2007, 2008, 2010, 2011	1	0
Eric Heiden	4	1977, 1978, 1979, 1980	0	0
Pavel Kulizhnikov	3	2015, 2016, 2019	0	0

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com ^[4]

Women

Skater		Year
Karin Kania (Enke, Busch)	6	1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987	2	0
Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt	5	1991, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003	0	0
Bonnie Blair	3	1989, 1994, 1995	4	2
Sheila Young	3	1973, 1975, 1976	0	0

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com ^[5]

World Single Distances

Main article: World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships

Men

Skater		Year
Sven Kramer	21	5000 m: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 10000 m: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017 Team pursuit: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2020	3	2
Shani Davis	8	1000 m: 2007, 2008, 2011, 2015 1500 m: 2004, 2007, 2009 Team pursuit: 2011	4	3
Bob de Jong	7	5000 m: 2001, 2011 10000 m: 1999, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2012	8	5
Gianni Romme	7	5000 m: 1998, 1999, 2000 10000 m: 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000	2	3
Erben Wennemars	6	1000 m: 2003, 2004 1500 m: 2003 Team pursuit: 2005, 2007, 2008	2	3
Jordan Stolz	6	500 m: 2023, 2024 1000 m: 2023, 2024 1500 m: 2023, 2024	2	1

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com ^[6]

Women

Skater		Year
Martina Sáblíková	16	3000 m: 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020 5000 m: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019	7	4
Ireen Wüst	15	1000 m: 2007 1500 m: 2007, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2020 3000 m: 2011, 2013, 2017 Team pursuit: 2008, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021	15	1
Anni Friesinger-Postma	12	1000 m: 2003, 2004, 2008 1500 m: 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009 3000 m: 2003 5000 m: 2005 Team pursuit: 2005	9	1
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	11	1500 m: 1997 3000 m: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 5000 m: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001	3	0
Irene Schouten	8	3000 m: 2024 5000 m: 2021, 2023 Mass start: 2015, 2019, 2024 Team pursuit: 2021, 2024	2	5
Christine Nesbitt	7	1000 m: 2009, 2011, 2012 1500 m: 2012 Team pursuit: 2007, 2009, 2011	2	3
Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong	6	1500 m: 2023 3000 m: 2021 Team pursuit: 2016, 2017, 2021, 2025	5	2
Miho Takagi	6	1000 m: 2024, 2025 1500 m: 2024 Team pursuit: 2015, 2019, 2020	4	6

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com ^[7]

World Short Track (Overall)

Main article: World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

Men

Skater		Year
Ahn Hyun-soo / Viktor An	6	2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014	1	0
Marc Gagnon	4	1993, 1994, 1996, 1998	2	1

Women

Skater		Year
Yang Yang (A)	6	1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002	1	0
Sylvie Daigle	5	1979, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990	2	1
Choi Min-jeong	4	2015, 2016, 2018, 2022	1	0
Wang Meng	3	2008, 2009, 2013	3	0
Nathalie Lambert	3	1991, 1993, 1994	2	2
Chun Lee-kyung	3	1995, 1996, 1997	2	0
Jin Sun-yu	3	2005, 2006, 2007	0	0

Combined all-time medal count

Updated after the 2025 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships.

This table include all medals won at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships (1889–2024), World Sprint Speed Skating Championships (1970–2024) and World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships (1996–2025). Unofficial World Championships (not recognized by the ISU) also included

Rank	Nation	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	Netherlands	1893	2025	189	151	156	496
2.	United States	1891	2025	61	47	59	167
3.	Norway	1898	2025	57	62	63	182
4.	Germany	1991	2020	56	51	39	146
5.	Canada	1897	2025	45	61	56	162
6.	Soviet Union	1948	1991	43	48	38	129
7.	Japan	1970	2025	23	36	43	102
8.	Russia	1910	2020	22	25	35	82
9.	Czech Republic	2007	2025	21	9	8	38
10.	East Germany	1960	1990	20	17	9	46
11.	South Korea	1990	2025	17	16	12	45
12.	Finland	1901	2013	13	16	7	36
13.	China	1991	2025	10	17	10	37
14.	Italy	1991	2025	7	12	8	27
15.	Sweden	1908	2022	7	6	7	20
16.	Austria	1933	2023	4	5	5	14
17.	Belgium	1996	2025	2	2	7	11
18.	West Germany	1971	1982	2	0	3	5
19.	Russian Skating Union	2021	2021	1	3	7	11
20.	Belarus	1993	2005	1	2	2	5
21.	Kazakhstan	1995	2013	1	1	1	3
22.	Latvia	1939	1940	1	1	0	2
23.	CIS	1992	1992	1	0	0	1
	Hungary	1949	1949	1	0	0	1
25.	Poland	1978	2025	0	4	10	14
26.	France	1960	2017	0	2	2	4
27.	Great Britain	1951	2023	0	1	1	2
	New Zealand	2017	2017	0	1	1	2
29.	North Korea	1966	1966	0	1	0	1
30.	Australia	2014	2014	0	0	1	1
	Romania	1994	1994	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	2024	2024	0	0	1	1
-	independent	1951	1951	0	0	1	1 [8]
-	none declared	1889	1907	7	18	18	43 [9]
Total				605	597	593	1795

References

1. Homepage ISU
2. "Medal table World Championship Allround Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
3. "Medal table World Championship Allround Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
4. "Medal table World Championship Sprint Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
5. "Medal table World Championship Sprint Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
6. "Medal table World Championship Single Distance Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
7. "Medal table World Championship Single Distance Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
8. Kornél Pajor skated for Hungary until he defected in 1949. From then on, the ISU allowed him to participate as an independent skater representing the ISU, as he did winning the bronze medal in 1951.
9. From 1889 to 1907 only gold medals were awarded: to win the gold medal, an athlete was required to win at least three of the distances. In seven competitions, no winner was declared due to this rule.