ISU Speed Skating World Cup

The ISU Speed Skating World Cup is a series of international speed skating competitions, organised annually by the International Skating Union since the winter of 1985–86. Every year during the winter season, a number of competitions on different distances and on different locations are held. Skaters can earn points at each competition, and the skater who has the most points on a given distance at the end of the series is the winner. Initially not very popular by skaters nor spectators, the World Cup gradually became more and more popular, and this was of the reasons of the creation of the World Single Distance Championships. The results on the separate distances in the World Cup ranking are the main qualifying method for the World Single Distance Championships.

The number of races per season per distance varies, but it is usually between five and ten. Ten World Cup titles are awarded every season, five for men (the 500 m, the 1000 m, the 1500 m, the combined 5000 m / 10000 m, and the team pursuit), and five for women (the 500 m, the 1000 m, the 1500 m, the combined 3000 m / 5000 m, and the team pursuit).

The team pursuit was added to the World Cup in the 2005–06 season. Between the seasons 2003–04 and 2008–09, the 100 m was also contested for men and women, but this category is now defunct.

The mass start was re-introduced for both women and men in the World Cup in Astana in 2011.

Overall World Cup winners

Men

Season	100 m	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	5000 / 10000 m	Team pursuit	Mass start
1985–86		Dan Jansen	Dan Jansen	Michael Hadschieff	Dave Silk
1986–87		Nick Thometz	Nick Thometz	Hans Magnusson	Geir Karlstad
1987–88		Dan Jansen	Uwe-Jens Mey	André Hoffmann	Tomas Gustafson
1988–89		Uwe-Jens Mey	Uwe-Jens Mey	Eric Flaim Michael Hadschieff	Gerard Kemkers
1989–90		Uwe-Jens Mey	Uwe-Jens Mey	Johann Olav Koss	Bart Veldkamp
1990–91		Uwe-Jens Mey	Igor Zhelezovski	Johann Olav Koss	Johann Olav Koss
1991–92		Dan Jansen	Igor Zhelezovski	Falko Zandstra (2)	Geir Karlstad (2)
1992–93		Dan Jansen	Igor Zhelezovski (3)	Rintje Ritsma	Bart Veldkamp (2)
1993–94		Dan Jansen (5)	Dan Jansen	Falko Zandstra	Johann Olav Koss (2)
1994–95		Hiroyasu Shimizu	Yukinori Miyabe	Neal Marshall	Rintje Ritsma
1995–96		Manabu Horii	Ådne Søndrål	Hiroyuki Noake	Rintje Ritsma
1996–97		Hiroyasu Shimizu	Manabu Horii	Rintje Ritsma (2)	Rintje Ritsma (3)
1997–98		Jeremy Wotherspoon	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Ids Postma	Gianni Romme
1998–99		Jeremy Wotherspoon	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Ådne Søndrål	Bart Veldkamp
1999–2000		Jeremy Wotherspoon	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Ådne Søndrål	Gianni Romme
2000–01		Hiroyasu Shimizu	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Aleksandr Kibalko	Gianni Romme
2001–02		Jeremy Wotherspoon	Jeremy Wotherspoon (5)	Ådne Søndrål (3)	Gianni Romme (4)
2002–03		Jeremy Wotherspoon	Erben Wennemars	Yevgeny Lalenkov	Carl Verheijen
2003–04	Yu Fengtong	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Erben Wennemars	Mark Tuitert	Bob de Jong
2004–05	Yu Fengtong	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Erben Wennemars (3)	Mark Tuitert (2)	Øystein Grødum	Italy
2005–06	Yūya Oikawa	Lee Kang-seok	Shani Davis	Chad Hedrick	Chad Hedrick	Canada
2006–07	Yūya Oikawa	Tucker Fredricks	Erben Wennemars	Erben Wennemars	Sven Kramer	Netherlands
2007–08	Lee Kang-seok	Jeremy Wotherspoon (8)	Shani Davis	Shani Davis	Håvard Bøkko	Netherlands
2008–09	Yūya Oikawa	Yu Fengtong	Shani Davis	Shani Davis	Sven Kramer	Canada (2)
2009–10		Tucker Fredricks (2)	Shani Davis	Shani Davis	Håvard Bøkko (2)	Norway
2010–11		Lee Kang-seok	Stefan Groothuis	Shani Davis (4)	Bob de Jong	Norway (2)
2011–12		Mo Tae-bum	Shani Davis	Håvard Bøkko	Bob de Jong (3)	Netherlands	Alexis Contin
2012–13		Jan Smeekens	Kjeld Nuis	Zbigniew Bródka	Jorrit Bergsma	Netherlands	Arjan Stroetinga
2013–14		Ronald Mulder	Shani Davis (6)	Koen Verweij	Jorrit Bergsma	Netherlands	Bob de Vries
2014–15		Pavel Kulizhnikov	Pavel Kulizhnikov	Denny Morrison	Jorrit Bergsma (3)	South Korea	Lee Seung-hoon
2015–16		Pavel Kulizhnikov (2)	Kjeld Nuis (2)	Denis Yuskov	Sven Kramer (3)	Netherlands (6)	Arjan Stroetinga(2)

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[1]

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	346	326	314	986
2	United States	162	147	127	436
3	Japan	139	145	143	427
4	Canada	111	108	107	326
5	Norway	94	93	86	273
6	Russia	85	74	72	231
7	South Korea	50	84	88	222
8	East Germany	47	15	23	85
9	Soviet Union	23	21	28	72
10	Germany	22	21	40	83

Women

Season	100 m	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	3000 / 5000 m	Team pursuit	Mass start
1985–86		Christa Rothenburger	Karin Kania	Annette Carlén-Karlsson	Andrea Ehrig
1986–87		Bonnie Blair	Bonnie Blair	Yvonne van Gennip	Yvonne van Gennip
1987–88		Christa Rothenburger	Christa Rothenburger	Bonnie Blair	Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn
1988–89		Christa Luding-Rothenburger (3)	Angela Hauck-Stahnke	Constanze Moser-Scandolo	Heike Schalling
1989–90		Bonnie Blair Angela Stahnke	Seiko Hashimoto	Jacqueline Börner	Gunda Kleemann
1990–91		Kyoko Shimazaki	Monique Garbrecht	Gunda Kleemann	Heike Warnicke-Schalling
1991–92		Bonnie Blair	Bonnie Blair	Gunda Niemann	Gunda Niemann
1992–93		Ye Qiaobo	Bonnie Blair	Gunda Niemann	Gunda Niemann
1993–94		Bonnie Blair	Bonnie Blair	Emese Hunyady	Gunda Niemann
1994–95		Bonnie Blair (5)	Bonnie Blair (5)	Gunda Niemann	Gunda Niemann
1995–96		Svetlana Zhurova	Chris Witty	Gunda Niemann	Gunda Niemann
1996–97		Xue Ruihong	Franziska Schenk	Gunda Niemann	Tonny de Jong
1997–98		Catriona Le May Doan	Monique Garbrecht	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
1998–99		Catriona Le May Doan	Monique Garbrecht	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
1999–2000		Monique Garbrecht	Monique Garbrecht	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (9)	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
2000–01		Catriona Le May Doan	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt	Anni Friesinger	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (9)
2001–02		Catriona Le May Doan (4)	Sabine Völker	Anni Friesinger	Anni Friesinger
2002–03		Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (2)	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (5)	Cindy Klassen	Claudia Pechstein
2003–04	Shihomi Shinya	Wang Manli	Jennifer Rodriguez	Anni Friesinger (3)	Claudia Pechstein
2004–05	Sayuri Osuga	Wang Manli (2)	Chiara Simionato	Cindy Klassen	Claudia Pechstein (3)	Japan
2005–06	Jenny Wolf	Jenny Wolf	Anni Friesinger	Cindy Klassen (3)	Cindy Klassen (3)	Germany
2006–07	Jenny Wolf	Jenny Wolf	Chiara Simionato (2)	Ireen Wüst	Martina Sáblíková	Netherlands
2007–08	Jenny Wolf	Jenny Wolf	Anni Friesinger (2)	Kristina Groves	Martina Sáblíková	Canada
2008–09	Jenny Wolf	Jenny Wolf	Christine Nesbitt	Kristina Groves	Martina Sáblíková	Czech Republic
2009–10		Jenny Wolf	Christine Nesbitt	Kristina Groves (3)	Martina Sáblíková	Canada
2010–11		Jenny Wolf (6)	Heather Richardson	Christine Nesbitt	Martina Sáblíková	Netherlands
2011–12		Yu Jing	Christine Nesbitt (3)	Christine Nesbitt (3)	Martina Sáblíková	Canada (3)	Mariska Huisman
2012–13		Lee Sang-hwa	Heather Richardson	Marrit Leenstra	Martina Sáblíková	Netherlands	Kim Bo-reum
2013–14		Olga Fatkulina	Heather Richardson (3)	Ireen Wüst (2)	Martina Sáblíková	Netherlands	Francesca Lollobrigida
2014–15		Nao Kodaira	Brittany Bowe	Marrit Leenstra (2)	Martina Sáblíková	Netherlands (5)	Ivanie Blondin
2015–16		Heather Richardson	Brittany Bowe (2)	Brittany Bowe	Martina Sáblíková (10)	Japan (2)	Irene Schouten

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[2]

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	307	244	187	738
2	United States	166	126	105	397
3	Netherlands	123	208	231	562
4	Canada	111	106	104	321
5	China	76	72	62	210
6	East Germany	74	63	42	179
7	Japan	73	100	132	305
8	Czechoslovakia	54	22	18	94
9	South Korea	48	38	38	124
10	Russia	30	52	73	155

Most World Cup victories

The skaters with the highest number of individual World Cup victories as of 18 March 2016. Active skaters in bold.

Men

Pos	Athlete	First–last	Total starts	100 m	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	5000 m	10000 m	Mass start	Total wins
1	Jeremy Wotherspoon	1997–2008	223		49	18					67
2	Shani Davis	2005–2014	191			40	18				58
3	Uwe-Jens Mey	1985–1992	92		36	12					48
4	Dan Jansen	1985–1994	155		32	14					46
5	Sven Kramer	2005–2016	66				2	32	4		39
5	Hiroyasu Shimizu	1993–2004	210	1	34						35
7	Igor Zhelezovsky	1985–1993	88		4	24	2				30
	Ådne Søndrål	1990–2002	180		1	11	18				30
9	Rintje Ritsma	1991–2000	125				11	17	1		29
10	Erben Wennemars	2000–2007	256		3	15	7				25

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[3]

Women

Pos	Athlete	First–last	Total starts	100 m	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	3000 m	5000 m	Mass start	Total wins
1	Gunda Niemann	1988–2001	160			2	39	42	15		98
2	Bonnie Blair	1986–1995	162		39	27	3				69
3	Jenny Wolf	2004–2013	212	12	49						61
4	Anni Friesinger	1999–2009	164			19	26	10	1		56
5	Martina Sáblíková	2007–2016	173				1	30	13	2	46
6	Lee Sang-hwa	2006–2015	187	1	36						37
7	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt	1990–2004	242		17	19					36
8	Catriona Le May Doan	1997–2003	224	1	27	6					34
9	Christine Nesbitt	2007–2013	153			19	13				32
10	Claudia Pechstein	1995–2014	236				6	14	6	2	28

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[4]

All-time medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	469	534	545	1548
2	Germany	329	265	227	821
3	United States	328	273	232	833
4	Canada	222	214	211	647
5	Japan	121	78	65	264
6	East Germany	121	78	65	264
7	Russia	115	126	145	386
8	South Korea	98	122	126	346
9	Norway	97	101	103	301
10	China	87	91	72	250

See also

• ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating
• Cup Ranking - Country Medal Table
• World Speed Skating Championships

References