World Sprint Speed Skating Championships

The World Sprint Speed Skating Championships are annual speed skating championships. The championships are held over a two-day period, with the skaters racing one 500 m and one 1,000 m each day.

World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
Statusactive
Genresporting event
Date(s)varying
Frequencyannual
Countryvarying
Inaugurated1970

Since the higher speeds towards the end of the race tend to favour the skater who skates the last outer lane, each skater starts both distances once in the inner lane and once in the outer lane. The times on those distances are then converted to points using the samalog system, and the skaters are then ranked according to the fewest points.

The International Skating Union has organised the World Sprint Championships for Men and the World Sprint Championships for Women since 1970 and both are held at the same time and venue. The first two years (1970-1971), they were called the ISU Sprint Championships. Since 2020, the men's and women's World Sprint Championships are held every even year – at same time and venue as the men's and women's World Allround Championships.

Hosts

Year Venue Nation
1970West Allis United States
1971Inzell West Germany
1972Eskilstuna Sweden
1973Oslo Norway
1974Innsbruck Austria
1975Gothenburg Sweden
1976West Berlin West Germany
1977Alkmaar Netherlands
1978Lake Placid United States
1979Inzell West Germany
1980West Allis United States
1981Grenoble France
1982Alkmaar Netherlands
1983Helsinki Finland
1984Trondheim Norway
1985Heerenveen Netherlands
1986Karuizawa Japan
1987Sainte Foy Canada
Year Venue Nation
1988West Allis United States
1989Heerenveen Netherlands
1990Tromsø Norway
1991Inzell Germany
1992Oslo Norway
1993Ikaho Japan
1994Calgary Canada
1995Milwaukee United States
1996Heerenveen Netherlands
1997Hamar Norway
1998Berlin Germany
1999Calgary Canada
2000Seoul South Korea
2001Inzell Germany
2002Hamar Norway
2003Calgary Canada
2004Nagano Japan
2005Salt Lake City United States
Year Venue Nation
2006Heerenveen Netherlands
2007Hamar Norway
2008Heerenveen Netherlands
2009Moscow Russia
2010Obihiro Japan
2011Heerenveen Netherlands
2012Calgary Canada
2013Salt Lake City United States
2014Nagano Japan
2015Astana Kazakhstan
2016Seoul South Korea
2017Calgary Canada
2018Changchun China
2019Heerenveen Netherlands
2020Hamar Norway
2022Hamar Norway
2024Inzell Germany

Medal tables (1970-2022)

Sprint championships

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States21231761
2 Netherlands11132347
3 Soviet Union1110829
4 Canada1013730
5 East Germany108321
6 Germany86620
7 South Korea73414
8 Japan6121331
9 Russia63413
10 China55313
11 Norway34512
12 West Germany2035
13 Finland1203
14 Belarus1113
 Sweden1113
16 CIS1001
17 Poland0022
18 Australia0011
 Austria0011
 Czech Republic0011
 Italy0011
Totals (21 entries)104104104312

Team sprint

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands1012
 Norway1012
3 Poland0202
Totals (3 entries)2226

Combined all-time medal count

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States21231761
2 Netherlands12132449
3 Soviet Union1110829
4 Canada1013730
5 East Germany108321
6 Germany86620
7 South Korea73414
8 Japan6121331
9 Russia63413
10 China55313
11 Norway44614
12 West Germany2035
13 Finland1203
14 Belarus1113
 Sweden1113
16 CIS1001
17 Poland0224
18 Australia0011
 Austria0011
 Czech Republic0011
 Italy0011
Totals (21 entries)106106106318

Notes

  1. ^ - Using the world record per 2012 as an example: at the world championships on 28/29 January 2012, Stefan Groothuis skated his 500 m races in 34.84 and 34.74 seconds, respectively, and his 1,000 m races in 1:07.50 and 1:06.96. His total score was therefore 34.840 + 34.740 + 33.750 + 33.480 = 136.810 points.

References

    • "Medal Winners in World Sprint Championships" (PDF). International Skating Union.
    • "World Sprint Speed Skating Championships Overview". International Skating Union.
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