World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men

The International Skating Union has organised the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men since 1893. Unofficial Championships were held in the years 1889–1892. ^[1]

History

Medal winning countries at the World All-Round Speed Skating Championships.

Distances used

• In 1889, three distances had to be skated: 1/2 mile (805 m) – 1 mile (1,609 m) – 2 miles (3,219 m).
• In the years 1890-1892, four distances had to be skated: 1/2 mile (805 m) – 1 mile (1,609 m) – 2 miles (3,219 m) – 5 miles (8,047 m).
• Since 1893, four distances have to be skated: 500 m – 1,500 m – 5,000 m – 10,000 m (the big combination).

Ranking systems used

• In 1889, one could only win the World Championships by winning all three distances. If no one won all three distances, no winner would be declared. Silver and bronze medals were not awarded.
• In the years 1890-1907, one could only win the World Championships by winning at least three of the four distances, so there would be no World Champion if no skater won at least three distances. Silver and bronze medals were never awarded.
• In the years 1908-1925, ranking points were awarded (1 point for 1st place, 2 points for 2nd place, and so on); the final ranking was then decided by ordering the skaters by lowest point totals. The rule that a skater winning at least three distances was automatically World Champion was still in effect, though, so the ranking could be affected by that. Silver and bronze medals were awarded now as well.
• In the years 1926-1927, the ranking points on each distance were percentage points, calculated from a skater's time and the current world record time. Apart from that, the system used was the same as in the immediately preceding years.
• Since 1928, the samalog system has been in use. However, the rule that a skater winning at least three distances was automatically World Champion remained in effect until (and including) 1986. It was abolished as a result of three-distance-winner (and thus World Champion) Rolf Falk-Larssen having a worse samalog score than silver medal winner Tomas Gustafson in 1983.

Records

• Sven Kramer has won a total of 8 world championships, in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016.
• Clas Thunberg, Oscar Mathisen have each won a total of 5 world championship. Mathisen took gold in 1908, 1909, 1912, 1913 and 1914, Thunberg in 1923, 1925, 1928, 1929 and 1931.
• Sven Kramer has won 4 consecutive world championships, taking gold in a row in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Medal winners

Unofficial championships

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1889	Amsterdam	None declared	None declared	None declared
1890	Amsterdam	None declared	None declared	None declared
1891	Amsterdam	Joe Donoghue	None declared	None declared
1892	Amsterdam	Cancelled due to ice conditions
1940	Oslo	Alfons Berzinš	Harry Haraldsen	Charles Mathiesen
1946	Oslo	Odd Lundberg	Göthe Hedlund	Charles Mathiesen

Official championships

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1893	Amsterdam	Jaap Eden	None declared	None declared
1894	Stockholm	None declared	None declared	None declared
1895	Hamar	Jaap Eden	None declared	None declared
1896	St. Petersburg	Jaap Eden	None declared	None declared
1897	Montreal	Jack McCulloch	None declared	None declared
1898	Davos	Peder Østlund	None declared	None declared
1899	Berlin	Peder Østlund	None declared	None declared
1900	Kristiania (Oslo)	Edvard Engelsaas	None declared	None declared
1901	Stockholm	Franz Frederik Wathén[lower-alpha 1]	None declared	None declared
1902	Helsingfors (Helsinki)	None declared	None declared	None declared
1903	St. Petersburg	None declared	None declared	None declared
1904	Kristiania (Oslo)	Sigurd Mathisen	None declared	None declared
1905	Groningen	Coen de Koning	None declared	None declared
1906	Helsingfors (Helsinki)	None declared	None declared	None declared
1907	Trondhjem (Trondheim)	None declared	None declared	None declared
1908	Davos	Oscar Mathisen	Martin Sætherhaug	Moje Öholm
1909	Kristiania (Oslo)	Oscar Mathisen	Oluf Steen	Otto Andersson
1910	Helsingfors (Helsinki)	Nikolay Strunnikov	Oscar Mathisen	Martin Sætherhaug
1911	Trondhjem (Trondheim)	Nikolay Strunnikov	Martin Sætherhaug	Henning Olsen
1912	Kristiania (Oslo)	Oscar Mathisen	Gunnar Strömsten[lower-alpha 2]	Trygve Lundgren
1913	Helsingfors (Helsinki)	Oscar Mathisen	Vasily Ippolitov	Nikita Naidenov
1914	Kristiania (Oslo)	Oscar Mathisen	Vasily Ippolitov	Wäinö Wickstrøm[lower-alpha 3]
1915	Not held due to World War I
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922	Kristiania (Oslo)	Harald Strøm	Roald Larsen	Clas Thunberg
1923	Stockholm	Clas Thunberg	Harald Strøm	Jakov Melnikov
1924	Helsinki	Roald Larsen	Uuno Pietilä	Julius Skutnabb
1925	Oslo	Clas Thunberg	Uuno Pietilä	Roald Larsen
1926	Trondhjem (Trondheim)	Ivar Ballangrud	Roald Larsen	Bernt Evensen
1927	Tampere	Bernt Evensen	Clas Thunberg	Armand Carlsen
1928	Davos	Clas Thunberg	Ivar Ballangrud	Bernt Evensen
1929	Oslo	Clas Thunberg	Ivar Ballangrud	Michael Staksrud
1930	Oslo	Michael Staksrud	Ivar Ballangrud	Dolf van der Scheer
1931	Helsinki	Clas Thunberg	Bernt Evensen	Ivar Ballangrud
1932	Lake Placid	Ivar Ballangrud	Michael Staksrud	Bernt Evensen
1933	Trondheim	Hans Engnestangen	Michael Staksrud	Ivar Ballangrud
1934	Helsinki	Bernt Evensen	Birger Wasenius	Ivar Ballangrud
1935	Oslo	Michael Staksrud	Ivar Ballangrud	Hans Engnestangen
1936	Davos	Ivar Ballangrud	Birger Wasenius	Eddie Schroeder
1937	Oslo	Michael Staksrud	Birger Wasenius	Max Stiepl
1938	Davos	Ivar Ballangrud	Karl Wazulek	Charles Mathiesen
1939	Helsinki	Birger Wasenius	Alfons Berzinš	Charles Mathiesen
1940	Not held due to World War II
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947	Oslo	Lassi Parkkinen	Sverre Farstad	Åke Seyffarth
1948	Helsinki	Odd Lundberg	Johnny Werket	Henry Wahl
1949	Oslo	Kornél Pajor	Kees Broekman	Odd Lundberg
1950	Eskilstuna	Hjalmar Andersen	Odd Lundberg	Johnny Werket
1951	Davos	Hjalmar Andersen	Johnny Cronshey	Kornél Pajor[lower-alpha 4]
1952	Hamar	Hjalmar Andersen	Lassi Parkkinen	Ivar Martinsen
1953	Helsinki	Oleg Goncharenko	Boris Shilkov	Wim van der Voort
1954	Sapporo	Boris Shilkov	Oleg Goncharenko	Yevgeny Grishin
1955	Moscow	Sigvard Ericsson	Oleg Goncharenko	Boris Shilkov
1956	Oslo	Oleg Goncharenko	Robert Merkulov	Yevgeny Grishin
1957	Östersund	Knut Johannesen	Boris Shilkov	Boris Zybin
1958	Helsinki	Oleg Goncharenko	Vladimir Shilykovsky	Roald Aas
1959	Oslo	Juhani Järvinen	Toivo Salonen	Robert Merkulov
1960	Davos	Boris Stenin	André Kouprianoff	Helmut Kuhnert
1961	Gothenburg	Henk van der Grift	Viktor Kosichkin	Rudie Liebrechts
1962	Moscow	Viktor Kosichkin	Henk van der Grift	Ivar Nilsson
1963	Karuizawa	Jonny Nilsson	Knut Johannesen	Nils Aaness
1964	Helsinki	Knut Johannesen	Viktor Kosichkin	Rudie Liebrechts
1965	Oslo	Per Ivar Moe	Jouko Launonen	Ard Schenk
1966	Gothenburg	Kees Verkerk	Ard Schenk	Jonny Nilsson
1967	Oslo	Kees Verkerk	Ard Schenk	Fred Anton Maier
1968	Gothenburg	Fred Anton Maier	Magne Thomassen	Ard Schenk
1969	Deventer	Dag Fornæss	Göran Claeson	Kees Verkerk
1970	Oslo	Ard Schenk	Magne Thomassen	Kees Verkerk
1971	Gothenburg	Ard Schenk	Göran Claeson	Kees Verkerk
1972	Oslo	Ard Schenk	Roar Grønvold	Jan Bols
1973	Deventer	Göran Claeson	Sten Stensen	Piet Kleine
1974	Inzell	Sten Stensen	Harm Kuipers	Göran Claeson
1975	Oslo	Harm Kuipers	Vladimir Ivanov	Yury Kondakov
1976	Heerenveen	Piet Kleine	Sten Stensen	Hans van Helden
1977	Heerenveen	Eric Heiden	Jan Egil Storholt	Sten Stensen
1978	Gothenburg	Eric Heiden	Jan Egil Storholt	Sergey Marchuk
1979	Oslo	Eric Heiden	Jan Egil Storholt	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet
1980	Heerenveen	Hilbert van der Duim	Eric Heiden	Tom Erik Oxholm
1981	Oslo	Amund Sjøbrend	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	Jan Egil Storholt
1982	Assen	Hilbert van der Duim	Dmitry Bochkaryov	Rolf Falk-Larssen
1983	Oslo	Rolf Falk-Larssen	Tomas Gustafson	Aleksandr Baranov
1984	Gothenburg	Oleg Bozhev	Andreas Ehrig	Hilbert van der Duim
1985	Hamar	Hein Vergeer	Oleg Bozhev	Hilbert van der Duim
1986	Inzell	Hein Vergeer	Oleg Bozhev	Viktor Shasherin
1987	Heerenveen	Nikolay Gulyayev	Oleg Bozhev	Michael Hadschieff
1988	Alma-Ata	Eric Flaim	Leo Visser	Dave Silk
1989	Oslo	Leo Visser	Gerard Kemkers	Geir Karlstad
1990	Innsbruck	Johann Olav Koss	Ben van der Burg	Bart Veldkamp
1991	Heerenveen	Johann Olav Koss	Roberto Sighel	Bart Veldkamp
1992	Calgary	Roberto Sighel	Falko Zandstra	Johann Olav Koss
1993	Hamar	Falko Zandstra	Johann Olav Koss	Rintje Ritsma
1994	Gothenburg	Johann Olav Koss	Ids Postma	Rintje Ritsma
1995	Baselga di Pinè	Rintje Ritsma	Keiji Shirahata	Roberto Sighel
1996	Inzell	Rintje Ritsma	Ids Postma	Keiji Shirahata
1997	Nagano	Ids Postma	Keiji Shirahata	Frank Dittrich
1998	Heerenveen	Ids Postma	Rintje Ritsma	Roberto Sighel
1999	Hamar	Rintje Ritsma	Vadim Sayutin	Eskil Ervik
2000	Milwaukee	Gianni Romme	Ids Postma	Rintje Ritsma
2001	Budapest	Rintje Ritsma	Ids Postma	Bart Veldkamp[lower-alpha 5]
2002	Heerenveen	Jochem Uytdehaage	Dmitry Shepel	Derek Parra
2003	Gothenburg	Gianni Romme	Rintje Ritsma	Ids Postma
2004	Hamar	Chad Hedrick	Shani Davis	Carl Verheijen
2005	Moscow	Shani Davis	Chad Hedrick	Sven Kramer
2006	Calgary	Shani Davis	Enrico Fabris	Sven Kramer
2007	Heerenveen	Sven Kramer	Enrico Fabris	Carl Verheijen
2008	Berlin	Sven Kramer	Håvard Bøkko	Shani Davis
2009	Hamar	Sven Kramer	Håvard Bøkko	Enrico Fabris
2010	Heerenveen	Sven Kramer	Jonathan Kuck	Håvard Bøkko
2011	Calgary	Ivan Skobrev	Håvard Bøkko	Jan Blokhuijsen
2012	Moscow	Sven Kramer	Jan Blokhuijsen	Koen Verweij
2013	Hamar	Sven Kramer	Håvard Bøkko	Bart Swings
2014	Heerenveen	Koen Verweij	Jan Blokhuijsen	Denis Yuskov
2015	Calgary	Sven Kramer	Denis Yuskov	Sverre Lunde Pedersen
2016	Berlin	Sven Kramer	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	Jan Blokhuijsen
2017	Hamar

All-time medal count

Only official tournaments are taken into account

rank	country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	total
1	Norway	36	32	31	99
2	Netherlands	36	17	27	80
3	Finland	9	10	3	22
4	Soviet Union	8	13	10	31
5	United States	7	5	5	17
6	Russia	3	5	2	10
7	Sweden	3	3	6	12
8	Italy	1	3	3	7
9	Canada	1	0	0	1
	Hungary	1	0	0	1
11	Japan	0	2	1	3
12	Austria	0	1	2	3
13	East Germany	0	1	1	2
14	France	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
	Latvia	0	1	0	1
17	Belgium	0	0	2	2
18	Germany	0	0	1	1
-	independent	0	0	1	1
-	none declared	5	15	15	35

See also

• World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women

Notes

1. Wathén represented the Grand Duchy of Finland which was part of the Russian Empire at that time.
2. Strömsten represented the Grand Duchy of Finland which was part of the Russian Empire at that time.
3. Wickstrøm represented the Grand Duchy of Finland which was part of the Russian Empire at that time.
4. Pajor used to skate 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 in 1951. In 1952 he represented Sweden at the European Allround Championships in Östersund in Sweden winning the bronze medal in the overall standings.
5. Until 1995 Veldkamp skated for the Netherlands. From 1996 he skated for Belgium in order to avoid having to participate in Dutch qualification trials for the major tournaments.

References

1. "Some Key Dates in ISU History". ISU.org. Retrieved 21 November 2012.