World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships for Men
The International Skating Union has organised the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships for Men since 1996.
Locations
- 1996: Hamar, Norway
- 1997: Warsaw, Poland
- 1998: Calgary, Canada
- 1999: Heerenveen, Netherlands
- 2000: Nagano, Japan
- 2001: Salt Lake City, United States
- 2002 Not held because of the Winter Olympic Games
- 2003: Berlin, Germany
- 2004: Seoul, South Korea
- 2005: Inzell, Germany
- 2006 Not held because of the Winter Olympic Games
- 2007: Salt Lake City, United States
- 2008: Nagano, Japan
- 2009: Vancouver, Canada
- 2010 Not held because of the Winter Olympic Games
- 2011: Inzell, Germany
- 2012: Heerenveen, Netherlands
- 2013: Sochi, Russia
- 2014 Not held because of the Winter Olympic Games
- 2015: Heerenveen, Netherlands
- 2016: Kolomna, Russia
- 2017: Gangneung, South Korea
- 2018 Not held because of the Winter Olympic Games
- 2019: Inzell, Germany
- 2020: Salt Lake City, United States
- 2021: Heerenveen, Netherlands
- 2022 Not held because of the Winter Olympic Games
- 2023: Heerenveen, Netherlands
- 2024: Calgary, Canada
- 2025: Hamar, Norway
Medal winners
Numbers in brackets denotes number of victories in corresponding disciplines. Boldface denotes record number of victories.
500 m
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Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [1]
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 |  South Korea | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 |  Russia | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 |  Netherlands | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | .png){kind=small} United States | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 |  Norway | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 |  Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Russian Skating Union | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 | |
1,000 m
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Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [2]
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 |
| 2 | United States | 7 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Canada | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 |  Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| South Korea | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 9 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Russian Skating Union | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 24 | 24 | 25 | 73 | |
1,500 m
Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [3]
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 9 | 11 | 10 | 30 |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Norway | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Canada | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 |  Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 24 | 25 | 23 | 72 | |
5,000 m
Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [4]
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 18 | 16 | 10 | 44 |
| 2 | Norway | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | United States | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Italy | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Russian Skating Union | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 entries) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 | |
10,000 m
Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [5]
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 19 | 17 | 6 | 42 |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Canada | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 9 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 11 |  Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Russian Skating Union | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 | |
Mass start
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 | Arjan Stroetinga | Fabio Francolini |  Alexis Contin |
| 2016 | Lee Seung-hoon | Arjan Stroetinga | Alexis Contin |
| 2017 |  Joey Mantia | Alexis Contin | Olivier Jean |
| 2019 | Joey Mantia | Um Cheon-ho | Chung Jae-won |
| 2020 | Jorrit Bergsma | Jordan Belchos | Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu |
| 2021 | Joey Mantia (3) | Arjan Stroetinga | Bart Swings |
| 2023 | Bart Swings | Bart Hoolwerf | Andrea Giovannini |
| 2024 | Bart Swings (2) | Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu | .svg.png){kind=small} Livio Wenger |
| 2025 | Andrea Giovannini | Lee Seung-hoon | Bart Swings |
Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [6]
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | South Korea | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | France | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |
Team pursuit
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Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [7]
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 13 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Italy | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Canada | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Norway | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Russian Skating Union | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
Team sprint
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2019 | Netherlands Ronald Mulder Kai Verbij Kjeld Nuis | South Korea Kim Jun-ho Cha Min-kyu Kim Tae-yun | Russia Ruslan Murashov Pavel Kulizhnikov Viktor Mushtakov |
| 2020 | Netherlands Dai Dai N'tab Kai Verbij (2) Thomas Krol | China Gao Tingyu Wang Shiwei Ning Zhongyan | Norway Bjørn Magnussen Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen Odin By Farstad |
| 2021 | Not included in the program | ||
| 2022 | Held during the 2022 World Sprint Championships | ||
| 2023 | Canada Christopher Fiola Laurent Dubreuil Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu | Netherlands Merijn Scheperkamp Hein Otterspeer Wesly Dijs | Norway Bjørn Magnussen Henrik Fagerli Rukke Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen |
| 2024 | Canada Anders Johnson Laurent Dubreuil (2) Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu (2) | Netherlands Janno Botman Jenning de Boo Tim Prins | Norway Henrik Fagerli Rukke Bjørn Magnussen Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen |
| 2025 | China Xue Zhiwen Lian Ziwen Ning Zhongyan | Netherlands Janno Botman Jenning de Boo Tim Prins | United States Austin Kleba Cooper McLeod Zach Stoppelmoor |
Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [8]
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Canada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
Medal summary
Updated after the 2025 World Championships.
Nations
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 73 | 63 | 41 | 177 |
| 2 | United States | 21 | 8 | 17 | 46 |
| 3 | Canada | 12 | 21 | 22 | 55 |
| 4 | Norway | 10 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
| 5 | Russia | 10 | 9 | 15 | 34 |
| 6 | Japan | 7 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| 7 | South Korea | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | Italy | 5 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Belgium | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | China | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Russian Skating Union | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 15 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | France | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (21 entries) | 150 | 151 | 150 | 451 | |
References
- ^ "WK Afstanden 500 meter mannen" (in Dutch). schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "WK Afstanden 1000 meter mannen" (in Dutch). schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "WK Afstanden 1500 meter mannen" (in Dutch). schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "WK Afstanden 5000 meter mannen" (in Dutch). schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "WK Afstanden 10000 meter mannen" (in Dutch). schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "WK Afstanden 10000 meter mannen" (in Dutch). schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "WK Afstanden Achtervolging mannen" (in Dutch). schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "WK Afstanden Achtervolging mannen" (in Dutch). schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 21 November 2012.