2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Venue	Utah Olympic Oval (Salt Lake City)
Dates	March 8–11, 2007
«2005 Inzell	2008 Nagano»

The 2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between March 8 and March 11, 2007, in the Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City. Twelve events were held, and world records were broken in five events.

Schedule

Date	Events
March 8	1500 m women
	5000 m men
March 9	500 m men (1st)
	3000 m women
	500 m men (2nd)
March 10	500 m women (1st)
	1000 m men
	500 m women (2nd)
	10000 m men
	Team pursuit women
March 11	1000 m women
	1500 m men
	5000 m women
	Team pursuit men

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m	Lee Kang-seok  South Korea	68.690 (34.44–34.25 WR)	Yuya Oikawa  Japan	69.020 (34.45–34.57)	Tucker Fredricks  United States	69.030 (34.48–34.55)
1000 m	Shani Davis  United States	1:07.28	Denny Morrison  Canada	1:07.30	Lee Kyou-hyuk  South Korea	1:07.51
1500 m	Shani Davis  United States	1:42.39	Erben Wennemars  Netherlands	1:42.80	Denny Morrison  Canada	1:42.88
5000 m	Sven Kramer  Netherlands	6:10.70	Enrico Fabris  Italy	6:12.53	Carl Verheijen  Netherlands	6:15.21
10000 m	Sven Kramer  Netherlands	12:41.69 WR	Carl Verheijen  Netherlands	13:00.46	Brigt Rykkje  Netherlands	13:06.03
Team pursuit	Netherlands Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars	3:37.80 WR	Canada Arne Dankers Denny Morrison Justin Warsylewicz	3:38.31	Russia Yevgeny Lalenkov Ivan Skobrev Aleksey Yunin	3:41.23

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m	Jenny Wolf  Germany	74.420 (37.38–37.04 WR)	Wang Beixing  China	74.530 (37.24–37.29)	Sayuri Osuga  Japan	75.200 (37.69–37.51)
1000 m	Ireen Wüst  Netherlands	1:13.83	Anni Friesinger  Germany	1:14.26	Christine Nesbitt  Canada	1:14.44
1500 m	Ireen Wüst  Netherlands	1:52.71	Cindy Klassen  Canada	1:53.40	Kristina Groves  Canada	1:54.39
3000 m	Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic	3:58.09	Renate Groenewold  Netherlands	3:58.41	Cindy Klassen  Canada	3:58.50
5000 m	Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic	6:45.61 WR	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	6:50.79	Kristina Groves  Canada	6:58.41
Team pursuit	Canada Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Shannon Rempel	2:58.15	Netherlands Ireen Wüst Renate Groenewold Paulien van Deutekom	2:59.18	Germany Claudia Pechstein Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Lucille Opitz	2:59.38

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	5	4	2	11
2	United States	2	0	1	3
3	Czech Republic	2	0	0	2
4	Canada	1	3	5	9
5	Germany	1	2	1	4
6	South Korea	1	0	1	2
7	Japan	0	1	1	2
8	Italy	0	1	0	1
	China	0	1	0	1
10	Russia	0	0	1	1
Total		12	12	12	36

References

• Official results