World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women

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The International Skating Union has organised the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women since 1970. The first two years (1970 and 1971), they were called the ISU Sprint Championships.

History

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Distances used

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  • Since 1970, four distances are skated: 500 m, 1000 m, 500 m and 1000 m (the sprint combination).
  • In 2022, team sprint event has been held as well.

Ranking systems used

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  • Since 1970, the samalog system has been in use. However, the rule that a skater winning at least three distances was automatically World Champion remained in effect until (and including) 1986. This rule was applied in 1985 when Christa Rothenburger from East Germany won three of four distances and thus become World Champion despite she had only 7th result in samalog score due to fall at third distance (second 500 m).

Records

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  • Karin Kania (Enke, Busch) from East Germany has won a total of 6 world championship titles, in 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986 and 1987.
  • Bonnie Blair from the United States has a record 9 medals – three golds (1989, 1994, 1995), four silvers (1987, 1990, 1992, 1993) and two bronzes (1986, 1988).
  • Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt from Germany has won record three consecutive world championships, in 1999, 2000 and 2001 (and another two titles in 1991 and 2003).
  • The youngest World Sprint Champion is Monika Pflug from West Germany who won her only world sprint title in 1972 at age 17.
  • The oldest World Sprint Champion is Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt from Germany who was 34 years and 38 days old when she was her fifth and last world sprint title in 2003.
  • Edel Therese Høiseth from Norway hold record by number of participations in the championships (19 times in 1984–2002).
  • The biggest point margin between the winner and the second placed skater at the end of competition is 3.465 points between Karin Enke from East Germany and Leah Poulos-Mueller from the United States in 1980.
  • At the 1985 championships, Christa Rothenburger from East Germany won three of four distances and thus become World Sprint Champion in accordance with then-existing rule. Due to fall at third distance (31st place at second 500 m), she had only 7th result in points classification by losing 3.565 points to her compatriot Angela Stahnke who eventually become silver medalist. Without taking into account this case, the smallest winning margin between the champion and the runner-up is 0.020 points between Yu Jing from China and Christine Nesbitt from Canada in 2012.
  • There are seven speed skaters who become World Sprint Champions by winning all four distances at the championships – Sheila Young from the United States (1976), Natalya Petrusyova from the Soviet Union (1982), Karin Enke from East Germany (1984), Bonnie Blair from the United States (1994 and 1995), Franziska Schenk from Germany (1997), Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt from Germany (2003) and Brittany Bowe from the United States (2015). Bonnie Blair is the only speed skater who achieved this feat twice.
  • By contrast, there are five speed skaters who become World Sprint Champions without winning any of four distances – Ruth Schleiermacher from East Germany (1971), Monika Pflug from West Germany (1972), Leah Poulos from the United States (1974), Marianne Timmer from Netherlands (2004) and Wang Beixing from China (2009).
  • There are five female speed skaters who become champions both at the World Sprint Championships and the World Allround ChampionshipsSylvia Burka from Canada (Allround: 1976; Sprint: 1977), Natalya Petrusyova from the Soviet Union (Allround: 1980, 1981; Sprint: 1982), Karin Kania (Enke, Busch) from East Germany (Allround: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988; Sprint: 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987), Anni Friesinger from Germany (Allround: 2001, 2002, 2005; Sprint: 2007) and Miho Takagi from Japan (Allround: 2018; Sprint: 2020, 2024). Karin Kania (Enke, Busch) remained the only female speed skater who win both championships in one calendar year by firstly achieving this feat in 1984 and then repeating this success in 1986 and 1987. Anni Friesinger and Miho Takagi are the only female speed skaters who won world titles at three different championships – World Allround Championships, World Sprint Championships and World Single Distances Championships (at the latter competition Friesinger won 12 gold medals in 1998–2009 and Takagi won five gold medals in 2015–2024).

Medal winners

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Sprint combination

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Year Venue Gold Silver Bronze
1970 West Allis Soviet Union Lyudmila Titova Soviet Union Nina Statkevich Netherlands Atje Keulen-Deelstra
1971 Inzell East Germany Ruth Schleiermacher United States Anne Henning United States Dianne Holum
1972 Eskilstuna Germany Monika Pflug United States Dianne Holum Soviet Union Lyudmila Titova
1973 Oslo United States Sheila Young Netherlands Atje Keulen-Deelstra West Germany Monika Pflug
1974 Innsbruck United States Leah Poulos Netherlands Atje Keulen-Deelstra West Germany Monika Pflug
1975 Gothenburg United States Sheila Young East Germany Heike Lange Canada Cathy Priestner
1976 West Berlin United States Sheila Young (3) United States Leah Poulos Canada Sylvia Burka
1977 Alkmaar Canada Sylvia Burka United States Leah Poulos Netherlands Haitske Pijlman
1978 Lake Placid Soviet Union Lyubov Sadchikova United States Beth Heiden Poland Erwina Ryś-Ferens
1979 Inzell United States Leah Poulos-Mueller (2) United States Beth Heiden East Germany Christa Rothenburger
1980 West Allis East Germany Karin Enke United States Leah Poulos-Mueller United States Beth Heiden
1981 Grenoble East Germany Karin Enke Soviet Union Tatyana Tarasova Soviet Union Natalya Petrusyova
1982 Alkmaar Soviet Union Natalya Petrusyova East Germany Karin Busch West Germany Monika Holzner-Pflug
1983 Helsinki East Germany Karin Enke Soviet Union Natalya Petrusyova East Germany Christa Rothenburger
1984 Trondheim East Germany Karin Enke Soviet Union Valentina Lalenkova-Golovenkina Soviet Union Natalya Shive
1985 Heerenveen East Germany Christa Rothenburger East Germany Angela Stahnke Poland Erwina Ryś-Ferens
1986 Karuizawa East Germany Karin Kania East Germany Christa Rothenburger United States Bonnie Blair
1987 Sainte Foy East Germany Karin Kania (6) United States Bonnie Blair East Germany Christa Rothenburger
1988 West Allis East Germany Christa Rothenburger (2) East Germany Karin Kania United States Bonnie Blair
1989 Heerenveen United States Bonnie Blair East Germany Christa Luding-Rothenburger Japan Seiko Hashimoto
1990 Tromsø East Germany Angela Hauck-Stahnke United States Bonnie Blair Netherlands Christine Aaftink
1991 Inzell Germany Monique Garbrecht China Ye Qiaobo Netherlands Christine Aaftink
1992 Oslo China Ye Qiaobo United States Bonnie Blair Germany Christa Luding-Rothenburger
1993 Ikaho China Ye Qiaobo (2) United States Bonnie Blair Russia Oksana Ravilova
1994 Calgary United States Bonnie Blair Germany Angela Hauck-Stahnke China Xue Ruihong
1995 Milwaukee United States Bonnie Blair (3) Russia Oksana Ravilova Germany Franziska Schenk
1996 Heerenveen United States Chris Witty Norway Edel Therese Høiseth Germany Franziska Schenk
1997 Hamar Germany Franziska Schenk China Xue Ruihong United States Chris Witty
1998 Berlin Canada Catriona Le May Doan Germany Sabine Völker United States Chris Witty
1999 Calgary Germany Monique Garbrecht Canada Catriona Le May Doan Germany Sabine Völker
2000 Seoul Germany Monique Garbrecht United States Chris Witty Netherlands Marianne Timmer
2001 Inzell Germany Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt Japan Eriko Sanmiya Canada Catriona Le May Doan
2002 Hamar Canada Catriona Le May Doan (2) Netherlands Andrea Nuyt Belarus Anzhelika Kotyuga
2003 Calgary Germany Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (5) Canada Cindy Klassen Japan Shihomi Shinya
2004 Nagano Netherlands Marianne Timmer Germany Anni Friesinger United States Jennifer Rodriguez
2005 Salt Lake City United States Jennifer Rodriguez Belarus Anzhelika Kotyuga Germany Sabine Völker
2006 Heerenveen Russia Svetlana Zhurova China Wang Manli Italy Chiara Simionato
2007 Hamar Germany Anni Friesinger Netherlands Ireen Wüst Canada Cindy Klassen
2008 Heerenveen Germany Jenny Wolf Germany Anni Friesinger Netherlands Annette Gerritsen
2009 Moscow China Wang Beixing Germany Jenny Wolf China Yu Jing
2010 Obihiro South Korea Lee Sang-hwa Japan Sayuri Yoshii Germany Jenny Wolf
2011 Heerenveen Canada Christine Nesbitt Netherlands Annette Gerritsen Netherlands Margot Boer
2012 Calgary China Yu Jing Canada Christine Nesbitt China Zhang Hong
2013 Salt Lake City United States Heather Richardson China Yu Jing South Korea Lee Sang-hwa
2014 Nagano China Yu Jing (2) China Zhang Hong United States Heather Richardson
2015 Astana United States Brittany Bowe United States Heather Richardson Czech Republic Karolína Erbanová
2016 Seoul United States Brittany Bowe (2) United States Heather Richardson-Bergsma Netherlands Jorien ter Mors
2017 Calgary Japan Nao Kodaira United States Heather Bergsma Netherlands Jorien ter Mors
2018 Changchun Netherlands Jorien ter Mors United States Brittany Bowe Russia Olga Fatkulina
2019 Heerenveen Japan Nao Kodaira (2) Japan Miho Takagi United States Brittany Bowe
2020 Hamar Japan Miho Takagi Japan Nao Kodaira Russia Olga Fatkulina
2022 Hamar Netherlands Jutta Leerdam Netherlands Femke Kok Austria Vanessa Herzog
2024 Inzell Japan Miho Takagi (2) Netherlands Femke Kok Netherlands Jutta Leerdam

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States1316938
2 East Germany106319
3 Germany85619
4 China55313
5 Japan44210
6 Canada43411
7 Netherlands371020
8 Soviet Union34310
9 Russia1135
10 West Germany1034
11 South Korea1012
12 Belarus0112
13 Norway0101
14 Poland0022
15 Austria0011
 Czech Republic0011
 Italy0011
Totals (17 entries)535353159

Team sprint

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Year Venue Gold Silver Bronze
2022 Hamar  Netherlands
Dione Voskamp
Jutta Leerdam
Femke Kok
 Poland
Andżelika Wójcik
Kaja Ziomek
Karolina Bosiek
 Norway
Julie Nistad Samsonsen
Martine Ripsrud
Marte Bjerkreim Furnée

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands1001
2 Poland0101
3 Norway0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Combined medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States1316938
2 East Germany106319
3 Germany85619
4 China55313
5 Netherlands471021
6 Japan44210
7 Canada43411
8 Soviet Union34310
9 Russia1135
10 West Germany1034
11 South Korea1012
12 Poland0123
13 Belarus0112
 Norway0112
15 Austria0011
 Czech Republic0011
 Italy0011
Totals (17 entries)545454162

World champions (sprint combination)

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As of 2024.

Skater 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
East Germany Karin Kania (Enke, Busch) 6 2 0 8
Germany Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt 5 0 0 5
United States Bonnie Blair 3 4 2 9
United States Sheila Young 3 0 0 3
United States Leah Poulos-Mueller 2 3 0 5
East Germany/Germany Christa Luding-Rothenburger 2 2 4 8
United States Brittany Bowe 2 1 1 4
Canada Catriona Le May Doan 2 1 1 4
China Yu Jing 2 1 1 4
Japan Nao Kodaira 2 1 0 2
Japan Miho Takagi 2 1 0 3
China Ye Qiaobo 2 1 0 3
United States Heather Richardson-Bergsma 1 3 1 5
Germany Anni Friesinger-Postma 1 2 0 3
East Germany Angela Hauck-Stahnke 1 2 0 3
United States Chris Witty 1 1 2 4
Soviet Union Natalya Petrusyova 1 1 1 3
Germany Jenny Wolf 1 1 1 3
Canada Christine Nesbitt 1 1 0 2
West Germany Monika Pflug 1 0 3 4
Germany Franziska Schenk 1 0 2 3
Netherlands Jorien ter Mors 1 0 2 3
Canada Sylvia Burka 1 0 1 2
South Korea Lee Sang-hwa 1 0 1 2
Netherlands Jutta Leerdam 1 0 1 2
United States Jennifer Rodriguez 1 0 1 2
Netherlands Marianne Timmer 1 0 1 2
Soviet Union Lyudmila Titova 1 0 1 2
Soviet Union Lyubov Sadchikova 1 0 0 1
East Germany Ruth Schleiermacher 1 0 0 1
China Wang Beixing 1 0 0 1
Russia Svetlana Zhurova 1 0 0 1

See also

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References

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

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