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

Medal winners

Numbers in brackets denotes number of victories in corresponding disciplines. Boldface denotes record number of victories.

500 m

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1996 Hiroyasu Shimizu Sergey Klevchenya Roger Strøm
1997 Manabu Horii Roger Strøm Hiroyasu Shimizu
1998 Hiroyasu Shimizu Sylvain Bouchard Jeremy Wotherspoon
1999 Hiroyasu Shimizu Erben Wennemars Jakko Jan Leeuwangh
2000 Hiroyasu Shimizu Mike Ireland Jeremy Wotherspoon
2001 Hiroyasu Shimizu (5) Jeremy Wotherspoon Casey FitzRandolph
2003 Jeremy Wotherspoon Hiroyasu Shimizu Erben Wennemars
2004 Jeremy Wotherspoon Dmitry Lobkov Mike Ireland
2005 Joji Kato Hiroyasu Shimizu Jeremy Wotherspoon
2007 Lee Kang-seok Yuya Oikawa Tucker Fredricks
2008 Jeremy Wotherspoon (3) Lee Kyou-hyuk Joji Kato
2009 Lee Kang-seok (2) Lee Kyou-hyuk Yu Fengtong
2011 Lee Kyou-hyuk Joji Kato Jan Smeekens
2012 Mo Tae-bum Michel Mulder Pekka Koskela
2013 Mo Tae-bum (2) Joji Kato Jan Smeekens
2015 Pavel Kulizhnikov Michel Mulder Laurent Dubreuil
2016 Pavel Kulizhnikov Ruslan Murashov Alex Boisvert-Lacroix
2017 Jan Smeekens Nico Ihle Ruslan Murashov
2019 Ruslan Murashov Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen Viktor Mushtakov
2020 Pavel Kulizhnikov (3) Ruslan Murashov Tatsuya Shinhama
2021 Laurent Dubreuil RSU Pavel Kulizhnikov Dai Dai N'tab
2023 Jordan Stolz Laurent Dubreuil Wataru Morishige
2024 Jordan Stolz (2) Laurent Dubreuil Damian Żurek
2025 Jenning de Boo Jordan Stolz Cooper McLeod

Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [1]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan75416
2 South Korea5207
3 Canada45615
4 Russia44210
5 Netherlands23510
6 United States2136
7 Norway0213
8 Germany0101
Russian Skating Union0101
10 China0011
 Finland0011
 Poland0011
Totals (12 entries)24242472

1,000 m

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1996 Sergey Klevchenya Ådne Søndrål Jaegal Sung-yeol
1997 Ådne Søndrål Jan Bos Martin Hersman
1998 Sylvain Bouchard Jeremy Wotherspoon Hiroyasu Shimizu
1999 Jan Bos Hiroyasu Shimizu Jakko Jan Leeuwangh
2000 Ådne Søndrål (2) Jan Bos Mike Ireland
2001 Jeremy Wotherspoon Ådne Søndrål Sergey Klevchenya
2003 Erben Wennemars Gerard van Velde Joey Cheek
2004 Erben Wennemars (2) Jeremy Wotherspoon Masaaki Kobayashi
2005 Even Wetten Jan Bos Petter Andersen
Pekka Koskela
2007 Shani Davis Denny Morrison Lee Kyou-hyuk
2008 Shani Davis Yevgeny Lalenkov Denny Morrison
2009 Trevor Marsicano Denny Morrison Shani Davis
2011 Shani Davis Kjeld Nuis Stefan Groothuis
2012 Stefan Groothuis Kjeld Nuis Shani Davis
2013 Denis Kuzin Mo Tae-bum Shani Davis
2015 Shani Davis (4) Pavel Kulizhnikov Kjeld Nuis
2016 Pavel Kulizhnikov Denis Yuskov Kjeld Nuis
2017 Kjeld Nuis Vincent De Haître Kai Verbij
2019 Kai Verbij Thomas Krol Kjeld Nuis
2020 Pavel Kulizhnikov (2) Kjeld Nuis Laurent Dubreuil
2021 Kai Verbij (2) RSU Pavel Kulizhnikov Laurent Dubreuil
2023 Jordan Stolz Thomas Krol Cornelius Kersten
2024 Jordan Stolz (2) Ning Zhongyan Kjeld Nuis
2025 Joep Wennemars Jenning de Boo Jordan Stolz

Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [2]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands810826
2 United States70512
3 Russia3317
4 Norway3216
5 Canada25411
6 Kazakhstan1001
7 Japan0123
 South Korea0123
9 China0101
Russian Skating Union0101
11 Finland0011
 Great Britain0011
Totals (12 entries)24242573

1,500 m

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1996 Jeroen Straathof Ådne Søndrål Martin Hersman
1997 Rintje Ritsma Ådne Søndrål Neal Marshall
1998 Ådne Søndrål Ids Postma Roberto Sighel
1999 Ids Postma Ådne Søndrål Rintje Ritsma
2000 Ids Postma (2) Ådne Søndrål Jan Bos
2001 Ådne Søndrål (2) Derek Parra Erben Wennemars
2003 Erben Wennemars Ralf van der Rijst Joey Cheek
2004 Shani Davis Mark Tuitert Erben Wennemars
2005 Rune Stordal Mark Tuitert Even Wetten
2007 Shani Davis Erben Wennemars Denny Morrison
2008 Denny Morrison Shani Davis
Sven Kramer
none awarded
2009 Shani Davis (3) Trevor Marsicano Denny Morrison
2011 Håvard Bøkko Shani Davis Lucas Makowsky
2012 Denny Morrison (2) Ivan Skobrev Håvard Bøkko
2013 Denis Yuskov Shani Davis Ivan Skobrev
2015 Denis Yuskov Denny Morrison Koen Verweij
2016 Denis Yuskov (3) Kjeld Nuis Thomas Krol
2017 Kjeld Nuis Denis Yuskov Sven Kramer
2019 Thomas Krol Sverre Lunde Pedersen Denis Yuskov
2020 Kjeld Nuis (2) Thomas Krol Joey Mantia
2021 Thomas Krol (2) Kjeld Nuis Patrick Roest
2023 Jordan Stolz Kjeld Nuis Thomas Krol
2024 Jordan Stolz (2) Kjeld Nuis Peder Kongshaug
2025 Peder Kongshaug Jordan Stolz Connor Howe

Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [3]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands9111030
2 United States56213
3 Norway55313
4 Russia3227
5 Canada2158
6 Italy0011
Totals (6 entries)24252372

5,000 m

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1996 Ids Postma Keiji Shirahata Gianni Romme
1997 Rintje Ritsma Gianni Romme Frank Dittrich
1998 Gianni Romme Rintje Ritsma Bart Veldkamp
1999 Gianni Romme Bart Veldkamp Bob de Jong
2000 Gianni Romme (3) Bob de Jong Keiji Shirahata
2001 Bob de Jong Carl Verheijen Gianni Romme
2003 Jochem Uytdehaage Bob de Jong Carl Verheijen
2004 Chad Hedrick Carl Verheijen Gianni Romme
2005 Chad Hedrick (2) Bob de Jong Carl Verheijen
2007 Sven Kramer Enrico Fabris Carl Verheijen
2008 Sven Kramer Enrico Fabris Wouter olde Heuvel
2009 Sven Kramer Håvard Bøkko Trevor Marsicano
2011 Bob de Jong (2) Lee Seung-hoon Ivan Skobrev
2012 Sven Kramer Bob de Jong Jonathan Kuck
2013 Sven Kramer Jorrit Bergsma Ivan Skobrev
2015 Sven Kramer Jorrit Bergsma Douwe de Vries
2016 Sven Kramer Jorrit Bergsma Sverre Lunde Pedersen
2017 Sven Kramer (8) Jorrit Bergsma Peter Michael
2019 Sverre Lunde Pedersen Patrick Roest Sven Kramer
2020 Ted-Jan Bloemen Sven Kramer Graeme Fish
2021 Nils van der Poel Patrick Roest RSU Sergey Trofimov
2023 Patrick Roest Davide Ghiotto Bart Swings
2024 Patrick Roest (2) Davide Ghiotto Sander Eitrem
2025 Sander Eitrem Beau Snellink Vladimir Semirunniy

Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [4]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands18161044
2 Norway2125
3 United States2024
4 Canada1012
5 Sweden1001
6 Italy0404
7 Belgium0123
8 Japan0112
9 South Korea0101
10 Russia0022
11 Germany0011
 New Zealand0011
 Poland0011
Russian Skating Union0011
Totals (14 entries)24242472

10,000 m

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1996 Gianni Romme Bart Veldkamp Frank Dittrich
1997 Gianni Romme Rintje Ritsma Bob de Jong
1998 Gianni Romme Bob de Jong Frank Dittrich
1999 Bob de Jong Gianni Romme Frank Dittrich
2000 Gianni Romme (4) Bob de Jong Frank Dittrich
2001 Carl Verheijen Bob de Jong Vadim Sayutin
2003 Bob de Jong Carl Verheijen Lasse Sætre
2004 Carl Verheijen (2) Bob de Jong Chad Hedrick
2005 Bob de Jong Carl Verheijen Chad Hedrick
2007 Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen Brigt Rykkje
2008 Sven Kramer Enrico Fabris Bob de Jong
2009 Sven Kramer Håvard Bøkko Bob de Jong
2011 Bob de Jong Bob de Vries Ivan Skobrev
2012 Bob de Jong (5) Jorrit Bergsma Jonathan Kuck
2013 Jorrit Bergsma Sven Kramer Bob de Jong
2015 Jorrit Bergsma Erik Jan Kooiman Patrick Beckert
2016 Sven Kramer Ted-Jan Bloemen Erik Jan Kooiman
2017 Sven Kramer (5) Jorrit Bergsma Patrick Beckert
2019 Jorrit Bergsma (3) Patrick Roest Danila Semerikov
2020 Graeme Fish Ted-Jan Bloemen Patrick Beckert
2021 Nils van der Poel Jorrit Bergsma RSU Aleksandr Rumyantsev
2023 Davide Ghiotto Jorrit Bergsma Ted-Jan Bloemen
2024 Davide Ghiotto Ted-Jan Bloemen Graeme Fish
2025 Davide Ghiotto (3) Vladimir Semirunniy Metoděj Jílek

Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [5]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands1917642
2 Italy3104
3 Canada1326
4 Sweden1001
5 Norway0112
6 Belgium0101
 Poland0101
8 Germany0077
9 Russia0033
 United States0033
11 Czech Republic0011
Russian Skating Union0011
Totals (12 entries)24242472

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States3003
2 Netherlands2305
3 Belgium2024
4 South Korea1214
5 Italy1113
6 Canada0224
7 France0123
8 Switzerland0011
Totals (8 entries)99927

Team pursuit

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2005  Netherlands
Mark Tuitert
Carl Verheijen
Erben Wennemars
 Italy
Matteo Anesi
Enrico Fabris
Ippolito Sanfratello
 Norway
Petter Andersen
Odd Borgersen
Eskil Ervik
2007  Netherlands
Sven Kramer
Carl Verheijen
Erben Wennemars
 Canada
Arne Dankers
Denny Morrison
Justin Warsylewicz
 Russia
Yevgeny Lalenkov
Ivan Skobrev
Alexey Yunin
2008  Netherlands
Sven Kramer
Wouter olde Heuvel
Erben Wennemars (3)
 Italy
Matteo Anesi
Enrico Fabris
Luca Stefani
 Germany
Jörg Dallmann
Stefan Heythausen
Marco Weber
2009  Netherlands
Sven Kramer
Wouter olde Heuvel (2)
Carl Verheijen (3)
 Sweden
Joel Eriksson
Daniel Friberg
Johan Röjler
 United States
Ryan Bedford
Brian Hansen
Trevor Marsicano
2011  United States
Shani Davis
Jonathan Kuck
Trevor Marsicano
 Canada
Mathieu Giroux
Lucas Makowsky
Denny Morrison
 Netherlands
Jan Blokhuijsen
Bob de Vries
Koen Verweij
2012  Netherlands
Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij
 United States
Shani Davis
Brian Hansen
Jonathan Kuck
 Russia
Yevgeny Lalenkov
Ivan Skobrev
Denis Yuskov
2013  Netherlands
Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij
 South Korea
Joo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon
 Poland
Zbigniew Bródka
Konrad Niedźwiedzki
Jan Szymański
2015  Netherlands
Douwe de Vries
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij (3)
 Canada
Jordan Belchos
Ted-Jan Bloemen
Denny Morrison
 South Korea
Kim Cheol-min
Ko Byung-wook
Lee Seung-hoon
2016  Netherlands
Jan Blokhuijsen
Douwe de Vries
Arjan Stroetinga
 Norway
Håvard Bøkko
Simen Spieler Nilsen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
 Canada
Jordan Belchos
Ted-Jan Bloemen
Benjamin Donnelly
2017  Netherlands
Jorrit Bergsma
Jan Blokhuijsen (4)
Douwe de Vries
 New Zealand
Shane Dobbin
Reyon Kay
Peter Michael
 Norway
Sindre Henriksen
Simen Spieler Nilsen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
2019  Netherlands
Marcel Bosker
Douwe de Vries
Sven Kramer
 Norway
Håvard Bøkko
Sindre Henriksen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
 Russia
Aleksandr Rumyantsev
Danila Semerikov
Sergey Trofimov
2020  Netherlands
Marcel Bosker
Douwe de Vries (5)
Sven Kramer (8)
 Japan
Seitaro Ichinohe
Riku Tsuchiya
Shane Williamson
 Russia
Danila Semerikov
Sergey Trofimov
Ruslan Zakharov
2021  Netherlands
Marcel Bosker
Patrick Roest
Beau Snellink
 Canada
Jordan Belchos
Ted-Jan Bloemen
Connor Howe
Russian Skating Union
Danila Semerikov
Sergey Trofimov
Ruslan Zakharov
2023  Netherlands
Marcel Bosker (4)
Patrick Roest (2)
Beau Snellink (2)
 Canada
Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu
Connor Howe
Hayden Mayeur
 Norway
Allan Dahl Johansson
Peder Kongshaug
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
2024  Italy
Davide Ghiotto
Andrea Giovannini
Michele Malfatti
 Norway
Sander Eitrem
Peder Kongshaug
Sverre Lunde Pedersen
 Canada
Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu
Connor Howe
Hayden Mayeur
2025  United States
Ethan Cepuran
Casey Dawson
Emery Lehman
 Italy
Davide Ghiotto
Andrea Giovannini
Michele Malfatti
 Netherlands
Marcel Bosker
Chris Huizinga
Beau Snellink

Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [7]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands130215
2 United States2114
3 Italy1304
4 Canada0527
5 Norway0336
6 South Korea0112
7 Japan0101
 New Zealand0101
 Sweden0101
10 Russia0044
11 Germany0011
 Poland0011
Russian Skating Union0011
Totals (13 entries)16161648

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands2305
2 Canada2002
3 China1102
4 South Korea0101
5 Norway0033
6 Russia0011
 United States0011
Totals (7 entries)55515

Medal summary

Updated after the 2025 World Championships.

Nations

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands736341177
2 United States2181746
3 Canada12212255
4 Norway10141438
5 Russia1091534
6 Japan78722
7 South Korea68418
8 Italy59216
9 Belgium2248
10 Sweden2103
11 China1214
12 Kazakhstan1001
13Russian Skating Union0235
14 Germany01910
15 Poland0134
16 France0123
17 New Zealand0112
18 Finland0022
19 Czech Republic0011
 Great Britain0011
 Switzerland0011
Totals (21 entries)150151150451

References

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