World Speed Skating Championships

World Speed Skating Championships

Highest governing body	International Skating Union
Characteristics
Mixed gender	Yes

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

Men

Skater		Year
Sven Kramer	8	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016	0	2
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	8	1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999	2	0
Karin Enke	5	1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988	2	0
Ireen Wüst	5	2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014	3	2
Inga Artamonova	4	1957, 1958, 1962, 1965	2	0
Martina Sablikova	4	2009, 2010, 2015, 2016	1	1
Atje Keulen-Deelstra	4	1970, 1972, 1973, 1974	0	0

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[3]

Junior

Multiple champions

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

Girls

Skater		Year
Angela Stahnke	3	1982, 1983, 1984	0	0
Beth Heiden	2	1978, 1979	2	0
Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt	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

World Sprint

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

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[4]

Women

Skater		Year
Karin Enke	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 Distance

Men

Skater		Year
Sven Kramer	17	5000 m: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015,2016 10000 m: 2007, 2008, 2009,2016 Team pursuit: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015	2	0
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
Carl Verheijen	5	10000 m: 2001, 2004 Team pursuit: 2005, 2007, 2009	5	3
Hiroyasu Shimizu	5	500 m: 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001	3	2

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[6]

Women

Skater		Year
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
Martina Sáblíková	12	3000 m: 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016 5000 m: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016	3	0
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	11	1500 m: 1997 3000 m: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 5000 m: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001	3	0
Ireen Wüst	10	1000 m: 2007 1500 m: 2007, 2011, 2013 3000 m: 2011, 2013 Team pursuit: 2008, 2012, 2013, 2016	12	1
Christine Nesbitt	7	1000 m: 2009, 2011, 2012 1500 m: 2012 Team pursuit: 2007, 2009, 2011	2	3
Claudia Pechstein	5	1500 m: 2000 3000 m: 2004, 2004 5000 m: 1996, 2003	12	12

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[7]

World Short Track (Overall)

Men

Skater		Year
Ahn Hyun Soo	6	2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014	1	0
Marc Gagnon	4	1993, 1994, 1996, 1998	2	1

Women

Skater		Year
Sylvie Daigle	5	1979, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990	2	1
Yang Yang (A)	5	1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002	2	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

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.