List of speed skating records

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This list of speed skating records is an overview of the current speed skating records in the various events in the speed skating sport.

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[edit] World records

[edit] Men

Event Name Country Result Date Place Avg. Speed.
500 meters Jeremy Wotherspoon Flag of Canada Canada 34.03 November 9, 2007 Salt Lake City 32.87 mph
500 meters x 2 Jeremy Wotherspoon Flag of Canada Canada 68.17 November 9-11, 2007 Salt Lake City 32.83 mph
1,000 meters Pekka Koskela Flag of Finland Finland 1:07.00 November 10, 2007 Salt Lake City 33.39 mph
1,500 meters Denny Morrison Flag of Canada Canada 1:42.01 March 14, 2008 Calgary 32.89 mph
3,000 meters Eskil Ervik Flag of Norway Norway 3:37.28 November 5, 2005 Calgary 30.89 mph
5,000 meters Sven Kramer Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 6:03.32 November 17, 2007 Calgary 30.78 mph
10,000 meters Sven Kramer Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 12:41.69 March 10, 2007 Salt Lake City 29.37 mph
Team pursuit
(8 laps)
Sven Kramer
Carl Verheijen
Erben Wennemars
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 3:37.80 March 11, 2007 Salt Lake City 32.87 mph
Sprint combination Jeremy Wotherspoon Flag of Canada Canada 135.355 November 9-11, 2007 Salt Lake City
Small combination Erben Wennemars Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 146.365 August 13, 2005 Calgary
Big combination Shani Davis Flag of the United States United States 145.742 March 18- 19, 2006 Calgary
  • †In his Nov 17, 2007 world record 5,000 m race, Sven Kramer passed the 3,000 m mark at 3:37.15.

[edit] Women

Event Name Country Result Date Place Avg. Speed.
500 meters Jenny Wolf Flag of Germany Germany 37.02 November 16, 2007 Calgary 30.21 mph
500 meters x 2 Jenny Wolf Flag of Germany Germany 74.17 November 16-17, 2007 Calgary 30.10 mph
1,000 meters Cindy Klassen Flag of Canada Canada 1:13.11 March 25, 2006 Calgary 30.60 mph
1,500 meters Cindy Klassen Flag of Canada Canada 1:51.79 November 20, 2005 Salt Lake City 30.02 mph
3,000 meters Cindy Klassen Flag of Canada Canada 3:53.34 March 18, 2006 Calgary 28.76 mph
5,000 meters Martina Sáblíková Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 6:45.61 March 11, 2007 Salt Lake City 27.57 mph
10,000 meters Martina Sáblíková Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 13:48.33 March 15, 2007 Calgary 27.01 mph
Team pursuit
(6 laps)
Daniela Anschütz
Anni Friesinger
Claudia Pechstein
Flag of Germany Germany 2:56.04 November 13, 2005 Calgary 30.50 mph
Sprint combination Beixing Wang Flag of the People's Republic of China China 148.855 November 9-11, 2007 Salt Lake City
Mini combination Cindy Klassen Flag of Canada Canada 155.576 March 15-17, 2001 Calgary
Small combination Cindy Klassen Flag of Canada Canada 154.580 March 18-19, 2006 Calgary

[edit] Olympic records

[edit] Men

Event Name Country Result Date Venue Avg. Speed.
500 meters Casey FitzRandolph Flag of the United States United States 34.42 February 11, 2002 Salt Lake City 32.49 mph
1,000 meters Gerard van Velde Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 1:07.18 February 16, 2002 Salt Lake City 33.30 mph
1,500 meters Derek Parra Flag of the United States United States 1:43.95 February 19, 2002 Salt Lake City 32.28 mph
5,000 meters Jochem Uytdehaage Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 6:14.66 February 9, 2002 Salt Lake City 29.85 mph
10,000 meters Jochem Uytdehaage Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 12:58.92 February 20, 2002 Salt Lake City 28.72 mph
Team pursuit
(8 laps)
Matteo Anesi
Enrico Fabris
Ippolito Sanfratello
Italy 3:43.64 15 February, 2006 Turin 32.01 mph

[edit] Women

Event Name Country Result Date Venue Avg. Speed
500 meters Catriona LeMay Doan Flag of Canada Canada 37.30 February 13, 2002 Salt Lake City 29.99 mph
1,000 meters Christine Witty Flag of the United States United States 1:13.83 February 17, 2002 Salt Lake City 30.30 mph
1,500 meters Anni Friesinger Flag of Germany Germany 1:54.02 February 20, 2002 Salt Lake City 29.43 mph
3,000 meters Claudia Pechstein Flag of Germany Germany 3:57.70 February 10, 2002 Salt Lake City 28.23 mph
5,000 meters Claudia Pechstein Flag of Germany Germany 6:46.91 February 23, 2002 Salt Lake City 27.49 mph
Team pursuit
(6 laps)
Kristina Groves
Cindy Klassen
Christine Nesbitt
Flag of Canada Canada 3:01.24 15 February, 2006 Turin 29.62 mph

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