World Single Distance Championships for Women

The International Skating Union has organised the World Single Distance Championships for Women since 1996.

Locations

• 1996 Hamar, Norway
• 1997 Warsaw, Poland
• 1998 Calgary, Canada
• 1999 Heerenveen, Netherlands
• 2000 Nagano, Japan
• 2001 Salt Lake City, United States
• 2002 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games
• 2003 Berlin, Germany
• 2004 Seoul, South Korea
• 2005 Inzell, Germany
• 2006 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games
• 2007 Salt Lake City, United States
• 2008 Nagano, Japan
• 2009 Vancouver, Canada
• 2010 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games
• 2011 Inzell, Germany
• 2012 Heerenveen, Netherlands
• 2013 Sochi, Russia
• 2014 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games
• 2015 Heerenveen, Netherlands
• 2016 Kolomna, Russia
• 2017 Gangneung, South Korea
• 2018 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games

Medal winners

500 m

Year Gold Silver Bronze 1996 Svetlana Zhurova Kyoko Shimazaki Tomomi Okazaki 1997 Xue Ruihong Sabine Völker Franziska Schenk 1998 Catriona Le May Doan Svetlana Zhurova Tomomi Okazaki 1999 Catriona Le May Doan Svetlana Zhurova Tomomi Okazaki Marianne Timmer 2000 Monique Garbrecht Svetlana Zhurova Catriona Le May Doan 2001 Catriona Le May Doan Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt Svetlana Zhurova 2002 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2003 Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt Wang Manli Anzhelika Kotyuga 2004 Wang Manli Anzhelika Kotyuga Ren Hui 2005 Wang Manli Wang Beixing Lee Sang-hwa 2006 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2007 Jenny Wolf Wang Beixing Sayuri Osuga 2008 Jenny Wolf Wang Beixing Annette Gerritsen 2009 Jenny Wolf Wang Beixing Lee Sang-hwa 2010 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2011 Jenny Wolf Lee Sang-hwa Wang Beixing 2012 Lee Sang-hwa Yu Jing Thijsje Oenema 2013 Lee Sang-hwa Wang Beixing Olga Fatkulina 2014 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2015 Heather Richardson Brittany Bowe Nao Kodaira 2016 Lee Sang-hwa Brittany Bowe Zhang Hong 2017 Nao Kodaira Lee Sang-hwa Yu Jing Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [1]

Medal table 500 m Nation 01 ! 02 ! 03 ! Total  Germany 6 2 1 9  China 3 7 4 14  South Korea 3 2 2 7  Canada 3 0 1 4  Russia 1 3 2 6  United States 1 2 0 3  Japan 1 1 5 7  Belarus 0 1 1 2  Netherlands 0 0 3 3

1,000 m

Year Gold Silver Bronze 1996 Annamarie Thomas Chris Witty Emese Hunyady 1997 Marianne Timmer Sandra Zwolle Franziska Schenk 1998 Chris Witty Catriona Le May Doan Franziska Schenk 1999 Marianne Timmer Monique Garbrecht Catriona Le May Doan 2000 Monique Garbrecht Marianne Timmer Chris Witty 2001 Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt Sabine Völker Catriona Le May Doan 2002 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2003 Anni Friesinger Jennifer Rodriguez Cindy Klassen 2004 Anni Friesinger Marianne Timmer Cindy Klassen 2005 Barbara de Loor Anni Friesinger Marianne Timmer 2006 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2007 Ireen Wüst Anni Friesinger Christine Nesbitt 2008 Anni Friesinger Kristina Groves Annette Gerritsen 2009 Christine Nesbitt Anni Friesinger Margot Boer 2010 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2011 Christine Nesbitt Ireen Wüst Heather Richardson 2012 Christine Nesbitt Yu Jing Margot Boer 2013 Olga Fatkulina Ireen Wüst Brittany Bowe 2014 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2015 Brittany Bowe Heather Richardson Karolina Erbanová 2016 Jorien ter Mors Heather Richardson-Bergsma Brittany Bowe 2017 Heather Bergsma Nao Kodaira Jorien ter Mors Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [2]

Medal table 1000 m Nation 01 ! 02 ! 03 ! Total  Netherlands 6 5 5 16  Germany 5 5 2 12  United States 3 4 4 11  Canada 3 2 5 10  Russia 1 0 0 1  China 0 1 0 1  Japan 0 1 0 1  Austria 0 0 1 1  Czech Republic 0 0 1 1

1,500 m

Year Gold Silver Bronze 1996 Annamarie Thomas Claudia Pechstein Sandra Zwolle 1997 Gunda Niemann Anni Friesinger Marianne Timmer 1998 Anni Friesinger Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Claudia Pechstein 1999 Emese Hunyady Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Tonny de Jong 2000 Claudia Pechstein Anni Friesinger Emese Hunyady 2001 Anni Friesinger Maki Tabata Cindy Klassen 2002 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2003 Anni Friesinger Maki Tabata Jennifer Rodriguez 2004 Anni Friesinger Cindy Klassen Jennifer Rodriguez 2005 Cindy Klassen Anni Friesinger Jennifer Rodriguez 2006 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2007 Ireen Wüst Cindy Klassen Kristina Groves 2008 Anni Friesinger Paulien van Deutekom Kristina Groves 2009 Anni Friesinger Ireen Wüst Christine Nesbitt 2010 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2011 Ireen Wüst Diane Valkenburg Jorien Voorhuis 2012 Christine Nesbitt Ireen Wüst Linda de Vries 2013 Ireen Wüst Lotte van Beek Christine Nesbitt 2014 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2015 Brittany Bowe Ireen Wüst Heather Richardson 2016 Jorien ter Mors Heather Richardson-Bergsma Brittany Bowe 2017 Heather Bergsma Ireen Wüst Miho Takagi Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [3]

Medal table 1500 m Nation 01 ! 02 ! 03 ! Total  Germany 8 6 1 15  Netherlands 5 7 5 17  Canada 2 2 5 9  United States 2 1 5 8  Austria 1 0 1 2  Japan 0 2 1 3

3,000 m

Year Gold Silver Bronze 1996 Gunda Niemann Claudia Pechstein Lyudmila Prokasheva 1997 Gunda Niemann Anni Friesinger Carla Zijlstra 1998 Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Claudia Pechstein Anni Friesinger 1999 Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Tonny de Jong Claudia Pechstein none awarded 2000 Claudia Pechstein Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Maki Tabata 2001 Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Anni Friesinger Claudia Pechstein 2002 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2003 Anni Friesinger Claudia Pechstein Gretha Smit 2004 Claudia Pechstein Anni Friesinger Gretha Smit none awarded 2005 Cindy Klassen Claudia Pechstein Kristina Groves 2006 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2007 Martina Sáblíková Renate Groenewold Cindy Klassen 2008 Kristina Groves Paulien van Deutekom Daniela Anschütz-Thoms 2009 Renate Groenewold Martina Sáblíková Kristina Groves 2010 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2011 Ireen Wüst Martina Sáblíková Stephanie Beckert 2012 Martina Sáblíková Stephanie Beckert Ireen Wüst 2013 Ireen Wüst Martina Sáblíková Claudia Pechstein 2014 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2015 Martina Sáblíková Ireen Wüst Marije Joling 2016 Martina Sáblíková Ireen Wüst Antoinette de Jong 2017 Ireen Wüst Martina Sáblíková Antoinette de Jong Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [4]

Medal table 3000 m Nation 01 ! 02 ! 03 ! Total  Germany 8 10 5 23  Netherlands 4 6 6 16  Czech Republic 4 4 0 8  Canada 2 0 3 5  Japan 0 0 1 1  Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1

5,000 m

Year Gold Silver Bronze 1996 Claudia Pechstein Carla Zijlstra Elena Belci-Dal Farra 1997 Gunda Niemann Carla Zijlstra Claudia Pechstein 1998 Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Claudia Pechstein Carla Zijlstra 1999 Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Claudia Pechstein Tonny de Jong 2000 Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Claudia Pechstein Tonny de Jong 2001 Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Claudia Pechstein Maki Tabata 2002 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2003 Claudia Pechstein Clara Hughes Gretha Smit 2004 Clara Hughes Gretha Smit Claudia Pechstein 2005 Anni Friesinger Claudia Pechstein Clara Hughes 2006 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2007 Martina Sáblíková Claudia Pechstein Kristina Groves 2008 Martina Sáblíková Clara Hughes Kristina Groves 2009 Martina Sáblíková Clara Hughes Kristina Groves 2010 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2011 Martina Sáblíková Stephanie Beckert Claudia Pechstein 2012 Martina Sáblíková Stephanie Beckert Claudia Pechstein 2013 Martina Sáblíková Ireen Wüst Claudia Pechstein 2014 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2015 Martina Sáblíková Carlijn Achtereekte Claudia Pechstein 2016 Martina Sáblíková Carien Kleibeuker Irene Schouten 2017 Martina Sáblíková Claudia Pechstein Ivanie Blondin Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [5]

Medal table 5000 m Nation 01 ! 02 ! 03 ! Total  Czech Republic 9 0 0 9  Germany 8 9 6 23  Canada 1 3 5 9  Netherlands 0 6 5 11  Italy 0 0 1 1  Japan 0 0 1 1

Mass start

Year Gold Silver Bronze 2015 Irene Schouten Ivanie Blondin Mariska Huisman 2016 Ivanie Blondin Kim Bo-reum Miho Takagi 2017 Kim Bo-reum Nana Takagi Heather Bergsma Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [6]

Medal table mass start Nation 01 ! 02 ! 03 ! Total  Canada 1 1 0 2  South Korea 1 1 0 2  Netherlands 1 0 1 2  Japan 0 1 1 2  United States 0 0 1 1

Team pursuit

Year Gold Silver Bronze 2005  Germany Daniela Anschütz Anni Friesinger Sabine Völker  Canada Kristina Groves Clara Hughes Cindy Klassen  Japan Eriko Ishino Nami Nemoto Maki Tabata 2006 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2007  Canada Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Shannon Rempel  Netherlands Paulien van Deutekom Renate Groenewold Ireen Wüst  Germany Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Lucille Opitz Claudia Pechstein 2008  Netherlands Paulien van Deutekom Renate Groenewold Ireen Wüst  Canada Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler  Germany Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Lucille Opitz Claudia Pechstein 2009  Canada Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler  Netherlands Renate Groenewold Jorien Voorhuis Ireen Wüst  Japan Masako Hozumi Hiromi Otsu Maki Tabata 2010 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2011  Canada Cindy Klassen Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler  Netherlands Marrit Leenstra Diane Valkenburg Ireen Wüst  Germany Stephanie Beckert Isabell Ost Claudia Pechstein 2012  Netherlands Diane Valkenburg Linda de Vries Ireen Wüst  Canada Cindy Klassen Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler  Poland Natalia Czerwonka Katarzyna Woźniak Luiza Złotkowska 2013  Netherlands Marrit Leenstra Diane Valkenburg Ireen Wüst  Poland Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Natalia Czerwonka Luiza Złotkowska  South Korea Kim Bo-reum Noh Seon-yeong Park Do-yeong 2014 Not held because of Winter Olympic Games 2015  Japan Ayaka Kikuchi Miho Takagi Nana Takagi  Netherlands Marije Joling Marrit Leenstra Ireen Wüst  Russia Olga Graf Yuliya Skokova Natalya Voronina 2016  Netherlands Antoinette de Jong Marrit Leenstra Ireen Wüst  Japan Misaki Oshigiri Miho Takagi Nana Takagi  Russia Olga Graf Elizaveta Kazelina Natalya Voronina 2017  Netherlands Antoinette de Jong Marrit Leenstra Ireen Wüst  Japan Misaki Oshigiri Miho Takagi Nana Takagi  Russia Olga Graf Yekaterina Shikhova Natalya Voronina Source: schaatsstatistieken.nl [7]

Medal table team pursuit Nation 01 ! 02 ! 03 ! Total  Netherlands 5 4 0 9  Canada 3 3 0 6  Japan 1 2 2 5  Germany 1 0 3 4  Poland 0 1 1 2  Russia 0 0 3 3  South Korea 0 0 1 1

Medal summary

Nations (updated 2017) Nation 01 ! 02 ! 03 ! Total  Germany 36 32 18 86  Netherlands 21 28 25 74  Canada 15 11 19 45  Czech Republic 13 4 1 18  United States 6 7 10 23  South Korea 4 3 3 10  China 3 8 4 15  Japan 2 7 11 20  Russia 2 3 5 10  Austria 1 0 2 3  Belarus 0 1 1 2  Poland 0 1 1 2  Italy 0 0 1 1  Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1

World champions (2017) Skater 01 ! 02 ! 03 ! Total Martina Sáblíková 13 4 0 17 Ireen Wüst 12 13 1 26 Anni Friesinger 12 9 1 22 Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann 11 3 0 14 Christine Nesbitt 7 2 3 12 Claudia Pechstein 5 13 12 30 Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt 4 2 0 6 Jenny Wolf 4 0 0 4 Cindy Klassen 3 4 4 11 Kristina Groves 3 3 7 13 Heather Richardson-Bergsma 3 3 3 9 Lee Sang-hwa 3 2 2 7 Marrit Leenstra 3 2 0 5 Catriona Le May Doan 3 1 3 7 Renate Groenewold 2 3 0 5 Brittany Bowe 2 2 3 7 Marianne Timmer 2 2 3 7 Brittany Schussler 2 2 0 4 Diane Valkenburg 2 2 0 4 Wang Manli 2 1 0 3 Antoinette de Jong 2 0 2 4 Jorien ter Mors 2 0 1 3 Annamarie Thomas 2 0 0 2 Clara Hughes 1 4 1 6 Svetlana Zhurova 1 3 1 5 Nana Takagi 1 3 0 4 Paulien van Deutekom 1 3 0 4 Miho Takagi 1 2 2 5 Sabine Völker 1 2 0 3 Ivanie Blondin 1 1 1 3 Nao Kodaira 1 1 1 3 Chris Witty 1 1 1 3 Kim Bo-reum 1 1 0 2 Daniela Anschütz-Thoms 1 0 3 4 Emese Hunyady 1 0 2 3 Olga Fatkulina 1 0 1 2 Irene Schouten 1 0 1 2 Linda de Vries 1 0 1 2 Ayaka Kikuchi 1 0 0 1 Barbara de Loor 1 0 0 1 Shannon Rempel 1 0 0 1 Xue Ruihong 1 0 0 1

Silver medalists (2017) Skater 02 ! 03 ! Total Wang Beixing 5 1 6 Stephanie Beckert 3 2 5 Maki Tabata 2 4 6 Gretha Smit 2 2 4 Carla Zijlstra 2 2 4 Yu Jing 2 1 3 Misaki Oshigiri 2 0 2 Tonny de Jong 1 3 4 Jennifer Rodriguez 1 3 4 Natalia Czerwonka 1 1 2 Marije Joling 1 1 2 Anzhelika Kotyuga 1 1 2 Jorien Voorhuis 1 1 2 Luiza Złotkowska 1 1 2 Sandra Zwolle 1 1 2 Carlijn Achtereekte 1 0 1 Lotte van Beek 1 0 1 Carien Kleibeuker 1 0 1 Kyoko Shimazaki 1 0 1

Bronze medalists (2017) Skater 03 ! Olga Graf 3 Tomomi Okazaki 3 Franziska Schenk 3 Natalya Voronina 3 Margot Boer 2 Annette Gerritsen 2 Lucille Opitz 2 Elena Belci-Dal Farra 1 Karolína Erbanová 1 Masako Hozumi 1 Mariska Huisman 1 Eriko Ishino 1 Elizaveta Kazelina 1 Kim Bo-reum 1 Nami Nemoto 1 Noh Seon-yeong 1 Thijsje Oenema 1 Isabell Ost 1 Sayuri Osuga 1 Hiromi Otsu 1 Park Do-yeong 1 Lyudmila Prokasheva 1 Ren Hui 1 Yekaterina Shikhova 1 Yuliya Skokova 1 Katarzyna Woźniak 1 Zhang Hong 1

References

• Medal Winners in World Single Distances Championships
• ISU Results