2004 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships

World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Taereung Indoor Ice Rink (Seoul)
Venue	Taereung Indoor Ice Rink (Seoul)
Dates	12–14 March 2004
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The 2004 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 12 and 14 March 2004 in the Taereung Indoor Ice Rink, Seoul, South Korea.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m details	Jeremy Wotherspoon  Canada	1:10.79 35.54 35.25	Dmitry Lobkov  Russia	1:11.14 35.68 35.46	Mike Ireland  Canada	1:11.20 35.40 35.80
1000 m details	Erben Wennemars  Netherlands	1:10.66	Jeremy Wotherspoon  Canada	1:11.12	Masaki Kobayashi  Japan	1:11.58
1500 m details	Shani Davis  United States	1:48.64	Mark Tuitert  Netherlands	1:49.29	Erben Wennemars  Netherlands	1:49.40
5000 m details	Chad Hedrick  United States	6:34.37	Carl Verheijen  Netherlands	6:38.15	Gianni Romme  Netherlands	6:38.73
10000 m details	Carl Verheijen  Netherlands	13:37,15	Bob de Jong  Netherlands	13:45,52	Chad Hedrick  United States	13:54.98

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m details	Wang Manli  China	1:16.88 38.65 38.23	Anzhelika Kotyuga  Belarus	1:17.86 39.17 38.69	Ren Hui  China	1:18.32 39.16 39.16
1000 m details	Anni Friesinger  Germany	1:17.82	Marianne Timmer  Netherlands	1:18.50	Cindy Klassen  Canada	1:18.68
1500 m details	Anni Friesinger  Germany	2:00.48	Cindy Klassen  Canada	2:01.21	Jennifer Rodriguez  United States	2:01.54
3000 m details	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	4:13.46	Gretha Smit  Netherlands Anni Friesinger  Germany	4:13.85
5000 m details	Clara Hughes  Canada	7:10.66	Gretha Smit  Netherlands	7:11.17	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	7:13.42

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	3	1	1	5
2	Netherlands (NED)	2	6	2	10
3	Canada (CAN)	2	2	2	6
4	United States (USA)	2	0	2	4
5	China (CHN)	1	0	1	2
6	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	0	1
	Russia (RUS)	0	1	0	1
8	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		10	11	9	30

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