2007 in speed skating

The year 2007 in speed skating also includes events in the autumn of 2006, since they belong to the same long track speed skating season.

Chronology

3 November: On the starting day of the Dutch Single Distance Championships, Gianni Romme confirms that he quits as active speed skater to take over as coach of Anni Friesinger.
17 December: After the Norwegian Championships at Geithus, Norwegian allround champion Mari Hemmer is not selected for the European Championship,^[1] as the Norwegian Speed Skating Federation decides they will not use their allotted quota of three skaters. After two days, the decision is changed, and Hemmer, along with Hedvig Bjelkevik (who later declined the place) were selected.^[2]
25 December: Sprinter Erben Wennemars wins bronze at his first start at the Dutch Allround Championships after lowering his personal best on the 10000 m by nearly 20 seconds. Sven Kramer won the championship.
28 December: Five-time medallist at the Turin Olympics, Cindy Klassen, begins the season by winning two gold medals and three silver medals at the Canadian Single Distance Championships.^[3]
30 December: Anni Friesinger wins four of four distances at the German Allround Championships, but declines a spot at the European Championship. The five-time European Champion will take part at the World Sprint Championship, which she is yet to win, instead.^[4]
9–11 March: Martina Sáblíková wins two gold medals at the 2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships in Salt Lake City on 3000 m and 5000 m tracks and sets a new 5000 m world record for 6:45.61.

International championships

European: Ritten Artificial Ice Track, Collalbo, Italy, 13 and 14 January
World Sprint: Vikingskipet, Hamar, Norway, 20 and 21 January
World Allround: Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands, 9–11 February
World Junior: Olympia Eisstadion, Innsbruck, Austria: 23–25 February
World Single Distance: Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City, United States, 8–11 March

Other international competitions

2007 Speed Skating World Cup

Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands: 10–12 November
Distance	Men	Women
500 m (1)	Keiichiro Nagashima 35.10	Lee Sang-hwa 38.23
500 m (2)	Keiichiro Nagashima 35.24	Wang Beixing 38.26
1000 m (1)	Lee Kyou-hyuk 1:09.01	Anni Friesinger 1:15.89
1000 m (2)	Shani Davis 1:09.17	Anni Friesinger 1:15.93
1500 m	Erben Wennemars 1:45.96	Anni Friesinger 1:56.90
3000 m	n/a	Renate Groenewold 4:05.45
5000 m	Sven Kramer 6:16.64	n/a

Sportforum Hohenschönhausen, Berlin, Germany: 17–19 November
Distance	Men	Women
500 m (1)	Lee Kyou-hyuk 35.08	Jenny Wolf 37.77
500 m (2)	Pekka Koskela 35.02	Jenny Wolf 38.12
1000 m	Erben Wennemars 1:08.88	Anni Friesinger 1:15.53
1500 m	Enrico Fabris 1:45.54	Anni Friesinger 1:55.54
3000 m	n/a	Renate Groenewold 4:02.44
5000 m	Sven Kramer 6:09.76	n/a
Team pursuit	Netherlands 3:40.79	Netherlands 3:02.90

Krylatskoe Ice Hall, Moscow, Russia: 25–26 November
Distance	Men	Women
1500 m	Erben Wennemars 1:46.85	Anni Friesinger 1:56.40
5000 m	n/a	Claudia Pechstein 7:04.90
10000 m	Enrico Fabris 13:14.94	n/a

Heilongjiang Indoor Rink, Harbin, China: 2–3 December
Distance	Men	Women
100 m	Yūya Oikawa 9.58	Xing Aihua 10.31
500 m (1)	Pekka Koskela 34.98	Lee Sang-hwa 38.23
500 m (2)	Keiichiro Nagashima 35.06 Lee Kyou-hyuk 35.06	Jenny Wolf 38.41
1000 m (1)	Lee Kyou-hyuk 1:09.39	Chiara Simionato 1:16.99
1000 m (2)	Lee Kyou-hyuk 1:09.17	Chiara Simionato 1:17.14

M-Wave, Nagano, Japan: 9–10 December
Distance	Men	Women
100 m	Yūya Oikawa 9.62	Judith Hesse 10.51
500 m (1)	Keiichiro Nagashima 34.91	Lee Sang-hwa 38.52
500 m (2)	Lee Kang-seok 35.09	Lee Sang-hwa 38.30
1000 m (1)	Pekka Koskela 1:09.41	Shannon Rempel 1:16.88
1000 m (2)	Jan Bos 1:09.40	Chiara Simionato 1:17.14

Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands: 27–28 January
Distance	Men	Women

Oval Lingotto, Turin, Italy: 3–4 February
Distance	Men	Women

Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Halle, Erfurt, Germany: 17–18 February
Distance	Men	Women

World Cup Final: Olympic Oval, Calgary, Alberta, Canada: 2–4 March
Distance	Men	Women

2007 Winter Asian Games, Changchun, China: 28 January – 4 February
2007 Winter Universiade, Oval Lingotto, Turin, Italy: 17–27 January
American/Oceanian Regional Qualifier for World Allround Championships, Pettit National Ice Center, Milwaukee: 13 January and 14 February

National championships

Championships need to have at least three participants to be mentioned here. Top three are mentioned for allround and sprint championships if the nation has at least three spots in the relevant international championship, otherwise only the winner is mentioned. If the championship had fewer than three participants, it is not mentioned.

Country	Men's Allround	Men's Sprint	Men's Single Distance	Women's Allround	Women's Sprint	Women's Single Distance
Austria	01 ! Christian Pichler^[5]	01 ! Christian Falger^[6]^[7]	Christian Falger: 2 × 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m Stephan Bittner: 5000 m	01 ! Martina Windhager	01 ! Anna Rokita	Anna Rokita: 2 × 500 m, 1000 m, 3000 m, 5000 m
Canada			Denny Morrison: 2 × 500 m,^[8] 1000 m, 1500 m Arne Dankers: 5000 m, 10000 m			Shannon Rempel: 2 × 500 m^[8] Cindy Klassen: 1000 m, 1500 m Clara Hughes: 3000 m, 5000 m
China	01 ! Jin Xin^[9]	01 ! Zhang Zhongqi^[10]	An Weijiang: 100 m, 2 ×500 m Chang Rui: 1000 m Yue Cheng: 1500 m Song Xingyu: 5000 m, 10 000 m^[11]	01 ! Ji Jia^[12]	01 ! Shuang Zhang 02 ! Wang Dan 03 ! Yu Jing^[13]	Xing Aihua: 100 m, 2 ×500 m Wang Fei: 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m Fu Chunyan: 5000 m^[11]
Finland	01 ! Jarmo Valtonen^[14]	01 ! Mika Poutala 02 ! Tuomas Nieminen 03 ! Niko Räsänen^[15]	Pekka Koskela: 2 × 500 m	01 ! Pia Humisto^[14]	01 ! Susanna Potka^[16]	Susanna Potka: 2 × 500 m
Germany	01 ! Tobias Schneider^[17]	01 ! Samuel Schwarz^[17]	Denny Ihle: 100 m Anton Hahn: 2 × 500 m Samuel Schwarz: 1000 m, 1500 m Tobias Schneider: 5000 m Marco Weber: 10000 m^[18]	01 ! Anni Friesinger 02 ! Claudia Pechstein 03 ! Daniela Anschütz-Thoms^[19]	01 ! Jenny Wolf 02 ! Pamela Zoellner 03 ! Monique Angermüller^[19]	Jenny Wolf: 100 m Anni Friesinger: 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m Stephanie Beckert: 3000 m, 5000 m^[20]
Italy	01 ! Enrico Fabris 02 ! Matteo Anesi 03 ! Luca Stefani^[21]	01 ! Ermanno Ioriatti^[22]		01 ! Chiara Simionato^[23]
Japan	01 ! Hiroki Hirako^[24]	01 ! Keiichiro Nagashima 02 ! Hiroyasu Shimizu 03 ! Takaharu Nakajima^[25]	Keiichiro Nagashima: 2 × 500 m, 1000 m Teruhiro Sugimori: 1500 m Naoki Yasuda: 3000 m Hiroki Hirako: 5000 m^[26]	01 ! Maki Tabata 02 ! Masako Hozumi 03 ! Eriko Ishino^[27]	01 ! Tomomi Okazaki 02 !Shihomi Shinya 03 ! Maki Tabata^[25]	Sayuri Osuga: 2 × 500 m Nao Kodaira: 1000 m Maki Tabata: 1500 m Hiromi Otsu: 3000 m^[26]
South Korea	01 ! Choi Kwun-won^[28]	01 ! Lee Kyou-hyuk 02 ! Mun Jun 03 ! Choi Jae-bong^[29]	Lee Kang-seok: 2 × 500 m Lee Kyou-hyuk: 1000 m Choi Kwun-won: 5000 m Lee Jong-wu: 1500 m shared Mun Jun: 1500 m shared Kim Myung-seok: 10 000 m^[30]	01 ! Noh Seon-yeong^[28]	01 ! Kim Yu-Rim 02 ! Choi Seung-Yong 03 ! Lee Bo-ra^[29]	Lee Sang-hwa: 2 × 500 m Kim Yu-Rim: 1000 m Lee Ju-yun: 1500 m, 3000 m Lee So-yeon: 5000 m^[30]
Netherlands	Article 01 ! Sven Kramer 02 ! Carl Verheijen 03 ! Erben Wennemars	01 ! Erben Wennemars 02 ! Jan Bos 03 ! Beorn Nijenhuis^[31]	Article Jan Bos: 2 × 500 m, 1000 m Sven Kramer: 1500 m, 5000 m, 10 000 m	Article 01 ! Ireen Wüst 02 ! Renate Groenewold 03 ! Marja Vis	01 ! Marianne Timmer 02 ! Annette Gerritsen 03 ! Margot Boer^[31]	Article Margot Boer: 2 × 500 m Ireen Wüst: 1000 m, 1500 m Renate Groenewold: 3000 m Gretha Smit: 5000 m
Norway	01 ! Eskil Ervik 02 ! Henrik Christiansen 03 ! Sverre Haugli^[32]	01 ! Dag Erik Kleven 02 ! Eirik Lunde Pedersen 03 ! Frode Bartholdsen^[33]	Even Wetten: 2 × 500 m, 1000 m Eskil Ervik: 1500 m, 5000 m^[34] Øystein Grødum: 10 000 m (awarded at allround championship)	01 ! Mari Hemmer 02 ! Hedvig Bjelkevik 03 ! Annette Bjelkevik	01 ! Hedvig Bjelkevik^[33]	Hedvig Bjelkevik: 2 × 500 m, 1000 m Maren Haugli: 1500 m, 3000 m
Poland	01 ! Konrad Niedźwiedzki 02 ! Sławomir Chmura 03 !Witold Mazur^[35]	01 ! Maciej Ustynowicz^[36]	Maciej Ustynowicz 2 × 500 m Konrad Niedźwiedzki 1000 m, 1500 m Witold Mazur 5000 m Sławomir Chmura: 10 000 m^[37]	01 ! Katarzyna Wójcicka	01 ! Karolina Ksyt^[36]	Katarzyna Wójcicka: 2 × 500 m, 1500 m, 3000 m Luiza Złotkowska: 1000 m, 5000 m^[37]

Sweden

Swedish Championships: Östermalms IP, Stockholm, 15–17 December
- Allround, 15 and 16 December

Medal	Men	Women
01 !	Johan Röjler 163.853 (38.9–7:05.78 / 1:56.98–14:27.8)	Marita Johansson 185.309 (43.8–4:46.54 / 2:12.85–8:14.7)

- Sprint, 16 and 17 December

Medal	Men	Women
01 !	Joel Eriksson 151.270 (37.96–1:15.72 / 37.85–1:15.20)	Paulina Wallin 171.140 (41.3–1:28.25 / 41.87–1:27.63)

- Team pursuit, 17 December

Medal	Men	Women
01 !	Sandvikens SK (Mattias Falk, Sebastian Falk, Rasmus Falk) 4:28.8	Hagaström 1 (Anna Hånell, Emma Wallgren, Madeleine Wengberg) 4:05.7

Switzerland

Allround: Olympia Eisstadion, Innsbruck, Austria, 16 and 17 December

Medal	Men	Women
01 !	Martin Hänggi 172.172 (40.12–7:21.58 / 2:02.82–15:39.09)	Sandra Kehrli 196.365 (48.28–5:02.26 / 2:24.19–8:16.45)

United States

Single Distance (Fall World Cup Qualifier): Pettit National Ice Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 19–22 October

Distance	Men	Women
2 × 500 m	Tucker Fredricks 71.640	Elli Ochowicz 80.680
1000 m	Kip Carpenter 1:11.23	Elli Ochowicz 1:21.14
1500 m	Mike Blumel 1:51.99	Catherine Raney 2:03.71
3000 m	n/a	Maria Lamb 4:22.19
5000 m	Chad Hedrick 6:43.08	n/a

USA Championships: Pettit National Ice Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 19–23 December
- Allround, 19 and 20 December

Medal	Men	Women
01 !	Shani Davis 151.740 (36.52–6:24.93 / 1:47.12–13:40.41)	Catherine Raney 169.588 (41.82–4:14.46 / 2:04.07–7:20.02)
02 !	Chad Hedrick 153.684 (37.60–6:25.47 / 1:49.88–13:38.22)	Anna Ringsred 171.748 (41.67–4:19.34 / 2:04.63–7:32.29)
03 !	Charles Leveille 159.993 (39.09–6:46.51 / 1:52.82–14:12.12)	Maria Lamb 172.795 (41.12–4:22.06 / 2:06.07–7:39.76)

References

↑ (in Norwegian) Opprør i skøyte-Norge, from NRK. Retrieved 3 January 2007.
↑ (in Norwegian) Hemmer til EM likevel. Retrieved 3 January 2007.
↑ (in Norwegian) Cindy Klassen tilbake, from NRK. Retrieved 3 January 2007.
↑ (in Dutch) Friesinger kiest voor sprint, schaats.nl. Retrieved 3 January 2007.
↑ Pichler/Windhager neue Staatsmeister, APA. Retrieved 11 March 2007.
↑ Rokita und Falger auch Sprint-Mehrkampf-Meister, APA. Retrieved 11 March 2007.
↑ Österreichische Single Distance Championships 2007, Deutsche Eisschnellauf-Gemeinschaft. Retrieved 11 March 2007.
1 2 Rempel defeats Klassen in 500m, Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 11 March 2007.
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1 2 (in Finnish) Valtonen ja Humisto tupla- mestareiksi, Turun Sanomat. Retrieved 11 March 2007.
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1 2 Südkoreanische Allround Championships 2007, DESG. Retrieved 11 March 2007.
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1 2 Südkoreanische Single Distance Championships 2007, DESG. Retrieved 11 March 2007.
1 2 (in Dutch) Wennemars en Timmer winnen NK Sprint, NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved 11 March 2007.
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