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{{Short description|Championship}}
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 Speed Skating Championships for Men|World Allround Championships for Men]] since 1893 (with unofficial Championships being held in the years 1889–1892) and the [[World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women|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 Speed Skating Championships|World Sprint Championships]].

== Overview ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Speed skating Distances'''
!Men
!Women
|-
| colspan="2" |500 m
|-
| colspan="2" |1,500 m
|-
|5,000 m
|3,000 m
|-
! colspan="2" |Top 8 skaters (Men / Women)
|-
|10,000 m
|5,000 m
|}

==History and medal winners==
{{main|World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men|World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women}}

===Combined all-time medal count===
{{main|World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men#All-time medal count|World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women#All-time medal count}}
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_NED = 57 | silver_NED = 32 | bronze_NED = 52
 | gold_NOR = 41 | silver_NOR = 41 | bronze_NOR = 43
 | gold_URS = 32 | silver_URS = 38 | bronze_URS = 30 | name_URS = ''{{URS}}''
 | gold_FIN = 12 | silver_FIN = 14 | bronze_FIN = 5
 | gold_GER = 12 | silver_GER = 12 | bronze_GER = 6
 | gold_USA = 11 | silver_USA = 6 | bronze_USA = 12
 | gold_GDR = 10 | silver_GDR = 9 | bronze_GDR = 6 | name_GDR = ''{{GDR}}''
 | gold_CZE = 5 | silver_CZE = 2 | bronze_CZE = 1
 | gold_CAN = 4 | silver_CAN = 6 | bronze_CAN = 5
 | gold_SWE = 4 | silver_SWE = 4 | bronze_SWE = 6
 | gold_RUS = 3 | silver_RUS = 6 | bronze_RUS = 3
 | gold_AUT = 2 | silver_AUT = 3 | bronze_AUT = 2
 | gold_JPN = 1 | silver_JPN = 5 | bronze_JPN = 6
 | gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 3 | bronze_ITA = 3
 | gold_LAT = 1 | silver_LAT = 1 | bronze_LAT = 0
 | gold_HUN = 1 | silver_HUN = 0 | bronze_HUN = 0
 | gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 0
 | gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 1 | bronze_GBR = 0
 | gold_KAZ = 0 | silver_KAZ = 1 | bronze_KAZ = 0
 | gold_PRK = 0 | silver_PRK = 1 | bronze_PRK = 0
 | gold_BEL = 0 | silver_BEL = 0 | bronze_BEL = 3
 | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 1 
 | gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 0 | bronze_ROU = 1
 | gold_IND = 0 | silver_IND = 0 | bronze_IND = 1 | name_IND = ''Independent'' | note_IND = {{ref|a|[a]}} | skip_IND = yes
}}
*{{note|a|[a]}}[[Kornél Pajor]] skated for Hungary until he defected in 1949. From then on, the [[International Skating Union|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==
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
!Rank!!Skater!! Year!!{{gold1}}!!{{silver2}}!!{{bronze3}}!!Total
|-
| 1 || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Sven Kramer]] ||<small> 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017</small>|| 9 || 0 || 3 || 12
|-
| 2 || {{flagicon|GDR}} / {{flagicon|GER}} [[Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann|Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Kleemann)]] ||<small>1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999</small>|| 8 || 2 || 0 ||10
|-
| 3 || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Ireen Wüst]] ||<small>2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2020</small>|| 7 || 4 || 2 || 13
|-
| 4 || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Martina Sáblíková]] ||<small>2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2019</small>|| 5 || 2 || 1 || 8
|-
| 5 || {{flagicon|GDR}} [[Karin Enke|Karin Kania (Enke, Busch)]] ||<small>1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988</small>|| 5 || 2 || 0 || 7
|-
| 6 || {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Clas Thunberg]] ||<small>1923, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931</small>|| 5 || 1 || 1 || 7
|-
| 7 || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Oscar Mathisen]] ||<small>1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1914</small>|| 5 || 1 || 0 || 6
|-
| 8 || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Ivar Ballangrud]] ||<small>1926, 1932, 1936, 1938</small>|| 4 || 4 || 3 || 11
|-
| 9 || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Rintje Ritsma]] ||<small>1995, 1996, 1999, 2001</small>|| 4 || 2 || 3 || 9
|-
| 10 || {{flagicon|URS}} [[Inga Artamonova|Inga Voronina (Artamonova)]] ||<small>1957, 1958, 1962, 1965</small>|| 4 || 2 || 0 || 6
|-
| 11 || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Atje Keulen-Deelstra]] ||<small>1970, 1972, 1973, 1974</small>|| 4 || 0 || 0 || 4
|-
| 12 || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Patrick Roest]] ||<small>2018, 2019, 2020</small>|| 3 || 3 || 0 || 6
|-
| 13 || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Ard Schenk]] ||<small>1970, 1971, 1972</small>|| 3 || 2 || 2 || 7
|-
|rowspan=2| 14 || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Michael Staksrud]] ||<small>1930, 1935, 1937</small>|| 3 || 2 || 1 || 6
|-
| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Valentina Stenina]] ||<small>1960, 1961, 1966</small>|| 3 || 2 || 1 || 6
|-
| 16 || {{flagicon|URS}} [[Oleg Goncharenko]] ||<small>1953, 1956, 1958</small>|| 3 || 2 || 0 || 5
|-
|rowspan=2| 17 || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Johann Olav Koss]] ||<small>1990, 1991, 1994</small>|| 3 || 1 || 1 || 5
|-
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Anni Friesinger-Postma|Anni Friesinger]] ||<small>2001, 2002, 2005</small>|| 3 || 1 || 1 || 5
|-
| 19 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eric Heiden]] ||<small>1977, 1978, 1979</small>|| 3 || 1 || 0 || 4
|-
|rowspan=4| 20 || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Jaap Eden]] ||<small>1893, 1895, 1896</small>|| 3 || 0 || 0 || 3
|-
| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Laila Schou Nilsen]] ||<small>1935 *, 1937, 1938</small>|| 3 || 0 || 0 || 3
|-
| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Maria Isakova]] ||<small>1948, 1949, 1950</small>|| 3 || 0 || 0 || 3
|-
| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Hjalmar Andersen]] ||<small>1950, 1951, 1952</small>|| 3 || 0 || 0 || 3
|-
| 24 || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Stien Kaiser]] ||<small>1967, 1968</small>|| 2 || 4 || 2 || 8
|-
| 25 || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Ids Postma]] ||<small>1997, 1998</small>|| 2 || 4 || 1 || 7
|-
| 26 || {{flagicon|GDR}} [[Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich|Andrea Ehrig (Schöne)]] ||<small>1983, 1985</small>|| 2 || 4 || 0 || 6
|-
| 27 || {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Verné Lesche]] ||<small>1939, 1947</small>|| 2 || 3 || 1 || 6
|-
| 28 || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Cindy Klassen]] ||<small>2003, 2006</small>|| 2 || 2 || 1 || 5
|-
|rowspan=2| 29 || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Bernt Evensen]] ||<small>1927, 1934</small>|| 2 || 1 || 3 || 6
|-
| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Lidiya Skoblikova]] ||<small>1963, 1964</small>|| 2 || 1 || 3 || 6
|-
| 31 || {{flagicon|URS}} [[Lidia Selikhova]] ||<small>1952, 1954</small>|| 2 || 1 || 2 || 5
|-
| rowspan=3| 32 || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Odd Lundberg]] ||<small>1946 *, 1948</small>|| 2 || 1 || 1 || 4
|-
| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Natalya Petrusyova]] ||<small>1980, 1981</small>|| 2 || 1 || 1 || 4
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Shani Davis]] ||<small>2005, 2006</small>|| 2 || 1 || 1 || 4
|-
| 35 || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Knut Johannesen]] ||<small>1957, 1964</small>|| 2 || 1 || 0 || 3
|-
| 36|| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Kees Verkerk]] ||<small>1966, 1967</small>|| 2 || 0 || 3 || 5
|-
| 37 || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Hilbert van der Duim]] ||<small>1980, 1982</small>|| 2 || 0 || 2 || 4
|-
| rowspan=4 | 38 || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Peder Østlund]] ||<small>1898, 1899</small>|| 2 || 0 || 0 || 2
|-
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nikolay Strunnikov]] ||<small>1910, 1911</small>|| 2 || 0 || 0 || 2
|-
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Hein Vergeer]] ||<small>1985, 1986</small>|| 2 || 0 || 0 || 2
|-
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Gianni Romme]] ||<small>2000, 2003</small>|| 2 || 0 || 0 || 2
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> unofficial World Championships <BR>

<small>Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com<ref>{{cite web|title=Medal table World Championship Allround Men|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=championships&type=stats&stats=001&sub=wchall&g=m|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com|access-date=27 August 2012}}</ref></small>

==See also==
*[[World Sprint Speed Skating Championships]]
*[[Speed skating at the Winter Olympics]]
*[[European Speed Skating Championships]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.isu.html.infostradasports.com/asp/redirect/isu.asp?page=COMPETITIONOVERVIEW_SS&CompetitionID=17420&Cache=2 International Skating Union (ISU)] Statistics

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