World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships for Men
The International Skating Union has organised the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships for Men since 1996.
Locations
- 1996: Hamar, Norway
- 1997: Warsaw, Poland
- 1998: Calgary, Canada
- 1999: Heerenveen, Netherlands
- 2000: Nagano, Japan
- 2001: Salt Lake City, United States
- 2002 Not held because of the Winter Olympic Games
- 2003: Berlin, Germany
- 2004: Seoul, South Korea
- 2005: Inzell, Germany
- 2006 Not held because of the Winter Olympic Games
- 2007: Salt Lake City, United States
- 2008: Nagano, Japan
- 2009: Vancouver, Canada
- 2010 Not held because of the Winter Olympic Games
- 2011: Inzell, Germany
- 2012: Heerenveen, Netherlands
- 2013: Sochi, Russia
- 2014 Not held because of the Winter Olympic Games
- 2015: Heerenveen, Netherlands
- 2016: Kolomna, Russia
- 2017: Gangneung, South Korea
- 2018 Not held because of the Winter Olympic Games
- 2019: Inzell, Germany
- 2020: Salt Lake City, United States
- 2021: Heerenveen, Netherlands
- 2022 Not held because of the Winter Olympic Games
- 2023: Heerenveen, Netherlands
- 2024: Calgary, Canada
- 2025: Hamar, Norway
Medal winners
Numbers in brackets denotes number of victories in corresponding disciplines. Boldface denotes record number of victories.
500 m
Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [1]
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Japan | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
2 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
3 | Canada | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
4 | Russia | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
5 | Netherlands | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
6 | United States | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
7 | Norway | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
8 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Russian Skating Union | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 entries) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 |
1,000 m
Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [2]
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Netherlands | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 |
2 | United States | 7 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
3 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
4 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
5 | Canada | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
6 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
South Korea | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
9 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Russian Skating Union | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 entries) | 24 | 24 | 25 | 73 |
1,500 m
Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [3]
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Netherlands | 9 | 11 | 10 | 30 |
2 | United States | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
3 | Norway | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
4 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
5 | Canada | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
6 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (6 entries) | 24 | 25 | 23 | 72 |
5,000 m
Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [4]
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Netherlands | 18 | 16 | 10 | 44 |
2 | Norway | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
3 | United States | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
4 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Italy | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
7 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
8 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
9 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
11 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Russian Skating Union | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (14 entries) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 |
10,000 m
Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [5]
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Netherlands | 19 | 17 | 6 | 42 |
2 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
3 | Canada | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
4 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
9 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
United States | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
11 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Russian Skating Union | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 entries) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 |
Mass start
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
2015 | Arjan Stroetinga | Fabio Francolini | Alexis Contin |
2016 | Lee Seung-hoon | Arjan Stroetinga | Alexis Contin |
2017 | Joey Mantia | Alexis Contin | Olivier Jean |
2019 | Joey Mantia | Um Cheon-ho | Chung Jae-won |
2020 | Jorrit Bergsma | Jordan Belchos | Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu |
2021 | Joey Mantia (3) | Arjan Stroetinga | Bart Swings |
2023 | Bart Swings | Bart Hoolwerf | Andrea Giovannini |
2024 | Bart Swings (2) | Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu | Livio Wenger |
2025 | Andrea Giovannini | Lee Seung-hoon | Bart Swings |
Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [6]
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Netherlands | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
3 | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
4 | South Korea | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
5 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
7 | France | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
8 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
Team pursuit
Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [7]
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Netherlands | 13 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
2 | United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
3 | Italy | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
4 | Canada | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
5 | Norway | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
6 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
11 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Russian Skating Union | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (13 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
Team sprint
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
2019 | Netherlands Ronald Mulder Kai Verbij Kjeld Nuis |
South Korea Kim Jun-ho Cha Min-kyu Kim Tae-yun |
Russia Ruslan Murashov Pavel Kulizhnikov Viktor Mushtakov |
2020 | Netherlands Dai Dai N'tab Kai Verbij (2) Thomas Krol |
China Gao Tingyu Wang Shiwei Ning Zhongyan |
Norway Bjørn Magnussen Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen Odin By Farstad |
2021 | Not included in the program | ||
2022 | Held during the 2022 World Sprint Championships | ||
2023 | Canada Christopher Fiola Laurent Dubreuil Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu |
Netherlands Merijn Scheperkamp Hein Otterspeer Wesly Dijs |
Norway Bjørn Magnussen Henrik Fagerli Rukke Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen |
2024 | Canada Anders Johnson Laurent Dubreuil (2) Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu (2) |
Netherlands Janno Botman Jenning de Boo Tim Prins |
Norway Henrik Fagerli Rukke Bjørn Magnussen Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen |
2025 | China Xue Zhiwen Lian Ziwen Ning Zhongyan |
Netherlands Janno Botman Jenning de Boo Tim Prins |
United States Austin Kleba Cooper McLeod Zach Stoppelmoor |
Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [8]
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Netherlands | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
2 | Canada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
4 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Medal summary
Updated after the 2025 World Championships.
Nations
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Netherlands | 73 | 63 | 41 | 177 |
2 | United States | 21 | 8 | 17 | 46 |
3 | Canada | 12 | 21 | 22 | 55 |
4 | Norway | 10 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
5 | Russia | 10 | 9 | 15 | 34 |
6 | Japan | 7 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
7 | South Korea | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
8 | Italy | 5 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
9 | Belgium | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
10 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
11 | China | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
12 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13 | Russian Skating Union | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
14 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
15 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
16 | France | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
17 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
18 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
19 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (21 entries) | 150 | 151 | 150 | 451 |
References
- ^ "WK Afstanden 500 meter mannen" (in Dutch). schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "WK Afstanden 1000 meter mannen" (in Dutch). schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "WK Afstanden 1500 meter mannen" (in Dutch). schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "WK Afstanden 5000 meter mannen" (in Dutch). schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "WK Afstanden 10000 meter mannen" (in Dutch). schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "WK Afstanden 10000 meter mannen" (in Dutch). schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "WK Afstanden Achtervolging mannen" (in Dutch). schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "WK Afstanden Achtervolging mannen" (in Dutch). schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 21 November 2012.