First event | 1893 (official) |
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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: | |||
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Long track | Allround | Men | Women | Junior | |
Sprint | Men | Women | |||
Single Distances | Men | Women | |||
Short track | Short track | Men | Women | Junior | Team |
Skater | Year | |||
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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]
Skater | Year | |||
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/ 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]
Skater | Year | |||
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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 |
Skater | Year | |||
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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 |
Skater | Year | |||
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/ / 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 |
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com [4]
Skater | Year | |||
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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]
Skater | Year | |||
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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 | 0 | 0 |
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com [6]
Skater | Year | |||
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Martina Sáblíková | 16 | 3000 m: 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020 5000 m: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 | 6 | 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 |
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com [7]
Skater | Year | |||
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Ahn Hyun-soo / Viktor An | 6 | 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014 | 1 | 0 |
Marc Gagnon | 4 | 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998 | 2 | 1 |
Skater | Year | |||
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Yang Yang (A) | 6 | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 | 1 | 0 |
Sylvie Daigle | 5 | 1979, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990 | 2 | 1 |
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 |
Choi Min-jeong | 3 | 2015, 2016, 2018 | 1 | 0 |
Jin Sun-yu | 3 | 2005, 2006, 2007 | 0 | 0 |
Updated after the 2024 World Allround 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 (1996–2024). Unofficial World Championships (not recognized by the ISU) also included
Rank | Nation | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1. | Netherlands | 1893 | 2024 | 181 | 145 | 152 | 478 |
2. | United States | 1891 | 2024 | 60 | 45 | 56 | 161 |
3. | Germany | 1991 | 2020 | 56 | 51 | 39 | 146 |
4. | Norway | 1898 | 2024 | 55 | 61 | 63 | 179 |
5. | Canada | 1897 | 2024 | 45 | 59 | 54 | 158 |
6. | Soviet Union | 1948 | 1991 | 43 | 48 | 38 | 129 |
7. | Japan | 1970 | 2024 | 22 | 35 | 43 | 100 |
8. | Russia | 1910 | 2020 | 22 | 25 | 35 | 82 |
9. | Czech Republic | 2007 | 2024 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 36 |
10. | East Germany | 1960 | 1990 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 46 |
11. | South Korea | 1990 | 2024 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 43 |
12. | Finland | 1901 | 2013 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 36 |
13. | China | 1991 | 2024 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 35 |
14. | Sweden | 1908 | 2022 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
15. | Italy | 1991 | 2024 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 22 |
16. | Austria | 1933 | 2023 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
17. | Belgium | 1996 | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
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 | 2024 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
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 | 589 | 581 | 577 | 1747 |
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