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 (so-called sprint combination). 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.[1]

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

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 and 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.

The (non-Olympic) team sprint world championship events are normally being held at the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships since 2019. In a 2021–22 Olympic season this events were held during the 2022 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships.

Hosts

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

Medal tables (1970–2024)

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Sprint combination

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States21231761
2  Netherlands11152450
3  Soviet Union1110829
4  Canada1013831
5  East Germany108321
6  Germany86620
7  Japan7121332
8  South Korea73414
9  China65314
10  Russia63413
11  Norway34512
12  West Germany2035
13  Finland1203
14  Belarus1113
  Sweden1113
16  CIS1001
17  Poland0022
18  Australia0011
  Austria0011
  Czech Republic0011
  Italy0011
Totals (21 entries)106106106318

Team sprint

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See also:

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

Combined all-time medal count including team sprint

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States21231761
2  Netherlands12152552
3  Soviet Union1110829
4  Canada1013831
5  East Germany108321
6  Germany86620
7  Japan7121332
8  South Korea73414
9  China65314
10  Russia63413
11  Norway44614
12  West Germany2035
13  Finland1203
14  Belarus1113
  Sweden1113
16  CIS1001
17  Poland0224
18  Australia0011
  Austria0011
  Czech Republic0011
  Italy0011
Totals (21 entries)108108108324

Notes

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  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

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