List of speed skating records

This list of speed skating records is an overview of the current speed skating records in its various events ratified by the International Skating Union.

World record progression

World records

Men

Event	Name	Country	Result	Date	Place	Average speed
500 meters Progression	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	34.03	9 November 2007	Salt Lake City	52.89 km/h (32.86 mph)
500 meters × 2	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Canada	1:08.17	9–11 November 2007	Salt Lake City	52.81 km/h (32.81 mph)
1000 meters Progression	Shani Davis	United States	1:06.42	7 March 2009	Salt Lake City	54.20 km/h (33.68 mph)
1500 meters Progression	Shani Davis	United States	1:41.04	11 December 2009	Salt Lake City	53.44 km/h (33.21 mph)
3000 meters Progression	Eskil Ervik	Norway	3:37.28**	5 November 2005	Calgary	49.71 km/h (30.89 mph)
5000 meters Progression	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	6:03.32	17 November 2007	Calgary	49.54 km/h (30.78 mph)
10000 meters Progression	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	12:41.69	10 March 2007	Salt Lake City	47.26 km/h (29.37 mph)
Team pursuit (8 laps) Progression	Sven Kramer Koen Verweij Jan Blokhuijsen	Netherlands	3:35.60	16 November 2013	Salt Lake City	51.73 km/h (32.14 mph) **
Sprint combination	Michel Mulder	Netherlands	136.790 points	26–27 January 2013	Salt Lake City
Small combination	Erben Wennemars	Netherlands	146.365 points	13 August 2005	Calgary
Big combination	Shani Davis	United States	145.742 points	18–19 March 2006	Calgary
One hour *[1]	Douwe de Vries	Netherlands	42,252.00 m	13 March 2015	Calgary	42.25 km/h (26.25 mph)

• * unofficial world best
• ** During the course of a 5000 m race on 17 November 2013 in Salt Lake City, Russian skater Denis Yuskov recorded a 3000 m split time at 3:36.40. Yuskov also recorded a 3000 m time of 3:34.37 during a training race held on 2 November 2013. However, neither of these times count as the world record. The former because it was a split time, and not an official 3000 m race, the latter because it was ridden in a so-called 'quartet-start' (four riders on the track at the same time as opposed to the usual two) which means the time is ineligible to be counted as a world record under Article 221(2)(i) of the rules of the International Skating Union.

For comparison, the fastest known 400 m lap was skated by Jeremy Wotherspoon on 10 November 2007 in Salt Lake City during a 1000 m race in 24.32 seconds with an average speed of 59.21 km/h (36.79 mph).

Women

Event	Name	Country	Result	Date	Place	Average speed
500 meters Progression	Lee Sang-hwa	South Korea	36.36	16 November 2013	Salt Lake City	49.50 km/h (30.76 mph)
500 meters × 2	Lee Sang-hwa	South Korea	1:12.93	15–16 November 2013	Salt Lake City	49.36 km/h (30.67 mph)
1000 meters Progression	Brittany Bowe	United States	1:12.58	17 November 2013	Salt Lake City	49.60 km/h (30.82 mph)
1500 meters Progression	Cindy Klassen	Canada	1:51.79	20 November 2005	Salt Lake City	48.30 km/h (30.01 mph)
3000 meters Progression	Cindy Klassen	Canada	3:53.34	18 March 2006	Calgary	46.28 km/h (28.76 mph)
5000 meters Progression	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	6:42.66	18 February 2011	Salt Lake City	44.70 km/h (27.78 mph)
10000 meters [WB] Progression	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	13:48.33	15 March 2007	Calgary	43.46 km/h (27.00 mph)
Team pursuit (6 laps)	Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler	Canada	2:55.79	6 December 2009	Calgary	47.60 km/h (29.58 mph) **
Sprint combination	Heather Richardson	United States	147.735 points	19–20 January 2013	Calgary
Mini combination	Cindy Klassen	Canada	155.576 points	15–17 March 2001	Calgary
Small combination	Cindy Klassen	Canada	154.580 points	18–19 March 2006	Calgary
100 meters *[2]	Jenny Wolf	Germany	10.21	7 March 2009	Salt Lake City
One hour *[3]	Maria Sterk	Netherlands	36,441.26 m	29 March 2005	Heerenveen	36.44 km/h (22.64 mph)

For comparison, the fastest known 400 m lap was skated by Lee Sang-hwa during her 500 m world record race in 26.27 seconds with an average speed of 54.81 km/h (34.06 mph).

• * unofficial world best
• ** The average speed for the team pursuit races was calculated using a distance of 3098,88 meters for the men's race and 2324,16 meters for the women's race.^[4] The skaters only utilise the inner lane and the lap distance is accordingly less than the 400 meters of a regular lap skated with one inner curve and one outer curve.

Sea level world bests

Salt Lake City and Calgary, where currently all world records were made, are at relatively high altitude. Since speed skating is easier at high altitudes,^[5] skating statisticians keeps separate lists for skating at (or close to) sea level, where times in Salt Lake City and Calgary are ignored.

Men

Event	Name	Country	Result	Date	Place	Ref
500 meters	Michel Mulder Jeremy Wotherspoon	Netherlands  Canada	34.31	29 December 2013 26 January 2008	Heerenveen Hamar	[6] [7]
500 meters × 2	Pavel Kulizhnikov	Russia	1:08.931	15 February 2015	Heerenveen	[8]
1000 meters	Kjeld Nuis	Netherlands	1:08.25	2 November 2014	Heerenveen	[7]
1500 meters	Denis Yuskov	Russia	1:43.36	13 February 2015	Heerenveen	[7]
3000 meters	Wouter olde Heuvel	Netherlands	3:39.36	26 November 2011	Astana	[7]
5000 meters	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	6:09.65	14 February 2015	Heerenveen	[7]
10000 meters	Jorrit Bergsma	Netherlands	12:44.45	18 February 2014	Sochi	[7]

Women

Event	Name	Country	Result	Date	Place	Ref
500 meters	Heather Richardson	USA	37.24	9 January 2015	Milwaukee	[7]
500 meters × 2	Lee Sang-hwa	South Korea	1:14.59	30 November 2013	Astana	[9]
1000 meters	Brittany Bowe	USA	1:13.81	11 January 2015	Milwaukee	[7]
1500 meters	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	1:53.31	30 December 2013	Heerenveen	[6]
3000 meters	Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	3:58.68	9 March 2013	Heerenveen	[7]
5000 meters	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic	6:49.31	11 February 2007	Heerenveen	[7]

Olympic records

Men

Event	Name	Country	Result	Date	Venue	Avg. speed	Ref
500 meters	Casey FitzRandolph	United States	34.42	11 February 2002	Salt Lake City	52.37 km/h
500 meters × 2	Casey FitzRandolph	United States	1:09.23	11 February 2002	Salt Lake City
1000 meters	Gerard van Velde	Netherlands	1:07.18	16 February 2002	Salt Lake City	53.59 km/h
1500 meters	Derek Parra	United States	1:43.95	19 February 2002	Salt Lake City	51.95 km/h
5000 meters	Sven Kramer	Netherlands	6:10.76	8 February 2014	Sochi	48.55 km/h
10000 meters	Jorrit Bergsma	Netherlands	12:44.45	18 February 2014	Sochi	47.09 km/h
Team pursuit (8 laps)	Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Koen Verweij	Netherlands	3:37.71	22 February 2014	Sochi

Women

Event	Name	Country	Result	Date	Venue	Avg. speed	Ref
500 meters	Lee Sang-hwa	South Korea	37.28	11 February 2014	Sochi		[10]
500 meters × 2	Lee Sang-hwa	South Korea	1:14.70	11 February 2014	Sochi		[10]
1000 meters	Chris Witty	United States	1:13.83	17 February 2002	Salt Lake City	48.76 km/h
1500 meters	Jorien ter Mors	Netherlands	1:53.51	16 February 2014	Sochi	47.44 km/h	[11]
3000 meters	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	3:57.70	10 February 2002	Salt Lake City	45.44 km/h
5000 meters	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	6:46.91	23 February 2002	Salt Lake City	44.24 km/h
Team pursuit (6 laps)	Marrit Leenstra Jorien ter Mors Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	2:58.05	22 February 2014	Sochi	48.42 km/h

References

External links

• ISU web site
• World Records
• Speed skating statistics by Evert Stenlund