World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The World Allround Speed Skating Championships are a series of speed skating events held annually to determine the best allround speed skater of the world. The event is held over two days, with all skaters entering the first three distances (500 m, 3000 m and 1500 m for women; 500 m, 5000 m and 1500 m for men) and the best eight skaters over these distances getting to ride the last event (5000 m for women; 10 000 m for men). The results of the races are converted to points, and the skater with lowest total score wins the championship.
The International Skating Union has organised the World Allround Championships for Men since 1893 (with unofficial Championships being held in the years 1889–1892) and the World Allround Championships for Women since 1936 (unofficial Championships were held in the years 1933–1935). Since 1996 the men's and women's World Allround Championships are held at the same time and venue. Since 2020, the men's and women's World Allround Championships are held every even year – at same time and venue as the men's and women's World Sprint Championships.
Overview
[edit | edit source]| Men | Women |
|---|---|
| 500 m | |
| 1,500 m | |
| 5,000 m | 3,000 m |
| Top 8 skaters (Men / Women) | |
| 10,000 m | 5,000 m |
History and medal winners
[edit | edit source]Combined all-time medal count
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- ^[a] Kornél Pajor skated for Hungary until he defected in 1949. From then on, the ISU allowed him to participate as an independent skater representing the ISU, as he did winning the bronze medal in 1951.
- From 1889 to 1907 only gold medals were awarded: to win the gold medal, an athlete was required to win at least three of the distances. In seven competitions, no winner was declared due to this rule.
- Unofficial World Championships (not recognized by the ISU) included
Repeat winners
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Skater | Year | 1st place, gold medalist(s) | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sven Kramer |
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | East Germany / Germany Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Kleemann) | 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Ireen Wüst |
2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2020 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Czech Republic Martina Sáblíková | 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2019 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | East Germany Karin Kania (Enke, Busch) | 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Finland Clas Thunberg | 1923, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Norway Oscar Mathisen | 1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1914 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Norway Ivar Ballangrud | 1926, 1932, 1936, 1938 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | Rintje Ritsma |
1995, 1996, 1999, 2001 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | Soviet Union Inga Voronina (Artamonova) | 1957, 1958, 1962, 1965 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra |
1970, 1972, 1973, 1974 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Patrick Roest |
2018, 2019, 2020 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Ard Schenk |
1970, 1971, 1972 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | Norway Michael Staksrud | 1930, 1935, 1937 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Soviet Union Valentina Stenina | 1960, 1961, 1966 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| 16 | Soviet Union Oleg Goncharenko | 1953, 1956, 1958 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 17 | Norway Johann Olav Koss | 1990, 1991, 1994 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Germany Anni Friesinger | 2001, 2002, 2005 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 19 | United States Eric Heiden | 1977, 1978, 1979 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 | Jaap Eden |
1893, 1895, 1896 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Norway Laila Schou Nilsen | 1935 *, 1937, 1938 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Soviet Union Maria Isakova | 1948, 1949, 1950 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Norway Hjalmar Andersen | 1950, 1951, 1952 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 24 | Stien Kaiser |
1967, 1968 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 25 | Ids Postma |
1997, 1998 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 26 | East Germany Andrea Ehrig (Schöne) | 1983, 1985 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 27 | Finland Verné Lesche | 1939, 1947 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 28 | Canada Cindy Klassen | 2003, 2006 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 29 | Norway Bernt Evensen | 1927, 1934 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Soviet Union Lidiya Skoblikova | 1963, 1964 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 31 | Soviet Union Lidia Selikhova | 1952, 1954 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 32 | Norway Odd Lundberg | 1946 *, 1948 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Soviet Union Natalya Petrusyova | 1980, 1981 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| United States Shani Davis | 2005, 2006 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 35 | Norway Knut Johannesen | 1957, 1964 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 36 | Kees Verkerk |
1966, 1967 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 37 | Hilbert van der Duim |
1980, 1982 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 38 | Norway Peder Østlund | 1898, 1899 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Russia Nikolay Strunnikov | 1910, 1911 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hein Vergeer |
1985, 1986 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gianni Romme |
2000, 2003 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* unofficial World Championships
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[1]
See also
[edit | edit source]- World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
- Speed skating at the Winter Olympics
- European Speed Skating Championships
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- International Skating Union (ISU) Statistics