World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women

The International Skating Union has organised the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women since 1936. Unofficial championships were held in the years 1933–1935.^[1]

History

Distances used

In the years 1933–1935, three distances were skated: 500 m, 1000 m and 1500 m.
In the years 1936–1955, four distances were skated: 500 m, 1000 m, 3000 m and 5000 m (the old combination).
In the years 1956–1982, four distances were skated: 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m and 3000 m (the mini combination).
Since 1983, four distances are skated: 500 m, 1500 m, 3000 m and 5000 m (the small combination).

Ranking systems used

Since 1933, the samalog system has been in use.

Records

Gunda Niemann of East Germany won a total of 8 world championship titles, three consecutive in 1991, 1992, and 1993, and another five consecutive titles in 1995-1999.
Karin Enke of East Germany (1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988) and Ireen Wüst of The Netherlands (2007, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014) each have a total of five world championships.

Medal winners

Unofficial championships

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1933	Oslo	Liselotte Landbeck	Synnøve Lie	Helen Bina
1934	Oslo	Undis Blikken	Verné Lesche	Synnøve Lie
1935	Oslo	Laila Schou Nilsen	Synnøve Lie	Kit Klein

Official championships

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1936	Stockholm	Kit Klein	Verné Lesche	Synnøve Lie
1937	Davos	Laila Schou Nilsen	Synnøve Lie	Verné Lesche
1938	Oslo	Laila Schou Nilsen	Verné Lesche	Synnøve Lie
1939	Tampere	Verné Lesche	Liisa Salmi	Laura Tamminen
1940	Not held due to World War II
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947	Drammen	Verné Lesche	Else Marie Christiansen	Maggi Kvestad
1948	Turku	Maria Isakova	Lidia Selikhova	Zoya Kholshevnikova
1949	Kongsberg	Maria Isakova	Zoya Kholshevnikova	Rimma Zhukova
1950	Moscow	Maria Isakova	Zinaida Krotova	Rimma Zhukova
1951	Eskilstuna	Eevi Huttunen	Randi Thorvaldsen	Ragnhild Mikkelsen
1952	Kokkola	Lidia Selikhova	Maria Anikanova	Randi Thorvaldsen
1953	Lillehammer	Khalida Shchegoleyeva	Rimma Zhukova	Lidia Selikhova
1954	Östersund	Lidia Selikhova	Rimma Zhukova	Sofya Kondakova
1955	Kuopio	Rimma Zhukova	Tamara Rylova	Sofya Kondakova
1956	Kvarnsveden	Sofya Kondakova	Rimma Zhukova	Tamara Rylova
1957	Imatra	Inga Artamonova	Tamara Rylova	Lidia Selikhova
1958	Kristinehamn	Inga Artamonova	Tamara Rylova	Sofya Kondakova
1959	Sverdlovsk	Tamara Rylova	Valentina Stenina	Lidia Skoblikova
1960	Östersund	Valentina Stenina	Tamara Rylova	Lidia Skoblikova
1961	Tønsberg	Valentina Stenina	Albina Tuzova	Lidia Skoblikova
1962	Imatra	Inga Voronina-Artamonova	Lidia Skoblikova	Albina Tuzova
1963	Karuizawa	Lidia Skoblikova	Inga Voronina-Artamonova	Valentina Stenina
1964	Kristinehamn	Lidia Skoblikova	Inga Voronina-Artamonova	Tamara Rylova
1965	Oulu	Inga Voronina-Artamonova	Valentina Stenina	Stien Kaiser
1966	Trondheim	Valentina Stenina	Kim Song-Sun	Stien Kaiser
1967	Deventer	Stien Kaiser	Lāsma Kauniste	Dianne Holum
1968	Helsinki	Stien Kaiser	Ans Schut	Carry Geijssen
1969	Grenoble	Lāsma Kauniste	Stien Kaiser	Ans Schut
1970	West Allis	Atje Keulen-Deelstra	Stien Kaiser	Sigrid Sundby
1971	Helsinki	Nina Statkevich	Stien Kaiser	Lyudmila Titova
1972	Heerenveen	Atje Keulen-Deelstra	Stien Baas-Kaiser	Dianne Holum
1973	Strömsund	Atje Keulen-Deelstra	Tatyana Shelekova-Rastopshina	Trijnie Rep
1974	Heerenveen	Atje Keulen-Deelstra	Tatyana Averina	Nina Statkevich
1975	Assen	Karin Kessow	Tatyana Averina	Sheila Young
1976	Gjøvik	Sylvia Burka	Tatyana Averina	Sheila Young
1977	Keystone	Vera Bryndzei	Galina Stepanskaya	Galina Nikitina
1978	Helsinki	Tatyana Averina	Galina Stepanskaya	Marion Dittmann
1979	The Hague	Beth Heiden	Natalya Petrusyova	Sylvia Burka
1980	Hamar	Natalya Petrusyova	Beth Heiden	Bjørg Eva Jensen
1981	Sainte-Foy	Natalya Petrusyova	Karin Enke	Sarah Docter
1982	Inzell	Karin Busch	Andrea Schöne	Natalya Petrusyova
1983	Karl-Marx-Stadt	Andrea Schöne	Karin Enke	Valentina Lalenkova-Golovenkina
1984	Deventer	Karin Enke	Andrea Schöne	Gabi Schönbrunn
1985	Sarajevo	Andrea Schöne	Gabi Schönbrunn	Sabine Brehm
1986	The Hague	Karin Kania	Andrea Ehrig	Sabine Brehm
1987	West Allis	Karin Kania	Andrea Ehrig	Yvonne van Gennip
1988	Skien	Karin Kania	Yvonne van Gennip	Erwina Ryś-Ferens
1989	Lake Placid	Constanze Moser-Scandolo	Gunda Kleemann	Yvonne van Gennip
1990	Calgary	Jacqueline Börner	Seiko Hashimoto	Constanze Moser-Scandolo
1991	Hamar	Gunda Kleemann	Heike Warnicke-Schalling	Lia van Schie
1992	Heerenveen	Gunda Niemann	Emese Hunyady	Seiko Hashimoto
1993	Berlin	Gunda Niemann	Emese Hunyady	Heike Warnicke-Schalling
1994	Butte	Emese Hunyady	Ulrike Adeberg	Mihaela Dascalu
1995	Savalen	Gunda Niemann	Lyudmila Prokasheva	Annamarie Thomas
1996	Inzell	Gunda Niemann	Claudia Pechstein	Mie Uehara
1997	Nagano	Gunda Niemann	Claudia Pechstein	Tonny de Jong
1998	Heerenveen	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Claudia Pechstein	Anni Friesinger
1999	Hamar	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Claudia Pechstein	Tonny de Jong
2000	Milwaukee	Claudia Pechstein	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Maki Tabata
2001	Budapest	Anni Friesinger	Claudia Pechstein	Renate Groenewold
2002	Heerenveen	Anni Friesinger	Cindy Klassen	Claudia Pechstein
2003	Gothenburg	Cindy Klassen	Claudia Pechstein	Daniela Anschütz
2004	Hamar	Renate Groenewold	Claudia Pechstein	Wieteke Cramer
2005	Moscow	Anni Friesinger	Cindy Klassen	Claudia Pechstein
2006	Calgary	Cindy Klassen	Claudia Pechstein	Kristina Groves
2007	Heerenveen	Ireen Wüst	Anni Friesinger	Cindy Klassen
2008	Berlin	Paulien van Deutekom	Ireen Wüst	Kristina Groves
2009	Hamar	Martina Sáblíková	Kristina Groves	Ireen Wüst
2010	Heerenveen	Martina Sáblíková	Kristina Groves	Ireen Wüst
2011	Calgary	Ireen Wüst	Christine Nesbitt	Martina Sáblíková
2012	Moscow	Ireen Wüst	Martina Sáblíková	Christine Nesbitt
2013	Hamar	Ireen Wüst	Diane Valkenburg	Yekaterina Shikhova
2014	Heerenveen	Ireen Wüst	Olga Graf	Yvonne Nauta
2015	Calgary	Martina Sáblíková	Ireen Wüst	Ida Njåtun
2016	Berlin
2017	Hamar
2018

All-time medal count

Only official tournaments are taken into account

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	24	25	20	69
2	Netherlands	13	9	16	38
3	Germany	12	12	5	29
4	East Germany	10	8	5	23
5	Canada	3	5	5	13
6	Finland	3	3	2	8
7	Czech Republic	3	1	1	5
8	Norway	2	3	8	13
9	United States	2	1	5	8
10	Austria	1	2	0	3
11	Japan	0	1	3	4
12	Russia	0	1	1	2
13	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
13	North Korea	0	1	0	1
15	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1

References

↑ "Some Key Dates in ISU History". ISU.org. Retrieved 21 November 2012.

World Speed Skating Championships

All-Round	Men Women Juniors

Sprint	Men Women

Single Distance	Men Women

Short Track	World Teams Juniors

World Long Track Speed Skating Championships

Unofficial

1889
1890
1891
cancelled

Allround

Men	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915–21 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940–46 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

Women	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940–46 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

Combined	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Sprint

1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016

Single Distance

1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016

Medal tables of Olympics, Paralympics and World Championships by sport

Olympic Games (Hosts · Medals)	Alpine skiing Archery Athletics Badminton Bandy Basketball men women Biathlon Bobsleigh Boxing Canoeing & kayaking Cross-country skiing Curling Cycling Diving Equestrian Field hockey Fencing Figure skating Football men women Freestyle skiing Gymnastics Handball Ice hockey Judo Luge Modern pentathlon Nordic combined Rowing Sailing Shooting Skeleton Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating Short track Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling Greco-Roman Freestyle

Paralympic Games (Hosts · Medals)	Alpine skiing Archery Athletics Biathlon Boccia Cross‑country skiing Cycling Equestrian Football 5-a-side Football 7-a-side Goalball Ice sledge hockey Judo Powerlifting Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Table tennis Volleyball Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair curling Wheelchair fencing Wheelchair rugby Wheelchair tennis

World Championships or World Cups	Alpine skiing American football Aquatics Archery Athletics Badminton men women BWF Bandy men women Baseball World Cup World Baseball Classic Basketball men women Basque Pelota Beach soccer Biathlon Bobsleigh Bowling Canoe Slalom Sprint Cricket men women Test ODI Curling men women Cycling BMX Cyclo-cross men women Mountain Bike Marathon Track Equestrian Equestrian Games Show Jumping Eventing Fencing F1 drivers constructors Field hockey men women Football clubs men women Figure skating Futsal Gymnastics artistic rhythmic trampoline Handball men women Ice hockey men women ranks Luge natural Modern pentathlon Nordic skiing Padel tennis Polo Inline hockey men Roller hockey men women Rugby league men women Rugby union men women Shooting Softball Speed skating men men's sprint women women's sprint Taekwondo Squash men women team Tennis men women ranks Volleyball men women Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

List of international rankings List of top international rankings by country Lists by country

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