World Speed Skating Championships

The International Skating Union<ref>Homepage ISU</ref> organises the following World Championships in the sport of speed skating:

Sport	Discipline	Championships for:
Long track	Allround	Men	Women	Junior
	Sprint	Men	Women
	Single Distances	Men	Women
Short track	Short track	Men	Women	Junior	Team

Records

World Allround

Men

Skater	Template:Gold1	Year	Template:Silver2	Template:Bronze3
Template:Flagicon Sven Kramer	9	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017	0	3
Template:Flagicon Clas Thunberg	5	1923, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931	1	1
Template:Flagicon Oscar Mathisen	5	1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1914	1	0
Template:Flagicon Ivar Ballangrud	4	1926, 1932, 1936, 1938	4	3
Template:Flagicon Rintje Ritsma	4	1995, 1996, 1999, 2001	2	3

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Women

Skater	Template:Gold1	Year	Template:Silver2	Template:Bronze3
Template:Flagicon / Template:Flagicon Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Kleemann)	8	1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999	2	0
Template:Flagicon Ireen Wüst	7	2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2020	4	2
Template:Flagicon Martina Sáblíková	5	2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2019	2	1
Template:Flagicon Karin Kania (Enke, Busch)	5	1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988	2	0
Template:Flagicon Inga Voronina (Artamonova)	4	1957, 1958, 1962, 1965	2	0
Template:Flagicon Atje Keulen-Deelstra	4	1970, 1972, 1973, 1974	0	0

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Junior

Multiple champions (overall classification)

Boys

Skater	Template:Gold1	Year	Template:Silver2	Template:Bronze3
Template:Flagicon Eric Heiden	2	1977, 1978	1	0
Template:Flagicon Koen Verweij	2	2009, 2010	1	0
Template:Flagicon Tomas Gustafson	2	1979, 1980	0	0
Template:Flagicon Valeri Guk	2	1984, 1985	0	0
Template:Flagicon Falko Zandstra	2	1990, 1991	0	0
Template:Flagicon Bob de Jong	2	1995, 1996	0	0
Template:Flagicon Sverre Lunde Pedersen	2	2011, 2012	0	0
Template:Flagicon Patrick Roest	2	2014, 2015	0	0

Girls

Skater	Template:Gold1	Year	Template:Silver2	Template:Bronze3
Template:Flagicon Angela Stahnke	3	1982, 1983, 1984	0	0
Template:Flagicon Beth Heiden	2	1978, 1979	2	0
Template:Flagicon Monique Garbrecht	2	1986, 1987	0	1
Template:Flagicon Ulrike Adeberg	2	1989, 1990	0	0
Template:Flagicon Frédérique Ankoné	2	2000, 2001	0	0
Template:Flagicon Miho Takagi	2	2012, 2013	0	0
Template:Flagicon Femke Kok	2	2019, 2020	0	0
Template:Flagicon Angel Daleman	2	2023, 2024	0	0

World Sprint

Men

Skater	Template:Gold1	Year	Template:Silver2	Template:Bronze3
Template:Flagicon / Template:Flagicon / Template:Flagicon Igor Zhelezovski	6	1985, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993	0	1
Template:Flagicon Jeremy Wotherspoon	4	1999, 2000, 2002, 2003	4	1
Template:Flagicon Lee Kyou-hyuk	4	2007, 2008, 2010, 2011	1	0
Template:Flagicon Eric Heiden	4	1977, 1978, 1979, 1980	0	0
Template:Flagicon Pavel Kulizhnikov	3	2015, 2016, 2019	0	0

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Women

Skater	Template:Gold1	Year	Template:Silver2	Template:Bronze3
Template:Flagicon Karin Kania (Enke, Busch)	6	1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987	2	0
Template:Flagicon Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt	5	1991, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003	0	0
Template:Flagicon Bonnie Blair	3	1989, 1994, 1995	4	2
Template:Flagicon Sheila Young	3	1973, 1975, 1976	0	0

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

World Single Distances

Men

Skater	Template:Gold1	Year	Template:Silver2	Template:Bronze3
Template:Flagicon Sven Kramer	21	5000 m: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 10000 m: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017 Team pursuit: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2020	3	2
Template:Flagicon Shani Davis	8	1000 m: 2007, 2008, 2011, 2015 1500 m: 2004, 2007, 2009 Team pursuit: 2011	4	3
Template:Flagicon Bob de Jong	7	5000 m: 2001, 2011 10000 m: 1999, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2012	8	5
Template:Flagicon Gianni Romme	7	5000 m: 1998, 1999, 2000 10000 m: 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000	2	3
Template:Flagicon Erben Wennemars	6	1000 m: 2003, 2004 1500 m: 2003 Team pursuit: 2005, 2007, 2008	2	3
Template:Flagicon Jordan Stolz	6	500 m: 2023, 2024 1000 m: 2023, 2024 1500 m: 2023, 2024	2	1

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Women

Skater	Template:Gold1	Year	Template:Silver2	Template:Bronze3
Template:Flagicon Martina Sáblíková	16	3000 m: 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020 5000 m: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019	7	4
Template:Flagicon Ireen Wüst	15	1000 m: 2007 1500 m: 2007, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2020 3000 m: 2011, 2013, 2017 Team pursuit: 2008, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021	15	1
Template:Flagicon Anni Friesinger-Postma	12	1000 m: 2003, 2004, 2008 1500 m: 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009 3000 m: 2003 5000 m: 2005 Team pursuit: 2005	9	1
Template:Flagicon Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	11	1500 m: 1997 3000 m: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 5000 m: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001	3	0
Template:Flagicon Irene Schouten	8	3000 m: 2024 5000 m: 2021, 2023 Mass start: 2015, 2019, 2024 Team pursuit: 2021, 2024	2	5
Template:Flagicon Christine Nesbitt	7	1000 m: 2009, 2011, 2012 1500 m: 2012 Team pursuit: 2007, 2009, 2011	2	3
Template:Flagicon Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong	6	1500 m: 2023 3000 m: 2021 Team pursuit: 2016, 2017, 2021, 2025	5	2
Template:Flagicon Miho Takagi	6	1000 m: 2024, 2025 1500 m: 2024 Team pursuit: 2015, 2019, 2020	4	6

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

World Short Track (Overall)

Men

Skater	Template:Gold1	Year	Template:Silver2	Template:Bronze3
Template:Flagicon Ahn Hyun-soo / Template:Flagicon Viktor An	6	2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014	1	0
Template:Flagicon Marc Gagnon	4	1993, 1994, 1996, 1998	2	1

Women

Skater	Template:Gold1	Year	Template:Silver2	Template:Bronze3
Template:Flagicon Yang Yang (A)	6	1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002	1	0
Template:Flagicon Sylvie Daigle	5	1979, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990	2	1
Template:Flagicon Choi Min-jeong	4	2015, 2016, 2018, 2022	1	0
Template:Flagicon Wang Meng	3	2008, 2009, 2013	3	0
Template:Flagicon Nathalie Lambert	3	1991, 1993, 1994	2	2
Template:Flagicon Chun Lee-kyung	3	1995, 1996, 1997	2	0
Template:Flagicon Jin Sun-yu	3	2005, 2006, 2007	0	0

Combined all-time medal count

Updated after the 2025 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships.

This table include all medals won at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships (1889–2024), World Sprint Speed Skating Championships (1970–2024) and World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships (1996–2025). Unofficial World Championships (not recognized by the ISU) also included

Rank	Nation	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	Template:NED	1893	2025	189	151	156	496
2.	Template:USA	1891	2025	61	47	59	167
3.	Template:NOR	1898	2025	57	62	63	182
4.	Template:GER	1991	2020	56	51	39	146
5.	Template:CAN	1897	2025	45	61	56	162
6.	Template:URS	1948	1991	43	48	38	129
7.	Template:JPN	1970	2025	23	36	43	102
8.	Template:RUS	1910	2020	22	25	35	82
9.	Template:CZE	2007	2025	21	9	8	38
10.	Template:GDR	1960	1990	20	17	9	46
11.	Template:KOR	1990	2025	17	16	12	45
12.	Template:FIN	1901	2013	13	16	7	36
13.	Template:CHN	1991	2025	10	17	10	37
14.	Template:ITA	1991	2025	7	12	8	27
15.	Template:SWE	1908	2022	7	6	7	20
16.	Template:AUT	1933	2023	4	5	5	14
17.	Template:BEL	1996	2025	2	2	7	11
18.	Template:FRG	1971	1982	2	0	3	5
19.	Russian Skating Union	2021	2021	1	3	7	11
20.	Template:BLR	1993	2005	1	2	2	5
21.	Template:KAZ	1995	2013	1	1	1	3
22.	Template:LAT	1939	1940	1	1	0	2
23.	Template:CIS	1992	1992	1	0	0	1
	Template:HUN	1949	1949	1	0	0	1
25.	Template:POL	1978	2025	0	4	10	14
26.	Template:FRA	1960	2017	0	2	2	4
27.	Template:GBR2	1951	2023	0	1	1	2
	Template:NZL	2017	2017	0	1	1	2
29.	Template:PRK	1966	1966	0	1	0	1
30.	Template:AUS	2014	2014	0	0	1	1
	Template:ROU	1994	1994	0	0	1	1
	Template:SUI	2024	2024	0	0	1	1
-	independent	1951	1951	0	0	1	1 <ref>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.</ref>
-	none declared	1889	1907	7	18	18	43 <ref>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.</ref>
Total				605	597	593	1795