World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men

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

Countries that have won the World Sprint Speed Skating 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.

### Records

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* Igor Zhelezovski has won a total of six World Championships while representing the Soviet Union (four times in 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991), the Commonwealth of Independent States or CIS (once in 1992) and Belarus (once in 1994).
* Jeremy Wotherspoon from Canada has a record 9 medals, 8 of which were won in consecutive championships (1998–2005) – four golds (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003), four silvers (1998, 2004, 2005, 2008) and one bronze (2001).
* Eric Heiden from the United States has won four consecutive world championships, in 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980.
* The youngest World Sprint Champion is Eric Heiden from the United States who won his first of four world sprint titles in 1977 at age 18.
* The oldest World Sprint Champion is Lee Kyou-hyuk from South Korea who won his fourth and last world sprint title in 2011 at age 32.
* There are three skaters who co-hold record by number of participations in the championships (15 times) – Gerard van Velde from Netherlands (in 1991–2007), Hiroyasu Shimizu from Japan (in 1993–2007) and Lee Kyou-hyuk from South Korea (in 1998–2014).
* The biggest point margin between the winner and the second placed skater at the end of competition is 3.050 points between Eric Heiden from the United States and Frode Rønning from Norway in 1978.
* The smallest winning margin between the champion and the runner-up is 0.010 points between Gaétan Boucher from Canada and Sergey Khlebnikov from the Soviet Union in 1984.
* There are two speed skaters who become World Sprint Champions by winning all four distances at the championships – Eric Heiden from the United States (1979) and Igor Zhelezovski who represented the Commonwealth of Independent States or CIS (1992).
* Manabu Horii from Japan is the only skater who won three of four distances at the championships but failed to win world title (1997). Due to fall, he finished only 33rd at first distance (500 m) and in overall point classification.
* By contrast, there are 8 speed skaters who become World Sprint Champions without winning any of four distances – Valery Muratov from the Soviet Union (1970), Johan Granath from Sweden (1976), Akira Kuroiwa from Japan (1987), Bae Ki-tae from South Korea (1990), Mike Ireland from Canada (2001), Lee Kyou-hyuk from South Korea (2007), Michel Mulder from Netherlands (2013) and Kai Verbij from Netherlands (2017).
* Eric Heiden and Shani Davis (both from the United States) are only men's speed skaters who become champions both at the World Sprint and the World Allround Championships. Heiden won three World Allround Championships in 1977–1979 and four World Sprint Championships in 1977–1980. He remained the only men's speed skater who win both championships in one calendar year by firstly achieving this feat in 1977 and then repeating this success in 1978 and 1979. Shani Davis is the only men's speed skater who won world titles at three different championships – World Allround Championships (2005 and 2006), World Sprint Championships (2009) and World Single Distances Championships (8 gold medals in 2004–2015).

## Medal winners

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### Sprint combination

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Year  | Venue  |  Gold |  Silver |  Bronze

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1970 | West Allis |  Valery Muratov |  Keiichi Suzuki |  Magne Thomassen
1971 | Inzell |  Erhard Keller |  Ove König |  Ard Schenk
1972 | Eskilstuna |  Leo Linkovesi |  Valery Muratov |  Ard Schenk
1973 | Oslo |  Valery Muratov (2) |  Jos Valentijn |  Eppie Bleeker
1974 | Innsbruck |  Per Bjørang |  Masaki Suzuki |  Eppie Bleeker
1975 | Gothenburg |  Aleksandr Safronov |  Yevgeny Kulikov |  Valery Muratov
1976 | West Berlin |  Johan Granath |  Dan Immerfall |  Peter Mueller
1977 | Alkmaar |  Eric Heiden |  Peter Mueller |  Yevgeny Kulikov
1978 | Lake Placid |  Eric Heiden |  Frode Rønning |  Johan Granath
1979 | Inzell |  Eric Heiden |  Gaétan Boucher |  Frode Rønning
1980 | West Allis |  Eric Heiden (4) |  Gaétan Boucher |  Tom Plant
1981 | Grenoble |  Frode Rønning |  Sergey Khlebnikov |  Anatoly Medennikov
1982 | Alkmaar |  Sergey Khlebnikov |  Gaétan Boucher |  Frode Rønning
1983 | Helsinki |  Akira Kuroiwa |  Pavel Pegov |  Hilbert van der Duim
1984 | Trondheim |  Gaétan Boucher |  Sergey Khlebnikov |  Kai Arne Engelstad
1985 | Heerenveen |  Igor Zhelezovski |  Gaétan Boucher |  Dan Jansen
1986 | Karuizawa |  Igor Zhelezovski |  Dan Jansen |  Akira Kuroiwa
1987 | Sainte Foy |  Akira Kuroiwa (2) |  Nick Thometz |  Yukihiro Mitani
1988 | West Allis |  Dan Jansen |  Uwe-Jens Mey |  Eric Flaim
1989 | Heerenveen |  Igor Zhelezovski |  Uwe-Jens Mey |  Andrey Bakhvalov
1990 | Tromsø |  Bae Ki-tae |  Andrey Bakhvalov |  Igor Zhelezovski
1991 | Inzell |  Igor Zhelezovski |  Uwe-Jens Mey |  Toshiyuki Kuroiwa
1992 | Oslo |  Igor Zhelezovski |  Dan Jansen |  Toshiyuki Kuroiwa
1993 | Ikaho |  Igor Zhelezovski (6) |  Yasunori Miyabe |  Hiroyasu Shimizu
1994 | Calgary |  Dan Jansen (2) |  Sergey Klevchenya |  Junichi Inoue
1995 | Milwaukee |  Kim Yoon-man |  Hiroyasu Shimizu |  Yasunori Miyabe
1996 | Heerenveen |  Sergey Klevchenya |  Hiroyasu Shimizu |  Manabu Horii
1997 | Hamar |  Sergey Klevchenya (2) |  Roger Strøm |  Casey FitzRandolph
1998 | Berlin |  Jan Bos |  Jeremy Wotherspoon |  Erben Wennemars
1999 | Calgary |  Jeremy Wotherspoon |  Jan Bos |  Hiroyasu Shimizu
2000 | Seoul |  Jeremy Wotherspoon |  Mike Ireland |  Hiroyasu Shimizu
2001 | Inzell |  Mike Ireland |  Hiroyasu Shimizu |  Jeremy Wotherspoon
2002 | Hamar |  Jeremy Wotherspoon |  Casey FitzRandolph |  Mike Ireland
2003 | Calgary |  Jeremy Wotherspoon (4) |  Gerard van Velde |  Erben Wennemars
2004 | Nagano |  Erben Wennemars |  Jeremy Wotherspoon |  Mike Ireland
2005 | Salt Lake City |  Erben Wennemars (2) |  Jeremy Wotherspoon |  Joey Cheek
2006 | Heerenveen |  Joey Cheek |  Dmitry Dorofeyev |  Jan Bos
2007 | Hamar |  Lee Kyou-hyuk |  Pekka Koskela |  Shani Davis
2008 | Heerenveen |  Lee Kyou-hyuk |  Jeremy Wotherspoon |  Mun Jun
2009 | Moscow |  Shani Davis |  Keiichiro Nagashima |  Simon Kuipers
2010 | Obihiro |  Lee Kyou-hyuk |  Lee Kang-seok |  Keiichiro Nagashima
2011 | Heerenveen |  Lee Kyou-hyuk (4) |  Mo Tae-bum |  Shani Davis
2012 | Calgary |  Stefan Groothuis |  Lee Kyou-hyuk |  Mo Tae-bum
2013 | Salt Lake City |  Michel Mulder |  Pekka Koskela |  Hein Otterspeer
2014 | Nagano |  Michel Mulder (2) |  Shani Davis |  Daniel Greig
2015 | Astana |  Pavel Kulizhnikov |  Hein Otterspeer |  Aleksey Yesin
2016 | Seoul |  Pavel Kulizhnikov |  Kjeld Nuis |  Kai Verbij
2017 | Calgary |  Kai Verbij |  Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen |  Kjeld Nuis
2018 | Changchun |  Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen |  Kjeld Nuis |  Kai Verbij
2019 | Heerenveen |  Pavel Kulizhnikov (3) |  Tatsuya Shinhama |  Kjeld Nuis
2020 | Hamar |  Tatsuya Shinhama |  Laurent Dubreuil |  Cha Min-kyu
2022 | Hamar |  Thomas Krol |  Kai Verbij |  Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen
2024 | Inzell |  Ning Zhongyan |  Jenning de Boo |  Laurent Dubreuil

#### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Netherlands| 8| 8| 14| 30
2|  United States| 8| 7| 8| 23
3|  Soviet Union| 8| 6| 5| 19
4|  Canada| 6| 10| 4| 20
5|  South Korea| 6| 3| 3| 12
6|  Russia| 5| 2| 1| 8
7|  Japan| 3| 8| 11| 22
8|  Norway| 3| 3| 5| 11
9|  Finland| 1| 2| 0| 3
10|  Sweden| 1| 1| 1| 3
11|  Belarus| 1| 0| 0| 1
CIS| 1| 0| 0| 1
China| 1| 0| 0| 1
West Germany| 1| 0| 0| 1
15|  East Germany| 0| 2| 0| 2
16|  Germany| 0| 1| 0| 1
17|  Australia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (17 entries)| 53| 53| 53| 159

### Team sprint

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Year  | Venue  |  Gold |  Silver |  Bronze

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2022 | Hamar |  Norway
Bjørn Magnussen
Henrik Fagerli Rukke
Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen |  Poland
Marek Kania
Piotr Michalski
Damian Żurek |  Netherlands
Merijn Scheperkamp
Kai Verbij
Thomas Krol

#### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Norway| 1| 0| 0| 1
2|  Poland| 0| 1| 0| 1
3|  Netherlands| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (3 entries)| 1| 1| 1| 3

## Combined medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Netherlands| 8| 8| 15| 31
2|  United States| 8| 7| 8| 23
3|  Soviet Union| 8| 6| 5| 19
4|  Canada| 6| 10| 4| 20
5|  South Korea| 6| 3| 3| 12
6|  Russia| 5| 2| 1| 8
7|  Norway| 4| 3| 5| 12
8|  Japan| 3| 8| 11| 22
9|  Finland| 1| 2| 0| 3
10|  Sweden| 1| 1| 1| 3
11|  Belarus| 1| 0| 0| 1
CIS| 1| 0| 0| 1
China| 1| 0| 0| 1
West Germany| 1| 0| 0| 1
15|  East Germany| 0| 2| 0| 2
16|  Germany| 0| 1| 0| 1
Poland| 0| 1| 0| 1
18|  Australia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (18 entries)| 54| 54| 54| 162

## World champions (sprint combination)

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As of 2024.

Skater |  |  |  | Total

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// Igor Zhelezovski | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7
Jeremy Wotherspoon | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9
Lee Kyou-hyuk | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5
Eric Heiden | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4
Pavel Kulizhnikov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3
Dan Jansen | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5
Valery Muratov | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4
Sergey Klevchenya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3
Erben Wennemars | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4
Akira Kuroiwa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3
Michel Mulder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2
Gaétan Boucher | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5
Sergey Khlebnikov | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3
Shani Davis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4
Mike Ireland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4
Frode Rønning | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4
Kai Verbij | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4
Jan Bos | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3
Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3
Tatsuya Shinhama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
Joey Cheek | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2
Johan Granath | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2
Bae Ki-tae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
Per Bjørang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
Stefan Groothuis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
Erhard Keller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
Kim Yoon-man | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
Thomas Krol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
Leo Linkovesi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
Ning Zhongyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
Aleksandr Safronov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1

## See also

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* World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women
* World Allround Speed Skating Championships
* World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships

## 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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